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 Andrew Foster with students from the boarding school for deaf children  in 1961
January 22, 2019

In 1957, when Ghana gained independence from British colonial rule, African-American educator Andrew Foster established the first school for the Deaf…

Photo from Gillette ad
January 22, 2019

It’s that time of year when Super Bowl ads become viral sensations, but one of the most talked about commercials of 2019 won’t be shown during the big…

Randy Boyagoda phto
January 22, 2019

As a writer, Randy Boyagoda is curious about what it means to find sources of humanity in unexpected places. It's a narrative he weaves into many…

photo of a person using Airbnb's smartphone app
January 21, 2019

A recent report by a Toronto public interest group, Fairbnb, has added a local voice to a growing international chorus of concern about how Airbnb is…

illustration of a person's mind
January 21, 2019

Although there are more science prizes now than ever, they aren’t distributed fairly. A new study in Nature shows that women win fewer scientific…

Group photo of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health Outreach and Access Program team
January 21, 2019

Ryan Hinds, a former CFL defensive back, always knew he wanted to pursue a career in health care. The trick was finding the right role to…

photo of Gillian Hawker and John Craig Eaton II
January 21, 2019

The University of Toronto’s department of medicine recently received a $1 million gift from John Craig Eaton II in support of the Eliot Phillipson…

Photo of Carrianne Leung
January 18, 2019

The Scarborough of author Carrianne Leung’s 1970s childhood was a much different place than it is today. “We immigrated from Hong Kong in 1971 and…

Artist's rendering of nova
January 18, 2019

On March 22, Rainer Kuschnig of the Graz University of Technology in Austria was doing his daily check of the nanosatellites in the BRITE…

Photo of moon shot
January 18, 2019

Most scientists believe the rate at which the moon and Earth have been bombarded by meteorites has remained constant for the past two to three billion…