In This Message
- Announcing the 2025-2026 Visiting Scholars at Massey College
- Registering for Events & September 5 Welcome Reception
- Massey College Alumni Association (MCAA) Election Results
- Community News
Announcing the 2025-2026 Visiting Scholars at Massey College
Massey College is pleased to partner annually with four Ontario universities to host academics committed to the public good on sabbatical, providing them with space and the opportunity to engage with our scholarly community. These Visiting Scholars contribute meaningfully to the life of the College, bringing with them diverse academic interests that strengthen the interdisciplinary fabric of our institution.
Join us at Massey College from 5:00-6:30pm on Monday, September 29 to welcome them in person. Kindly RSVP here.
Massey OCAD University Fellows
- Isabel Meirelles
- Ilene Sova
- Derek Sullivan
Massey Toronto Metropolitan University Fellows
- Jane Griffith
- Lia Langworthy
- Hyacinth Simpson
Western University Massey Fellows
- Lisa Cameron
- Alfonso S. Nocilla
York University Massey Fellows
- Mario Di Paolantonio
- Cuiying Jian
Full biographies of our incoming Visiting Scholars can be found on our website, here.
Registering for Events at Massey College & Welcome Reception
Members are warmly encouraged to bring guests and introduce them to the Massey community. A reminder that almost all of our programming at Massey is open to the full community and their guests. We accept online registration through our website calendar, by telephone at 416-978-2895, and by email.
Welcome Reception, September 5 – 5:00pm
In place of our traditional end-of-summer barbecue, we thought it fitting to mark the start of the new academic year with a new kind of occasion. After a summer full of burgers, hotdogs, and picnics, this reception will be a refreshing change — a chance to welcome new members of our community and to reconnect with one another. RSVP here.
Massey College Alumni Association Election Results
The Massey College Alumni Association (MCAA) is delighted to welcome the three newly elected members of the Council: Urs Obrist (former Don of Hall: 2004-2005), Jennifer Kolz (former Don of Hall: 2014-2015), and Trevor Plint (Junior Fellow: 2011-2016).
They join standing members:
- Marc Desormeaux (Junior Fellow: 2013-2015) (President),
- Tanya d’Anger (Junior Fellow: 1991-1995) (Vice-President),
- Alex Kostenko (Junior Fellow: 2014-2019) (Treasurer)
- Juliet Guichon (former Don of Hall: 1989-1990, Junior Fellow: 1988-1991) (Communications Officer),
- Andrea Geddes Poole (Junior Fellow: 2000-2004),
- James Greene (former Don of Hall: 1990-1991, Junior Fellow: 1988-1992).
We sincerely thank all those who stood for election and voted, and the following outgoing members for their service:
- Kim Kierans (Visiting Scholar: 2018-2019),
- Divas Kapur (Junior Fellow: 2019-2022), and
- Leah Morris (Junior Fellow: 2017-2020).
Community News
Awards
- The Law Society of Ontario has conferred a degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris Causa, on Senior Fellow Payam Akhavan for his work in international law on behalf of victims of crimes against humanity and genocide.
- Alumni Paul Chen has been selected for the CIHR Banting Fellowship and the Early Career Award of the Trasher Research Fund.
- Senior Fellow Neil Seeman has recently been awarded with the Lifetime Acheivement Award from the Reach out Together Foundation.
- Senior Fellow Cindy Sinclair was awarded with the OISE Leaders and Legends “Mentor of the Year Award” earlier this summer.
- A number of Junior Fellows have been awarded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships – congratulations to Margie De Leon, Armaan Fallahi, Nancy Tahmo and Anudari Zorigtbaatar!
News
- Senior Fellow, Peter Biro, has been invited by the Law Society of Manitoba to speak at the 2025 Isaac Pitblado Lectures on the theme of “Current Challenges to the Rule of Law”. The lectures will take place in November at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
- Read Senior Fellow Randy Boyagoda’s latest piece in the New York Times. Randy was also interviewed recently on the CBC – listen to it here: CBC radio
- Senior Fellow Mark Cheetham and Quadrangle Society Member Lydia Abbott would like to invite the Massey Community to their upcoming exhibition. Please see attached for more information.
- Senior Fellow Raywat Deonandan was a guest recently on TVO’s The Agena – watch it here.
- Senior Fellow Miriam Diamond is quoted in Fast Company – read it here.
- Junior Fellow Arman Fallahi has published a new article – read it here.
- Senior Fellow Eva Grunfeld has been featured by CIHR – read the profile here.
- Senior Fellow Nina-Marie Lister talks to Village Life about supporting biodiversity.
- Quadrangle Society Member Aakash Maharaj was recently featured on CHCH. Watch it here.
- Quadrangle Society Member Bill Roberts has recently been appointed Chair of the WPBS-TV Board of Trustees, overseeing the PBS affiliate serving Northern New York and Eastern Ontario.
- Senior Fellow Kim Stanton has recently completed a one-year independent systemic review of the legal system’s treatment of sexual violence and intimate partner violence in British Columbia – you can read the report here.
