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![Photo of Diane Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/DianeHill--weblead.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=GhhAyRbD)
One of Diane Hill’s biggest goals in life is to build a career that lets her support her community through education. A member of the Oneida Nation…
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As a teenager, Nathan (Nate) Leipciger lived through the horrors of the Holocaust – forced to live and work in Nazi concentration camps, losing…
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To experience the exhibit by the University of Toronto Scarborough’s first Indigenous artist-in-residence, participants had to both look and…
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Two years ago, Khaled Almilaji, a Syrian physician and humanitarian, was caught up in the U.S. travel ban and unable to return to his public…
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An Olympic champion. A broadcaster. A human rights advocate. An inductee to multiple halls of fame. Mark Tewksbury has had tremendous…
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As the world increasingly feels the effects of climate change, the financial sector has a vital role to play in the transition to a smarter and more…
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A stellar academic reputation helped secure the University of Toronto’s position as one of the top post-secondary institutions in the world in the…
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In front of a packed room of their peers, 10 groups of students recently had three minutes each to pitch a new sustainability-focused product or…
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The Creative Destruction Lab, a seed-stage entrepreneurship program affiliated with the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management,…