Media Releases
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OISE Annual Research Celebration
TORONTO, ON – Education faculty and graduate students will showcase their research at an annual event open to the public. Featured researchers include: Indigo Esmonde – How can we use mathematics as a tool to understand the world and effect change? Jim Cummins – Improving language and literacy learning in multilingual school contexts John Portelli – What have been the constraints on achieving truly democratic education? Kari Dehli – How do schools respond to emergent media? Katreena Scott – How…
Improving financial reporting in private firms’ interest, new study of emerging markets suggests
TORONTO, ON – Improved financial reporting at private firms benefits not only potential outside investors but will help the firm make better business decisions for itself too, says a new study. The study is authored by Ole-Kristian Hope, the Deloitte Professor of Accounting and an associate professor of accounting at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, uses World Bank data on small private firms in 21 emerging market countries – Thailand, Brazil and Pakistan having the…
U of T researchers collaborate internationally to reduce one of the most common chronic childhood diseases
TORONTO, ON - The Canadian Institutes of Health Research will donate $1.2 million towards new research aimed at reducing childhood tooth decay among the First Nations community. The research will examine a new approach to dental care that employs four concurrent therapies to people living within First Nations communities. Its goal is to reduce the marked early childhood caries disparities that exist between First Nations and non-First Nations children in Canada. The new therapy will commence this spring in several…
When work calls: study shows that receiving work-related contact at home takes greater toll on women’s well-being
TORONTO, ON – Communication technologies that help people stay connected to the workplace are often seen as solutions to balancing work and family life. A new study, however, suggests there may be a “dark side” to the use of these technologies for workers’ health – and these effects seem to differ for women and men. Using data from a national survey of American workers, University of Toronto researchers asked study participants how often they were contacted outside the workplace by…
New program in board effectiveness for investment institutions launched by University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
TORONTO, ON – With the rapid pace of change in the global economy, the governance of pension and other long-horizon investment institutions has never been more important. A new program aims to improve and enhance the board effectiveness and governance of pension funds, as well as other investment institutions such as national reserve funds, sovereign wealth funds, and endowment funds. The Board Effectiveness Program For Pension and Other Long-Horizon Investment Institutions is being developed by the Rotman International Centre for…
U of T scientists honoured with inventor of the year award
TORONTO, ON – Nine highly regarded University of Toronto scientists were honoured in the first-ever Inventor of the Year competion yesterday, March 7, 2011. The awards were presented at a special ceremony at the MaRS Centre. The awards recognize U of T inventors or teams of inventors who have made significant contributions in three areas: • Information and Computer Technology • Social Sciences and Humanities • Biomedical and Life Sciences; Engineering and Physical Sciences “The purpose of the Inventor of…
Business & design students challenged at Rotman School design competition
TORONTO, ON – Students from institutions across North America who are recognized for their groundbreaking work in design thinking will be coming to Toronto on March 25 and 26 to tackle a “wicked problem” in the second annual Rotman Design Challenge. The event will be held at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and is hosted by the Rotman Business Design Club. This year’s Challenge is an international one, with a number of US graduate and…
Centre for Women’s Studies in Education presents The Vagina Monologues
TORONTO, ON – OISE’s Centre for Women’s Studies in Education presents The Vagina Monologues on March 8 for International Women’s Day. The multiple-award winning play by Eve Ensler boasts a stellar cast of 33 diverse, talented, and dynamic women. The Vagina Monologues is a powerful collection of anecdotes celebrating all things feminine – part therapy, part informative, and wholly electrifying. All proceeds from tickets, $15 at the door, will go to Nellie’s, a non-profit organization providing shelter for over 13,000…
BoingBoing.net’s Cory Doctorow Keynote at University of Toronto Conference
TORONTO, ON — Canadian-born, England-based science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger, Cory Doctorow (boingboing.net, craphound.com) will headline a University of Toronto student conference, Boundaries, Frontiers & Gatekeepers, on March 5, 2011. In the keynote speech, Doctorow will discuss the dangers that overzealous regulation of computers pose to our future. Media are invited to attend. The March 4 to 6 conference is being organized by U of T’s Faculty of Information (also known as the iSchool) for students from both…
New stingray genus discovered in the Amazon
TORONTO, ON – A biologist from the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) has discovered a new kind of tropical freshwater stingray. Nathan Lovejoy, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UTSC, is co-author on a new study detailing the discovery of a new genus and two new species of stingrays found in the upper Amazon. Dr. Lovejoy’s 10 years of research with his collaborator, Marcelo Rodrigues de Carvalho of the University of Sao Paolo, confirmed the first new…