Join Junior Fellow Sarah Semchism and audience members for an afternoon of classical music recorded at Massey College. Hosted by Violetta Kurkurina, a Master’s student in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Toronto, the concert features performances by fellow student musicians Cathy Wang, Victoria Jiang, and Yanfeng Charlie Pan. Through performance and conversation, the musicians explore the stories, interpretations, and emotions behind each piece of music.

Cathy Wang played the first movement of Joseph Haydn’s piano sonata in E flat Major Hob. 16/52.

Victoria Jiang played the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s sonata No.9 in D Major K.311.

Yanfeng Charlie Pan played Frederic Chopin’s Ballade No.1 in G minor Opus 23.

#uoft #massey_college #music #piano #arts

In this episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast John Fraser, a renowned Canadian journalist, Master Emeritus of Massey College, and Founder of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada speaks about his whimsical journey —  from his early days as a journalist to becoming a respected authority on the Crown in Canada. As he tells Evan Chan, a PhD Student at the University of Toronto it’s a storied career with many unexpected twists and turns. Most notable are his larger-than-life personal encounters with Canada’s Governors General and the Royal Family. In today’s conversation, Fraser shares the untold tales in his latest book, The Governors General: An Intimate History of Canada’s Highest Office (Sutherland Press, 2025).

#UofT, #MasseyCollege. #JohnFraser, #journalist, #InstituteForTheStudyOfTheCrownInCanada, #Crown, #EvanChan, #GovernorsGeneral, #RoyalFamily

In this episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast, Junior Fellow and biomedical engineer Megh Rathod speaks with Hugo Higueros, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, about his work developing new tools to monitor kidney health. The conversation explores many of the vital roles that kidneys place including in supporting the cardiovascular system, the limitations of current monitoring methods, and how innovation could transform organ transplantation and long-term care.

#UofT #MasseyCollege #BiomedicalEngineering #MedicalDevices #KidneyHealth #Innovation #Research #HealthTech #AppliedOptics

In this episode of the JCR: A Massey Podcast, Junior Fellow Sarah Semchism speaks with Western University professor and  Massey  Senior Fellow, Dr. Lisa Cameron about how genetics and the environment shape asthma. Dr. Cameron  breaks down why treatments don’t work the same for everyone and how new, more personalized approaches could change the future of care.

#uof #masseycollege  #western #asthma #medicine #genetics #science #research #biologics #education #environment

In this episode of “The JCR: A Massey Podcast,” Junior Fellow Rodginie Dorcent sits down with Sanjana Jones, a Master of Public Health candidate at Uof T to explore Black women’s health in Canada. From community-centred research, the importance of language in research and advocacy, to mentorship, creativity, and care, this conversation highlights why listening to lived experience is essential to building equitable healthcare systems.

The Voices Unheard Report mentioned in this podcast is a publication of the Black Women’s Institute for Health.

In this episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast, Junior Fellow Rowan Munson speaks with Dr. Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann, Assistant Professor in Media Studies (Critical Platform Studies) at the University of Toronto about his research in South America into worker-led technology development.

#labour #AI #massycollege #uoft #mediastudies #technology #computer #cooperatives

In this episode of The JCR: A Massey Podcast we’re taking a walk or at least talking about what it’s like to take a walk, a really long walk. Massey College Junior Fellow Ben Pulver speaks with Senior Fellow Kim Kierans about her pilgrimage across Spain in the fall of 2025, 38 days and 700 kilometres walking The Camino Frances.

#walking #camino #spain #pilgrimage #masseycollege #spirituality

This episode of the JCR: A Massey Podcast discusses research to improve the accuracy of pulse oximeters in measuring oxygen saturation across various skin types. Massey College Junior Fellow Brohath Amrithraj speaks with Megh Rathod, a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto and Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research about his work to adapt pulse oximeters to account for a person’s skin thickness, pigmentation, and melanin.

#UofT #masseycollege #health #oximeter #pigmentation #melanin

In this edition of The JCR: A Massey Podcast, Junior Fellow Margaret De Leon speaks with UofT professor, Dr. Robert Gibbs about his latest book, “What a University Could Be.” They discuss his proposal to introduce rigorous research and the logic of inquiry into the undergraduate curriculum.

@uofT @masseycollege  #education #undergraduate #university #research

Jane Zhao, fifth year health policy PhD candidate at the University of Toronto (UofT), speaks with Dr. Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, the Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at UofT about navigating academic leadership, improving health systems, and what’s he’s reading.

#UofT #MasseyCollege #DLSPH #Publichealth #academy #university #health #healthpolicy #leadership