Ron Thom and the Allied Arts
Organized in partnership with West Vancouver Museum and Alumni House at Trent University in Peterborough, the exhibition Ron Thom: From West Coast to Points East https://westvancouvermuseum.ca/exhibitions/upcoming_exhibitions focuses on Thom’s domestic architecture on the west coast of Canada in the 1950s and shows the design ethos developed in this work and then manifested in Massey College and […]
Meet David Rider, St. Clair Balfour Fellow
David Rider is city hall bureau chief for the Toronto Star, leading the paper’s coverage of the Mayor Rob Ford administration. David graduated with honours from the Ryerson School of Journalism and cut his teeth covering city hall for Manitoba’s Brandon Sun. Since then, he has been a full-time reporter or editor at the Winnipeg Sun, Ottawa Sun, Toronto Sun, CBC and Reuters. Career highlights […]
Meet Jody Porter CBC/Radio-Canada Fellow
Jody Porter worked in community papers in small towns across the country for a decade before starting as a reporter at CBC Radio in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Documentary storytelling helps her escape the daily news grind and has garnered several awards. She is the editor of Strength and Struggle: Perspectives from First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples in Canada, published in 2011 by McGraw-Hill […]
Meet José Peralta Scotiabank / CJFE Fellow
José Peralta is from Montevideo, Uruguay. During Uruguay’s economic crisis in 2002, he moved to Spain to continue his studies. Back in Uruguay in 2006, he was hired by Búsqueda, a widely read weekly magazine described as having a ‘liberal’ editorial policy. José finished his undergraduate degree in 2010 at University of the Republic in Montevideo. Since starting at Búsqueda, he has been awarded […]
Meet Véronique Morin, Webster McConnell Fellow
Véronique Morin is an award winning science journalist who has worked across Canada, including the Arctic and in remote indigenous communities. With over 20 years’ experience in broadcast and print magazines, she is currently working as a freelance journalist for a science magazine program on Télé-Québec, writing as well as developing a documentary project. Her documentary (original idea and research) Time Bombs, about Canadian veterans who have participated […]
Meet Kelly Crowe, Kierans Janigan Fellow
Every day between June 17 and June 21, we’ll introduce you to one 2013-14 Journalism Fellow. Meet Kelly Crowe, Kierans Janigan Fellow In the early 1980s, clutching a Carleton University journalism degree and the faint hope of a real job in journalism, Kelly headed for a tiny radio station inYarmouth, Nova Scotia, and began a fascinating journey in broadcast […]
Winners of the 2013-2014 William Southam Journalism Fellowships
Every day between June 17 and June 24, we’ll introduce you to one 2013-14 Journalism Fellow. Meet Amara Bangura, Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Fellow Amara Bangura is a Sierra Leonean radio journalist working as BBC Media Action’s Production Manager. After volunteering at community Radio Mankneh, which provided a critical voice in the aftermath of Sierra Leone’s civil war, he worked with BBC […]
Exhibition: Pat Cleary
Massey College is hosting the exhibition of art work by Pat Cleary (Parkinson). It will be on display in The Round Room from May 15th to July 18th, 2013. By appointment only. Please contact the porter on duty at: 416-978-2895 to schedule a visit. The subjects of Pat’s work from this period are environmental pollution […]
Remembering the late Master Emeritus Patt Hume
Professor J. N. Patterson (Patt) Hume, Master of Massey College from 1981 to 1988 died on May 9th 2013. John Fraser, the current Master, remembers Prof. Hume. In Memoriam Patt Hume For information on visitation and funeral, go to https://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20130511.93320181/BDAStory/BDA/deaths
Massey College Honoured by CAJ
Massey College is the recipient of this year’s Canadian Association of Journalists’ President Award for its significant contributions to Canadian journalism. The president’s award was created and is awarded at the president’s discretion to any individuals or organizations that have made exemplary contributions to Canadian journalism. Massey College, home to the William Southam Journalism Fellowships, was selected […]
