Thank you to everyone who joined and facilitated the impactful events last week, from the Dialogues on Representational Storytelling with Sarah Polley to the conference on Women’s Rights in Afghanistan and Iran. It was a wonderful week to share the accomplishments of women and gender-diverse people and take stock of the work left to be done for all to thrive.
You can see and sign up for the many events here and watch or share previous events on our YouTube Channel.
IN MEMORIAM
It is with sadness, I share the news that Nona Macdonald Heaslip, Quadrangle Society Life member, passed away peacefully on March 6th after a brief illness. Under the leadership of Massey’s second Principal, Patterson Hume, Nona was introduced to the Fellowship and assisted to promote its academic excellence. She created powerful change in the world of arts, education, and medicine through The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation. We are grateful for Nona’s dedicated philanthropic support to Massey College. Our thoughts are with her family and friends during this difficult time.
Read more about Nona’s life and the visitation details here.
APPLICATIONS
A reminder, the 2024-2025 William Southam Journalism Fellowship applications are open until March 31. Please share widely.
MARCH PROGRAMMING
March 13 | Chapel Royal Explorations – Difficult Conversations RSVP.
March 13 | Massey Dialogues – Navigating the Future of Healthcare Administration in Ontario
Navigating the Future of Healthcare Administration in Ontario. Join Drs. Catherine Zahn, Dominik Nowak, alum Roxana Sultan and Junior Fellow Senthujan Senkaiahliyan. This event will be livestreamed but not left on our YouTube Channel. RSVP.
March 13 | Alumni Dinner (1995-2005)
This is the final Alumni dinner of the year. All are welcome. RSVP by March 12 at 2:00pm.
March 14 | The End of Asylum? The Narrowing Door to Refuge and Its Human Impact
We will be joined by Professors Audrey Macklin and Alison Mountz and Assistant Professors Lama Mourad and Angelica Pesarini on the panel, which is curated and moderated by William Southam Journalism Fellow Anna Mehler Paperny. Additionally, we will have two spoken word poets perform: Samia Hossain and Umut Uzunel. RSVP.
March 15 | Walter Gordon Symposium: Revisiting the Role of the Academy in the Public Policy Arena with keynote speaker Professor Glen Jones
Public trust in academic institutions is under scrutiny. As societal challenges intensify, there’s an urgent need for academia to bridge gaps between scholarly research and public engagement. Join scholars, policymakers, and community leaders to explore strategies for reinforcing the academy’s relevance and responsibility in contributing to public discourse and policy-making. RSVP.
The Symposium is jointly sponsored by the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at Massey. It is led by a collective of Junior Fellows who will each moderate a panel with support from Senior Fellows Tom Axworthy and Carolyn Tuohy.
March 18 | Senior Fellow Luncheon with Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser
The Ambassador will present: “What Now? Germany in Times of Transformation, Turbulence and Conflict.” RSVP.
March 20 | Massey Dialogues – Far and Widening: The Rise of Polarization in Canada
We invite you to join us for a conversation on how polarization is affecting all of us with Riley Yesno Junior Fellow and PhD Candidate; Sonja Solomun, Deputy Director of the Centre and moderator Victoria Kuketz, PPF Fellow in Digital Democracy. In partnership with Public Policy Forum RSVP.
March 21 | The Ethics of Protest: How Far Is Too Far?
Join the panel: Ethics specialist and environmental activist Rev. Bob Haverluk; Massey’s Changemaker-in-Residence and former Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly; and activist and Director of Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) Emily Hines. Online only.
APRIL EVENTS
- April 1 | Massey Dialogues – Jewish Women Writers with Visiting Scholar Ruth Panofsky and Junior Fellow Marissa Herzig RSVP.
- April 1 | Book Club discusses the 2023 Cundill History Prize-winning book: Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution by Tania Branigan RSVP.
- April 10 | Massey Dialogues – Plastic Pollution: Policy and Public Perception
- April 15 | Book Launch – The Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian Charter: Rights, Reforms, and Controversies, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press and edited by Senior Fellow Peter L. Biro RSVP.
- April 17 | Rose Wolfe Seder (lunch) with Rabbi Yael Splansky. Please join our annual event in advance of Passover. We will have lunch with traditional foods and a facilitated discussion on themes from the holiday in celebration of the former Visitor.
- April 17 | Massey Dialogues – How At Risk Are Jobs to Generative AI?
An update from the 2023 Massey/Rotary Bay-Bloor Award
Mobility aids, educational materials, music equipment, and nutritional items were provided to the FCT School of the Blind Children by the El Echad Foundation co-founded by Junior Fellow Otuto Chukwu. You can read about the visit in Nigerian national papers here and here.
COMMUNITY NEWS
AWARDS
Junior Fellow Caitlin Salvino and Junior Fellow Alum Caroline Monahan were offered clerkship positions at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Junior Fellow Ioana Zamfir has been awarded the Ertegun Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities at the University of Oxford to study for the DPhil in History.
Congratulations Caitlin, Caroline and Ioana!
NEWS
- Senior Fellow Sonia Anand was featured as one of 10 interesting Canadians on International Women’s Day in the National Post.
- Senior Fellows Margaret Atwood, Annamaria Ennanajor and Danielle Martin were included in this list of inspiring women in Toronto.
- Read Senior Fellow Brett House quoted in the Wall Street Journal and hear him interviewed in this Newstalk Dollars and Sense segment.
- Senior Fellow John Massey is exhibiting RED WHITE & BLUE at the Clint Roenisch Gallery until March 23. View the digital catalogue of the show.
- Senior Fellow Nurjehan Mawani spoke recently at U of Ottawa. Senior Fellow Huguette Labelle is photographed with her. English | French
- Junior Fellow Chukwunonso Nwabufo has an OpEd in the Hill Times on diversity in our healthcare system.
- Senior Fellow Neil Seeman published a new essay in The Hub.
Ramadan Mubarak to those observing this month. Wishing you and your family a Ramadan filled with joy and harmony.
See you at Massey soon,
Jonathan
