"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only June 22: Peter Alberti Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/FVfARcAbDF The deadline to register is the morning of the event before 8:00am. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants only.
June 23, 2023 Speaker: Daniel Lang Title: 'The Carnegie Foundation and University of Toronto Faculty Pensions: An "Undenominational", Un-tax-funded History”’ Abstract: When the Carnegie Foundation was established in 1905, universities in Canada and Newfoundland were eligible for grants, on strict conditions that were seen by some as “colonial,” “continentalist,” or “imperial” intrusions on autonomy; for […]
"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only June 29: Deanne Bogdan Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/gduNzVa4mt The deadline to register is the morning of the event before 8:00am. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants only.
July 3, 2023, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) Discussion Leader: David Milne The most famous book on (the dark art of) politics ever written, […]
"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only July 6: Cynthia Smith Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/0V3kxt5Vvm The deadline to register is the morning of the event before 8:00am. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants only.
"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only July 13: Ed Barbeau Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/vLA1kTqY79 The deadline to register is the morning of the event before 8:00am. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants only.
"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only July 20: Hugh Gunz Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/s2rY2Yskk2 The deadline to register is the morning of the event before 8:00am. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants only.
"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only July 27: Suzanne Hidi Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/SgaVxd0CzZ The deadline to register is the morning of the event before 8:00am. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants only.
Wednesday, September 6, 10 am Speaker: Elizabeth Harvey Title: “Out of One’s Mind: Dementia in Anne Carson’s Poetry” ABSTRACT: Anne Carson is an internationally renowned Canadian poet. Her eccentric poetic genius has been recognized by a sweep of prestigious awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the first T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize conferred on a woman, two […]
Book Club: September 11, 2023, 2023, 2-4pm – Fellows and External Fellows - Zoom only. David Graeber and David Wengrow, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (2021) Discussion Leaders: Daphne Maurer, Susan Pfeiffer. This book is a trailblazing account of humans through time, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about our remote ancestors […]
Wednesday, September 13, 10 am Speaker: Kang Lee Title: “Little Cheaters and How to Make Them Honest: The Origin of Academic Dishonesty in Childhood” Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss briefly the history of cheating and the scientific research on cheating with a focus on academic cheating. Then I will present the recent discoveries […]
Topic: " What is the purpose of school education?" Organizers: Phil Sullivan, Charles Maurer, Ed Barbeau, John Yeomans Readings Alison Lurie, “Do Schools have to be boring?”. New York Review of Books, December 4 and 18, 2008. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2008/12/18/do-schools-have-to-be-boring/ https://www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com/drking/the-purpose-of-education/ https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/ed-magazine/15/01/whats-worth-learning-school https://newlearningonline.com/new-learning/chapter-2/supporting-material-2/ivan-illich-on-deschooling An additional reading, provided by the Maurers, will be sent out to the registrants on Monday. […]
Senior College Excursion, September 19, 2023, Fellows and External Fellows only. Senior College has been offered an exciting opportunity to visit a lovely private garden by Dr. Isabelle Robinson who is a designer, landscaper and talented gardener. This midtown garden is full of unusual trees, perennials and annuals and has been the subject of several […]
Wednesday, September 20, 10 am Speaker: Valerie Tarasuk Title: “Food Insecurity in Canada: A Blind Spot in Public Policy” Abstract: Household food insecurity refers to the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints. In Canada, the public face of this problem is food banks, but it has been measured and monitored on large […]
