The latest episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast is out now. Speaking Truth to Power features a conversation between JF alumni, Cheng Xu, a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Toronto who is studying rebel movements in the Philippines and award-winning journalist Patricia Evangelista about her new book, Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country.
CONTENT WARNING: This interview contains strong language and descriptions of massacres and state-sanctioned killings in the drug war.
You can find the interview here or on your favourite podcast platform.
THIS WEEK AT MASSEY
- 16 NOV 12:00pm (Online ONLY) : The Ethics of Investing: An Indigenous Perspective – Join us the first Ethics Series of the year with a high-powered panel examining Indigenous perspectives on infrastructure issues like the Costal Links gas pipeline and Trans Mountain pipeline, both of which have had major protests, but also many Indigenous contractors.
- Our panelists are:
- Mark Podlasly – BC First Nation and Chief Sustainability Officer at the First Nations Major Projects Coalition
- Saga Williams – Curve Lake First Nation Ontario, Adjunct professor at Osgood Law School, elected councilor of her community
- Jolain Foster – BC First Nation and Partner at Deloitte
- Our panelists are:
- PRIDE CELEBRATION
- 17 NOV 5:00pm Pride Networking Mixer – Everyone is welcome to attend the 2SLGBTQQIA+ Pride Networking Mixer event. Come and mingle with our wonderful High Table guests and the broader community whether you are planning to attend the High Table or not.
- 17 NOV 6:00pm : Pride High Table – Join us at the annual Pride High Table celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. We will come together over a delicious meal as we introduce new fellows, scholars and community members. Hosted by Senior Fellow Anita McGahan, our special guest for the evening will be Canadian musician, writer and star of CBC’s How to Fail as a Pop Star Vivek Shraya.
NEXT WEEK AT MASSEY
20 NOV 9:00am – 4:45pm : United for Justice Conference: War Crimes Against Ukrainian Children
In light of the illegal and systematic deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation – war crimes under the Rome Statute that may also constitute crimes against humanity and genocide – the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada, Global Affairs Canada, Massey College, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights have partnered to advance justice and accountability for victims of Russia’s war of aggression. Led by Massey Chair in Human Rights, Payam Akhavan, speakers will include:
- Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Varani
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly
- EU Commissioner for Justice and Competition Didier Reynders
- Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin
- Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan
- Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2022 and Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Matviichuk
For full speakers list and agenda, please click here.
Join the waitlist for the in person event here.
20 NOV 8:00pm : Music Salon – Eve Egoyan: Exploration in Multi-Media Piano
Massey alumna Eve Egoyan is an internationally acclaimed artist whose medium is the piano. She constantly expands the sound range of her instrument, and more recently has extended it into the visual, performing on a digitally augmented acoustic piano. Join us for an evening with this remarkable artist, in conversation with musicologist and Quadrangle Society Member Hannah Chan-Hartley.
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 11:00 am: POWER TO THE ARTS SYMPOSIUM
Come to celebrate a range of artistic disciplines, as well as reimagine the power relationships between arts and culture creators, various levels of government, private sector supporters, and the general public. Join us to reflect on Massey College’s historical link through Vincent Massey and the Massey Report; an important national conversation that Massey College can continue to broker as it enters its seventh decade.
We will also pay tribute to the life and legacy of Quadrangle Society Member Peter Herrndorf, who was a beloved member of our community, a mentor and and gave so much to the arts and arts administration in Canada.
24 NOV 6:00 pm : High Table: Celebrating the Arts in Canada
Join us for a special High Table, the first ever dedicated to celebrating the arts, hosted by William Southam Journalism Fellow Garvia Bailey and with musical guest Sarah Slean.
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.
30 NOV 10:00am : 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.
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 Holiday 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.
COMMUNITY NEWS
AWARDS
Junior Fellow Lizbeth Ayoub graduated from the PhD program at the Faculty of Dentistry where she specialized in pain research and neuroimaging. Congratulations!
NEWS
- Staff member Mujtaba Haris presented his research at the Bringing Afghanistan to Scale conference held at University of Oxford on China’s Geospatial Interests in Afghanistan, China-Taliban relationship, The Belt and Road Initiative BRI and regional politics and security dynamics.
- Junior Fellow Boran Kumral co-authored “Defect Engineering of Graphene for Dynamic Reliability” now published in Small with open access. In this work, they revealed that a mild concentration of point defects in graphene can increase its adhesion to flexible substrates and constrain damage propagation within the 2D lattice under mechanical loading. Read it here.
- Senior Fellow and Governing Board Member Jillian Kohler was just accepted to be a member to the WHO EURO Access to Novel Medicines Platform (NMP), Group 3 Sustainability, where she will focus on corporate governance issues.
- Senior Fellow and Governing Board Chair Akwasi Owusu-Bempah featured in the Toronto Star, read it here.
- Senior Fellow Neil Seeman has published an op-ed in the National Post, read it here.
