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As it stands, there is health-based discrimination in Canadian law. The system disadvantages the diseased and disabled. Restrictions preventing…
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He may be retiring from his role as principal of University of Toronto Scarborough and vice-president of U of T, but Professor Bruce…
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Through fluorescent cells projected onto walls to solar-powered vehicles, the University of Toronto community showed thousands of people the wonders…
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Two University of Toronto professors, renowned in their respective fields of pediatric rehabilitation engineering and the early detection of globally…
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Not much bigger than a bottle cap, the device Neda Ghazi holds in her hand could have a significant impact on Canadians’ health. It’s an…
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For the last 25 years, Kelly Hannah-Moffat has been researching human rights issues in the correctional system. The University of Toronto…
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A University of Toronto team led by Professor Moshe Eizenman has developed a simple, inexpensive way for people to test their own vision for early…
Neville Moray was a pioneer in exploring the interaction between humans and machines by combining the disciplines of psychology and engineering. His…
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If you’re familiar with the New York Times' new podcast Caliphate, you know of Rukmini Callimachi’s reporting style, going deep into the…
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Once thought of as a disease that only affected older adults, diabetes is now being diagnosed increasingly in people under the age of 30 – the…
A bump on the head. And then another. That’s all there was to it. Yet, Mother’s Day 2013 would change one mother’s life. Her daughter Rowan Stringer,…
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The physiotherapy gym at Toronto General Hospital looks just as you would expect. It’s equipped with treadmills, a rack of light dumbbells and…