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Carlo Fidani’s generosity is making a difference in education, health care and research. The chair of Mississauga, Ont.-based Orlando Corp., which…
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When Emily Wright crosses the stage at University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall on June 20, she’ll have her biggest supporter by her side –…
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Speaking two years after he and his colleagues warned about flat-lining investments in research, University of Toronto President Emeritus Dr. David…
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There is little doubt when it comes to Yovan and Pana Mitusev’s strongest memories about their time as students at the University of Toronto. It’s…
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Allied planes dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 – the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war. In adapted remarks…
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A new University of Toronto study has outlined key advantages that extroverts enjoy in the workplace. “There’s been much debate in popular culture…
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On the southeast tip of Bangladesh, around a fishing port called Cox's Bazar, 1.2 million Rohingya people live in a set of interconnected camps that…
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Fadi Masoud, an assistant professor of landscape architecture and urbanism at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, has…
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A study by an international research group has found that suicides spiked in youth – particularly young women – after the release of the Netflix…