2007 - the Faculty of Arts & Science - University of Toronto

KELLY ROBERTSON
SARAH YUN
Combining a Hallowe’en tradition with the
battle against hunger, students from the U of T
chapter of Meal Exchange, a national studentfounded
charity, in partnership with the Hart
House Social Justice Committee, collected items
for the university’s food bank from homes in
surrounding neighbourhoods during the annual
Trick or Eat campaign. English and Political
Science student and chapter coordinator Sarah
Yun of Trinity College (left), and Human Biology
and Political Science student and chapter
communications coordinator Kelly Robertson
of New College, led a group of more than 200
costumed students at the annual event that has
collected over $1 million worth of food in only
four years. The university’s food bank, which
received the bounty collected, is open to any
U of T student in need.
PHOTO: PASCAL PAQUETTE
Arts & Science hosts a number of events open to the public each year to engage the
community in the intellectual life of the university. These include the Chancellor
Jackman Program for the Arts and the University Professor Lecture Series, which
feature a variety of topics and speakers that appeal to a wide audience.
The Chancellor Jackman Program for the Arts
Shakespeare and the Queen’s Men: The Queen’s Men in London – a series of open
rehearsals and trial performances by a modern-day theatre troupe modelled after
the Queen’s Men, command performers for Elizabeth I of England.
A Forgotten Past: Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean – a
conference exploring the vibrant history of cultural exchange among the Muslim,
Christian and Jewish communities across the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages.
Street Life – a conference and collection of film screenings, photo exhibits and
street-level explorations to examine, reflect upon, and understand global city life.
Visualization in Scientific Practice – a symposium and lecture exploring the role played
by visualization in the creation of scientific knowledge.
The Future of Beauty – a symposium and lecture exploring recent attempts to
reconsider the nature of beauty and to reaffirm its value in the arts and human
life more broadly.
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The University Professor Lecture Series
Donna E. Stewart, Departments of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medicine,
Anaesthesia, Family & Community Medicine and Surgery
Gender Inequities in the Global Village
Fergus Craik, Department of Psychology
Aging and Memory: Downhill All the Way
Geoffrey E. Hinton, Department of Computer Science
A Neural Network That Learns to See
J. Edward Chamberlin, Department of English and Centre for Comparative Literature
Common Ground Around the Tower of Babel
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