Oct 7 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk, Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 2pm, Title: “Putting It Together” (‘It’ = 2020-21 Season at RCM and Koerner Hall) + concert. Speaker: Mervon Mehta
Oct 14 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: “Einstein’s Error: Curiosity vs. Interest” Speaker: Suzanne Hidi, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, OISE
Oct 21 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: “Values vs. Interests in Canadian Foreign Policy: Four Case Studies”, Jon Allen, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Oct 22 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium, October 22, 2020, “Is there a difference between law and politics?” Peter Russell
Oct 28 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk, Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 2pm, Title: “Can We Use Bugs as Drugs?” Speaker: Emma Allen-Vercoe
Nov 2 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club: S. Levitsky & D. Ziblatt, How Democracies Die, Monday, November 2 at 2-4pm
Nov 4 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: November 4, Stephen Batiuk, Near-Eastern Studies, U of T “The History of Grapes and Winemaking: Prehistoric Times to the Present”
Nov 11 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: November 11, Thomas Axworthy ,”Liberal Internationalism – Post COVID: Still Relevant? Still Possible?” Contact and Chair:
Nov 18 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: November 18, Ian Dejardin, Executive Director, McMichael Collection “What Forces Formed the Group of Seven?”
Nov 19 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: November 19, Colloquium: Lessons for Democracy: Implications of US Election. Rob Vipond
Nov 25 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: November 25, David Wilson, Editor of Dictionary of Canadian Biography, “Cross-dressers, Angels, Gangsters, Murderers and the Mother from Hell: Surprising Women in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography”
Nov 30 9:15 am - 4:00 pm 15th Annual Senior College Symposium, “Ethical Challenges of the 21st Century” Free
Dec 7 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club, December 7, David Reich, Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Dec 17 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Join us for a “Happy Holidays” virtual coffee break – the last event of the year
Jan 6 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Wednesday, January 6 at 2:00pm. Speakers: David Milne, UPEI; Edward Warrington, University of Malta; and Harold Atwood, U of T
Feb 1 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club: Feb 1, Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter Onuf, Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination – For Fellows and External Fellows only
Feb 3 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: “Crossing Borders in the Ark of Knowledge: The Role of Libraries and Archives in the Performance of 18th Century Music”, Alison Mackay
Feb 18 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: SC Virtual Colloquium February 18, 2021, 2-4pm. Fellows & External Fellows Only
Mar 3 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Rosemary Sullivan, English, U of T, “Stalin’s Daughter: A Biographer’s Tumultuous Journey”
Mar 10 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Patrick Bedford, “A Regulatory Perspective on Gene Therapy Development and Commercialization”
Mar 17 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Stephen Katz, “Tracked and Fit: FitBits, Brain Games, and the Quantified Aging Body”
Mar 18 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: SC Virtual Colloquium March 18, 2021, 2:00-4:00pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only
Mar 24 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Russell Brown and Donna Bennett, “Editing English-Canada’s National Anthology in an Era of Social Change; or, How Do You Handle a Problem like Duncan Campbell Scott”
Apr 6 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club: April 6, 2021 at 2:00pm-4:00pm: Thomas King – Green Grass, Running Water – Fellows & External Fellows Only
Apr 22 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: SC Virtual Colloquium April 22, 2021, 2:00-4:00pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only
May 3 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Book Club: May 3, 2021 at 1:00pm-3:00pm: Edward Glaeser – The Triumph of the City -For Fellows and External Fellows only
May 5 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Speaker: Cheryl Suzack, English, U of T “Stories from Bella Bella: On Being a Guest and Researcher in Heiltsuk Territory”
May 12 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: William E. Reichman, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Baycrest “Innovation and the Coming Transformation of Seniors Healthcare”
May 19 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm SC Talk: P.J. Carefoote, Head, Rare Books and Special Collections, Fisher Rare Book Library – “Stop the Presses: A Brief History of Literary Censorship in Canada”
May 20 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Colloquium: May 20, 2021, 1:00-3:00pm (N.B. New time) – Fellows & External Fellows Only
May 26 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Dwayne Benjamin, Economics, U of T; Provostial Advisor, Reruitment, Enrolment, and Educational Space & Technology “Labour Market Outcomes of PhD Graduates in Canada: A Closer Look at the CCA’s “Degrees of Success.”
Jun 2 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Diana Fu, Political Science, U of T, Asian Institute, Munk School “China’s Rise as a Superpower—and its Implications for Canada”
Jun 7 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club: June 7, 2021 at 2:00pm-4:00pm: James Robert Brown – Who Rules in Science? An Opiniated Guide to the Wars – Fellows & External Fellows Only
Jun 9 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Susan Pfeiffer, Anthropology, U of T; Centre for the Advanced Study of Paleobiology, George Washington U. “Repatriation and Objects of Contention”
Jun 10 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Meet Your Colleagues: Phil Sullivan will discuss how a mechanical model of the upper airways produced insights into COVID 19 treatment.
Jun 15 2:00 pm June Senate meeting followed directly by a Council meeting. Tuesday June 15 starting at 2 PM
Jun 16 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: John R. Percy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, U of T “Misconceptions about the Universe: From Everyday Life to the Big Bang”
Jun 17 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: SC Virtual Colloquium June 17, 2021, 2:00-4:00pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only
Jun 22 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Meet Your Colleagues: Kathy O’Connell will discuss her research on Indian Nobel Prize-winner Rabindranath Tagore.
Jun 23 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: John Baird, English, U of T “Dickens and Public Health: Infection and Disease in Bleak House”
Jun 29 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Meet Your Colleagues: Merrijoy Kelner will talk about her career as a sociologist
Jun 30 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Michael Mori, Artistic Director, Tapestry Opera “Sacrilege or Survival—Opera in Adaptive Mediums”
Jul 5 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club: Jul 5, 2021: Bernardine Evaristo – Girl, Woman, Other – Fellows & External Fellows Only
Jul 7 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Gwyn Campbell, Director, Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill U “Indian Ocean World History in the Context of Human-Environment Interaction”
Jul 13 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Meet Your Colleagues: Sandra Acker will discuss her “Editor Project,” which involved interviews with editors of Higher Education Journals.
Jul 21 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Cindi Morshead, Surgery and Anatomy, U of T “Neural Stem Cells to Repair the Injured Brain: A Stroke of Genius”
Jul 27 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Meet Your Colleagues: Violinist Morry Kernerman will talk “My Life in Music”.
Aug 3 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club: Aug 3, 2021: Northrop Frye – The Educated Imagination – Fellows & External Fellows Only
Aug 10 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Meet Your Colleagues: John David Stewart will discuss his work with the inhaled Insulin “Afrezza.”
Sep 7 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club: September 7, 2021: Pekka Hämäläinen, Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power – Fellows & External Fellows Only
Sep 8 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: James Downar, Head, Division of Palliative Care, University of Ottawa, “Early Experience with Medical Assistance in Dying in Ontario”
Sep 15 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Christina E. Kramer, Slavic Languages and Literatures, U of T, “Lines of Labour: Sound and Sense in Literary Translation”
Sep 22 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Jeffrey L. Stokes, Faculty of Music, Western, “Beethoven and the Commercialization of Maezel’s Metronome”
Sep 29 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Cheryl Misak, Philosophy, U of T; Munk School, “Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers”
Sep 30 2:00 pm Senate meeting followed directly by a Council meeting, September 30, 2021 starting at 2 PM on Zoom
Oct 6 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Donna Orwin, Slavic Languages and Literatures, U of T, “Politics in Dostoevsky and Tolstoy”
Oct 13 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm SC Talk: Laura Cirelli, Psychology, U of T, “Dancing to Wheels on the Bus: The Social-emotional Context of Rhythm Perception and Production in Infancy”
Oct 20 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: David Novak, Religion and Philosophy, U of T, “The New World of Jewish- Christian Relations”
Oct 27 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Barrington Walker, History/ Assoc. V-P Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Wilfrid Laurier, “Blackness, Violence and Modern Canada”
Nov 3 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Candace Kruttschnitt, SC Fellow, Sociology and Criminology, U of T, “A Different Approach to Examining Prisoner Re-entry: Life as a Film”
Nov 10 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Janet Rossant, Molecular Genetics, U of T; “Stem Cells and Gene Editing: The Science and the Ethical Debates”
Nov 11 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm SC Virtual Coffee Break: Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 2:00pm – all members
Nov 17 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Trevor Levere, History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, UofT; “Science and Arctic Exploration from Ross (1818) to Nares and Feilden (1875-76)”
Nov 24 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Sali Tagliamonte, Linguistics, U of T; “Soakers, Slims and Other Expressions: Including Ontario Dialects in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)”
Nov 25 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm SC Virtual Coffee Break: Thursday, November 25, 2021 at 2:00pm – all members
Jan 4 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club January 4, 2022, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Jan 5 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Peter Alberti, Medicine, U of T – “Victorian Doctor, Sir William Wilde, Otologist, Archeologist, Antiquarian, Author, Traveler, Philanderer, Genius. March 1815 – May 1876, Famous Father of an (in)Famous Son” January 5
Jan 12 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Paul Frankland, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, “The Persistence and Transience of Memory”
Jan 13 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: January 13, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only Title: “Is Artificial Intelligence Artificial?”
Jan 19 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm SC Talk: Paul Faure, Neuroethologist, McMaster Bat Lab, “Development of Echolocation and Hearing in the Big Brown Bat”
Jan 26 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Kenneth Deer, Bear Clan of the Mohawk Nation of the Kahnawake Territory – “The Long Journey toward UNDRIP”.
Feb 2 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: George Walker, xylographer; “Written in Wood: Visual Narratives with a Canadian cut”
Feb 7 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Book Club February 7, 2022, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only on Zoom
Feb 9 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Mary O’Connor, English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University, “Reading Photographs, Reading Archives: The Photography of Margaret Watkins (1884-1969)”
Feb 16 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Former Director, Journalism Program, UTSC. “Trusting the News in a Digital Age”
Feb 17 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: February 17, 2022, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only Title: “Why have memoirs become prevalent and influential? How can we judge authenticity? Does it matter?”
Feb 23 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Enid Slack, Director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, Munk School, U of T, “Financing City Services: Who Should Pay?”
Mar 2 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: “Gazing into the Abyss: Naval Intelligence Failure in the Early Cold War”
Mar 7 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club: March 7, 2022, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Mar 9 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Speaker: Mark Lautens, JB Jones Distinguished Professor, Chemistry, U of T, “Advocating for Science”
Mar 16 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Michael and Linda Hutcheon, Medicine and English/Comparative Literature, U of T, “We…the sons of Palestrina”
Mar 23 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk: Joel Faflak, Department of English, University of Western Ontario, “Get Happy! Learning to Love Musicals”
Apr 4 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club: April 4, 2022, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Apr 20 8:45 am - 4:30 pm 17th Annual Senior College Symposium, “What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?”
Jul 4 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club July 4, 2022, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Aug 10 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club April 3, 2023, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Sep 7 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Lucan Ahmad Way, Political Science, Munk School, “Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Causes and Consequences”
Sep 12 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club September 12, 2022, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Sep 14 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Marla Sokolowski, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of T, “Epigenetics, Genetics and Behaviour”
Sep 15 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: September 15, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – SC Centre only
Sep 21 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Andrea Charise, Health and Society, UTSC Title: “Arts, Wellness, and Crafting Intergenerational Communities”
Sep 28 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Chandrakant Shah, Dalla Lana School, U of T; Clinical Coordinator of Anishnawbe Health Title: “Settlers’ Role in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples”
Oct 1 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm Celebrate the 10+ years of Senior College’s establishment: Faculty Club on Saturday October 1st from 5:30 until 9:00 pm
Oct 3 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club October 3, 2022, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Oct 5 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Ronald F. Williamson, Founder, Archaeological Services Talk: “New Understandings of Great Lakes Indigenous History and Archaeology”
Oct 12 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Ron Saporta , Chief Operating Officer Property Services & Sustainability, U of T Talk: “Tackling Climate Change and Carbon Emissions at the University of Toronto’s St George Campus”
Oct 19 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Arthur Ripstein, Philosophy and Law, Uof T Talk: “Law and the Morality of War”
Nov 2 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Ian Williams, novelist, poet, prof, English, Uof T Talk: “Disappointment”
Nov 7 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club November 7, 2022, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Nov 9 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Peter Victor, Environmental Studies, York U Talk: Herman Daly’s Full World Economics: His Life and Ideas
Nov 16 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Charlie Maurer, science writer Talk: “Illusion, Reality, Canvas and Camera”
Nov 17 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: November 17, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Nov 23 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Charlie Keil, History and Cinema Studies, U of T Talk: “How Do Films Work? What Makes Cinema Cinematic?”
Nov 30 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Speaker: Ramin Jahanbegloo, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies; Vice-Dean of the School of Law at Jindal Global University, Delhi, India Talk: “Understanding Iran Protests”
Dec 2 10:00 am - 12:00 pm An extra (very topical) session: Friday Talk: December 2, 2022, 10am-12pm – in-person and on Zoom
Dec 5 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club December 5, 2022, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Jan 4 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Burton Lim, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy, ROM, “Great Whales: Up Close and Personal” January 4, 2023, 2-4pm
Jan 9 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club January 9, 2023, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Jan 11 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Speaker: Sandra Rehan, Biology, York U Title: “Diversity, Decline and Sustainability of Wild Bees”, January 11, 2023, 2-4pm
Jan 18 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Speaker: Aisha Ahmad, Political Science, U of T Title: “Why Jihadists Win” January 18, 2023, 2-4 pm
Jan 19 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: January 19, 2023, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Jan 25 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk:Speakers: Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada; Peter Hajnal, Librarian; John Kirton, panelists; moderator Louis Pauly, Political Science, U of T. Title: “What Is the Role of the G-20 Today?”, January 25, 2023, 2-4pm.
Feb 1 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Speaker: Sophia Moreau, Law and Philosophy, U of T Title: “Tort Law and Social Equality: Using Unlikely Areas of the Law to Redress Social Subordination”, February 1, 2023, 2-4pm.
Feb 6 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club February 6, 2023, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Feb 8 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Speaker: Peter Sloly, Chief of Ottawa Police Service, 2019-22 Title: “Reflections and Projections on Canadian Policing”, February 8, 2023, 2-4pm.
Feb 15 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Speaker: Miriam Diamond, Earth Sciences, U of T Title: “Solutions, and why we need them now, to address the global threat of chemical pollution”, February 15, 2023, 2-4pm
Feb 16 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: February 16, 2023, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Feb 22 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Speaker: Michael Gervers, History, U of T Title: “What do we know about the Ethiopian Dark Ages (7th-12th centuries)?”, February 22, 2023, 2-4pm
Mar 1 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Speaker: Bence Viola, Anthropology, U of T Title: “Living on the Edge – Neanderthals and Denisovans in Central Asia.” March 1, 2023, 2-4pm
Mar 6 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club March 6, 2023, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Mar 8 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Talk. Speaker: Mark Osbaldeston “Unbuilt University of Toronto and Queens Park”
Mar 15 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Speaker: J. Gottfried Paasche, Sociology, York U Title: “The German Aristocracy and Their Resistance, or Lack of, to Hitler and the Nazis: The case of General Kurt von Hammerstein and Three of his Daughters.” March 15, 2023, 2-4pm
Mar 16 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: March 16, 2023, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Mar 22 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Wednesday Talk: Speaker: Konrad Eisenbichler, Italian, Renaissance Studies, U of Toronto Title: “A Different Sort of Italian: Julian-Dalmatian Immigrants in Canada”
Apr 19 Featured Featured 9:00 am - 4:00 pm 18 th Annual Senior College Symposium, Wed. April 19, 2023 9am to 4pm at the U of T Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks (or by Zoom)
May 1 8:00 am - 5:00 pm SC Book Club May 1, 2023, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
May 17 2:00 pm - 4:45 pm Summer Wednesday Talk: May 17, 2023, 2-4:45pm, in-person only. Speaker: Merrill Swain Title: “Talking Matters: Theory, Research and Knowledge Mobilization” AND “Talking Matters” (a play)
May 24 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Summer Wednesday Talk: May 24, 2023, 2-4pm – Zoom only. Speaker: Lawrence Wiliford Title: “Charting a New Path: Classical Vocal Music and Canadian Visual Media Distribution”
Jun 5 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club June 5, 2023, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Jun 7 4:00 pm Summer Wednesday Talk: June 7, 2023, 2-4pm – Zoom only. Speaker: Katherine Corcoran Title: “In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, A Cover-up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press”
Jun 15 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm “Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – June 15: Carl Baar
Jun 22 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm “Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – June 22: Peter Alberti
Jun 29 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm “Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – June 29: Deanne Bogdan
Jul 3 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club Jul 3 2023, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Jul 6 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm “Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – July 6: Cynthia Smith
Jul 13 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm “Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – July 13: Ed Barbeau
Jul 20 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm “Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – July 20: Hugh Gunz
Jul 27 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm “Meet Your Colleagues” Summer Sessions Thursdays 2-4pm on Zoom only – Fellows and External Fellows only – July 27: Suzanne Hidi
Sep 6 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, September 6, 10 am Speaker: Elizabeth Harvey Title: “Out of One’s Mind: Dementia in Anne Carson’s Poetry”
Sep 11 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club September 11, 2023, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Sep 13 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, September 13, 10 am. Speaker: Kang Lee. Title: “Little Cheaters and How to Make Them Honest: The Origin of Academic Dishonesty in Childhood”
Sep 14 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: September 14, 2023, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Sep 20 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, September 20, 10 am Speaker: Valerie Tarasuk Title: “Food Insecurity in Canada: A Blind Spot in Public Policy”
Sep 27 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Talk: Wednesday, September 27, 10 am -Speaker: Howard Eisenberg Title: “How Reality Works and the Case for Non-Duality: Echoes from Plato’s Cave©️”
Oct 2 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Book Club October 2, 2023, at 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – Zoom Only
Oct 4 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, October 4, 10 am Speaker: Geoff Rayner-Canham, Title: “Chemistry and Inuit Life and Culture”
Oct 11 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, October 11, 10 am Speaker: Paul Delaney, Title: “The Evolution of the Space Telescopes”
Oct 12 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: October 12, 2023, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Oct 18 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, October 18, 10 am Speaker: Heidi Bohaker, Title: “Ontario’s Treaties as First Law: Indigenous-Crown Relations and Land Conveyance Agreements”
Oct 25 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, October 25, 10 am Speaker: Joanne Tod, Title: “The Dearth of Irony: Postmodernism, Identity Politics and the Visual Arts”
Nov 1 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, November 1, 10 am Speakers: Sue and Jim Waddington Title: “In the Footsteps of the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson” – Zoom only
Nov 8 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, November 8, 10 am Speakers: Speaker: Marie-Hélène Budworth Title: “Diversity at Work: Uncovering Barriers to Inclusivity in Employment”
Nov 15 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, November 15, 10 am Speaker: Derek Denis Title: “English in Multicultural Toronto”
Nov 16 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Colloquium: November 16, 2023, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only
Nov 22 10:00 am - 12:00 pm SC Wednesday, November 22, 10 am Speaker: Jacqueline Gibbons Title: Spread Your Wings: Icarus to 1912 (Flight, The Men and Women)
