Media Releases
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Burgess Shale fossil site gives up oldest evidence of brood care
TORONTO, ON - Long before kangaroos carried their joeys in their pouches and honey bees nurtured their young in hives, there was the 508-million-year-old Waptia. Little is known about the shrimp-like creature first discovered in the renowned Canadian Burgess Shale fossil deposit a century ago, but recent analysis by scientists from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, and Centre national de la recherche scientifique has uncovered eggs with embryos preserved within the body of the animal. It is the…
Researchers map the Internet’s “boomerang routes” where data transfers between Canadians move through the US, increasing exposure to state surveillance
Toronto, ON – Researchers at the University of Toronto announced today that IXmaps, a visual, interactive database of Internet traffic routes, is now live. The tool, funded by the .CA Community Investment Program, helps Canadians understand how their Internet traffic moves, and how certain traffic routes (known as ‘boomerang routes’) move data through the United States and into the jurisdiction of the U.S. National Security Agency before returning to Canada. Key facts Canada’s Internet infrastructure is intimately linked to U.S.…
Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative and OISE/U of T Respond to Release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report
Toronto, ON - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report, tabled yesterday, provides an indelible pathway for our individual and collective need to heal and reconcile our past in order to move forward. Central to moving forward on an improved relationship between Indigenous people and Canadians is helping young Indigenous people and families meet and achieve their educational aspirations. Positive changes in the way education is delivered and experienced for Indigenous students will, in turn, make a tangible impact on…
After the Paris Climate Summit: What now?
Toronto, ON - Media are invited to attend a panel of experts in international law, global affairs and climate change to assess the historic accord signed at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention. Hosted jointly by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and the Munk School of Global Affairs, and moderated by former foreign correspondent Brian Stewart, the panel will discuss the Paris accord and the future of the global climate regime, asking:…
Globally impactful organizations and investors honoured by University of Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab
Toronto, ON – Two world renowned Canadian organizations and a venture capitalist are the recipients of the first annual awards presented by the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. The Lab is a program which leverages the University’s leading faculty and industry network as well as its location in the heart of Canada’s business capital to accelerate massively scalable, technology-based ventures that have the potential to transform our social, industrial, and economic landscape.…
Trinity College receives $1.75 million to launch mental health and wellness program
Toronto, ON - Through the generous support of alumni, Trinity College will be enhancing its Health and Wellness program and providing on-site mental health counselling and support services for its students. Trinity alumna Dr. Anne Steacy ’76 has donated $1.5 million to establish the Anne Steacy Counselling Initiative, which will support core staffing in the area of mental health and wellness, including on-site counselling for students. “Supporting students goes beyond providing an excellent educational experience—healthy development of the whole person is…
Canadian Muslim women commemorate International Human Rights Day with conference for Indigenous women
Toronto, ON - To commemorate International Human Rights Day and raise awareness about gendered violence against Indigenous women, as well as against Muslim women who wear the Hijab, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at has partnered with the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education and the Indigenous Education Network at the University of Toronto to hold a conference titled “Indigenous Spirituality and Islam: A Dialogue Between Two Sisters.” This event explores the similarities between the teachings of Islam and Indigenous spirituality, and…
Report reveals seven-year South American malware campaign
Toronto, ON - A number of journalists, activists, politicians and public figures in Latin America have been targeted by a large-scale hacking campaign since 2008, according to a new report from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. Researchers have named the malicious actor behind the attacks as “Packrat,” to highlight the attacker’s preference for Remote Access Trojans (RATs) and for using the same domain names and servers over many years. The report, written by Citizen Lab Senior Researchers John Scott-Railton,…
Zambart, UNZA and University of Toronto researchers find health systems must evolve to meet long-term needs of people living longer on ART
TORONTO, ON - Millions of people with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa are living longer lives due to antiretroviral therapy (ART). For many, ART is transforming HIV into a chronic illness. People are therefore likely to have new needs related to living longer with HIV. But little is known about the experiences of growing up and growing older with HIV in countries like Zambia, where the focus has been on HIV testing and starting treatment. Today, researchers at Zambart, the University…
Public favourable to increased education spending, according to OISE’s 19th Opinion Survey
TORONTO, ON– Despite the political challenges regarding Ontario’s publicly funded education system, there remains general satisfaction among the public as a whole, and parents more specifically. This is according to the 19th OISE Survey of Educational Issues, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education’s bi-annual survey of public attitudes towards education, released today. “A majority actually favours increased spending on schools, and most of them are willing to pay higher taxes to support this,” according to report’s co-author Arlo Kempf.…