“What’s happening at UTM is truly inspiring, and it’s an honour to spread awareness about it in the global community” Vera Allue, a first-year U of T Mississauga student from Spain, is heading to the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn) Published: November 11, 2024 By Megan Easton When Vera Allue learned that … Continue reading First-year student to highlight U of T Mississauga’s sustainability initiatives on a global stage at COP29
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(photo by Lisa Lightbourn) Published: October 24, 2024 By Rahul Kalvapalle For much of his childhood, Wes Hall lived in a tin shack in rural Jamaica, where he and his siblings were raised by their grandmother. At 16, he moved to Toronto to live with his father. Two years later, he struck out on his own, working various menial … Continue reading ‘This is where change happens’: Wes Hall on becoming U of T’s 35th chancellor
A U of T University Professor Emeritus, Hinton shared the honour with Princeton University's John J. Hopfield for discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks Published: October 8, 2024 By Rahul Kalvapalle Geoffrey Hinton, a University Professor Emeritus of computer science at the University of Toronto, has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. Widely regarded as … Continue reading Geoffrey Hinton wins Nobel Prize in Physics
Published: October 4, 2024 By Noel Ransome Afua Cooper still vividly recalls being a recent immigrant to Canada in the 1980s and considering waitressing jobs at local restaurants in Toronto. “You would walk into a place looking for work, and they wouldn’t even try to hide it,” she says. “The woman just looked at me and said, ‘I'm sorry, but … Continue reading ‘Labour of love’: U of T prof takes multifaceted approach to exploring Black history in Canada
Andrea Scott's play tells the story of a Toronto family in the lead-up to a Jamaica Independence Day celebration Andrea Scott says she wrote her latest play, Get That Hope, after seeing Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night, asking herself, “Why don’t we have plays like this about Black Canadian families?” (photo by Helen Tansey) Source: U … Continue reading Get That Hope: Alumna and former U of T Mississauga instructor premières latest work at Stratford Festival
Centre (foreground) - UoT student, Angelo Labrador. Centre (background) - Sakima Mullings, Boxing Coach for the Fight Peace at the Community Centre in Trench Town. Kingston, Jamaica - Tuesday, June 11, 2024 The Faculty of Sport at the University of the West Indies, Mona hosted a 15-member contingent from the University Of Toronto, (UoT) Canada … Continue reading The UWI Faculty of Sport Hosts University of Toronto Team for International Development through Sport Practicum
Wes Hall Source: U of T News Published: May 16, 2024 By U of T News Team Wesley J. Hall, business leader and champion of equity, diversity and inclusion, will serve as the next chancellor of the University of Toronto. Hall was elected by U of T’s College of Electors to serve a three-year term effective July … Continue reading Wesley J. Hall elected to serve as the 35th chancellor of the University of Toronto
A key week of negotiations kicks off in Ottawa on Tuesday, as representatives from 176 countries descend on Ottawa to tackle global challenges posed by plastics. And as it does, the University of Toronto has posted a story about how researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a framework for measuring plastic pollution emissions … Continue reading Scientists develop framework to measure plastic emissions
At left is Dr. Vivian Rambihar after he was inducted into the Walk of Fame. At right, Dr. Rambihar is with his wife Perdita and daughters, Dr Sherryn, Dr Nadira and Dr Vanessa Rambihar. Source: Guyana News. Dr. Vivian Rambihar, a Guyana Scholar who migrated to Canada and has been serving his community for over … Continue reading Scarborough Walk of Fame inducts Guyana Scholar – News Room Guyana
L to R: Assistant Professor Onye Nnorom, Associate Professor OmiSoore Dryden from Dalhousie University and Assistant Professor Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh (images from U of T News) Published: March 21, 2024 By Elaine Smith Scholars from the University of Toronto and Dalhousie University have created a set of online courses on Black health and anti-Black racism in the Canadian … Continue reading Black Health Education Collaborative launches educational tool on racism and Black health in Canada