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JHI directors
May 31, 2017

From the undergraduate scholars-in-residence research program to the creation of a digital humanities network, the Jackman Humanities Institute…

andrea most
May 31, 2017

Andrea Most is engaged in a relatively new field of research – environmental humanities – that re-conceptualizes our relationship to the world in…

photo of Debra Thompson
May 31, 2017

This past weekend, two men were killed in Portland, Ore., after they tried to help a pair of young women who were being harassed by a man on an…

Caitlin Tillman seen at the Downsview preservation and storage facility
May 30, 2017

The cavernous University of Toronto preservation facility at Downsview bears a passing resemblance to the top secret warehouse in Raiders of the…

May 30, 2017

Isolation, lack of adequate funding, limited resources, complex social issues – these are just some of the challenges principals face while…

Russell Hartenberger
May 30, 2017

One of the most prominent figures in the field of percussion performance, U of T Professor Emeritus Russell Hartenberger has been awarded the…

Picture of the Victoria Parks students and their device
May 30, 2017

Toronto high school students are trying to bring power to the people with a generator that fits onto a popular water-carrying device in the developing…

Pearson scholars photo
May 30, 2017

Deborah Emilia Solomon came home one day to the good news that she had received one of the inaugural Pearson Scholarships, a new prestigious…

photo of Toronto sign
May 29, 2017

Faced with an increasing need for student housing, the University of Toronto is taking steps to move a planned residence project forward and is asking…

cows
May 29, 2017

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met privately with U.S. President Donald Trump during the G-7 summit this past weekend to discuss, among…

May 29, 2017

It's one thing to study genocide in a classroom, but quite another to visit sites where thousands of people were killed in a brutal extermination…

Rachel Aleks photo
May 29, 2017

Canada's robust union environment – with an estimated 776 unions representing almost five million Canadians – is what got University of…