Dr. Mark McGowan will give a campus lecture titled "Kindred Spirits of the North: Indigenous Aid to Irish Famine Relief, 1847" on Thursday, 19 November 2026 at 3:30 pm in the SDU Main Building, Faculty Lounge.

Dr. McGowan is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, a distinguished Canadian historian, educator, and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and he recently concluded a 34-year tenure at the U of T, where he served in several major administrative leadership roles, including Principal of the University of St. Michael’s College. He is also the 2026 Newman Fellow and the keynote speaker at the 8th annual St. John Henry Newman Dinner on Friday, November 20, 2026, hosted by UPEI students in the Faculty of Arts’ Catholic Studies program.