Massey College is governed by an elected Corporation, made up of Senior Fellows and chaired by the Master.  Its connection with the University of Toronto is recognized through ex officio membership on Corporation of the President of the University of Toronto and the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies.  Other members of the College community join in a number of committees which report to Corporation.  A considerable degree of self-governance of the Junior Fellowship (the College’s full-time graduate students) is effected through the annual election of a Don of Hall, other student officers, and committee members.

THE VISITOR is the College ombudsman and fulfils important constitutional and ceremonial functions.

SENIOR FELLOWS are elected from prominent representatives of both academic and professional interests at the University of Toronto.

THE MASTER is the chief administrative officer who, together with those Senior Fellows elected to Corporation, governs the College.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS who assist the Master are the Administrator, the Bursar and the Registrar, who is also Secretary of Corporation.

Masters of the College:

1963 to 1981                        Robertson Davies (Founding Master)
1981 to 1988                        J.N. Patterson Hume
1988 to 1995                        Ann Saddlemyer
1991 to 1992                         Stefan Dupre (Acting Master)
1995 to present                   John Fraser

College Visitors:
1963 to 1967                         The Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey
1973 to 1976                         The Hon. Dalton C. Wells
1990 to 1995                         The Hon. John B. Aird
1996 to 2003                         Dr. Rose Wolfe
2003 to present                    The Hon. H.N.R. Jackman