Junior Fellow Chizoba Imoka to deliver the 2018 Hancock Lecture
She will be speaking about the contradictions of becoming ‘educated’ as a Black person. Given that the current education system is grounded in Western values/histories/norms, Black students go through school feeling alienated and graduate ill-equipped to make much needed transformative changes in their communities/society at large. Drawing from her schooling/advocacy experience and her doctoral research […]
Senior Fellow Molly Shoichet appointed Ontario’s First Chief Scientist
Dr. Molly Shoichet has been appointed Ontario’s First Chief Scientist. Dr. Shoichet, who was elected a Senior Fellow of Massey in 2014 holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, Chemistry and Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. Dr. Shoichet holds a doctorate from the University of Massachusets in Polymer Science and Engineering […]
Collection of Gitton ephemera
This collection consists of seventy pieces of ephemera, mostly printed by the Bridgnorth, Shropshire printers George Gitton and George Robert Gitton. Pieces date from 1803 to 1875, and range from theatre tickets and playbills, to auction and election notices, official forms and advertisements. Many items are printer’s proofs, with spike holes and notes of date […]
2017 CBC MASSEY LECTURES: EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
Early Bird Tickets for the 2017 CBC Massey Lectures Discounted early bird tickets go on sale today for the 2017 CBC Massey Lectures in Whitehorse, Vancouver, Montreal, St. John’s and Toronto. For a limited period of one week (August 14–20*), Canadians can get a $5 discount on regular price tickets with the promo code “Massey2017.” […]
Senior Fellow Sir Ronald Sanders meets with Prime Minister Trudeau to present diplomatic credentials.
Senior Fellow Sir Ronald Sanders, Ambassador to the United States for Antigua and Bermuda, and now non-resident High Commissioner to Canada, meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau in Ottawa on August 28, after formally presenting his diplomatic credentials to the Prime Minister.
Call for Submissions: Massey College Books
Massey College Books will be a newly created publishing imprint under the House of Anansi, dedicated to publishing books by writers who are members of the Massey College Community. House of Anansi Press will be the official publisher for Massey College, and Massey College will work in tandem with Anansi to solicit, select and publish […]
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Writer in Residence 2016-2017
We are pleased to welcome Sachiko Murakami as the 2016-2017 Jack McClelland Writer in Residence. About Sachiko Murakami With her first book of poetry, The Invisibility Exhibit (2008), shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, Murakami entered the Canadian poetry scene as a writer whose central preoccupation is with space. Her […]
Audeamus 2017 Open for Submissions
Audeamus is the annual literary journal of Massey College, a publication that brings together the visual art, poetry, and prose of the Massey community. All affiliates of the College—including but not limited to fellows Junior and Senior, alumni, Quadranglers, and writers-in-residence—are invited to submit their work. Please send your visual art, poetry, and short […]
