Journalism Lunch with Professor Kent Roach

Open to all the College fellowship: Junior, Senior fellows, Quadranglers. No registration required. Lunches will be available for purchase in the Ondaatje Hall. View Menu.

On Wednesday, Oct. 21, the William Southam Journalism Fellows welcome Professor Kent Roach for an informal, off-the-record lunch conversation in the Massey College dining hall. These weekly gathering offer an opportunity for the Massey community to connect with the journalism fellows and their guests to exchange ideas and discuss journalism, current affairs and the issues shaping our world.

Kent Roach is a Professor of Law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He is a former law clerk to Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada. Professor Roach has been editor-in-chief of the Criminal Law Quarterly since 1998. In 2002, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2013, he was one of four academics awarded a Trudeau Fellowship in recognition of his research and social contributions. In 2015, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2016, named (with Craig Forcese) one of the top 25 influential lawyers in Canada (change-maker category) by Canadian Lawyer. He was awarded the Molson Prize for the Social Sciences and Humanities in 2017.

This event is to all members of the Massey College community. No registration is required. Lunch is available for purchase in the dining hall.