New University of Toronto president sees bigger role in civic life for U of T

Canada’s largest uni­ver­si­ty wants the city to pick its brains — its research brains — when tack­ling urban prob­lems from pover­ty to help­ing small busi­ness­es grow, says Mer­ic Gertler, new pres­i­dent of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to. Read more …