Media Releases
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Eleven new ventures graduate from University of Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab
TORONTO, ON - Eleven ventures have successfully graduated from the Creative Destruction Lab, a business incubator at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Combined with the ventures who graduated in the Lab’s first cohort last June, these ventures have collectively generated approximately $130 million in equity value. During their eight months in the Lab, ventures regularly meet with the Lab’s Group of 7 Fellows (G7), a group of nine entrepreneurs who successfully created and grew, massively scalable, technology-based…
U of T on Researchers at Risk and the detention of student Alexander Sodiqov
TORONTO, CANADA – The University of Toronto will host a panel of experts, featuring Chrystia Freeland (MP and author) and Ronald Deibert (Director of the Citizen Lab), to discuss the recent detention of Alexander Sodiqov. Since June 16th this year, Alexander Sodiqov, a young scholar and PhD student at the University of Toronto, has been in the custody of the security services in Tajikistan. The detention incommunicado of a young scholar has generated an international outcry—from students, from scholars, from…
Fast, portable device for ‘on-the-go,’ laboratory-quality cocaine testing
TORONTO, ON - Testing for cocaine and other drugs usually involves two steps: a quick on-site prescreen and then a more accurate confirmatory test at a laboratory. This process can often take days or weeks — far too long in many cases where public safety can be at risk. Now, a team of researchers report development of a backpack-sized device that can perform highly accurate and sensitive tests anywhere within 15 minutes. The study appears in the American Chemical Society’s…
Statement about the detention of Alexander Sodiqov
Since 16 June 2014, Alexander Sodiqov, a doctoral student in Political Science at the University of Toronto, has been held in detention by security forces in Tajikistan. The University of Toronto remains deeply concerned about the health and safety of Alexander. A Tajik national, Alexander was in Tajikistan conducting research on the topic of “Rising Powers and Conflict Management in Central Asia” under a contract with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. The project is funded by the…
U of T student spearheads Ally Blood Donor clinics
TORONTO, ON - University of Toronto PhD student Stephen McCarthy, along with Canadian Blood Services, is hosting an Ally Blood Donor clinic during World Pride activities in Toronto. These clinics invite people who are ineligible to donate to bring an ally to donate blood on their behalf. The clinic will be held on Friday, June 27, 2014 at 67 College Street. As an HIV researcher with the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, and an active volunteer with the AIDS…
U of T to launch new institute to focus on indigenous health
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto announced today that Michael and Amira Dan have donated $10 million to support the creation of an institute dedicated to improving the health of Indigenous peoples. The donation is being announced today in recognition and celebration of National Aboriginal Day on June 21. The institute will be based at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, a Faculty of the University of Toronto, and will involve faculty experts throughout the university. An advisory…
NeXus Consulting Group: Helping non-profit organizations and social enterprises maximize their social impact
TORONTO, ON – Since 2005 non-profit organizations and social enterprises who require management consulting services have reached out to a team of MBA students at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management to help them maximize their social impact. NeXus offers affordable, fee-based consulting services to support a broad range of business needs at all the different stages in the non-profit lifecycle, including planning and start-up to increasing capacity and expansion. The consultants, who are entering the second year…
University of Toronto statement
Toronto, ON - Alexander Sodiqov, a PhD student at the University of Toronto, was reportedly detained by security officials on the 16th of June 2014 in Khorog, Tajikistan. Sodiqov was in Tajikistan under a research contract with the University of Exeter (UK). Sodiqov is married with a young child. The University of Toronto is deeply concerned about the safety of Mr. Sodiqov and his family. The University encourages the authorities in Tajikistan to ensure full protection of Mr. Sodiqov’s rights. -…
University of Toronto students awarded largest ever Canadian scholarship to study Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Toronto, ON -- Quinton Lowe and Lukas Weese have been named University of Toronto’s recipients of Schulich Leader Scholarships for students entering undergraduate studies in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM). Created by Canadian business leader and philanthropist Seymour Schulich three years ago, the annual awards program encourages high school graduates to embrace STEM disciplines in their future careers. This year, there were 1,147 Schulich Leader Nominees. Two scholarship recipients – “Schulich Leaders” – are selected at each participating university. One…
March of Dimes Canada Invests $1.5 million to Advance Research in Acquired Brain Injury at the University of Toronto
TORONTO, ON – Today, March of Dimes Canada and the University of Toronto (U of T) signed a $1.5 million agreement to advance research in recovery from brain injuries and stroke, making the donation to the University the largest made by the national charitable organization in its over 60 year history. Brain injuries and stroke affect 80,000 to 100,000 Canadians every year and are the leading cause of disability worldwide. Survivors often have difficulties with daily activities and participating in…