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U of T launches new Media Room website for reporters
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto has launched a new Media Room website featuring several updated tools to better serve your news team. The revamped Media Room website – located at www.media.utoronto.ca – still features trusted resources like our online Blue Book database of more than 1,500 knowledgeable experts. In addition, the Media Room […]
A downside to work flexibility? Schedule control and its link to work-family stress
TORONTO, ON – Is there a downside to schedule control at work? According to new research out of the University of Toronto, people who have more schedule control at work tend to report more blurring of the boundaries between work and the other parts of their lives, especially family-related roles. Researchers measured the extent of […]
Global university ranking names U of T Engineering as best in Canada
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto has the top engineering program in Canada, according to the UK-based Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. Ranked 13th among global universities, U of T is one of only two Canadian institutions to make the top 50 list of engineering and technology programs. The University of British Columbia ranked […]
Global university ranking names U of T Engineering as best in Canada
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto has the top engineering program in Canada, according to the UK-based Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. Ranked 13th among global universities, U of T is one of only two Canadian institutions to make the top 50 list of engineering and technology programs. The University of British Columbia ranked […]
BMO donates $2.5 million to the University of Toronto to expand student access to higher learning
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto announced today that BMO Financial Group has donated $2.5 million to support the expansion and renovation of the Rotman School of Management and to improve access to higher education for students from disadvantaged communities or non-traditional educational backgrounds. The gift is a contribution to the University’s upcoming fundraising […]
Out on Bay Street promotes diversity in Canada’s business community with new organization and annual conference
TORONTO, ON — For the fourth year in a row, the Out on Bay Street conference will bring LGBTQA university students in business, economics, law and engineering together with inclusive firms from corporate Canada. Named after Toronto’s Bay Street, the symbolic centre of business in Canada, the conference features educational workshops on a variety of […]
Human-powered ornithopter becomes first ever to achieve sustained flight
TORONTO, ON – Aviation history was made when the University of Toronto’s human-powered aircraft with flapping wings became the first of its kind to fly continuously. The “Snowbird” performed its record-breaking flight on August 2 at the Great Lakes Gliding Club in Tottenham, Ont., witnessed by the vice-president (Canada) of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), […]
New faculty added to U of T’s Rotman School of Management
TORONTO, ON – Ten new faculty members have joined the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto for the new academic year. Appointments were made in several academic areas including finance, strategic management, accounting and Integrative Thinking. “We are delighted to welcome our new colleagues to the Rotman School,” says Joel Baum, Professor […]
New program aims to launch next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto announced today the launch of a unique national program that aims to transform Canada’s most promising undergraduates into high impact entrepreneurs. The Next 36 takes aim at Canada’s prosperity challenge by focusing resources on a small number of exceptionally talented students. The goal is to give them the […]
Inner voice plays role in self control
TORONTO, ON – Talking to yourself might not be a bad thing, especially when it comes to exercising self control. New research out of the University of Toronto Scarborough – published in this month’s edition of Acta Psychologica – shows that using your inner voice plays an important role in controlling impulsive behaviour. “We give […]
Leaders of the pack display high EQ, Rotman study finds
TORONTO, ON – The ability to understand emotions is a key ingredient in people who become leaders in groups with no formal authority, a new paper has found. The findings come through two different studies using commerce students. Study participants were given an emotional ability test as part of the study, as well as a […]
Crazy for comedy? Then stand up for mental health!
TORONTO, ON — Think mental illness is nothing to laugh about? The stand-up comedians with Stand Up for Mental Health (SMH) disagree. Using comedy as a way to break down the prejudice, stigma and discrimination that surround mental illness, the members of the SMH troupe have transformed their personal stories – SMH members have been […]
$1 million awarded to Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing led research team to identify safety risks with care in homes
TORONTO, ON – Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing professor, Dr. Diane Doran, was awarded more than $1 million for research that will help protect the safety of over 900,000 Canadians who receive health care services in their homes every day. The Canadian Patient Safety Institute and its partners announced today the successful recipient of […]
U of T Canada’s leading university in two major global rankings
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto’s strong academic and research performance ranks among the best in the world – and is the best in Canada – in two prestigious international rankings released this week. The Times Higher Education Rankings rated the University 17th overall in its rankings, while the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation […]
Revisiting Chinese Canadian communities
TORONTO, ON – Five distinguished scholars, including Senator Vivienne Poy, Professors David Lai, Eric Fong, Jack Leong and Joseph Wong, to engage in a panel discussion on Chinese Archways, the challenges of social integration and residential co-ethnic clustering of Chinese in Toronto, on Thursday, September 16, 2010 at the Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong […]
Omnium Global Executive MBA program visits India for the second time
TORONTO, ON — A prestigious Executive MBA program which takes its business participants to eight key centres of international business on four continents will return to India for the second time this October. The Omnium Global Executive MBA program gives business participants an opportunity to earn MBA degrees from two renowned business schools, the Rotman […]
Discovery offers hope of saving sub-Saharan crops from devastating parasites
TORONTO, ON – Each year, thousands of acres of crops are planted throughout Africa, Asia and Australia only to be laid to waste by a parasitic plant called Striga, also known as witchweed. It is one of the largest challenges to food security in Africa, and a team of scientists led by researchers from the […]
Sexual diversity centre at U of T to give citizenship award to renowned Oxygen network sex educator Sue Johanson
TORONTO, ON — The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, located at University College, University of Toronto, is pleased to announce renowned sexual educator and counsellor Sue Johanson as the recipient of its 2010 Citizenship Award. The award will be presented to Sue Johanson at a reception to be held on September 22nd, […]
Bridging the divides: building tomorrow’s Toronto
TORONTO, ON — Bridging the Divides: Building Tomorrow’s Toronto, a debate of candidates for mayor in the City of Toronto, will focus on the most divisive issues in the City of Toronto in the 12 years since amalgamation. A dozen years after becoming one big unified city, Toronto is facing problems that many people thought […]
Rotman School to host memorial for Myron Gordon
TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management will hold a memorial for Myron J. Gordon, a professor who had a long and distinguished academic career in finance and economics on September 11, 2010. A brief memorial service will begin at 2:00pm, followed by a reception until 4:00pm. The memorial will take […]