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Massey College
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Massey College is an elite interdisciplinary graduate residential college affiliated with, but independent from, the University of Toronto. It has a strong connection to the Canadian and Toronto establishments. It is nationally known in Canada for the annual Massey Lectures which it sponsors.
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Massey College is an elite interdisciplinary graduate residential college affiliated with, but independent from, the University of Toronto. It has a strong connection to the Canadian and Toronto establishments. It is nationally known in Canada for the annual Massey Lectures which it sponsors. Massey College is one of only three graduate residential colleges in Canada, the other two being Green College, University of British Columbia and St. John's College, University of British Columbia.
History
Founded by the Massey Foundation and opened in 1963, the college was designed by Canadian architect Ron Thom.
The founding Master of Massey College was the celebrated Canadian journalist and author Robertson Davies. The fourth and current Master is the distinguished journalist John Fraser.
Amongst its many famous academic and non-academic Senior Fellows are: Nobel-laureate John Polanyi, Ursula Franklin, Stephen Lewis, Margaret Atwood, Sir Christopher Ondaatje (the college's most significant private benefactor), Mark Kingwell, James Orbinski, Janice Stein, Geoffrey A. Ozin, and Bob Rae. The chancellors of both the University of Cambridge (H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) and Oxford University (the Rt. Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes) are both Distinguished Honorary Fellows.
During the 2006-2007 academic year, the College hosted the King and Queen of Sweden, held a special tribute in honour of its Founding Master, Robertson Davies, and was the host of the Man Booker International Prize in April 2007.
Description
Massey College is an academic home for 60 of the University of Toronto's graduate and professional students, called Resident Junior Fellows, and another 60 to 70 non-resident Junior Fellows. Resident junior fellows can live in college for up to three years, and then become non-resident junior fellows for a further two years. In addition, the College hosts visiting academics, generally on sabbatical leave, who are called Senior Residents.
The College has a strong connection to the Canadian and Toronto establishments, and Canadian journalism. Two of its Senior Fellows have been appointed governor general (Vincent Massey and Adrienne Clarkson). The college also strives to preserve an Oxbridge-type atmosphere by mandating the wearing of gowns at dinner, and incorporating regular High Tables — complete with after-dinner snuff — into its schedule; and balances this with very active outreach programs. The mandated goal of the college is to demonstrate through its corporate life the interconnectness between all learning. The College has been referred to as the All Souls of Canada.
The Canadian Journalism Fellowship Program (formerly known as the Southam Fellows) and the Scholar-at-Risk academic support program for international scholars caught out by sectarian, political or religious intolerance are two programs associated with Massey College.
Massey College sponsors the annual Massey Lectures as well as the Walter Gordon Symposium on Public Policy. In conjunction with the University of Toronto's School of Graduate Studies, Massey fellows organise an annual symposium of interest to the broader community. There is an annual newsletter to all its constituent members: Senior and Junior Fellows, Alumni (which include former Senior Residents like Preston Manning), and members of its Quadrangle Society (non-academic community members).
Massey is home to an ecumenical worship space, St. Catherine's Chapel, the interior of which was originally designed by stage designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch. The Chapel features an 18th-century Russian iconostasis and a baroque-style pipe organ. The chapel was extensively redesigned in 2006 by the College architects, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe and rededicated in June 2007.
Governance and finances
Legally, Massey College is a registered charity named "Master and Fellows of Massey College". It is registered as such with the Canada Revenue Agency, Charities Directorate.
The governing body of Massey College is its Corporation, of which the Master is Chair. The Corporation comprises 26 Senior Fellows which includes the President of the University of Toronto and the dean of graduate studies, who both sit as ex-officio members. Three other ex-officio Senior Fellows are nominated by the Massey Foundation. Officers of the College, who report to the Master, include the Bursar, the Registrar, the Administrator and the Librarian. Both junior and senior fellows are elected to their positions by members of the Corporation at one of its semi-annual meetings. After long and meritorious service to the college, certain senior fellows and officers can be elected Continuing Senior Fellows which are lifetime appointments.
During the academic year 2007/2008, the members of Corporation are:
- Professor Sylvia Bashevkin, Department of Political Science, Principal of University College, University of Toronto
- Professor Eleanor Cook, Department of English, University of Toronto
- Dr. John Dirks, President, The Gairdner Foundation
- Professor Wendy Dobson, Director Institute for International Business, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
- Dr. Colleen Flood, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
- Mr. John Fraser, Master and Chair of Corporation, Chair The Canadian Journalism Foundation
- Dr. Jane Freeman, Office of English Language & Writing Support, University of Toronto
- Dr. Robert Fulford, journalist, National Post
- Ms Margaret Hancock, Warden of Hart House
- The Honourable Henry N. R. Jackman, Visitor
- Professor Heather Jackson, Department of English, University of Toronto
- Dr. Katherine Lochnan, R. Fraser Elliott Curator of Prints & Drawings, Art Gallery of Ontario
- Professor Peter Martin, Chair of the Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto
- Professor Elsa Marziali, Department of Social Work, University of Toronto
- Mr. Geoffrey Massey, Architect, Massey Foundation
- John Massey, Artist, Massey Foundation
- Dr. David Naylor, President of the University of Toronto
- Dr. James Orbinski, Research Scientist, St. Michael's Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
- Professor Mary Ann Parker, Department of Music, University of Toronto
- Professor Susan Pfeiffer, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
- The Honorable Bob Rae Q.C. of Goodmans
- Professor Sara Shettleworth, Departments of Psychology and Zoology, University of Toronto
- Mr. Vincent Massey Tovell, broadcaster, Massey Foundation
- Professor Kim Vicente, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto
- Professor Charles Ward, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto
- Mr. Richard Winter Q.C., College Solicitor and Arthur Child Senior Fellow
Massey College has assets of $7.5 million and liabilities of $900,000. It raised $3.0m in 2005-2006, of which 21% was from membership dues, 18% was from sales, and 9-12% each came from rentals, donations, gifts from other charities, and "other revenues", according to public tax information.
External links
Further reading
- Martin L. Friedland 'The University of Toronto: A History' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press © 2002)
- Robin Harris 'A History of University of Toronto' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press © 1970)
- Rick Helmes-Hayes 'Forty Years, 1963-2003: A History of the Department of Sociology, University of Toronto.' (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2003, 215 pp.)
- Professor Brian McKillop, 'Matters of Mind: The University in Ontario, 1791-1951' (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press ©1951)
- Marian Packham '100 Years of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto: An Illustrated History' 1908-2008, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press © 2008)
- Dr. Brian J. Fraser Church, College, and Clergy: a History of Theological Education at Knox College Toronto 1844-1994 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press © 1994)
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