Harvard Club of Toronto

March 2023

Spring is coming! The Harvard Club of Toronto has several virtual events planned – so check out our website. 

The Global Networking Night on March 16 was a huge success.  In Toronto +80 alumni - new people and familiar friends - connected at the Duke of York pub. Please send your pictures for the GNN Album on the HCT website - submit photos here. 

     

The Din and Tonics from Harvard College brought joy and jazz to the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre March 15. Before COVID, residents, family and staff enjoyed many concerts – a pleasure to have live music again. You can see and hear the Din and Tonics here.

EVENTS

Monday April 3 at 7pm ET Webinar "Canada’s Universities Preparing Graduates for the post-COVID World” York University President Rhonda Lenton in conversation with David Trick, MPA’87. 

Please join us for this timely discussion about how universities are preparing students for the future. See details and register here.

Wednesday April 5 – 7pm ET – IN PERSON “The Time It Takes" Harvard Professor Melissa Franklin delivers the Innis Alumni Lecture at the Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto. Virtual also available on Vimeo.

Professor Franklin is the trailblazing experimental particle physicist, who co-discovered the top quark and Higgs boson. She was the first woman to receive tenure in Harvard University's physics department.

Register with Innis College directly HERE

SAVE THE DATE – April 25, 2023 at 6:00pm ET - ZOOM Harvard Panel discussion on “Navalny” the Oscar-winning documentary about Alexei Navalny directed by Toronto’s Daniel Roher (presented by the Harvard Club of Toronto, Harvardwood and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Centre.) See trailer here.

MEMBERSHIP

Thank you for renewing your Club membership for 2023. We appreciate your support for the HCT and the Harvard community in Toronto. 

HARVARD UPDATES

Harvard Board Elections for Overseers and HAA Elected Directors from March 31 - May 16, 2023. Alumni can vote either online or by paper ballot. See https://elections.harvard.edu/.

Dean Claudine Gay becomes the 30th president of Harvard University on July 1, 2023. Read her bio HERE. 

 

Harvard Club of Toronto Community Guidelines - a reminder


The Harvard Club of Toronto (HCT) programs and volunteer opportunities respect the rights, differences, and dignity of others. Those taking part in HCT activities are expected to demonstrate honesty, integrity, and civility in those activities, and are accountable for their conduct there with University alumni, students, parents, volunteers, employees, and invitees.

The Harvard Club of Toronto reserves the right to suspend services to and exclude from participation in HCT programs any person whose inappropriate behavior adversely affects the safety, well-being, and inclusion of community members.