Media Releases
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Rotman faculty shortlisted for Thinkers 50 awards
TORONTO, ON —Two faculty members at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management have been shortlisted for awards from Thinkers 50, the bi-annual global ranking of management thinkers while a third has been named among the top 50 named to the first edition of the Thinkers 50 India ranking. Professor and former Dean, Roger Martin, has been shortlisted for the Strategy Award and also for the Best Book Award for Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works, co-authored with…
University of Toronto statement
TORONTO, ON - Serious charges have been laid against Dr. Andrew Payne, a Lecturer at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. The University acknowledges the presumption of innocence until one is proven guilty. In view of the seriousness of the charges, by mutual agreement, Dr. Payne has ceased all teaching and student-related activities and will not be present on the University of Toronto campus until further notice. The matter is before the criminal courts and the…
Health care management expert joins the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
TORONTO, ON – A highly respected expert in health care management, Debbie Fischer, has joined the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management as an Executive in Residence. Most recently Executive Vice President, Strategy and Organizational Development at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Fischer brings her expertise in health care management to her new role at the School’s Centre for Health Sector Strategy which will include the Centre’s activities in executive education in the health sector, a specific area of…
Nymi by Bionym launches using your unique heartbeat to unlock your world
TORONTO, ON – The next generation of biometric technology launches today with the Nymi, from Bionym, a technology start-up founded by University of Toronto engineering graduates. The Nymi is the world’s first wearable authentication device that uses your unique heartbeat to unlock your identity. The convenient and secure authentication is enabled through an embedded electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor. When the Nymi recognizes your personal ECG, it will communicate your identity to your devices. You remain authenticated until the Nymi is removed. The activated…
Keep stricter audit committee standards flexible, argues new study from the University of Toronto
TORONTO, ON - Independent, financially-literate audit committees lead to higher firm values and less diversion of resources by management, shows a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto. But the paper, which looked at small companies that voluntarily adopted standards required of larger companies, also says it's important for regulators to stay flexible around rules requiring high-quality audit committees, particularly for smaller firms that may be hurt by expensive director compensation costs. The study was motivated by controversy…
University of Toronto Statement regarding Tarek Loubani and John Greyson
TORONTO, ON - Amidst the chaos and conflict in Egypt over the last weeks, we have seen tragic loss of life and growing uncertainty about the long-term prospects for a stable democracy in that nation. This situation has recently come closer to home for those who work in Ontario’s universities. In particular, members of the University of Toronto community have learned with concern of the arrest without charges and subsequent imprisonment of two Ontario academics in Cairo. Tarek Loubani is an Emergency Medicine physician and…
U of T providing health information to number of students
TORONTO, ON — The University of Toronto is reaching out to a number of students to provide them with health-related information. Students who participated in the courses: PHE 325Y and PHE 225S from 2006 until 2012, PSL 372H from 2005 until 2011, and the Youth Summer Program from 2008 until 2011 are being notified via mail regarding their participation in certain lab activities. The issue applies only to students who agreed to have their blood tested with a finger-stick device…
University of Toronto: Back-to-school 2013
TORONTO, ON – This September, U of T’s three campuses will come alive as more than 80,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff descend on Canada’s premier university for the coming academic year. To assist your news team in producing interesting, relevant and timely news stories during back-to-school season, U of T’s media relations team will issue a series of education-related press releases in the coming days and weeks. Here's some more information that may be helpful as you plot your back-to-school coverage: •…
Back-to-school 2013: Key dates
TORONTO, ON – The official countdown to back to school has begun. This September, U of T’s three campuses will come alive as new and returning students participate in orientation activities, attend their first day of classes and move into residence. Here are a few important dates to remember: August 15 • UTSC Green Path graduation August 19 • Temerty Temerty Faculty of Medicine orientation for the new class (until August 23) • Temerty Temerty Faculty of Medicine first day of class…
U of T Mississauga study highlights racial groups in TV ads
TORONTO, ON - White people are more likely to be represented, and in a positive light, than Blacks or Asians in Canadian television advertisements, says a new study from the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). “Previous studies have looked at depictions of race in Canadian media, but this is the first to focus on advertising,” says Professor Shyon Baumann, chair of UTM’s Department of Sociology. “It’s also the first to take a sample of commercials and use quantitative data to…