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Massey College is continuously cultivating leadership among our Junior Fellowship through engagement with key leaders our community. This week, the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Canada’s longest-serving Chief Justice, spoke with Junior Fellows and William Southam Journalism Fellows about the rule of law, and challenges facing the judiciary in our current global moment. Nobel Laureate Geoffery […]
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CIVIL DISCOURSE: CONVERSATION AND CONNECTING AS PEOPLE One focus of my Principalship is cultivating learning, leadership, and civility for the public good on issues of contemporary concern. This leads to many questions, including what is the Public Good? What is Civility? Which Issues and Why? To help support this process, we have embarked on a series of conversations […]
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This coming week offers members of the Massey College community a wealth of opportunities to engage on important issues and—importantly—consider concrete solutions. For Junior Fellows exclusively, U of T’s Provostial Advisor on Civil Discourse Randy Boyogoda will join me and Junior Fellows in a conversation about creating conditions for respectful discussion and engaging with diverse […]
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Members of the Massey College community continue to exemplify extraordinary service toward the public good – be they Junior Fellows, Senior Fellows and Quadranglers, volunteers, or staff. With full pleasure, I share with you the Massey College recipients of the King’s Coronation Medal. Heartiest of congratulations and sincere thanks to each! David Landaverde has been serving […]
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Setting the Tone in Troubling Times Last week, I was honoured to join the Massey Grand Rounds dinner. This event modelled exactly what the world needs in these troubling times, and what Massey College excels at. Today, Canada and the world need new understandings and ideas. As Ambassador Bob Rae said so well this week […]
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Massey is Community One month into my tenure as Principal of Massey I am reminded that Massey is Community. The gathering of different generations and different disciplines to discuss the big issues — this is what makes our institution like no other in Canada. Over a beautiful meal in the Ondaatje dining hall, in front of the fire in […]
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Celebrations and Important Conversations at Massey College Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Clarkson Laureate High Table last week. It was an honour to officiate my first High Table as Principal alongside the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson. I was heartened to see so many friends, both new and old, come together to […]
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Civility and Leadership for the Public Good As we embark on a period of realignment—both geo-politically and here at the College—I am heartened by the Massey College mission: to inspire Civility and Leadership for the Public Good on issues of contemporary concern. To this end, we stand firmly as a civil and welcoming home for […]
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Principal’s message What I expected. What I found. As I set about on my “Listening and Learning” period in December, unexpected issues of serious financial concern for Massey College were revealed. Over the holidays, with the sound (and pro bono) expertise of Deloitte auditors and the tireless effort of board and staff members, we identified the problem, […]
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Happy new year to the entire Massey College community! This is my first formal week as the seventh principal of Massey College. It is indeed—for me and for the College—a time of new beginnings. Massey College has a long history of serving the Public Good, from its founding in 1962 through to today. The 1960s […]
