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More than a dozen University of Toronto Engineering students and professors spent four days in China recently collaborating with colleagues from two…
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After terror attacks last year in Europe and Africa, speculation swirled that the plotters may have been using smartphone apps to encrypt their…
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For investors, it’s been a nerve-wracking week. The Toronto Stock Exchange and Dow Jones Industrial have dropped dramatically. China has shut…
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Generations ago, most Canadian Inuit lived in small seasonal camps but, over the past 60 years, Inuit have settled into permanent towns, where…
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North Korea’s announcement on January 6 that it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb caused worldwide debate both about the validity of the…
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With the execution of prominent critic and Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr on Jan 2, Saudi Arabia has triggered a renewed escalation of the Shia-Sunni…
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The University of Toronto’s George Elliott Clarke is Canada’s seventh parliamentary poet laureate. “George Elliot Clarke is an inspired choice…
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As urbanization claims more of the planet, road networks usually expand, and traffic usually increases along with them. Wildlife is not always given…
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The tragic life of Josef Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, who defected from the Soviet Union but always remained in the shadow of one of…
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As Syrian refugee families arrive in Canada, schools are preparing to welcome their children into their classrooms. U of T News spoke…
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University of Toronto President Meric Gertler has been appointed to the Order of Canada – along with faculty members Brenda Andrews, Frances…
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Inspired by politicians like John Tory who look to U of T for expertise and advice, U of T News asked several experts in civic affairs…