Massey WIDEN

Curated and hosted in 2013-2014 by doctoral student in Epidemiology Diana Withrow and master’s student in Computer Science Chris Maddison with the help of the Junior Fellow Lecture Series Committee, Massey WIDEN began in 2010 under law student Daniel Goldbloom. The series features presentations by the Junior Fellows of Massey College at the University of Toronto. Upon its release the ongoing video podcast of Massey WIDEN by Rob Fraser and William To made the iTunes “new and notable” chart.

On Memory – Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Dear Friends and Colleagues, On behalf of the Junior Fellow Lecture Series committee I would like to invite you to the third lecture of 2013. Please join us at 7:45pm on Wednesday, February 6th in the Upper Library for three lectures and discussion on the topic of Memory. Our speakers this week will be: Adam Mosa (Physiology): “Memory persistence and adult […]

On Resolutions – Tuesday, January 8

Dear Friends and Colleagues, On behalf of the Junior Fellow Lecture Series committee I would like to invite you to the first lecture of 2013. Please join us at 7:45pm on Tuesday, January 8th in the Upper Library for three lectures and discussion on the topic of Resolutions. Due to a last minute cancellation, I will give a talk. Our […]

Podcast – On Progress, Massey College

Dear WIDEN community, Last thursday we had a WIDEN on the topic of Progress at Massey College. If you want to listen to this lecture, please click on this link:   http://soundcloud.com/kristinasara/sets/junior-fellow-lecture-november   Best, Louis-Philippe Thibault

On Progress – Thursday, November 22, 2012

Dear friends and colleagues,   It with great pleasure that I invite you to the last Junior Fellow Lecture of the year. Please join us at 7.45pm in the Massey College Upper Library  this coming Thursday the 22nd of November.   The Junior Fellow Lecture will continue the WIDEN (Workshops for Interdiscipline Exchange and Novelty) format, […]

Massey Widen – On Space, Thursday, November 8, 2012

On behalf of the Junior Fellow Lecture Series committee I would like to invite you to the third instalment of the series. Please join us at 7:45pm on Thursday November 8 in the Upper Library for three lectures and discussion on the topic of Space. Our speakers this week will be: Christopher Maddison (Computer Science): […]

WIDEN On the Topic of Faith – Thursday, October 18, 2012

Dear Friends and Colleagues, On behalf of the Junior Fellow Lecture Series committee I would like to invite you to the second instalment of the our series. Please join us at 7:45pm on Thursday October 18 in the Colin Friesen Room for three lectures and discussion on the topic of faith. Our speakers this week […]

On Sex, October 2, 2012

It with great pleasure that I invite you to the first Junior Fellow Lecture of the year. Please join us at 7.45pm in the Massey College Upper Library this coming Tuesday the 2nd of October. The Junior Fellow Lectures will continue the WIDEN format.   The theme for the first session of the year is […]

On the Good Life, January 10, 2012

The Good Life January 10 2012 “Is there a future for utopia in the twenty-first century?” by Chris Young (Information Studies) “Nutrition: Essential for a good life” by Mary Scourboutakos (Nutritional Science) “Money/Health/Taste/Nature: Hunting for ‘The Good Life’ in Canadian Wild Food Commodity Chains” by Dylan Gordon (Anthropology) Moderated by Massey College Senior Resident, The […]

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On Fairness, December 7, 2011

Fairness December 7 2011 “Epidemiology: Why Bad Diseases Happen to Good People” by Diana Withrow (Epidemiology) ”Can selfishness be harnessed for common interests?” by Wes George (Computer Science) ”How the Victorians Talked about Non-British People; or, Struggling Against Being Racist When That’s All You Know How to Be” by Letitia Henville (English Literature) Moderated by […]

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On Senses, November 10, 2011

SENSES November 10 2011 “Tasting Cosmopolitanism in the City: The Different Forms and Value of Everyday Cosmopolitanism” by Sarah Cappeliez (Sociology) “Stravinsky’s Octet for Wind Instruments 2.0: A Lecture Recital” by Eric Leung (Music) “The Molecular Fingerprint of Disease: Sherlock Holmes Meets Watson and Crick” by Justin Besant (Biomedical Engineering) Moderated by Massey College Saul […]

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