Today is December 6th, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. We continue to remember the young engineering women students who were gunned down at École Polytechnique in 1989. I got to know some of their friends who survived the attack and have continued to advocate for the eradication of violence against women and I know that today is a difficult day, my thoughts are with them.
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We had a special Junior Fellows High Table Friday night and we are delighted to invite you to our events for the next week. Stay tuned for our Message next week which will give a preview of what to expect for 2022 at Massey College.
HAPPENING TODAY:
Sir Mark Walport will deliver the Henry G. Friesen Prize in International Health Research Lecture “Medical Research and Innovation: Post-Pandemic Priorities” at the College on Monday December 6th from 11:00-12:30pm ET. Online and in person. Please Register to attend here.
Massey College Book Club meets tonight, at 7:45pm ET in the Upper Library or online for a discussion between Alum Niyosha Keyzad, Junior Fellow Maddy De Welles and Robin Roger of Disability Visibility, edited by Alice Wong.
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Join us for a formal dinner in-hall to celebrate International Human Rights Day on Wednesday, December 8th, 6:30pm ET. The Principal will speak briefly about the Human Rights Challenges faced in post pandemic world.
You’re invited to a special screening of The Cost of Freedom: Refugee Journalists in Canada at 7:30pm ET on the evening of Thursday, December 9th. This event is in person only.
RSVP HERE
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On Saturday, December 11th from 2:00-3:30pm ET for a Holiday Party for Massey Families. I invite all families in the Massey College Community with children to join in decorating festive cookies and to trim the tree. We will enjoy some hot coca and snacks.
We are accepting donations of adult sized new mittens, gloves, hats, scarves and warm socks to be distributed by Romero House.
Also on December 11th at 7:00pm ET I invite you all to attend the Virtual Holiday Gaudy. Cozy up with a festive beverage and join Michael and myself and Junior Fellows from the common room for stories and music from our talented community – register to attend via zoom.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Quadrangle Society Member Jonathon Reid will be interviewed on TVO’s The Agenda on December 13th on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong and his new book: The Captain was a Doctor, which documents his father’s time as a Canadian prisoner of war.
Senior Resident Aaron Wendland’s latest episode for CBC Ideas is now available online. The podcast and corresponding article explores the possibility of talking about ‘nothing’, cultivates a debate between Heidegger and Carnap, and goes on to detail the continental-analytic split in philosophy – read & listen here.
