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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario renews partnership with Rotman School of Management
TORONTO, ON – The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario has renewed its commitment to support the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management CA/Rotman Centre for Innovation in Accounting Education. Established in 2004, the CA/Rotman Centre for Innovation in Accounting Education has taken a leadership role in developing innovative professional accounting programs at both the graduate and undergraduate levels throughout the University of Toronto. Under the leadership of co-directors, Irene Wiecek and Joan Kitunen, faculty members at the Rotman…
U of T researchers discover asphyxia trigger in opioid poisoning
TORONTO, ON – Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered a new way to combat asphyxiation caused by opioid poisoning, by “rescuing” a part of the brain which controls breathing. Having determined the mechanism of action of opiate suppression of breathing, the effectiveness of a commonly-used drug like naloxone provides a target for further drug development. In a paper published today in the Journal of Neuroscience, a team including researchers from the University of Toronto and the University of…
Canadians unified on the Arctic – want government to assert its sovereignty over the Beaufort Sea and Northern Passage
TORONTO, ON – Today, the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs (Munk School) and the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation (Gordon Foundation) released its public opinion research report on global perceptions of Arctic security. The report is titled: Rethinking the Top of the World. It summarizes public opinions on Arctic security issues in Canada (north and south), the United States, Russia and the other Arctic Council countries. The research was compiled by Ekos…
TDSB and U of T’s Rotman School join forces to bring a new way of thinking to TDSB teachers and students: First-time ever offered in public schools
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and the TDSB are proud to announce a partnership that marks the first transfer of concepts from the world of business education to the public school system. The Rotman School has developed a new way to think that leads to creative business solutions. “The I-Think Initiative gives students tools to observe and evaluate their thinking processes when faced with opposition or difficult, ‘either-or’ choices,” said Roger Martin, Dean of…
New iPhone app could help NHL all-star game
TORONTO, ON – As NHLers Eric Staal and Niklas Lidstrom prepare to pick their all-star teammates later this week, a new smart phone application designed for this very purpose is gaining traction around the world. The TeamChooser application – developed by Jonathan Rose, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto and Paul Eisen, a Toronto-based software designer – is designed to produce teams that are evenly matched. The user enters each player’s name plus the…
New book: Degrees of Inequality: Culture, Class, and Gender in American Higher Education
TORONTO, ON – Dr. Ann Mullen, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough, has published a new book concerned with the growing social inequality in American higher education. The book, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, is titled Degrees of Inequality: Culture, Class, And Gender in American Higher Education. Degrees of Inequality reveals the powerful patterns of social inequality in American higher education by analyzing how the social background of students shapes nearly every facet of the…
Unravelling the universe: Canada’s largest astronomy symposium to take place at U of T
TORONTO, ON – The Astronomy & Space Exploration Society at the University of Toronto is hosting the 8th annual “Expanding Canada’s Frontiers” symposium. The country’s largest astronomy symposium takes place at 7 p.m. on January 28, 2011 at the University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. 2010 was an exciting year in astronomy. Recent technological developments such as the Large Hadron Collider have allowed us to begin to crack some of the biggest mysteries of the universe.…
McLuhan 100: Toronto Celebrates 100 Years of Marshall McLuhan
TORONTO, ON — At the invitation of University of Toronto President David Naylor, a select group of artists, technology innovators and academics were treated to a preview of plans for the McLuhan 100 at grano Restaurant on Thursday, January 20. This year marks the centenary of Marshall McLuhan's birth on July 21, 1911. Worldwide, a tremendous range of activities are being planned to celebrate and honour the man and his ideas. With Toronto under the focus of international gaze, the…
UTSC psychologist’s work with blind perspective artist featured at Manifesta Biennale
TORONTO, ON - UTSC perception psychologist John Kennedy’s groundbreaking work with the blind artist Esref Armagan was featured this month in a major exhibit at the 2010/2011 Manifesta 8 Biennale in Murcia, Spain. Kennedy’s work with Armagan is of great relevance to the art community because it demonstrates that blind people can incorporate perspective into their art. For years, perspective was thought to be limited to sighted people.“I have come at this from a science and psychology point of view,” says…
Parental divorce linked to suicidal thoughts
TORONTO, ON – Adult children of divorce are more likely to have seriously considered suicide than their peers from intact families, suggests new research from the University of Toronto. In a paper published online this week in the journal Psychiatry Research, investigators examined gender specific differences among a sample of 6,647 adults, of whom 695 had experienced parental divorce before the age of 18. The study found that men from divorced families had more than three times the odds of…