The Albert Memo

October 19, 2016 VOLUME XXXV NO. 06

Victoria College

ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWS

Call for Nominations for Honorary Degrees

Victoria University awards honorary degrees to recognize the outstanding accomplishments

of graduates of Victoria College and Emmanuel College and to honour the exemplary lives of

others who have made extraordinary contributions to society. Nominations from the Victoria

Community are welcome and must be submitted by January 6, 2017.

Further information and the nomination form is available here.

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Vic One Public Lecture

October 19th, 4:00pm

ISABEL BADER THEATRE

Featuring

Allan Peterkin

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A Medical Humanities Toolkit-

An Interactive Workshop

Everyone is welcome

PLENARY SERIES

Thursday, November 3rd 2016 - 2:00 PM

Victoria College Chapel (2nd

floor, Old Vic)

A memorial for Professor David Hoeniger will be held in

the Victoria College Chapel on Thursday, November 3rd

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The memorial will be followed by a reception.

Memorial for David Hoeniger

United Way Campaign - 2016 A message from Jennifer McCann

(Office of the Bursar)

The United Way campaign this year will run until

December 31, 2016. Current employees will be receiving an

email on October 19, 2016 regarding the campaign.

I encourage all staff members to participate and make a

donation to this great cause. Your continued support is much

appreciated.

Retired Victoria University Employees will continue to

receive paper packages which they should be receiving

shortly if they have not already.

If you have any questions or concerns about the campaign

please don’t hesitate to contact Jennifer McCann at

extension 4407 or jennifer.mccann@utoronto.ca. Please

help us meet the goal. Every dollar counts. Thanks for your

continued support. Changed Lives. Made possible by

you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWS

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Vic Welcomes Our

2016-2017 Junior Fellows! Victoria College is pleased to

welcome 15 newly-appointed

Junior Fellows, and four

returning Junior Fellows for

2016-17. Junior Fellows are

appointed for a term of one

academic year with the

possibility of renewal.

Top Row (Left to Right):

Marlo Burks, Kira Lussier, Sebastiano

Bazzichetto, Marisa Karyl Franz, Olga Nedvyga,

Benedetta Lamanna

Bottom Row (Left to Right):

Kirsty Schut, Liza Futerman, Helen Mo, Lauren

Beard

Not Pictured:

Johnny Bertolio, Judith Brunton, Leah Faibisoff,

Gregory Fewster, Katie Fry, Jessica Lockhart,

Alexandra Logue, Nicholas Overgaard, Ira Wells

From the Office of the President:

The first term of Principal Esterhammer ends on 30 June 2017. In accordance with the by-laws of the Board of Regents of Victoria University and the Federation

Framework Agreement with the University of Toronto, the President has appointed Professor Yves Roberge (New College) and Professor Emerita Linda

Hutcheon (English) to review the College. The Reviewers have been asked to assess the chief current strengths and opportunities of Victoria College, and to

comment on the challenges facing the College in realizing its aspirations. The primary object of the review is to make key recommendations for the College’s

future directions and activities in the next five years.

The Reviewers will be consulting widely with faculty, student and administrative members of the College, Victoria University, and members of the University of

Toronto. They will visit the campus in early November, meeting with members of the Vic community. Individual staff members, faculty members and students

who would like to take part in open meetings with the Reviewers on November 23rd should contact Gillian Pearson.

Written submissions to the Reviewers by November 24th from members of Victoria College and the Victoria community, and from members of the University of

Toronto, are also welcome and can be sent in confidence to Gillian Pearson at gillian.pearson@utoronto.ca

The Reviewer’s report will be made available to the Victoria College Council, the Board of Regents, and the University of Toronto.

William Robins

President & Vice Chancellor

Victoria University

OCTOBEROctober 19 4:00pm Vic One Plenary - All are welcome

Speaker: Allan Peterkin (Physician)

More Information: https://goo.gl/NjMZh0

Location: Isabel Bader Theatre

October 19 5:00 – 6:30pm Toronto Semiotic Circle Lecture: The Semiotics of Emoji

Speaker: Prof. Marcel Danesi (Semiotics, Linguistic Anthropology)

RSVP: https://goo.gl/LrzYTl

Location: POD 469, 350 Victoria St. (Ryerson U)

October 20 2:00 – 3:00pm

Tragedies at Sea: Portuguese Shipwrecks in History and Literature

Speaker: Prof. Josiah Blackmore (Harvard)

Organizer: Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese; Camões Instituto da Cooperação

e da Lingua Portugal

Location: NF235

October 20 5:00 – 6:00pm

Finding our Voices: Writing the Azorean Diaspora in Canada

Speaker: Emanuel Melo (Victoria College)

Organizer: Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese; Camões Instituto da Cooperação

e da Lingua Portugal

Location: NF235

October 20 7:00pm

A Public Conversation with Bruce Benderson

Speakers: Prof. Bruce Benderson with Prof. John Paul Ricco (UofT)

Organizer: The Sex, Ethics, and Publics Research Group

Location: EM119, Emmanuel College

October 21-22

On the Peripheries of the Reformation

An interdisciplinary conference by the Toronto Renaissance and Reformation

Colloquium

Organizer: Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium

More Information: https://goo.gl/eJtSbl

Location: Victoria College

October 24 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Voltaire and the Radical Enlightenment

2016-17 CEFMF DISTINGUISHED LECTURE

Speaker: Nicholas Cronk (Oxford University)

Organizer: Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World

More Information: http://uoft.me/1iY

Location: Alumni Hall

October 25 & 26 8:00pm

Talisker Players Concert - ‘Songs of

Enchantment’

With guest artists Miriam Khalil, soprano, and

Lauren Segal, mezzo soprano, the Talisker Players

explore the world of magic, in words and music.

Tickets: http://uofttix.ca / 416-978-8840

More Information: www.taliskerplayers.ca

Location: Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

WHAT’S NEW AT VIC? Please contact vic.principal@utoronto.ca with any news, announcements, honours

& awards, scholarly activity or event updates for the Albert Memo by Wednesday at 5:00 pm

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October 26 2:00-4:00pm

2016-17 IHPST Colloquium Series From Nuclear Sovereignty to Algorithmic Governance

Speaker: Prof. Sonja M. Amadae (University of Helsinki)

Organizer: IHPST More Information: http://uoft.me/1iZ or email: ihpst.info@utoronto.ca Location: VC215

October 26 2:00pm

Victoria University and the First Nations Speaker: Don Smith (University of Calgary) and Jonathan Hamilton-Diabo

(UofT)

Organizer: VWA More Information: http://uoft.me/1bW Location: Alumni Hall, Old Vic

October 26 4:00pm

Vic One Plenary - All are welcome

Speaker: Lisa Robinson (Physician)

More Information: http://uoft.me/17H

Location: Isabel Bader Theatre

October 27 2:00 – 3:00pm Camões World Journey: Love, Poetry and Portugal

Speaker: Maria João Lopo de Carvalho

Organizer: Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese; Camões Instituto da Cooperação

e da Lingua Portugal

Location: NF235

October 27 4:30 – 6:00 pm Early Modern Interdisciplinary Graduate Forum

‘Listening to Painting: Music Inside the Painter’s Studio’

‘Noisy Soundscapes and Women’s Institutions in Early Modern Florence’

Speakers: Samantha Chang (Art History), Julia Rombough (History)

Organizer: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies

More Information: https://goo.gl/65TZPQ

Location: NF235

NOVEMBER November 2 1:00 – 5:30pm John Wallis at 400: a workshop on Science, Mathematics, and

Religion in 17th-c. England

This international workshop marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of John

Wallis, the Oxford-based mathematician, natural philosopher, and theologian.

Organizer: Jackman Humanities Institute

More Information: http://uoft.me/1gJ

Location: 170 St George Street, JHB rooms 100 and 616

November 3 2:00 pm

Memorial for David Hoeniger

Reception to follow

Location: Victoria College Chapel, Second Floor of Old Vic

November 6 12:30 - 4:30pm

Annual Rotman Annual Open House

A great opportunity to gain a first-hand experience of the School and its slate

of educational programs. No entry cost.

Organizer: Rotman School of Management

More Information: http://uoft.me/1gM

Location: Rotman School of Management, 105 St. George Street

November 9 4:00pm

Vic One Plenary - All are welcome

Speaker: David Wright & Jeremy Kinsman (Ambassador)

More Information: http://uoft.me/1bZ

Location: Isabel Bader Theatre

November 10 4:00 pm

Ancient Persia

ROM volunteers will speak about ancient Persia, answering questions such as

‘Where was the Cyrus Cylinder found?’, and ‘What does Pairidaeza mean in

Old Persian?’. All are welcome

Organizer: Friends of Victoria University Library

Location: VC112 (Alumni Hall)

November 10 11:00am

Humans, Animals, and Nazis: The Berlin Zoo in German History

Speaker: Prof. Gary Bruce (Waterloo)

Organizer: Northrop Frye Centre

Location: VC102 (Northrop Frye Centre)

November 16 4:00pm

Vic One Plenary - The Judy LaMarsh Lecture

More Information: http://uoft.me/1b-

Location: Isabel Bader Theatre

November 21 4:00pm The Brian Merrilees Lecture

‘Another Pre-modern North: Navigating with Inuit Cultures’

Speaker: Prof. Helen Solterer (Duke University)

Organizer: NFC, Department of French, Centre for Medieval Studies

Location: Alumni Hall, Old Vic

November 23 2:00pm

Seeking Answers: Breast and Ovarian

Cancer Research at Women’s College Hospital

Speaker: Prof. Joanne Kotsopoulos (UofT)

Organizer: VWA

Location: Alumni Hall, Old Vic

November 23 4:00pm

Vic One Plenary - All are welcome

Speaker: Prof. John Mighton (UofT)

More Information: http://uoft.me/1cA

Location: Isabel Bader Theatre

UPCOMING EVENTS

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