Derrick de Kerckhove, Director of the Program since 1983, has been associated with the Centre for Culture and Technology (founded in 1963, under the direction of Prof. Marshall McLuhan), and later with the Program, formed in 1983, for over forty years; he is Full Professor at the French Department. The MPCT Executive, also referred to as "Board of Directors", was formed in its present composition in 2004, with Michael Edmunds, himself a student of McLuhan's and Head of UofT's Scotia Bank Information Commons having joined the Program since 2002 as Assistant Director, and Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, Professor at York University with several appointments at UofT, and Donald Gillies, Professor Emeritus from Ryerson University, joining later at the invitation of the newly appointed Dean of the Faculty of Information Studies - Brian Cantwell Smith. MPCT's endeavours are guided by its Executive Committee, and facilitated/implemented by its Staff.

A number of people have been associated with the MPCT over the years, whether as staff or in a leadership/governing position, among whom are David Olson, Barry Wellman (page), Ted Nelson (page), and Steve Mann (page), and also Liss Jeffrey (page), Mark Federman (page), Jason Nolan (page).

In the Double-Anniversary 2008 Year, we invite former fellows
to "re-connect" -
to update/create their profile, to join events...

We do look forward to your input,

The current MPCT community

Fellows in Residence - 2007 and 2008

Andrea Cruciani (homepage, email)
Antonio Gamba Bari (homepage, email)
Barbara Rauch (homepage, email)
Brett Matthews (email)
Cristina Miranda de Almeida (homepage, email)
Filomena Bomfim (homepage, email)
Frieda Audrey Luk (homepage, email)
Gaetano Mirabella (homepage, email)
Dong Huiping (homepage, email)
Jennifer Blair (homepage, email)
Loretta Secchi (homepage, email)
Louise Liu (homepage, email)
Lucía Merino Malillos (homepage, email)
Lynne Alexandrova (homepage, email)
Maria Luisa Malerba (homepage, email)
Matteo Ciastellardi (homepage, email)
Nadia Delicata (email)
Olivier de Vos (email)
Reto Geiser (homepage, email)
Ricardo Nicola (homepage, email)
Stuart Murray (homepage, email)
Twyla Gibson (homepage, email)
Vincenzo Susca (email)
Zoltán Simon (homepage, email)
Zvezdan Vukanović (homepage, email)

Approved for (Renewal of) Fellowship Residency

Barbara Rauch (from Fall 2007, returning)
Carolina Moreno (from November 2007)
Claire Bardainne (from July 2007) (email)
Filomena Bomfim (from May 2007, returning) (email)
Kyongwon Yoon (from Sept 2006)
Michael Andreas (from Jan. 2006)
Radek Stavel (from Oct. 2005)
Reto Geiser (from May 2007)
Ricardo Nicola (from July 2007, returning)
Yingwu Liu (from Sept. 2005)

Adrian Guzman (email)
Alek Tarkowski (email)
Ana Viseu (homepage, email)
Anabel Quan-Haas (email)
Andrew Chrystall (email)
Aniko Meszaros (homepage, email) 
Antonio Tursi (email)
Arati Barua (email)
Bernadette Wegenstein (email)
Carolyn Guertin (homepage, email)
Clemens Bohrer
Dariusz Granowski
Edgar Gómez Cruz (homepage, email)
Felix Stalder (email)
Francesco D'Orazio (homepage, email)
Francesco Monico (homepage, email)
Gianluca Baccanico (homepage, email-1, email-2)
Giulia Caramaschi (email-1, email-2)
Harry Bradley (email-1, email-2)
Henrique Antoun
Jamie Killingsworth (homepage, email)
Jason Nolan (homepage, email)
Jen Jing
Jinwen Xie (homepage, email)
J. Octavio Elizondo (from March 2006) (homepage, email)
Kalina Kukielko (homepage, email)
Leo Reitano
Leonida Reitano (homepage, email-1, email-2)
Lorella Di Cintio
Lucia Amoros Poveda (email)
Lucilla Fuiano (email)
Marco Barsottini (email)
Maria Anna Calamia (email-1, email-2)
Maria-Luisa Palumbo (email)
Martina Leeker (email)
Monica Baroni (homepage, email)
Monika Jaeckel
Maria Luisa Palumba
Paulina Starzynska (homepage, email)
Peter Deitz (homepage, email)
Ricardo Nicola
Richard Pope (email)
Robert Harvie (email)
Sakura Tominaga (email)
Sasha Santoni (homepage, email-1, email-2)
Saurabh Gupta
Sebastian Giessmann
Serena Tommasino (email)
Sibylle Moser (homepage, homepage, email)
Simona Isabella
Stuart Murray (homepage, email)
Takeshi Kadobayashi (homepage, email)
Tina Lasala (email)
Tina Morrow (email)
Tommaso Vianello (email-1, email-2)
Twyla Gibson (homepage, email)
Valentina Cosimati (email)
Vinicius Pereira (email)
Vincenzo Susca (email)

Short-term & Honorary Fellowship Appointments - 2007 and 2008

Anjali Gera Roy (homepage, email)
Barry Chudakov (homepage, email)
Irina Arkhangelskaya (homepage, email)
Manuel Jofré B. (email)
Martina Leeker (email)
Pedro Ortuño (homepage, email)
Salvacion “Inday” Espina-Varona (email)

Canadian Embassy's McLuhan Award Recipients' Fellowships - since 1997

Since 1997, the Canadian Embassy in Manilla, the Philippines, has been distinguishing with the McLuhan Award journalists who are first-prize winners in the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The award includes a study tour of Canada, during which the journalist sits as a Fellow at the MPCT. Upon return to the Philippines, a series of forums is organized in key cities around the country, at which the Canadian experience is shared with students of communication and members of the local and community media. The award recipients include: Ms. Salvacion “Inday” Espina-Varona (2007) of The Philippine Graphic, Mr. Fe Zamora and Mr. Gerry Lirio (2006) of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Ms. Yvonne Chua (2005), Ms. Tess Bacalla (2004), Ms. Miriam Grace Go (2002) of Newsbreak Magazine, Ms. Vinia Datinguinoo (2001) of PCIJ, Ms. Yvonne Chua (2000) of PCIJ, Ms. Ellen Tordesillas (1999) of Malaya, Ms. Sheila Coronel (1998) of PCIJ and Mr. Armand Nocum (1997) of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.