Empowering the next generation of music creators through cross-cultural collaboration About the program The Gupta Family Foundation Toronto-Kingston Music Experience is a dynamic international exchange connecting emerging music creators from Canada and Jamaica. Developed through a partnership between The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University and The Gupta Family Foundation, the program offers one-week immersive … Continue reading The Gupta Family Foundation Toronto-Kingston Music Experience
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The launch also featured a panel discussion on the state and future of migration in Canada, chaired by broadcast journalist and media consultant Ginella Massa. From left to right: Ginella Massa, Anna Triandafyllidou, Pedro Antunes, Andrew Parkin and Teresa Woo-Paw. (Photo credit: Global Migration Institute) April 23, 2026 Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) has launched the Global … Continue reading TMU introduces the Global Migration Institute
Siyabulela Mandela pauses for a video interview moments before delivering his keynote presentation to 150+ community members at TMU By: Wendy Glauser March 17, 2026 Most people know Nelson Mandela as a revolutionary. But at a packed event held at TMU in February, his great grandson offered a different lens: Mandela as a lawyer – … Continue reading Nelson Mandela’s great-grandson brings leader’s legal legacy to TMU
Lahoma Thomas is the only Canadian to win Oxford's inaugural Early Career Researcher First Book Prize By: Savara Khokhar March 13, 2026 Long before Lahoma Thomas became a scholar, she was a child sitting beside her grandmother in the Caribbean, surrounded by women talking about their lives, their communities and the challenges they faced. Those … Continue reading TMU prof wins international prize for book on Black women and political power
Jamaica Observer Cheryl Thompson (an Associate Professor of Performance at Toronto Metropolitan University) has written a couple of great articles on Jimmy Cliff and the roots of Toronto's Reggae scene. The two articles appear in Spacing. From the introduction... On November 24, 2025, Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff (né James Chambers) died at age 81. … Continue reading Jimmy Cliff and the roots of Toronto’s Reggae scene
December 29, 2025 | Neil Armstrong/Gleaner Writer Dr Hyacinth Simpson, a Jamaican-Canadian associate professor in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), has been named a 2025-2026 Massey College Visiting Scholar and is pleased that her work aligns with the prestigious honour. Simpson is among three faculty members, who are … Continue reading Massey College Fellowship to allow professor to complete major projects
Jamaican-born Canadian university chancellors Wes Hall and Donette Chin-Loy Chang were co-patrons of the Harmonies of Hope concert benefit fundraiser (Photo by Ron Fanfair) December 11, 2025 Within hours, a devastating hurricane tore through Jamaica, leaving the island reeling and in urgent need of assistance. In just 10 days, however, the Harmonies of Hope fundraiser … Continue reading Harmonies of Hope raises $2.3 million and counting for Hurricane Melissa relief in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa, the first Category 5 storm to make landfall in Jamaica in recorded history, caused catastrophic and unprecedented damage. CBC's Dwight Drummond spoke with Angella Bennett from the Jamaica Tourist Board to learn more about how Toronto is coming together to support those affected at an upcoming benefit concert. Watch the interview at this … Continue reading Toronto communities come together for Hurricane Melissa benefit concert
Talk about stepping up!! The Chancellors of two of our Member Institutions...Donette Chin-Loy Chang, Chancellor of Toronto Metropolitan University and Wes Hall, Chancellor of the University of Toronto, have combined forces to co-sponsor Harmonies of Hope. This will be an Aid Concert to raise funds and awareness of the massive relief effort that is now … Continue reading Harmonies of Hope: Hurricane Melissa Aid Concert
Canadian artist Mary Riter Hamilton depicted the aftermath of war in her collection of 320 battlefield paintings. This painting, The Battlefields of Vimy Ridge—The Lens-Arras Road, was made with oil on paper in 1919. (Library and Archives Canada. Courtesy Irene Gammel, I Can Only Paint: The Story of Battlefield Artist Mary Riter Hamilton (MQUP, 2020)). … Continue reading Honouring Remembrance Week #3