News and Events
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 […]
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This past Friday’s High Table was a wonderful celebration of International Women’s Day. The event was hosted by Senior Fellow Nurjehan Mawani, addressed by Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor Edith Dumont and attended and addressed by Councillor Veronica King-Jamieson of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. The March 8 conference on Gender Persecution and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan and […]
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This Friday, March 1, we will celebrate International Women’s Day at the High Table. Senior Fellow and Chair in Global Engagement Nurjehan Mawani will host the event and the new Lieutenant Governor Edith Dumont will be in attendance. Juno award winning harpist, and Massey College alum, Angela Schwarzkopf will perform. Come join us! REGISTER TO ATTEND On Friday, March 22, we will hold the […]
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Dear Friends of Massey, It is reading week at the University of Toronto, and so the college is a little quieter than usual. This has given me a chance to reflect on the activity and people I’ve encountered since becoming the Acting Principal, and also how much the world needs our graduate students over the […]
Chukwunonso Nwabufo Appointed as Chair of the AAPS
In November 2023, Chukwunonso Nwabufo, was appointed as the Chair of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists at the AAPS Pharmsci 360 meeting in Orlando, Florida. The AAPS is the largest association of pharmaceutical sciences from academic, regulatory, and pharmaceutical/biotechnology sectors with over 5,000 members worldwide. The Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic, and Drug Metabolism (PPDM) community comprises […]
News and Events February 12
This past week we celebrated Black History Month with a High Table that included many distinguished members of the Black community to celebrate their extraordinary achievements. The dinner was accompanied by beautiful and moving music from Sammy Jackson and Chris Pruden. This followed a wonderful tribute, the previous day, to Gimaa Stacey Laforme, who has left his leadership role […]
Clarkson Laureates
Last month we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Clarkson Laureateships at Massey College, where each Laureate chooses a charity to benefit from the monetary portion of the award. Below is a note from each Laureate describing the charity of their choice. Junior Fellow Thomas Ayouti: The decision to support The 519’s Food Insecurity […]
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This past Friday’s High Table was a moving celebration of the 20 years of the Clarkson Laureateships at Massey – a celebration of giving to others. The 2024 Laureates are Junior Fellows Thomas Ayouti, Sara Maqsood, Michael O’Keefe and Senior Fellow Dr. Samir Sinha. We were inspired by the words of the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson and how she framed the […]
News and Events January 22
Dear Friends of Massey, It has been a delightful first week as Acting Principal of the college, as I had a chance to reconnect, in a deeper way, with elements of the community that are familiar, and the many new activities that Principal Des Rosiers set underway. There was the Massey of always: people from […]
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This past Friday we had a compelling High Table celebrating contributions of the East Asian community to Massey and beyond. It was also moving because it was the last High Table of Principal (now Justice!) Nathalie Des Rosiers, and I felt sad that she is moving on, but joyful in contemplating the breadth and success of her […]
