Book Club: June 3, 2024, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
June 3, 2024, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Helen Macdonald, H Is for Hawk (2014) Discussion leader: Peter Alberti Are you ready for a strange but compelling read? Already […]
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“Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – June 13, 2024: Jonathan Dostrovsky
Zoom"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only June 13, 2024: Jonathan Dostrovsky Jonathan Dostrovsky Jonathan Dostrovsky will present a biographical illustrated account of […]
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“Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – June 20, 2024: John Kennedy
Zoom"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only June 20, 2024: John Kennedy John Kennedy is a psychologist with interests in perception and representation. […]
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“Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – June 27, 2024: George Steiner (change to the program)
Zoom"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only June 27, 2024: George Steiner Topic: “I will not make this a high science talk. Rather, it […]
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Book Club: July 8, 2024, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomJuly 8, 2024, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Alex Ross, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (2007) Discussion Leaders: Linda Hutcheon, Michael Hutcheon Have you ever […]
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Book Club: Sept. 9, 2024, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomSeptember 9, 2024, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood (2016) Discussion Leader: Linda Hutcheon A modern retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest the novel was commissioned by Random House […]
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Wednesday Talk: Sept. 11, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Marlene Shore, Professor Emerita and Senior Scholar, Department of History/York University Title: “Down from the Mountain: Reckoning with Unrest, Risk, and Charlatanism in the Canadian University, 1919-1939” Abstract: In […]
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Wednesday Talk: Sept. 18, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Kent Roach, Law, University of Toronto Topic: “Wrongfully Convicted: Lessons from the Canadian Registry” Abstract: This talk will discuss some of the findings from the Canadian Registry of Wrongful […]
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Colloquium, September 19, 2024, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, September 19, 2024, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: “How to deal with tensions that have erupted on campuses as a result of the […]
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Wednesday Talk: Sept. 25, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Lissa Paul, Professor of English, Brock University Title: “Children’s Literature and Literary History: From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf and from The Big Bad Wolf to Tom Wolfe” Abstract: Not […]
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Wednesday Talk: Oct. 2, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Ian Cusson, Composer Title: “Indigeneity in Contemporary Opera: Wolf-men and Vacations to Prague” Abstract: Ian will explore Indigenous representation in contemporary opera through examples from his body of work, […]
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Book Club: October 7, 2024, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomOctober 7, 2024, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot (2022) Discussion Leader: Sara Shettleworth This book by an award-winning […]
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Wednesday Talk: Oct. 9, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Kenneth Bartlett, History and Renaissance Studies, U of T Title: “Raphael and the Mystery of the Frame: Art, Science and History in Search of an Answer” Abstract: A copy […]
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Wednesday Talk: Oct. 16, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Nandita Bajaj, Executive Director, Population Balance Title: “Connecting the Dots between Reproductive Autonomy and Environmental Sustainability” Abstract: Human population has doubled in the last 50 years, growing from approximately […]
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Colloquium, October 17, 2024, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, October 17, 2024, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: “The issues about introducing a universal basic income in Canada. How to pay for it and […]
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Wednesday Talk: Oct. 23, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Soren Brothers, Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change, ROM; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of T Title: “Climate, Lakes, and Museums: Intersections and Transdisciplinary Opportunities” Abstract: While climate […]
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Wednesday Talk: Oct. 30, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Paul Stevens, English Department, University of Toronto Title: “Robinson Crusoe and the Slave Trade: A Treatise against Adventure” Abstract: The break-out of the Muslim slave trade into the Atlantic […]
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Book Club: November 4, 2024, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomNovember 4, 2024, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer (2017) Discussion Leader: […]
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Wednesday Talk: Nov. 6, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Mary Nyquist, English/Comparative Literature, U of T Title: “Early Modern Freedom, Tyranny, and the Rhetorical Power of ‘Slave’” Abstract: Why is the word “slave” capable of causing such anguish […]
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Second Biennial Peter Russell Discussion: Champions of Rights: Courts and Legislatures? Thursday, November 7th, 2-4pm, University of Toronto Faculty Club
The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ONThis event has already taken place. The next Peter Russell Discussion will be held in November, 2026. Champions of Rights: Courts and Legislatures? Thursday, November 7th, University of Toronto […]
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Wednesday Talk: Nov. 13, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Yvonne Bombard, IHPME, U of T Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, U of T Title: “Delivering Precision Genomic Medicine: Evidence, Policy and Equity” Genetic testing has become […]
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Colloquium, November 14, 2024, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, November 14, 2024, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: “The problems of social media” Organized by: Phil Sullivan Lunch before the colloquium The lunch is […]
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Wednesday Talk: Nov. 20, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Clifford Orwin, Political Science, U of T Title: “The Double 24-Hour Makeover Election” Abstract: The venerable conservative columnist George Will — a retired professor at the U of T! — […]
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Wednesday Talk: Nov. 27, 2024, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Franca Iacovetta, History, U of T, and Cynthia Wright, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, York U Title: “Remembering Emma Goldman in Toronto, 1920s-2020s” Abstract: Emma Goldman – […]
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Book Club: December 2, 2024, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomDecember 2, 2024, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Culture: The Story of Us from Cave-Art to K Pop by Martin Puchner (2023) Discussion Leader: Meg Fox Harvard literary historian Martin Puchner […]
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Book Club: January 6, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomJanuary 6, 2024, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis (2015) Discussion Leader: Meg Fox André Alexis offers “an utterly compelling and affecting look at the […]
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Wednesday Talk: January 8 , 2025, at 2-4pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Wednesday Talk: January 8 , 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom Speaker: Elizabeth Clare, Biology, York University Title: “A Chance to Measure Life on Earth: The Potential of Airborne […]
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Wednesday Talk: January 15 , 2025, at 2-4pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Wednesday Talk: January 15 , 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom Speaker: Gerry Friesen, History, University of Manitoba Title: “The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman” […]
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Colloquium, January 16, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, January 16, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: “How do we deal with the crisis in aging?” Organized by Marty Klein Lunch before the colloquium […]
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Wednesday Talk: January 22 , 2025, at 2-4pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Wednesday Talk: January 22 , 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom Speaker: Anne Urbancic, Italian; Semiotics, Victoria College, U of T Title: “Large Double Double: How Tim […]
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Wednesday Talk: January 29 , 2025, at 2-4pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Wednesday Talk: January 29 , 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom Speaker: Sharon Vattay, architectural historian, cultural heritage specialist Topic: “Toronto's Massey Music Hall: Conservation in Practice" […]
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Book Club: February 3, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomFebruary 3 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep by Kenneth Miller (2023) Discussion Leader: Daphne Maurer The […]
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Wednesday Talk: February 5 , 2025, at 2-4pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Matthew Light, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, U of T Title: “Ukraine: The Stakes for Canada” Abstract: As the war in Ukraine […]
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Wednesday Talk: February 12, 2025, at 2-4pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Tom Keymer, English, U of T Title: “Jane Austen and the Jurassic” ABSTRACT: Ecocritical scholarship on 19th-century literature has explored the impact on Victorian writers of the new geological and […]
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Wednesday Talk: February 19, 2025, at 2-4pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Patricia Brubaker, Physiology and Medicine, U of T Title: The basic science underlying the beneficial actions of ♪O, O, O, O-zempic♪ Abstract: Drugs based on the intestinal hormone glucagon-like […]
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Colloquium, February 20, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, February 20, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: "Poverty in Canada: causes, effects and solutions. Whose responsibility?" Organized by: Bill Logan and Trevor […]
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Wednesday Talk: February 26, 2025, at 2-4pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Netami Stuart, Senior Project Manager for Parks, Waterfront Toronto Title: “The Port Lands Flood Protection Infrastructure Project: How to Build a River” Abstract: The Port Lands Flood Protection and […]
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Exhibition: Art from Soweto, Out from Storage on Thursday, February, 27, 2025
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Exhibition: Art from Soweto, Out from Storage on Thursday, February, 27, 2025 - in person only - Registration is required for opening day attendance. No exceptions. The Senior College Centre is […]
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Book Club: March 3, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomMarch 3 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows Homelands: A Personal History of Europe by Timothy Garton Ash (2023) Discussion Leader: David Milne Winner of the 2024 Gelner Prize, […]
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Exhibition: Art from Soweto, Out from Storage on Thursday, March 12, 2025 – in person only – Registration is not required
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Exhibition: Art from Soweto, Out from Storage on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - in person only - Registration is not required The Senior College Centre is delighted to present an […]
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Wednesday Talk: March 12, 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Madeleine Zurowski, Physics, U of T Title: “Searching in the Dark” Abstract: Dark Matter is a hypothesised new particle thought to make up 85% of the matter in the universe. This talk will […]
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Wednesday Talk: March 19, 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: James Campbell Topic: “Music Inside Out” Abstract: James Campbell has collaborated with many legendary artists, including Glenn Gould, Aaron Copland, Janus Starker, and the Amadeus String Quartet. He will tell stories about […]
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Wednesday Talk: March 26, 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Mark G. McGowan, St. Michael’s College, U of T Topic: “’Kindred Spirits’ in the North: Indigenous Peoples in British North American and their Donations to the Irish Famine Relief” […]
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Book Club: April 7, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomApril 7, 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974) Discussion Leader: Molly Wills Successful both as literature and as a thought experiment, […]
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“Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions May 1, 2025. Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only
Zoom"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only May 1, 2025: Lynda Lange Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/bg1NnmcQQd The deadline to register is the morning […]
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Book Club: May 5, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomMay 5, 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows The Odyssey by Homer, in the new poetic translation by Emily Wilson (2017) Discussion Leaders: Linda Hutcheon and Martin Revermann Homer's […]
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“Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions May 8, 2025. Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only
Zoom"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only May 8, 2025: David Milne Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/bg1NnmcQQd The deadline to register is the morning […]
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“Meet Your Colleagues” May 22, 2025. Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only
Zoom"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only May 22, 2025: John Dirks Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/UBazhDrtef The deadline to register is the morning […]
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“Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions May 29, 2025. Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only
Zoom"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only May 29, 2025: Anne Urbancic Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/tpLXDkJrCh The deadline to register is the morning […]
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Book Club: June 2, 2025, 2-4pm, Fellows and External Fellows only
ZoomJune 2, 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows The Valley of the Birdtail by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) (2022) Discussion leader: Janet Paterson This book […]
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“Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions June 5, 2025. Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only
Zoom"Meet Your Colleagues" Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only - Fellows and External Fellows only June 5, 2025: Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/zJAWKScnej The deadline to register is the morning of the […]
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Book Club: July 7, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomJuly 7, 2025, 2-4pm, - Fellows and External Fellows The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li (2023) Discussion Leader: Susan Pfeiffer […]
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Book Club: September 8, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomSeptember 8, 2025, 2-4 pm - Fellows and External Fellows James by Percival Everett (2024) Discussion Leader: Meg Fox “With my pencil, I wrote myself into being,” writes James. The […]
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Wednesday Talk: September 10, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Lorraine York, English and Cultural Studies, McMaster U Tittle “'Yes, I’m a Witch”: Yoko Ono, Paracelebrity as Parasitism, and the Racializing of Fame Hunger” Introducer: Linda Hutcheon Abstract: Yoko Ono’s artistic […]
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Wednesday Talk: September 17, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Susan McCahan, Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Digital Strategies and Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education “The Impact of AI on University Education” Introducer: Susan Pfeiffer Abstract: The existence of, and easy […]
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Colloquium, September 18, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only. In-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, September 18, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only. In-person only Topic: "What makes a City Livable" Organized by: Giuliana Katz Lunch before the colloquium: The lunch is […]
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Wednesday Talk: September 24, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Liat Margolis, Daniels, U of T; Nikibii Dawadinna Giigwag/Flooded Valley Healing Title: “Call to Action #66: A Land-based Indigenous Youth Program” Introducer: Linda Hutcheon Abstract: The Canadian Truth and Reconciliation […]
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Wednesday Talk: October 1, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Larry Moran, Biochemistry, U of T Title: “What’s in Your Genome?” Introducer: Jim Gurd Abstract: Scientists have been studying the human genome for more than 70 years but today there […]
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Book Club: October 6, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomOctober 6, 2025, 2-4 pm - Fellows and External Fellows Fire Weather by John Vaillant (2023) Discussion Leader: Susan Pfeiffer Rather than just an intellectual exploration, this is about pressing […]
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Wednesday Talk: October 8, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Bob Davidson, Spanish, U of T Title: “Smelling the Humanities” Introducer: Anne Urbancic Abstract: We don’t truly appreciate our sense of smell until it’s temporarily gone. Yet, even still, it […]
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Wednesday Talk: October 15, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Robert Sharpe, Law, U of T Title: “The Persons Case: Equality of Women and the Constitution as a Living Tree” Introducer: Jim Hunter Abstract: The Persons case, the landmark 1928 […]
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Colloquium, October 16, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, October 16, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: "Diversity and Identity in Canada" Organized by: Trevor Lloyd Lunch before the colloquium: The lunch […]
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Wednesday Talk: October 22, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Eric Jennings, History, U of T Title: “A World History of Vanilla” Introducer: Charles Maurer Abstract: Open your fridge or pantry, and you’ll likely find vanilla: perhaps a bottle of […]
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Wednesday Talk: October 29, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Zhang, Di, Music, York U Title: “Exploring Regional Yangqin Music in China” Introducer: Daphne Maurer Abstract: This presentation offers an in-depth exploration of regional yangqin music, focusing on the traditional […]
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Book Club: November 3, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomNovember 3, 2025, 2-4 pm - Fellows and External Fellows Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum (2024) Discussion Leader: David Milne Pulitzer prize-winning […]
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Wednesday Talk: November 5, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Carl Knappett, Art History, U of T Title: “The Coastal World of Minoan Palaikastro” Introducer: Susan Pfeiffer Abstract: Lying on the eastern tip of Crete, Palaikastro was one of the […]
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Wednesday Talk: November 12, 10am-12pm – hybrid. Please note: This event will be held upstairs at the Faculty Club and not the ground floor.
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Ian Radforth, History, U of T Title: "Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario That Gripped the World" Introducer: Linda Hutcheon Abstract: This lecture will offer a journey into […]
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Colloquium, November 13, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, November 13, 2025, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: "Science and Scientism” Organized by: Phil Sullivan READINGS: 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism 2) https://philosophynow.org/issues/36/What_Can_You_Do_With_Philosophy_Anyway 3) https://scientificandmedical.net/scientism-when-science-becomes-a-religion-by-steve-taylor/ 4) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830725000357 5) SCientific Knowlwdge […]
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Wednesday Talk: November 19, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7David Rayside, History Title: “The Biography of an Early Upper Canadian House” Introducer: Jim Gurd Abstract: One of Ontario’s oldest houses faces the St. Lawrence River in the small village […]
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Wednesday Talk: November 26, 10am-12pm – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Quinya Liu, Earth Sciences, Physics, U of T Title: “Rumbles Beneath Your Feet: Earthquakes, Resource Exploration and Earth’s Tectonic History” Introducer: Bibhu Mohanty occurring on our planet. Widespread devastation can […]
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Special End-of-Term Event: The Autumn of Brahms
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Special Events Special End-of-Term Event: The Autumn of Brahms On Wednesday, November 26, following our final morning lecture, join us in the Lounge for a captivating clarinet and piano recital featuring two world-class musicians: James Campbell – internationally […]
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Book Club: December 1, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows – Zoom only event
ZoomDecember 1, 2025, 2-4 pm - Fellows and External Fellows - Zoom only event Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023) Discussion Leader: Malcolm Woodland Winner of the 2024 Booker and Hawthornden […]
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Book Club: January 5, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomJanuary 5, 2026, 2-4 pm – Fellows and External Fellows ChatGPT and the Future of AI by Terrence J. Sejnowski (2024) Discussion leader: Daphne Maurer An accessible and timely introduction […]
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Isaac Bogoch, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, U of T, Wednesday Talk: January 7, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Isaac Bogoch, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, U of T Title: “Emerging Infections and How to Fight Them” Abstract: We will discuss how infectious diseases emerge and ultimately spread around the […]
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Speaker: Neil Besner, English, U of Winnipeg Wednesday Talk: January 14,2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Neil Besner, English, U of Winnipeg Title: Montreal Standard Time, 1944-1950: Mavis Gallant’s Short Stories and Her Early Journalism Abstract: Gallant’s early journalism for The Montreal Standard has […]
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Speaker: David Townsend, English and Medieval Studies, U of T., Wednesday Talk: January 21, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: David Townsend, English and Medieval Studies, U of T. Title: “Imagination, Historical Knowledge, and Public Discourse” Abstract: Guilty pleasure or serious cultural work? Academics have vexed relationships with historical […]
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Colloquium, January 22, 2026, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, January 22, 2026, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: “What is the purpose of education?” Organized by: Mary Finlay Readings: https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/download/8744/6687/26043 https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-education/ John […]
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Speaker: Daphne Maurer, Psychology, McMaster U., Wednesday Talk: January 28, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Daphne Maurer, Psychology, McMaster U Title: “An Invisible Pandemic” Abstract: In this century, most schoolchildren are becoming nearsighted--80% to 90% of them in Asia--and nearsightedness in school often causes […]
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Book Club: February 2, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows
ZoomFebruary 2, 2026, 2-4 pm - Fellows and External Fellows The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi (2020) Discussion Leaders: […]
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Speaker: Jennifer DeSilva, Woodsworth College, U of T, Wednesday Talk: February 4, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Jennifer DeSilva, Woodsworth College, U of T Title: "Women's Labour in Renaissance Florence's Streets and Taverns" Abstract: Early modern men writing in Florence depicted their taverns as wonderful and […]
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Speaker: Beatrix Dart, Rotman School of Management, U of T, Wednesday Talk: February 11, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Beatrix Dart, Rotman School of Management, U of T Title: “Retired, Not Expired: The Longevity Economy Unveiled” Abstract: As Canada’s population ages, a powerful economic and social shift is […]
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Speaker: Laura Hug, Environmental Microbiology, Biology, U of Waterloo, Wednesday Talk: February 18, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Laura Hug, Environmental Microbiology, Biology, U of Waterloo Title: “Man's Trash Is a Microbe's Treasure: The Microbiology of Landfills” Abstract: Landfills house our discarded waste, but also support a […]
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Colloquium, February 19, 2026, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Senior College Centre,256 McCaul Street, Suite 412Colloquium, February 19, 2026, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: “How to counter misinformation. Is it possible?” Organizer: Daphne Maurer Suggested background readings: 1. A […]
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Speaker: Ira Wells, President, PEN Canada; Victoria College, U of T, Wednesday Talk: February 25, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Ira Wells, President, PEN Canada; Victoria College, U of T Title: “On Book Banning: Saving Children from the Harm of Books” Abstract: From the destruction of libraries in ancient […]
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Book Club: March 2, 2026, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows – Zoom only event
March 2, 2026, 2-4 pm – Fellows and External Fellows Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (2017) Discussion Leader: Lisa Steele The “bardo” is a Tibetan Buddhist concept referring […]
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Stephen Brooke, History, York University , U of T. Wednesday, Talk: March 4, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Stephen Brooke, History, York University Title: "‘Gleaming Obelisks’ and ‘Dilapidated Streets’: London in the 1980s: Abstract: This talk will explore the history of London in the 1980s, examining how […]
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Speaker: Carl Knappett, Art History, U of T, Wednesday Talk: March 11, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Carl Knappett, Art History, U of T Title: “The Coastal World of Minoan Palaikastro” Abstract: Lying on the eastern tip of Crete, Palaikastro was one of the largest towns […]
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Speaker: Jennifer Bonnell, History, York U, Wednesday Talk: March 18, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Jennifer Bonnell, History, York U Title: “Place and People at the Margins: A History of Toronto’s Don River Valley” Abstract: In this richly illustrated talk, environmental historian Jennifer Bonnell […]
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Speaker: Nick Terpstra, History, U of T; Provost, Trinity College., Wednesday Talk: March 25, 2026, 2pm-4pm, Faculty Club and Zoom – hybrid
Zoom AND The Faculty Club, UofT, 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Speaker: Nick Terpstra, History, U of T; Provost, Trinity College. Title: “Moving Targets: Young People in the Early Modern World” Abstract: Where do we find youths in the early modern […]
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Book Club: April 6, 2026, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows – Zoom only event
April 6, 2026, 2-4 pm – Fellows and External Fellows Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times that Made Handel’s “Messiah” by Charles King (2024) Discussion Leaders: Linda Hutcheon […]
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Book Club: May 4, 2025, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows – Zoom only event
May 4, 2026, 2-4 pm – Fellows and External Fellows Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962) Discussion Leader: Sara Shettleworth Published only 64 years ago, Silent Spring already qualifies as […]