We assembled a few highlights from last year, in case you missed them including a wide array of programs celebrating the Massey community, always engaged in better understanding the world around it. View it here.
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A reminder that our Writer-in-Residence, David Chariandy is offering a non-credit writing workshop to anyone in the Massey community in the fall term. Deadline for applications is July 16th. Please get in touch with Emily Mockler for submission guidelines.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Senior Fellow Dimitry Anastakis talks currency and the monarchy in Canada on CBC’s the Cost of Living. Listen to the clip here.
William Southam Journalism Fellow Alumnus Michael Barclay is featured on CBC Books.
Alumnus Francesco Ducci has won the best Junior Paper Award from the Academic Society for Competition Law.
Senior Fellow Anthony Easty published an op-ed in the Toronto Star. Read it here.
Journalists for Human Rights – an important partner in the Gordon N. Fisher / JHR Fellowship at Massey College has been honored with a prestigious Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian public service journalism. Congratulations! More information here. https://www.michenerawards.ca/media-release/michener-awards-foundation-honours-three-outstanding-contributions-to-canadian-journalism/
Alumnus Julian Posada has co-published a paper on power and machine learning. Read it here.
Senior Fellow Ron Diebert is featured in both the Washington Post and The Guardian talking about safeguards against Pegasus-style hacking.
Former Journalism Fellow Jonathan Montpetit has a new beat as a Senior Investigative Journalist with CBC News, where he covers social movements and democracy. Massey community members should feel free to reach out with story ideas and suggestions at jonathan.montpetit@cbc.ca. Read his most recent article here.
For the Sake of the Common Good: Essays in Honour of Lois Wilson is available now. Lois was the first female moderator of the United Church of Canada and a participant in a number of our Ethics Series events.
Our Ethics Series is available here
Read Aaron Wendland’s latest piece in the Toronto Star.
Junior Fellow Cheng Xu was interviewed in the New York Times, read it here.
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Do not forget about The Power of Image Lecture Series, in partnership with the Aga Khan Museum. We are holding lectures in July and August:
- July 17th: Image and Spirituality
With Senior Fellows Raji Aujla, Anver Emon, and Gordon Rixon
- August 7th: Image and Power
With Bernie Farber, Changemaker-in-Residence Peter Sloly, and Senior Fellow Zainub Verjee
Lastly, a reminder that the Massey is Lunch program continues through to the end of July. Sign up and you will be paired with a few Junior Fellows to have lunch and connect. Schedule your lunch here. [https://calendly.com/masseycollege-connect/lunch?month=2022-07] Any questions regarding the program can be sent to masseycollege.connect@gmail.com.
