As 2016 draws to a close (and what a year it has been) we want to let you know about two wonderful engaging events we have arranged for the beginning of January. Mark your calendars and sign up for these events:

Saturday, 14th January 6:00-7:30pm reception with Cambridge Regius Professor of Physic, Patrick Maxwell

Cambridge in America invites you and your guest to join an alumni networking and drinks reception with Cambridge Regius Professor of Physic, Patrick Maxwell, who will share updates from Cambridge and discuss the latest innovations in biomedical research from the School of Clinical Medicine

Tuesday, 17th January 6-8pm: Fireside chat with Canada’s “Least predictable MP” Nathaniel Erskine-Smith

Please join the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Toronto and their Friends in our “Fireside Chat” series to hear Nathaniel Erskine-Smith MP, Beaches- East York, in a Fireside Chat on being a Rookie Parliamentarian and the Liberal Government. Nate will present his thoughts on “The importance of independence in the House” and then take questions from the floor.

Please check out the Events Page for details and ticket information.

Our colleagues at the Canadian Friends of the LSE have invited the Oxbridge Alumni to two upcoming events.

The first (in conjunction with the London Goodenough Association of Canada (LGAC))is a wine tasting experience by Rogers and Company Chateau, Villa, and Estate Wines who will guide you, starting with the new world hot spots of New Zealand and California as well as the grape’s ancestral home in France.

The second is an expert panel discussion with three views of the future of Canada’s relationship with Europe: hear from Mel Cappe (former Clerk of the Privy Council and Ambassador to the UK) who will share his experience of being Canada’s top representative in the UK; Stefania Szabo, Consul General of Hungary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada will give a European view on how Canada can work with Europe; Mark Warner, an expert on international trade law, will give the perspective of Canada’s business relationship with Europe now that CETA has been signed.

For details and registration for both events, please see our Events page.

Our monthly pub night is on the last Tuesday of the month from 6pm at the Oxley pub in Yorkville. The next meet up is on Tuesday 25th of October. Come and enjoy the relaxed pub atmosphere and catch up with friends.

It was great to see a number of new faces at last month’s pub night and we hope to see even more this month. We always have alumni from a variety of backgrounds, ages, interests and experiences at these events and we hope that will continue.

Today (26 September), international law scholar and university leader Professor Stephen Toope was nominated as the 346th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

Professor Toope is Director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and formerly served as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. He is a scholar specialising in human rights, international dispute resolution, international environmental law, the use of force, and international legal theory with degrees in common law (LLB) and civil law (BCL) with honours from McGill University (1983). Professor Toope is also an alumnus of Trinity College Cambridge, where he completed his PhD in 1987 after graduating from Harvard with a degree (AB) in history and literature. He has published articles and books on change in international law and the origins of international obligation in international society, and represented Western Europe and North America on the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances from 2002-2007.

Read more from the the Cambridge offical announcement.