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U of T budget model wins gold for public sector innovation
TORONTO, ON – A new, innovative approach to budgeting has earned the University of Toronto a gold medal in the IPAC/Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Awards – created to recognize excellence, innovation and impact in the public sector. The new approach – one that relied on faculties to craft their own creative solutions to the challenge of […]
Joint lecture on the state of the world’s oceans and Canada’s role by Dr. Arthur Hanson and Dr. Jordan Peterson
TORONTO, ON – Oceanic life is being decimated at a rapid and ever-increasing rate, in what is arguably the most serious and preventable ongoing environmental catastrophe. An upcoming lecture on this topic featuring two academic experts, Dr. Arthur Hanson and Dr. Jordan Peterson, is taking place at the University of Toronto on March 16. The […]
U of T Engineering breakthrough promises significantly more efficient solar cells
TORONTO, ON – A new technique developed by University of Toronto Engineering Professor Ted Sargent and his research group could lead to significantly more efficient solar cells, according to a recent paper published in the journal Nano Letters. The paper, “Jointly-tuned plasmonic-excitonic photovoltaics using nanoshells,” describes a new technique to improve efficiency in colloidal quantum […]
2013 TELUS-Rotman IT Security Study: Canadian enterprises operating with false sense of security
TORONTO, ON — TELUS and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto today released the fifth annual study on Canadian IT Security. Taking a qualitative approach for the first time, the research team interviewed security leaders from across the country in a variety of industries to capture personalized insight about the security […]
Renowned Islamic thinker and social innovator Tariq Ramadan to speak at U of T
TORONTO, ON — Tariq Ramadan, one of the world’s leading Islamic thinkers, will present a lecture at the University of Toronto on Wednesday, March 13 entitled “Towards a Shared Contemporary Applied Ethics: An Islamic Perspective.” Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most important innovators of the 21st century, Ramadan is the author of […]
Indiana University wins venture capital competition held at the Rotman School
TORONTO, ON – A team from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University won the Northeast Regional of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), an international event for MBAs to learn about venture funding. Six teams participated in the regional final in which teams of MBA students played the role of a venture capital […]
Unique think tank challenges corporate world to reach beyond what is legal for what is right
TORONTO, ON — The University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Centre for the Legal Profession (CLP) today launches a unique initiative called The Program on Ethics in Law and Business. This innovative program, the first of its kind in North America, will address contemporary ethical challenges at the intersection of law and business. It brings […]
U of T Canada’s leading university in major global reputational ranking
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto ranks among the best in the world – and is the best in Canada – in a prestigious international ranking released today that measures an institution’s reputation amongst its peers. The third annual Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings places U of T 16th in the world. […]
World renowned urban expert to become 16th President of the University of Toronto
TORONTO, ON – Meric Gertler, a world-renowned expert on urban issues, will be the next President of the University of Toronto, Richard Nunn, Chair of the University’s Governing Council, announced today. The appointment, confirmed by the Council this morning, is for a five-year term and is the result of an international search that began in […]
Profile of the University of Toronto
Established in 1827, the University of Toronto is a vibrant and diverse academic community. It includes 80,000 students, 11,000 colleagues holding faculty appointments, 200 librarians, and 6,000 staff members across three distinctive campuses and at many partner sites, including world-renowned hospitals. The University is one of the most respected and influential institutions of higher education […]
Biography of Professor Meric Gertler
President-designate of the University of Toronto Professor Meric Gertler is one of the world’s foremost urban theorists and policy practitioners. He is widely known as an expert on innovation, creativity and culture as drivers of the economic dynamism of city-regions. On March 4, 2013, Professor Gertler was named the 16th President of the University of […]
Media Availability for U of T President-Designate Meric Gertler
TORONTO, ON – Meric Gertler, a world-renowned expert on urban issues, will become the 16th President of the University of Toronto, it was announced today. President-Designate Gertler will be available to speak to media at a news conference today. EVENT DETAILS WHAT: Media availability for University of Toronto President-Designate Meric Gertler WHO: Meric Gertler, President-Designate, […]
Presidents of the University of Toronto
• The Honourable and Right Reverend John Strachan – 1827–1848 • The Reverend John McCaul – 1848–1880 • Sir Daniel Wilson – 1880–1892 • James Loudon – 1892–1906 • Sir Robert Alexander Falconer – 1907–1932 • The Honourable and Reverend Henry John Cody – 1932–1945 • Sidney Earle Smith – 1945–1957 • Claude Thomas Bissell […]
University of Toronto Launches “Women in House” Program on Parliament Hill
TORONTO, ON – The Peace, Conflict and Justice Program at the Munk School of Global Affairs and the International Relations Program at Trinity College, University of Toronto, is launching a new program called the U of T Women in House which will run from March 4th to March 5th, 2013. The U of T Women […]
Pour, shake and stir
TORONTO, ON — A diagnostic “cocktail” containing a single drop of blood, a dribble of water, and a dose of DNA powder with gold particles could mean rapid diagnosis and treatment of the world’s leading diseases in the near future. The cocktail diagnostic is a homegrown brew being developed by University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials […]
U of T researchers lead in Canadian science prizes
TORONTO, ON — University of Toronto researchers won or shared honours in six of eight prize categories in this year’s awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), presented today in Ottawa. The accolades represent an unprecedented performance by U of T scholars ranging across the academic life-cycle, from graduate students through rising […]
Université Laval wins 10th annual Rotman International Trading Competition
TORONTO, ON — A team of students from Université Laval (Quebec City) won the 10th annual Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC) hosted by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. A team from Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) placed second, while students from the University of Toronto and Baruch College (City University of New York) […]
Moments of spirituality can induce liberal attitudes, U of T researchers say
TORONTO, ON — People become more politically liberal immediately after practicing a spiritual exercise such as meditation, researchers at the University of Toronto have found. “There’s great overlap between religious beliefs and political orientations,” says one of the study authors, Dr. Jordan Peterson of U of T’s Department of Psychology. “We found that religious individuals […]
Exploring the perils of precarious employment
TORONTO, ON — Alberto Almeida knew that as an auto mechanic’s apprentice he was expected to pay his dues doing dirty and heavy work. But that dues-paying ended in a disabling back injury at the age of 17, cutting his career as a mechanic short. Now Almeida is a UTSC undergraduate sociology student studying the problems […]
World’s smallest space telescope to launch on Monday
TORONTO, ON — The smallest astronomical satellite ever built will launch shortly after 07:20 a.m. EST on Monday, 25 February 2013 as part of a mission to prove that even a very small telescope can push the boundaries of astronomy. The satellite was designed and assembled at the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of the University of Toronto […]