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Faculty of Arts & Science professor Ron Deibert is director of the Citizen Lab, a “hacktivist hothouse” that is internationally renowned for…
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Every person on this planet needs clean water to survive. Yet the World Bank estimates that 1.6 billion people – that’s more than one in five…
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Audrey Rochette and Atik Bird worked hard in university to excel and give back to their Indigenous communities. Now they hope to inspire others by…
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Dalla Lana School of Public Health Andrea Tricco Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Synthesis In the fast-paced world of health-care research,…
Bright lights, bigger city — much, much bigger. Already, more than half the world’s seven billion people live in urban areas, and estimates place that…
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Two researchers who are leading efforts to transform the Canadian social work landscape for children and youth are among 25 new Canada Research Chairs…
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Machine learning is used today for everything from detecting fraud and sorting spam in Google to recommending movies on Netflix. Now a team…
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Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab published a report today that reveals how WeChat, the most popular chat app in…
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Black heterosexual immigrant men are disproportionately highlighted by Canadian mainstream newspapers covering HIV non-disclosure criminal cases,…
U of T recognizes that healthy minds lead to better information retention – and academic success Promoting mental health has become part of student…
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Referring to someone as “they” takes little effort, says a new campaign called “No Big Deal” – but it could mean the world to that…
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A cannibalistic Mexican salamander that can regrow body parts lost in a fight may hold answers for researchers trying to unlock the power of…