Events

Vinh Nguyen is a writer and educator based at Renison University College. He is the author of the speculative memoir The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse, a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Nonfiction Prize, and the Toronto Book Award. His academic monograph Lived Refuge: Gratitude, Resentment, Resilience won Outstanding Achievement in Literary Studies from the Association for Asian American Studies and the American Studies Association's Shelly Fisher Fishkin Prize for International Scholarship in Transnational American Studies. He is working on a novel.

Damian Tarnopolsky's most recent book is a collection of linked short stories, Every Night I Dream I'm a Monk, Every Night I Dream I'm a Monster. He is also the author of a previous book of short fiction, a historical novel, a play that takes place at a doctoral exam and, most recently, a chapbook called "A Friend to Words." His work has been recognized by nominations for several awards, including the Journey Prize, the Amazon First Novel Award, and the Commnowealth Writers' Prize, and Every Night... was awarded the Alberta Book Publishing Awards Book Design of the Year Prize. He teaches at the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab at the University of Toronto. 

Anne of Austria's Surgeon: François Gendron, the 17th-century Jesuit Mission to the Wendat, and the History of Medicine

Micah True, Professor of French and Folklore, and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Alberta.

Come and join us at our March Open House where you can chat with professors about programs of interest, connect with current students, and explore campus through guided tours of academic spaces and residence.

• Student Ambassadors will be running tours of our academic and residence spaces throughout the day.
• Professors and current students from each of the 10 majors offered at St. Jerome's will be available to answer questions about our academic programming, course offerings, co-op, study abroad options and research opportunities.
• The Student Affairs Team will be on-site to provide information about our student supports and to answer questions about the unique student experience at St. Jerome's.

Open house guests are encouraged to utilize our free parking at St. Jerome’s for the day – our gates will open at 9:00 a.m.

The Last Shall Be First: Equity and Mercy in End-of-Life Care for the Forgotten

Fr. Dr. Matthew M. Durham, D.Min. Executive Director,Hospice Palliative Care & Community Development, Saint Elizabeth Foundation