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Leaders of the pack display high EQ, Rotman study finds
TORONTO, ON – The ability to understand emotions is a key ingredient in people who become leaders in groups with no formal authority, a new paper has found. The findings come through two different studies using commerce students. Study participants were given an emotional ability test as part of the study, as well as a self-analysis of their emotional skills. Then, they organized themselves into small groups or were randomly assigned to small groups and were given a group project…
Crazy for comedy? Then stand up for mental health!
TORONTO, ON - Think mental illness is nothing to laugh about? The stand-up comedians with Stand Up for Mental Health (SMH) disagree. Using comedy as a way to break down the prejudice, stigma and discrimination that surround mental illness, the members of the SMH troupe have transformed their personal stories – SMH members have been diagnosed with depression, schizophrenia bipolar disorder and more – into empowering jokes. The University of Toronto will be hosting the only Toronto stop of the…
$1 million awarded to Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing led research team to identify safety risks with care in homes
TORONTO, ON – Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing professor, Dr. Diane Doran, was awarded more than $1 million for research that will help protect the safety of over 900,000 Canadians who receive health care services in their homes every day. The Canadian Patient Safety Institute and its partners announced today the successful recipient of a nation-wide research competition drawing some of Canada’s leading healthcare researchers. The selected research team led by Dr. Diane Doran, University of Toronto, and Dr.…
U of T Canada’s leading university in two major global rankings
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto’s strong academic and research performance ranks among the best in the world – and is the best in Canada – in two prestigious international rankings released this week. The Times Higher Education Rankings rated the University 17th overall in its rankings, while the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) ranked U of T 9th overall, up from 11th last year. In both rankings, U of T leads all Canadian universities.…
Revisiting Chinese Canadian communities
TORONTO, ON – Five distinguished scholars, including Senator Vivienne Poy, Professors David Lai, Eric Fong, Jack Leong and Joseph Wong, to engage in a panel discussion on Chinese Archways, the challenges of social integration and residential co-ethnic clustering of Chinese in Toronto, on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at the Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, at the University of Toronto. DISCUSSION TOPICS 1. Chinese Gateways in China and Canada Dr. David Chuanyan Lai, Professor Emeritus of Geography at the…
Omnium Global Executive MBA program visits India for the second time
TORONTO, ON - A prestigious Executive MBA program which takes its business participants to eight key centres of international business on four continents will return to India for the second time this October. The Omnium Global Executive MBA program gives business participants an opportunity to earn MBA degrees from two renowned business schools, the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Over an 18 month period, this part-time program teaches…
Discovery offers hope of saving sub-Saharan crops from devastating parasites
TORONTO, ON – Each year, thousands of acres of crops are planted throughout Africa, Asia and Australia only to be laid to waste by a parasitic plant called Striga, also known as witchweed. It is one of the largest challenges to food security in Africa, and a team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered chemicals and genes that may break Striga’s stranglehold. When crops grow, their roots release a plant hormone called strigolactone. If…
Sexual diversity centre at U of T to give citizenship award to renowned Oxygen network sex educator Sue Johanson
TORONTO, ON - The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, located at University College, University of Toronto, is pleased to announce renowned sexual educator and counsellor Sue Johanson as the recipient of its 2010 Citizenship Award. The award will be presented to Sue Johanson at a reception to be held on September 22nd, 2010 at Croft Chapter House, University College, 15 Kings College Circle, Toronto, event to begin at 4:30pm and award presentation at 5:30 pm. The Citizenship…
Bridging the divides: building tomorrow’s Toronto
TORONTO, ON - Bridging the Divides: Building Tomorrow’s Toronto, a debate of candidates for mayor in the City of Toronto, will focus on the most divisive issues in the City of Toronto in the 12 years since amalgamation. A dozen years after becoming one big unified city, Toronto is facing problems that many people thought amalgamation would solve. What do the people who would be mayor propose to do about them? Who: Rob Ford, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman,…
Rotman School to host memorial for Myron Gordon
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management will hold a memorial for Myron J. Gordon, a professor who had a long and distinguished academic career in finance and economics on September 11, 2010. A brief memorial service will begin at 2:00pm, followed by a reception until 4:00pm. The memorial will take place in the CIBC Room, 3rd Floor, at the Rotman School, 105 St. George Street, Toronto. Professor Emeritus Paul Halpern of the Rotman School will…