Dear friends of Massey College, chers collègues,
I had a remarkable day last Friday. At lunchtime, we had a very inspiring reflection from the Right Honorable Adrienne Clarkson on her 2014 Massey Lecture on Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship. In the evening, the first Junior Fellows Lecture Series took place: for five minutes each, several Junior Fellows presented their research. It was extraordinary: from how to make MRNA vaccine safer to better imaging for cancer, from impact of work on success in university studies to prisoner’s rights, from what makes find something beautiful to the integrity of Pakistani textile design, from food insecurity in immigrant populations to investment in mining, it was a wonderful and instructive evening. We will invite the community for the next iteration. In the meantime, sign up for Massey is lunch, it is a very simple way to get to know our extraordinary Junior Fellows and have lunch in our beautiful Ondaatje Hall https://calendly.com/amackenzie-1/massey-is-lunch?month=2023-09&%3Bdate=2023-09-21
I’m pleased to share with you some photographs from our welcome BBQ – it was a great evening. Our fall programming is well underway. Below, find the schedule for the next two weeks. Do not forget our annual photo in the Quadrangle on Thursday September 21at 5pm. You can also consult the Massey Calendar for events happening later on in the term.
We will also be hosting Anishinaabemowin language classes this term. To sign up or more information, please email Catherine Fowler.
A reminder that The JCR: A Massey College Podcast launched last Friday. You can listen to the first episode now: Junior Fellow Leighton Schreyer, a second-year medical student spoke with Bonte Minnema, about his activism and advocacy for LGBT rights at UofT in the mid-1990s.
Listen here (https://the-jcr-a.blubrry.net/ ) or on your favourite podcast platform.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Today, Monday, September 18, Chad Gaffield delivers the Inaugural Irving Abella Lecture
Machines and Minds: Pursuing Inclusive History in a Turbulent World
This event is sold out, join us online!
- Tuesday, September 19, An Appreciation of Hugh Segal https://masseycollege.ca/events/an-appreciation-of-hugh-segal-celebrating-his-intellectual-contributions-to-canada/
This event is also sold out but join us online to take part.
- Wednesday, September 20, Changing the FLOW: The Future of Freshwater in Canada Symposium https://masseycollege.ca/events/freshwater-future-symposium/
- Thursday, September 21, Visiting Scholars Reception & Annual College Photo [https://masseycollege.ca/events/annual-formal-group-photo-2/]
- Tuesday, September 26
- Lunch with Astra Taylor, 2023 CBC Massey Lecturer https://masseycollege.ca/events/cbc-massey-lecture-luncheon-with-astra-taylor/
- Book Launch, The Age of Insecurity https://masseycollege.ca/events/cbc-massey-lectures-book-launch-with-astra-taylor/
- Wednesday, September, 27 2023 CBC Massey Lecture https://www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances/2023-cbc-massey-lectures-presents-the-age-of-insec
- Thursday, September 28, 60th Anniversary High Table Celebration https://masseycollege.ca/events/high-table-60th-anniversary-celebration/
- Friday, September 29 – A Meeting of Dons https://masseycollege.ca/events/a-meeting-of-dons-massey-college-stories/
- Friday, September 29 – Book Launch, Haroon Siddiqui’s My Name is Not Harry with Ron Graham, former President of PEN Canada. https://masseycollege.ca/events/book-launch-my-name-is-not-harry-by-haroon-siddiqui/
SAVE THE DATE
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE CBC MASSEY LECTURES
- October 4 – Senior Fellow Janice Stein with discuss her 2001 CBC Massey Lectures, “The Cult of Efficiency” with CBC Producer, Philip Coulter https://masseycollege.ca/events/reflecting-on-the-2001-cbc-massey-lecture-janice-steins-the-cult-of-efficiency/
- October 17 – Senior Fellow John Ralston Saul 1995 CBC Massey Lectures “The Unconscious Civilization” https://masseycollege.ca/events/1995-cbc-massey-lecture-john-ralston-saul-luncheon/
- October 25 – William Southam Journalism Fellowship Advisor Ian Williams presents Martin Luther King Jr.’s CBC Massey Lectures 1967 “Conscience for Change” https://masseycollege.ca/events/1967-cbc-massey-lecture-mlk-ian-williams-luncheon/
- October 31 – Senior Fellow and Massey College Chair in Human Rights Payam Akhavan will discuss his 2017 CBC Massey Lectures “In Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey” with Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC Ideas. https://masseycollege.ca/events/2017-cbc-massey-lecture-payam-akhavan/
- November 3 – Senior Fellow Tanya Talaga will discuss her 2018 CBC Massey Lectures “All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward” with Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC Ideas. https://masseycollege.ca/events/2018-cbc-massey-lecture-tanya-talaga/
- November 6 – Senior Fellow Sally Armstrong 2019 CBC Massey Lectures “Power Shift: The Longest Revolution” https://masseycollege.ca/events/2019-cbc-massey-lecture-sally-armstrong/
- Nov 6 – Michael Ignatieff 2000 CBC Massey Lectures “The Rights Revolution” (reception) https://masseycollege.ca/events/2000-cbc-massey-lecture-michael-ignatieff/
- November 13 – Miglena Todorova presents Doris Lessing’s CBC Massey Lectures 1985 “Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
”https://masseycollege.ca/events/1985-cbc-massey-lecture-doris-lessing-miglena-todorova/ https://masseycollege.ca/events/1985-cbc-massey-lecture-doris-lessing-miglena-todorova/ - November 15 – Senior Fellow Ron Deibert 2020 CBC Massey Lectures
“Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society”https://masseycollege.ca/events/2020-cbc-massey-lecture-ron-deibert/ - November 22 – Jennifer Welsh discusses her 2016 CBC Massey Lectures
“The Return of History” with Senior Fellow Greg Kellyhttps://masseycollege.ca/events/2016-cbc-massey-lecture-jennifer-welsh/ - November 28 – Principal Nathalie Des Rosiers presents Frank Underhill’s CBC Massey Lectures 1963 “The Image of Confederation” https://masseycollege.ca/events/1963-cbc-massey-lecture-frank-underhill-nathalie-des-rosiers/
- December 11 – Ronald Wright discusses his 2004 Massey Lectures A Short History of Progress with Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC Ideas. https://masseycollege.ca/events/2004-cbc-massey-lecture-ronald-wright/
- December 13– Senior Fellow Randy Boyagoda presents Jean Bethke Elshtain’s Democracy on Trial https://masseycollege.ca/events/cbc-massey-lecture-democracy-on-trial-presented-by-randy-boyagoda/
HIGH TABLES AND SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS
Registration is open for the first three High Tables of the year.
- Thursday, September 28 – 60th Anniversary High Table
- Friday, October 13 – Indigenous Heritage Celebration High Table
- Friday, October 27 – Muslim Heritage High Table
- Friday, November 17 – Pride High Table
- Friday, November 24 – High Table Celebrating Cultural and Creative Industries in Canada
- Saturday, December 2 – Kids and Family Holiday Party
- Saturday, December 9 – Winter Gaudy
BOOK CLUB AND MASSEY LOVES TO READ
Monday, October 2 – Book Club – revisiting the first book read by the Massey Book Club (The Underpainter by Jane Urquhart) #60anniversary
Thursday, October 12 – Book Launch Frontiers of Gender Equality by Prof. Rebecca Cook
October 19 – Book Launch Everything There Is by MG Vassanji
Monday November 6: Book Club The Story of Us by Catherine Hernandez
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Monday, December 4: Book Club The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
COMMUNITY NEWS
AWARDS
- Junior Fellow Keagan Rankin finished his Master’s and was given a presentation award at U of T’s annual Engineering Research Conference. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7104905450982146048/
- Junior Fellow Christine Tran joined the U of T Critical Digital Humanities Initiative as a Graduate Fellow! They are the go-to critical game scholar and critical game designer. https://dhn.utoronto.ca/meet-cdhis-2023-24-graduate-fellows/
Congratulations!
NEWS
- Alum Jay Cavanagh is starting a new position as Research Coach at University of Calgary!
- Senior Fellow J. Edward Chamberlin will be speaking with alum Kyle Wyatt about his new book Storylines: How Words Shape Our World at the Toronto Festival of Authors on October 1. More information here. https://festivalofauthors.ca/book-author/j-edward-chamberlin/
- Alum Mark Desormeaux Live TV interview with CTV News here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2761053
- Quotes in the Toronto Star here: https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/even-in-a-severe-recession-toronto-s-real-estate-market-still-won-t-be-affordable/article_05750b33-c577-5b32-8fc1-280a15676e10.html.
- Junior Fellow Georgia Hadjis is the Director of Marketing & Communications at Graduate Management Consulting Association (GMCA) Canada, University of Toronto. She is a fifth-year graduate student in Neuroscience. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7103451383986606081/
- Alum Kelsey Jacobson has a book about how realness is perceived, produced, and felt by contemporary audiences. https://www.mqup.ca/real-ish-products-9780228016403.php
- Alum Brett Jolly was quoted in the Toronto Star about Metroland ceasing publications of many Ontario community newspapers. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/metroland-to-cease-print-publication-of-dozens-of-community-newspapers-across-ontario/article_79a1c497-4999-5b11-a20e-250d261203ea.html
- Chuk Nwabufo was interviewed in U of T’s Black Research Network on developing lifesaving solutions on identifying patients at risk of adverse drug effects https://brn.utoronto.ca/how-can-doctors-rapidly-identify-patients-at-risk-of-adverse-drug-effects-one-u-of-t-researcher-is-developing-a-lifesaving-solution/
- Senior Fellow Akwasi Owusu-Bempah is quoted in Edmonton – Emily see meltwater report
- Senior Fellow Sascha Priewe new book https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538137208/Museum-Diplomacy-How-Cultural-Institutions-Shape-Global-Engagement
Junior Fellow Leighton Scheyer was interviewed about LGBTQ patients facing hurdles to fertility treatment. https://www.salon.com/2023/09/10/lgbtq-patients-face-hurdles-to-fertility-treatment-in-a-system-that-wasnt-designed-for-them/
Senior Fellow Neil Seeman wrote Why Entrepreneurship is Entrepreneurship which was published in the Ivey Business Journal. https://iveybusinessjournal.com/why-entrepreneurship-is-entrepreneurship/
A bientôt,
Nathalie
P.S. For a limited time there is 60th Anniversary Massey Wear. Order by October 9. https://shoprightwaycompany.com/collections/massey-college
