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“Want to start a movement?” That was the subject line for an email Roxanne Wright received from her friend and colleague Clare Gilderdale. “I…
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Nymi, a University of Toronto startup, made a big splash five years ago when it first unveiled a wristband that uses people's heartbeats to…
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The University of Toronto is among the top five best global universities for fostering startups, says UBI Global, a Stockholm-based research and…
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The Canadian government must match its public declarations with concrete action on issues such as disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous…
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The New York Times exposé that led to the downfall of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein began with two reporters typing up a bio of themselves,…
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Imagine using stem cells from a baby’s own umbilical cord to “patch” its damaged heart – one surgery that enables the implanted engineered tissue to…
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As an urban geographer, it’s clear to University of Toronto President Meric Gertler that one of the university's greatest strengths is the city…
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Rosane Brambilla Reis was a 37-year-old mother of two when a trip to the doctor’s office turned her life upside down. She walked in with an…
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Ontario has made major progress in reducing deaths due to circulatory, cancer and respiratory diseases – with more Ontarians surviving into old…
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When it comes to city building, change is good, says Jennifer Keesmaat, the former chief planner for the City of Toronto. This semester Keesmaat is…
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If you've fostered the growth of hundreds of student and researcher startups, and your alumni have founded 190,000 private sector companies and…
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Siddharth Gautam is in the business of forging connections between people – so it’s fitting that he landed a spot on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s…