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Journalism in Canada and around the globe is under siege as attacks on journalistic integrity abound. What is the best way to improve the public trust…
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The headlines about the state of the environment make for grim reading. Canada is warming about twice as fast as the rest of the world,…
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Leading experts from the University of Toronto, McMaster University and York University are working together to improve –and future-proof – how goods…
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Born and raised in Canada’s largest city, Josh Mitchell was eager to apply his knowledge in a new urban context upon completing his master’s degree in…
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Researchers from the University of Toronto will play a key role in a national charity’s roll out of accessible playground facilities in cities across…
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Dr. Daniel Drucker, an internationally renowned diabetes researcher whose discoveries led to the development of two new treatments for Type 2…
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Three prominent University of Toronto researchers are among 50 scientists who have been named fellows of the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s…
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Hundreds of millions of euros have already been pledged by wealthy donors and major corporations to restore Notre Dame, the iconic Gothic cathedral in…
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Researchers at the University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Calgary have ‘reverse engineered’…
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The University of Toronto has been recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2019 for the sixth consecutive year. This designation,…
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The University of Toronto has launched the Precision Medicine Initiative at U of T (PRiME), a new cross-institutional, multi-faculty effort that…
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For University College student Mia Durkovic, travelling to Tbilisi with other University of Toronto undergraduate students broadened her horizons…