It was a great honour to host the new Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Edith Dumont for a Sacred Fire Circle. See the report from U of T News.
On Thursday, November 30 join us for critical discussions about the Arctic – Cooperation, Stability, and Security in the Arctic? Strategies for Moving Forward, this full-day conference brings together national and international expert panels to address the question: How can we engage Russia in the shared pursuit of pan-Arctic security, stability and cooperation, while still holding it to account for its egregious violation of the international order in invading Ukraine? The conference will focus on prospects for enhancing cooperation rather than on defining problems.
EVENTS THIS WEEK
- 22 NOV 11:45am : CBC Massey Lectures Lunch with Jennifer Welsh – Senior Fellow Jennifer Welsh in conversation with Senior Fellow Greg Kelly, executive producer of CBC Ideas on her 2016 lecture, The Return of History.
- 24 NOV 10:00am : POWER TO THE ARTS SYMPOSIUM – Join artists, academics, and policy makers to discuss arts and arts funding in Canada and to pay tribute to Massey College Quadrangle Society Member and Arts Chair, the late Peter Herrndorf, visit our website, here for a full list of speakers and to RSVP.
- 24 NOV 4:00pm : Books, Books, Books – An Anthology of Quotations and Epigrams on the Subject of Books from Aliquando Press, and other works by Canadian printers, will be on display in the Lower Library. Join us at 4pm for an open house featuring treasures from Massey’s collections in Canadian printing and book arts.
- 24 NOV 6:00pm : High Table: Celebrating the Arts in Canada – Garvia Bailey will host this High Table, we will hear from Sarah Robayo Sheridan on the new art installations in Ondaatje Hall, and feature performances by a Canadian singer-songwriter and composer Sarah Slean and Ahmed Moneka. It will be a wonderful evening. I hope to see you there!
- 28 NOV 11:45am : CBC Massey Lectures Lunch: The Image of Confederation – I will analyze Frank Underhill’s 1963 Lecture The Image of Confederation.
- 28 NOV 5:00pm : Massey Dialogues: The Crisis in Affordable Housing: Lessons from Regent Park – Regent Park, Toronto’s oldest and largest public-housing community, is the site of a 20-year experiment in urban redesign. With three of five stages nearly complete, the project may offer lessons for building affordable housing and stable communities elsewhere. Join the conversation with Senior Fellow Armine Yalnizyan, VP Social Impact at Daniels Heela Omarkhail and Senior Development Manager at Tridel Bryan-Howard Sherwood. Moderated by Massey Junior Fellow Alum Drew Kauffman.
- 29 NOV 6:30pm : Alumni Dinner for 1963-1975 Cohort – We will have the first Alumni Dinner of the year as part of formal dinner in Ondaatje Hall. Alumni from 1963-1975 are invited to gather and everyone is invited to join.
HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES & OUR ANNUAL LITERARY COMPETITION
- Our annual family holiday party will take place on Saturday, December 2 from 11:30am-1:00pm. We look forward to celebrating the festive season ahead. Register here.
- Our annual Chanukah celebration will take place on Monday, December 4 from 4:30-6:00pm for a light dinner. Register here.
- Our Winter Gaudy, a fun night full of music, poetry and ghost stories will be held on Saturday, December 9 – more information to come soon. Register here.
A reminder that our annual literary competition is open! Members of the community are invited to turn your hand to a bit of creativity and whimsy to celebrate the season of fellowship and good will. You can enter in either (or both) of two categories: Limericks or Haiku. The subject should be the 60th anniversary of the College – of course!
The rules:
- All members of the community are eligible.
- One entry per person per category.
- Entries should be sent news@masseycollege.ca, with the subject heading ‘2023 Literary Competition.’
- The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 6, 5:00pm.
The prizes:
- Winner in each category: A Massey swag bag full of masseywear, notebook and a signed first edition of The Age of Insecurity.
- Runner-up in each category: Your choice of selected books from the Massey archive.
The judge will be Massey College alum and book historian Claire Battershill.
The winners will be announced at the Winter Gaudy on December 9.
JUNIOR FELLOW APPLICATIONS
Attention U of T Faculty Members – do you know of a current or incoming graduate or professional school student at U of T who would benefit from our Junior Fellowship Program? Encourage them to apply! Applications open on December 1st and have a number of open houses and college tours coming up for prospective applicants.
SENIOR FELLOW & QUADRANGLE SOCIETY NOMINATIONS
We are calling on you to nominate new Senior Members, Senior Fellows and Quadrangle Society Members to Massey College. If you know someone whose membership would nurture, stimulate and enrich the College, please consider submitting a nomination. Deadline for nominations is December, 1 2023.
REMINDERS
A reminder that applications for the Massey Printing Apprenticeship are due soon. Please send in a cover letter expressing interest and your CV to College Printer Kit MacNeil by Sunday, November 26th at midnight.
COMMUNITY NEWS
AWARDS
On Nov 14, Senior Fellow Anne-Emanuelle Birn was awarded the Arthur J. Viseltear Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health History at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting.
Junior Fellow Leighton Schreyer has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for their work, “Thrift Store Stories”, which was published in Hippocampus Magazine earlier this year.
Congratulations!
NEWS
Read Alum Marc Desormeaux‘s latest piece in the Financial Post, here.
Senior Fellow, Neil Seeman has co-founded a new publishing house, read more about the venture, here.
Astra Taylor’s 2023 CBC Massey Lectures are now all available online. All five lectures are already available to download wherever you get your favourite podcasts, or you can listen daily through the CBC Listen App and at cbc.ca/masseys. The CBC Massey Lectures airs every evening this week on IDEAS at 8 p.m. (8:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio One.
