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The 21st century has been referred to as the “urban century.” For the first time in history, the majority of the world’s population lives in…
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“Damn, we got it. We won one in their barn!” To Cree hockey player Eugene Arcand, these words made little sense. You see, in the 11 years he had…
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Patrick Sobchak was one of the few Indigenous students in his law classes. So was his identical twin brother Curtis, who studied…
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Tak Mak still recalls his surprise upon learning that Canada’s Medical Research Council had granted him more money than he requested. It was the…
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Health Canada supplements its in-house expertise on prescription drug therapy and policy through the use of scientific advisory committees and…
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Professor Prabhat Jha, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, has published a comprehensive study…
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University of Toronto researchers have analyzed more than 106 million deaths and found that firearms are a leading cause of mortality in men aged 15…
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The University of Toronto has won a major grant to help fund its partnership with education officials in Puerto Rico aimed at boosting academic…
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have charted a spike in food insecurity since the introduction of Nutrition North Canada in 2011, calling…
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LG Corp. is expanding its investment in University of Toronto artificial intelligence research to focus on…
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The University of Toronto Asset Management Corp., which manages $10 billion in pension, endowment and other assets on behalf of the university, made…
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A University of Toronto startup that makes a biodegradable “bone tape” to help heal facial fractures recently took home US$20,000 at an international…