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From the undergraduate scholars-in-residence research program to the creation of a digital humanities network, the Jackman Humanities Institute…
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Andrea Most is engaged in a relatively new field of research – environmental humanities – that re-conceptualizes our relationship to the world in…
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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…
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The cavernous University of Toronto preservation facility at Downsview bears a passing resemblance to the top secret warehouse in Raiders of the…
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Isolation, lack of adequate funding, limited resources, complex social issues – these are just some of the challenges principals face while…
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One of the most prominent figures in the field of percussion performance, U of T Professor Emeritus Russell Hartenberger has been awarded the…
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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…
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Deborah Emilia Solomon came home one day to the good news that she had received one of the inaugural Pearson Scholarships, a new prestigious…
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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…
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met privately with U.S. President Donald Trump during the G-7 summit this past weekend to discuss, among…
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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…
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Canada's robust union environment – with an estimated 776 unions representing almost five million Canadians – is what got University of…