Call for Printing Apprentices
Every year, the Bibliography Room in the Robertson Davies Library at Massey College offers an apprenticeship opportunity for members of the Massey community to learn letterpress printing with the College Printer, working with the Library’s collection of 19th century iron printing presses. The Massey College Printing Apprentices will assist the Printer with designing keepsakes for […]
Nominations Open for Clarkson Laureateships in Public Service
Nominations are now open for the 2023 Clarkson Laureateships for Public Service. Please nominate a member of the Massey community that exemplifies a strong commitment to public service. Nominations can be sent via email to principalsoffice@masseycollege.ca and will be accepted until Thursday, December 1st at midnight. Recipients will be honoured at the Clarkson Laureates High Table on January 27, 2023. […]
Nominations Open for 2023 Clarkson Laureateships in Public Service
Please consider nominating a member of the Massey community that exemplifies a strong commitment to public service. Nominations should be sent via email to principalsoffice@masseycollege.ca and will be accepted until Thursday, December 1st at midnight. Recipients will be honoured at the Clarkson Laureates High Table on January 27, 2023 – save the date. More about the awards and past […]
Ontario Healthcare in Crisis: How Can We Fix It?
Join us on Monday, November 21st for Ontario Healthcare in Crisis: How Can We Fix It? This important discussion brings together the foremost experts in the field to discuss practical solutions that can bring improvements immediately. Dr. Bob Bell, former Ontario Deputy Health Minister and former President and CEO of University Health Network Dr. Alan Drummond, family emergency physician […]
Esi Edugyan wins the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize
Announced at the Victoria Book Prize Gala in Victoria on October 12 Esi Edugyan was awarded the the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling (House of Anansi Press). Juror Citation: Esi Edugyan’s Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling is a complex and wide-ranging book that explores points in […]
Remembering Jody Porter
Jody passed away on Wednesday, July 19th after a long battle with cancer. Jody was a well-loved member of the Massey College Community – joining the 2013-2014 William Southam Journalism Fellowship as the CBC-Radio Canada Fellow. During her time at Massey, she was an active printing apprentice, was selected as a 2014 Clarkson Laureate […]
Will Rueter & Aliquando Press Exhibit
On display in the lower library in the four exhibit cases you will see the “Will Rueter & Aliquando Press” exhibit created by iSchool and BHPC student Colleen Thumlert. Will Rueter is the founder of the small press book publishing company, Aliquando Press. Rueter is a long-time friend of the Robertson Davies Library and a […]
Announcing the 2023 Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence at Massey College
I am pleased to announce that the 2023 Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence is David Chariandy. David Chariandy lives in Vancouver and teaches in the department of English at Simon Fraser University. His first novel, entitled Soucouyant, was nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. His second novel, entitled Brother, won the […]
Tomsom Highway to deliver the 2022 CBC Massey Lectures
Laughing with the Trickster On Sex, Death, and Accordions Trickster is zany, ridiculous – and wise. The mythic figure in many First Nations tales is the ultimate, over-the-top, madcap lunatic. Here to remind us that the reason for existence is to have a blast, and to laugh ourselves silly. Ever the trickster, Tomson Highway brings […]
Paul Chen is a 2022 Schmidt Science Fellow
Junior Fellow Paul Chen and alumna Elizabeth Phillips, have both recieved 2022 Schmidt Science Fellowships. The Schmidt Science Fellowship is an international competition identifying and bringing together the world’s best emerging scientists to develop novel solutions to society’s challenges and accelerate ground-breaking discoveries. Paul and Elizabeth are two of 29 fellows, and the only Canadian recipients selected this year. They […]
