NetCast: The Future of Professional Ice Hockey: A Panel Discussion with Pierre McQuire and Blaire Mackasey - Dec 6

Please join us on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 7pm for a web broadcast of the Princeton Program in Canadian Studies' Panel discussion on the Future of Professional Ice Hockey, featuring  Pierre McQuire and Blaire Mackasey.

This event, which is broadcast from campus, can be viewed by by attending our first ever Princeton Netcast Party or by accessing a net broadcast from the comfort of your home or office.

Live Streaming at Home or Office

To view the presentation, visit: http://www.princeton.edu/webmedia. For Internet Explorer users, click on “alternate link” to launch the player. We encourage you to test the live stream before the actual event by visiting the site http://www.princeton.edu/webmedia. There is video continuously running on this web page. We will preempt the streaming video with a live feed of the hockey panel about 30 minutes before the presentation begins. If you don’t see video playing, you may need to download Adobe Flash player.

Viewing Party

The free Netcast Party will take place at 6:30pm (panel starts at 7:00pm) at the Offices of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, 333 Bay Street, 24th Floor, Bay Adelaide Centre, Toronto. Food and beverages will be served.

Please RSVP to kevinyip@alumni.princeton.edu if you would like to attend.

The featured panelists include:

Pierre McQuire
Analyst for the National Hockey League

A former hockey player, coach, and scout, Mr. McQuire serves as analyst for the National Hockey League broadcasts on the NBC Sports Network, and is a frequent sportswriter and radio commentator in America and Canada.

Blaire Mackasey
Director of Player Personnel for the Minnesota Wild

A former professional hockey defenceman, Mr. Mackasey also played minor-league baseball and served as Head Scout for several hockeyteams before joining the Minnesota Wild as their Director of Player Personnel in 2006.

See Poster at http://www.princeton.edu/canadian/events/Hockey-Panel-Poster.jpg for more details.

Princeton Alumni Association of Canada, Toronto Chapter

Princeton Presidential Search Committee - Send Your Thoughts

Dear Princeton Alumni: 

As you are all aware, President Tilghman will step down as President of Princeton in June 2013. As alumni we all have an obligation to assist Princeton in their search for a new President. The presidential Search Committee established a Web site for the purpose of soliciting comments and suggestions regarding the search process. I encourage everyone to send your thoughts and suggestions to the Search Committee.

Kevin Yip '01 

PAAC 2012 Annual Dinner at C5 Restaurant at the ROM

Princeton Alumni Association of Canada, Toronto Chapter 2012 Annual Dinner

Please join us for the Princeton Alumni Association of Canada, Toronto Chapter Annual Dinner on Tuesday, November 13, 2012.

Location:
C5 Restaurant at the Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queens Park
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2C6
www.c5restaurant.ca

Details:
Cocktails (cash bar) at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $40.00 per person

Please purchase tickets online at http://paac2012.eventbrite.ca/ for yourself and your guests.

Guest Speaker:

Professor Angel Harris, Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies will give a talk entitled "Probability versus Possibility: Can We Truly be Engines for Change?"

Professor Harris is also a faculty member in the Joint Ph.D. Program in Social Policy and Sociology, and a Faculty Associate of the Office of Population Research, the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, and Center for Migration and Development. Harris' research interests include social inequality, policy, and education. His work focuses on the social psychological determinants of the racial achievement gap. Specifically, he examines the factors that contribute to differences in academic investment among African Americans, Latino/as, Asian Americans, and Whites. Harris also studies the impact that adolescents' perceptions of opportunities for upward socio-economic mobility have for their academic investment, and the long-term effects of youths' occupational aspirations both within the United States and Europe.

See more information about Professor Angel Harris here: http://bit.ly/PK3GDT

Please contact Kevin Yip '01 or Belinda Schubert '03 if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you there,

Princeton Alumni Association of Canada, Toronto Chapter

Invitation from PAA of Western New York (Buffalo)

Dear Princetonians,

Come cheer on your Tigers as they face the Bulls!

The Princeton men’s basketball team will play UB in Buffalo on
Saturday, November 10.

The game starts at noon, but we’d love for you to join us in Alumni
Arena at 11am for an hour of socializing, kids’ entertainment, and
exciting information about our upcoming interview season.   We will
also be raffling off a football and a basketball, each signed by the
current Princeton team (which includes a Buffalonian!), and a signed
copy of John McPhee's A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at
Princeton.

You can reserve tickets at http://princetonbasketball.eventbrite.com/
and then pay cash or check at the door.  Tickets include a concession
coupon for a drink and either a hotdog or a slice of pizza.  We expect
to have a great turnout!

Special thanks to Chris Decker ’98 for making this happen!  (And to
the entire Board for the planning and organization of this fantastic
event.)

Go Tigers!

With orange & black,
Karen and Dorian Rolston, ’09 and ‘10
Co-Presidents

Elena Heeder ’98, Vice President
Holly Hahn-Baker ’81, Treasurer
Karen Rolston ’09, Secretary
Leila Hadj-Chikh *03, Webmaster and Social Media Coordinator

Like us on facebook to stay up-to-date with our activities!
http://www.facebook.com/PAAofWNY

Princeton Annual Dinner - November 13, 2012

Dear Princeton Alumni, Parents and Friends:

You are invited to our 2012 Princeton Alumni Association of Canada Toronto Chapter Annual Dinner on Monday November 13, 2012.

Our speaker this year is Professor Angel Harris who is an Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies. The title of his talk will be "Probability versus Possibility: Can We Truly be Engines for Change?"

Professor Harris is also a faculty member in the Joint Ph.D. Program in Social Policy and Sociology, and a Faculty Associate of the Office of Population Research, the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, and Center for Migration and Development at Princeton University. Harris' research interests include social inequality, policy, and education.  His work focuses on the social psychological determinants of the racial achievement gap. Specifically, he examines the factors that contribute to differences in academic investment among African Americans, Latino/as, Asian Americans, and Whites. Harris also studies the impact that adolescents' perceptions of opportunities for upward socio-economic mobility have for their academic investment, and the long-term effects of youths' occupational aspirations both within the United States and Europe.

We will be providing further information about the evening including details about how to R.S.V.P. shortly. Please contact Kevin Yip '01 or Belinda Schubert '03 if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you there,

Princeton Alumni Association of Canada, Toronto Chapter

US Presidential Election Debate - Nov 1 2012

To Princeton Toronto Alumni and Friends:

IUCT and its member Toronto Alumni Clubs including PAAC invite you to the Toronto US election debate event on November 1st, 2012:

See attached flyer for more information: Flyer

BE IT RESOLVED: MITT ROMNEY SHOULD BE
THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Panel:

Michael Alexander, Author and Lawyer
Richard Simeon, Political Science Professor, University of Toronto
Mercedes Stephenson, Reporter, CTV News
Philip Slayton, Author and Lawyer

Moderator: Edward Greenspon, Toronto Star, Star Media Group

Details:

Thursday, November 1, 2012
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. West, Toronto
6:00 - 7:15 p.m. Welcome and Reception
7:15 - 8:30 p.m. Debate and Q&A
8:30 - 9:00 p.m. Post-Debate Wrap Up

Ticket price: $30 – includes light snacks and cash bar
Space is limited. Purchase tickets online by September 30, 2012

Tickets can be Purchased at: www.2012electiondebate.ca

Joint Networking Event with Columbia and Other Schools

To Toronto-area Princeton Alumni and Friends:

We have been invited to a networking event organized mainly by the Columbia Toronto Club but with the support of PAAC and other alumni groups.

The networking event is part of the 6th Annual Columbia Alumni Association World Wide Networking Event. PAAC and several other Toronto-based US alumni groups have also been invited.

Date:  Sept 24, 2012 Monday
Time:  6PM - 9PM
Location:  Toronto Downtown Bay / Adelaide (Details to be Provided)
Cost: None.  Hors d'oeuvre and drinks are provided
Dress Code: Business Casual

Please RSVP to kevinyip@alumni.princeton.edu by September 16th. We will send out the exact venue address to those who RSVP'd on Sept 20th, 2012.

We look forward to seeing you at the event

Summer Mixer -- International University Clubs of Toronto - August 29 2012

Meet Alumni from International Universities ... Last year, 200+ people attended ... don't be left out!

2012 Annual International Universities Clubs of Toronto (IUCT) Alumni Mixer in Toronto - August 29, 2012

The International University Clubs of Toronto and the Toronto alumni groups of Brandeis, Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, IMD, INSEAD, John Hopkins, LBS, LSE, MIT, Northwestern, NYU, Oxford Cambridge, Penn/Wharton, Princeton, Stanford, Syracuse, Trinity College, Yale would like to invite you to join us for:

The 2012 Annual International Universities Mixer

Join fellow alumni from other International Universities for an end-of-summer get together on a patio in downtown Toronto. This is the IUCT's most popular event of the year. Catch up with old friends and meet new ones.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

6:00pm to 10:00pm

Empire Restaurant Lounge
50 Cumberland Street
(Bay St. and Cumberland St.)
Toronto, ON M4W 1J5
Tel: 416-840-8440

Tickets: $14 per person
Cash bar
Appetizers included

Registration

Please register at THIS LINK

Only a limited number of Tickets are available, so sign up ASAP.
Please share this invitation with your friends.

Ticket Purchasers must be alumni of an IUCT University but may bring guests
Tickets must be purchased in advance - No Tickets will be sold at the door
RSVP deadline is August 27, 2012 or when Tickets are sold out

Getting There

TTC: Bay Station & Bloor/Yonge Station
Parking Lots: 9 Bedford Rd & 37 Yorkville Ave 

A Message from our Neighbours - the PAA of Western NY (Buffalo)

Dear Princetonians,

On Saturday, June 23rd, we are hosting a free, informal event for alumni, current students, and new admits, as well as family members or guests.  Elsie Sheidler, Associate Director of the Pace Center at Princeton, will speak with us about civic engagement.  The lecture will be followed by a small reception with light fare and good company.  We hope you will be able to join us!  The event will take place at 2pm at the Buffalo Seminary High School in Buffalo.  Please RSVP at http://paaofwny.eventbrite.com/

We will also be joining the Princeton Club of Rochester for the Princeton Prize in Race Relations.  This prize recognizes area high school students who have "demonstrated a commitment to advancing the cause of positive race relations," broadly interpreted.  We will discuss this Prize at the event, and will also have sign-up sheets for those interested in helping with this initiative.

With orange and black,

Karen and Dorian Rolston, '09 and '10

Co-Presidents, PAA WNY

Book Reading by Marianne Apostolides '94 at Harbourfront - May 2 2012

Marianne Apostolides '94 will be at Harbourfront to read from her new book, Voluptuous Pleasure: The Truth about the Writing Life. She is the author of four books, including the novels Swim and The Lucky Child, which was longlisted for a ReLit Award. Apostolides is a recipient of the 2011 Chalmers Arts Fellowship.

Here are the details on the May 2nd Harbourfront reading: http://j.mp/HA4B6c

Here is the notice in PAW: http://j.mp/HA4JCB

Class of 2016 Reception - April 22 2012

Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends:

Please join us on Sunday, April 22, 2012 from 2:00 to 4:00 for our annual Spring Reception to meet and welcome the newly admitted students from our area, and their families. The event will take place at the Royal Ontario Museum, in the RBC Glass Room on the fourth floor. Guest speaker Sheila Kohler is an award-winning writer and lecturer on Creative Writing at Princeton's Lewis Center for the Arts. She will talk about the process of turning a work of fiction into a film, as was done with her novel, Cracks. View her biography at: http://goo.gl/beBVD

This year we are inviting potential Class of '16 students who have been offered admission but may not necessarily have confirmed acceptance. Accordingly, this reception is an opportunity for us to assist the students make this important decision by putting on the Tiger charm.

Please RSVP to Belinda Schubert by e-mail to bschubert@ellynlaw.com or by phone at 416-601-6800.

The Royal Ontario Museum is located at 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, ON. For a map, and information about parking at the ROM, please visit http://www.rom.on.ca/visit/map.php

To reach the RBC Glass Room, please enter the ROM via the doors on Queen's Park, and take the Rotunda Elevator to the fourth floor, as shown on the image:

Class of 2016 Reception - Save the Date: April 22, 2012

Princeton Class of 2016 Reception in Toronto

Please mark your calendars for our annual Spring Reception to meet and welcome the newly admitted students from our area and their families. Guest speaker Sheila Kohler is an award-winning writer and lecturer on Creative Writing at Princeton's Lewis Center for the Arts. Her biography can be viewed here: http://goo.gl/beBVD

This year we are inviting potential Class of '16 students who have been offered admission but may not necessarily have confirmed acceptance. Accordingly, this reception is an opportunity for us to assist the students make this important decision by putting on the Tiger charm.

We have set the date to April 22, 2012 and we are still working out the details regarding the location and RSVP. As with past years, the reception will be held from 2 - 4pm on Sunday Afternoon. The location will be a centrally-located venue in downtown Toronto.