Media Releases
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University of Toronto Student participates in prestigious internship program in Poland
New York, NY – University of Toronto student Lindsay Macumber is one of 10 graduate students and Ph.D. candidates chosen by the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation (AJCF) to participate in the Center’s Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program. This powerful, three-week program held in Oświęcim (Auschwitz), Poland fosters academic and personal growth and community activism as participants study the universal implications of the Holocaust. The program is funded through private donations that have made possible three named Fellowships— the Butnick Fellow,…
Report on importance of infrastructure in Scarborough to be released
TORONTO, ON – A University of Toronto report highlighting the need for investment in social infrastructure in Scarborough will be presented at a community forum this Thursday, June 16 at 6 p.m. The forum will be held at Scarborough Civic Centre Council Chambers at 150 Borough Dr. in Scarborough. The report, Toronto’s inner suburbs: Investing in social infrastructure in Scarborough, will be presented at a forum called “Inner suburbs at stake: Investing in Scarborough’s communities,” sponsored by the University of…
Rotman MBAs take on entrepreneurial management consulting venture for the 39th year
TORONTO, ON – For the thirty-ninth consecutive year, five MBA students from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management will work together to solve complex business problems for clients of the Impact Consulting Group. Each partner brings their own professional experience and industry knowledge to client work and can tackle a range of consulting projects for clients large and small. While they tap the resources of the Rotman School, including the school's award-winning faculty and research facilities, the Impact…
TiE Global announces partnership with University of Toronto and MaRS Discovery District
TORONTO, ON - TiE Global is very pleased to announce a partnership of TiE Catalyst, its first Global Virtual Chapter, with the prestigious University of Toronto and the leading innovation centre MaRS Discovery District, located in Toronto. This partnership will provide a forum to entrepreneurs worldwide for strategic exploration of emerging new frontiers at the intersection of engineering, bio-medical sciences, and IT. The announcement coincides with the gathering of 1000 North American members of the Indian diaspora at the mini Pravasi…
World’s leading education institutes to convene, collaborate at OISE, U of T next week
TORONTO, ON - The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE) will host 10 world-renowned education institutions as part of the International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes’ (IALEI) annual meeting and conference next Wednesday, June 15, 2011. IAELI’s work addresses important educational themes, providing leadership for educational development around the globe, inspiring new research and new practices in education, and making policy recommendations on critical issues. IALEI includes members from 10 leading education institutes in…
Pioneering Program in Business Design™ for Executives offered at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
TORONTO, ON – A new program which aims to foster and develop innovation by combining the best of a strategy and innovation lab and an internationally recognized provider of executive education will launch later this year in Toronto. Rotman DesignWorks and Rotman Executive Programs, both at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, have partnered to create a three-day, intensive business design program, based on the practice that integrates design and business methods into a framework for creating human…
McLuhan100 presents the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology Monday night seminar on “The Edge of Academe” at Net Change Week
TORONTO, ON - Well-known media theorist and University of Toronto Professor, Marshall McLuhan, taught in the much celebrated University of Toronto Coach House on the boundary of the University—physically, intellectually, and organizationally. During this centenary of his birth, society might ask how can we renew the space on the edge—and explore the boundaries where monoliths fracture and fusion occurs. How can we increase the exchange between public and private spaces? How can we intensify the points of contact among digitally-assembled…
Global Anniversary of AIDS indicates need for renewed public engagement in Canada
TORONTO, ON – Every eight hours, a Canadian contracts HIV. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first diagnosis of AIDS on June 5, 2011, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) partnered with the Social Research Centre (SRC) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and national polling firm Strategic Counsel to gauge Canadians’ knowledge and perception of the state of HIV and AIDS in Canada. The study revealed that most Canadians (93 per cent) believe they are…
Global anniversary of AIDS indicates need for renewed public engagement in Canada
TORONTO, ON – Every eight hours, a Canadian contracts HIV. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first diagnosis of AIDS on June 5, 2011, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) partnered with the Social Research Centre (SRC) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and national polling firm Strategic Counsel to gauge Canadians’ knowledge and perception of the state of HIV and AIDS in Canada. The study revealed that most Canadians (93 per cent) believe they are…
U of T scientist leads international team in quantum physics first
TORONTO, ON - Quantum mechanics is famous for saying that a tree falling in a forest when there's no one there doesn't make a sound. Quantum mechanics also says that if anyone is listening, it interferes with and changes the tree. And so the famous paradox: how can we know reality if we cannot measure it without distorting it? An international team of researchers, led by University of Toronto physicist Aephraim Steinberg of the Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum…