Media Releases
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PEN and IHRP report on India reveals culture of stifling dissent, criminalising free expression
Toronto, ON – An inefficient legal system and what amounts to unchecked abuse of vague and overbroad legislation have contributed to a chilling effect on free speech within India’s society and throughout its public sphere according to a report released today by PEN International, PEN Canada and International Human Rights Program (IHRP) at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law. The report, Fearful Silence: The Chill on India’s Public Sphere, demonstrates how a relatively small number of aggrieved citizens can successfully…
U of T Mississauga launches Centre for Medicinal Chemistry
Toronto, ON – The University of Toronto Mississauga has launched an interdisciplinary centre for the development of new drugs targeting cancer and other diseases, thanks to a $7 million donation from Mississauga-based Orlando Corporation. The laboratory of Professor Patrick Gunning of UTM’s Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences is the catalyst for the creation of the Centre for Medicinal Chemistry. Gunning’s research team designs lead compounds that have the potential to be turned into cancer-fighting drugs. The core team of the…
University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry to accelerate oral health care discoveries through Sinai Health System’s new Centre for Advanced Dental Research and Care
Toronto, ON – Complex periodontal disease, extremely rare orofacial conditions and implant failure: these are just a few of the research questions that the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry will tackle with its research partner, Sinai Health System, through the establishment of a new Centre for Advanced Dental Research and Care. Launched today through a generous philanthropic donation by dentalcorp to Sinai Health System, the Centre promises to be the first of its kind in North America. Drawing together clinical…
Rotman School Leader in Health Sector Policy Appointed as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Toronto, ON – A recognized leader in health policy and management at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Prof. Brian Golden is Vice-Dean, Professional Programs and is the Sandra Rotman Chair in Health Sector Strategy at the UofT and University Health Network. He is the first faculty member from a business school to receive the honour. Fellows of the Academy are elected on the basis of their…
Scotiabank to Support Entrepreneurship and Business Design Initiatives at UofT’s Rotman School of Management
Toronto, ON – A new gift from Scotiabank will help the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management continue to produce the leading management talent that companies in Canada and the world need to operate successfully in the digital economy. The gift of $1.75 million will create the Scotiabank Disruptive Technologies Venture at the Rotman School of Management and support programs and initiatives including: The school’s Creative Destructive Lab; Research and independent study in the subjects of machine learning, artificial intelligence and behavioural…
U of T Professors Champion Feminist & Queer Approaches in Journal
Toronto, ON – Technology. Porn. Networks. Intimacy. These words litter the bookshelves of Faculty of Information Assistant Professor Patrick Keilty, who has already made publishing history within the field of information studies —twice. Prof. Keilty, whose research focuses on how technology intersects with feminist and queer issues, recently made history when he co-edited the August 2016 issue of Library Trends, “Reconfiguring Race, Gender, and Sexuality”—the first Library and Information Science (LIS) journal dedicated entirely to race, gender, or sexuality. This…
Rotman Commerce Students Win Finance Competition in Shanghai
Toronto, ON – A student and a recent graduate from the Rotman Commerce program at the University of Toronto participated in the annual Youth Leadership Finance Summit at Shanghai Jiao Tong University taking home a top prize for their presentation on small and medium enterprise finance in China. Freddy Tang, BCom’17, and Christopher Morello, BCom’16, joined forces with two students from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania to win one of four first prizes of $1500 USD and…
U of T Reviving Marshall McLuhan’s Global Village of Intellectual Thinkers
Toronto, ON – The Group of Seven. The Rat Pack. The Toronto School of Communication. Groups that became famous worldwide for their expertise. Each had a disruptive, genius leader. The University of Toronto’s was the late Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar who worked at the intersection of culture and technology—the very foundation of Toronto’s mushrooming power in digital media. He did so in ways that only later became mainstream, like his famous observation, "the medium is the message.”…
Students at University of Toronto receive Canada’s largest STEM scholarship
Toronto, ON – Kevin Han, Jun Ran Xu, Haleema Khan and Sabrina Cruz have been named University of Toronto’s recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships. Created in 2011 by Canadian business leader and philanthropist Seymour Schulich, this annual scholarship program encourages promising high school graduates to embrace STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) in their future careers. This year, there were over 1,500 Schulich Leader Nominees from across Canada vying for 50 scholarships, valued at up to $80,000 each. Since inception,…
Inaugural Cohort of New Program in Finance and Risk Management Starts Classes at UofT’s Rotman School Management
Toronto, ON – Forty-five students in the inaugural cohort of the Master of Financial Risk Management (MFRM) program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management started their studies today. An intensive eight-month program for recent graduates with solid quantitative skills from undergraduate university programs, the MFRM is designed to prepare students for careers in risk management and trading. The unique curriculum combines coursework, an applied project with a company in the field, workshops on leadership and communications skills as…