Massey 2016 2017 News Senior Fellow and Alumna Julie Payette appointed Governor General 5 2016 CBC Massey Lectures 7 Science Policy Symposium inaugurated in honour of Ursula Franklin 11 Massey-Goodenough memorandum of understanding signed 16 Massey Refugee Support Initiative launched 28 St. Catherine’s designated a Chapel Royal 33 Life at Massey College What’s inside Y SINCEREST THANKS to From the Master 1 From the the many Massey community Degrees awarded 1 Editor members and friends who Contact us News from the Masters Emeriti 2 M contributed to this issue in one way or Holmes Memorial Lecture 3 another — the Master and the Officers of the College; the Masters Emeriti; MASSEY Massey Grand Rounds 4 Senior Fellows Aubie Angel, Ramsay Derry, Roger Hall, Tom Keymer, Mary Jo COLLEGE Junior Fellows’ Lecture Series 4 Leddy, and Michael Valpy; Darlene Naranjo, Catering Manager; Sarah Moritz, Julie Payette: Governor General 5 4 Devonshire Place Massey Talks... Massey Talks... 6 former Executive Assistant to the Master and her replacement, Elena Ferranti; Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2E1 CBC Massey Lectures 7 Alumni Ainslee Beer, Jennifer Levin Bonder, Paul Brown, David Forte, Linda New Massey-Anansi imprint 7 Gowman, Rahim Hirji, Kari Maaren, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, Tina Park, Linda < masseycollege.ca > < www.facebook.com/MasseyCollege > Andrew Coyne at Gala Dinner 8 Schofield, Alexandra Sorin, and the many other Alumni who sent in their news; Massey Roundtable: Sovereignty 8 Junior Fellows Daniel Anstett, Delila Bikic, Misha Boutilier, Adrian De Leon, Phil THE MASTER William Southam Journalism Fellows 9 De Luna, Judy Grant, Claire Jensen, Andrew Kaufman, Niyosha Keyzad, Press Club evenings 9 Hugh Segal Alexander Kostenko, Frank Leenders, Rosemary Martin, Andreea Mogosanu, Iranian Series 10 Tel: 416-978-8448 Science Policy Symposium 11 Amir Abdul Reda, RJ Reid, Alexander Sarra-Davis, Ioana Sendroiu, David Sutton, h [email protected] Massey Annual Debate 11 and Morgan Tomalty; Quadranglers Douglas Gibson, Christine Karcza, and Massey Moot 11 Judith Stoffman, as well as other Quadranglers who sent in their news; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Library report 12 Sachiko Murakami, the Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence; and Andrew Elena Ferranti Book History and Print Culture 14 Coyne, journalist. For photographs, my thanks once again go to Lisa Sakulensky Tel: 416-978-2549 Writer-in-Residence 15 for the annual shot of our community in the Quadrangle and to Junior Fellow h [email protected] Barbara Moon / Ars Medica Milan Ilnyckyj for his outstanding images of College life. Editorial Fellow 15 BURSAR – Anthony Luengo, Editor Massey-Goodenough memorandum 16 Joyee Chau Canada-UK Colloquium (CUKC) 16 Tel: 416-978-8447 Reflections: Mary Jo Leddy 17 MASSEY COLLEGE is a graduate students’ residential community h [email protected] Service Community Committee 18 affiliated with, but independent from, the University of Toronto. Conversation with It provides a unique, congenial, and intellectual environment DEAN of FELLOWSHIPS, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah 19 for graduate students of distinguished ability in all disciplines PROGRAMS, Diversity Committee 23 to share in a rich and stimulating community. AND LIAISONS College photo 24 Amela Marin Clarkson Award citations 26 2016–2017 • Life at Massey College • Toronto Tel: 416-978-2891 Connecting with Christine Karcza 27 MasseyNews October 2017 Massey Refugee Support Initiative 28 Fax: 416-971-3032 This is the 48th annual about life at Massey College. The 2017–2018 edition is scheduled for h [email protected] Historians’ Night 29 publication in the fall of 2018. Submissions may be sent to the editor directly by e-mail Senior Fellows’ lunches 30 h [email protected] or by mail to the College, no later than July 31, 2018. We welcome any LIBRARIAN The LMF reports 31 comments. MasseyNews thanks the staff at Print3 Yonge & Eglinton for their support and expertise. Every reasonable effort has been made December Gaudy / literary prizes 32 P.J. MacDougall to find holders of any copyright material included. We would be pleased Tel: 416-978-2893 The Chapel Royal 33 to have any oversights brought to our attention. h Spotlight on High Table 34 [email protected] Editor: Anthony Luengo • Desktop & Design: Brian Dench Quadrangle Society Book Club 35 Kitchen creations 36 PROGRAM AND EVENTS COORDINATOR College quiz 36 Alumni Association reports 37 Emily Mockler Tel: 416-978-2894 From the 1960s 38 h From the 1970s 39 �ine at Massey [email protected] We always welcome members of the Massey Community to dine From the 1980s 41 Photography by Milan Ilnyckyj From the 1990s 42 in Hall before any functions. All you need do is call the Porter CATERING MANAGER From the 2000s 43 at 416-978-2895 by 1 p.m. of the same day to make reservations. Darlene Naranjo Corporation Fellows’ Gaudy 44 Tel: 416-978-2894 From the Don of Hall 45 [email protected] Environment Committee 46 Computer Committee 46 PORTER’S LODGE Staff news 47 Tel: 416-978-2895 Bursar’s Report 48 h [email protected] An appeal from the Master 49 SUMMER RENTALS Running columns h summerresidence Thank you, donors! 3 @masseycollege.ca Publications 9 Senior Fellows elected 16 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Senior Residents, Alexandra Sorin Visiting Scholars, & Visiting Fellows 17 President Marriages, births 28 h [email protected] In Memoriam 28 News of Senior Fellows 29 Kari Maaren News of Quadranglers 35 Toronto Coordinator News of Alumni 37 h [email protected] Sapere Aude • Dare to be wise File 34 - From the Master.docx 2016–2017 • MasseyNews Degrees HE ENGAGED AND Borwein and Alexandra Harris for their INTELLECTUALLY compelling service to the broad College Awarded activities at Massey College this community and the larger world. T All degrees awarded by the past academic year involved a sharing Sadly, this last year saw the University of Toronto unless of ideas through a rich mix of passing of Massey College pillars Photography by Milan Ilnyckyj otherwise specified. Our speeches, presentations, and whose contributions were so broad, congratulations to all concerned. discussions at a myriad of events, selfless, generous, and compelling, including Senior Fellow Luncheons, they are beyond measurement and Junior Fellow Lectures, round tables, speak to the deep loss felt by all: FALL 2016 panels, and other social and spiritual benefactor and Senior Fellow Adam events, all of which richly populate Zimmerman, whose funeral was held Doctor of Philosophy in our St. Catherine’s Chapel; Helen the academic calendar every year. Kiran Banerjee Mo, Junior Fellow and former House In almost every circumstance, Political Science the leadership of the Junior Fellowship Captain, who was doing her Ph.D. was enhanced and supported by a in Religion Studies; Michael Bliss, Cathleen Helen Powell superb mix of knowledge through the distinguished Senior Fellow and Juridical Science sharing, mentorship, and supportive historian of immense reach and Ruediger Willenberg attendance and contribution from From the standing; Visitor Emerita Rose Wolfe, Electrical and Senior Fellows, Quadrangle Society a former Chancellor of the University Computer Engineering members, Journalism Fellows, and Master and Senior Fellow; the Most Reverend Visiting Scholars. Alumni presence is Terence Finlay, a regular officiant in our Juris Doctor always both appreciated and invited Chapel and former Bishop of Toronto; and an important part of the texture Master Hugh Segal and Kenneth McCarter, Quadrangle Sara Catherine Elcombe Society Chair and a Senior Fellow. Master of Arts of Massey College life. Massey Grand Rounds, under the They were all mourned by the Massey September saw the arrival of our able academic advisory leadership of Ilana Emilia Lockwood community. From business, scholarship, new Visitor, Canada’s Chief Justice, Dr. Aubie Angel, focused an entire day Applied Psychology the professions, the humanities, and The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin. In on the broad environmental impacts and Human the spiritual domain, their lives at Development addition to her presence at the closing on health, from housing and poverty, Massey made the interdisciplinary barbeque in the spring of 2016, her to atmosphere, food, and water. Junior Chloe Brault MacKinnon mission here more granular and frequent attendance at meetings of Fellows Peter Liu and Alex Coven, Comparative Literature deeply rooted. Their service and the Massey QC (composed of Junior co-chairs, as well as a number of other generosity of scholarship, time, Kacper Niburski Fellows in Law), and at general Junior Junior Fellows studying Health Sciences, resources, and spirit enriched College History and Philosophy Fellow lunches in the PDR and High were intimately engaged in this very life in too many ways to enumerate. of Science and Tables made her first year one of interdisciplinary MGR program. At the end of May, we formally Technology great engagement and genuine Throughout the year, the Don of celebrated a new partnership between interest in the College, and all with Hall, Adrian De Leon, and co-chairs of Goodenough College in London, U.K. Master of Engineering great informality. This spoke very various Junior Fellow committees and Massey College. Goodenough was much to the future of our College. played an absolutely integral role in Julia Anstett established after World War I to The tribute to Ursula Franklin, who College life, from the new format Chemical Engineering provide a collegiate residential passed away last year, reminded us all Winter Ball to the successful Robbie and Applied Chemistry community for graduate students of the remarkably dynamic legacy Burns Charity Auction and important attending universities in London, such Senior Fellows of immense intellectual engagement on governance. The Master of Information as the LSE, King’s College, and the breadth, moral courage, and technical Accessibility Committee, led by Junior University of London, and is situated in Abigail Jane Sparling expertise can share and leave. Fellows Jason Brennan and Sophie the picturesque Mecklenburgh Square, Master of Science The CIFAR/Massey Talks, focusing Borwein, under the guidance of in the central Bloomsbury district.