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December 6, 2019

As soon as I entered Elmina Castle (the dungeons) in Cape Coast in Ghana, I felt haunted by over 400 years of brutality and the enslavement and…

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford stands with a medal draped around her neck
December 6, 2019

  Gabriela DeBues-Stafford is having a good year.  The University of Toronto alumna, who graduated from the Faculty of Arts &…

view of the class on language and social linguistics
December 5, 2019

When you think of social justice, you’re likely thinking about how some people are discriminated against because of their race, gender, sexual…

Cassie Brownell stands in front of a brick wall on Bloor St.
December 5, 2019

While teaching second-graders in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, Cassie J. Brownell quickly realized how important it was to create space for…

Composite photo of the four women featured Mirjana, Julie, Shivani and Savanna
December 5, 2019

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history. The 14 victims, 12 of whom…

Denise Gastaldo, Margarida de Aquino Cunha and Rozilaine Redi Lago stand in front of flags
December 4, 2019

Rozilaine Redi Lago, a visiting PhD student at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research (CQ) four…

Portrait of Fiona Huang
December 4, 2019

For Fiona Huang, competing as a University of Toronto Varsity Blues sprinter is something that equips her to cope with the demands of academics, and…

Bella the therapy dog is petted by students
December 4, 2019

With exam season about to get underway, the University of Toronto is ramping up support services across its three campuses to give students the help…

December 3, 2019

Meric Gertler, the president of the University of Toronto, is wishing the entire U of T community happy holidays in his annual video message to…

Portrait of Joel Watts
December 3, 2019

A new University of Toronto study sheds light on how protein strains vary in the brains of those affected by progressive neurodegenerative diseases…

Snowplow plowing snow on a Peel Region street
December 3, 2019

It may help keep your car on the road in the winter, but research from the University of Toronto suggests that road salt is creating problems for…