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Imagine a government that keeps its constituents actively involved long after the election. This is the idea behind participatory budgeting, a…
“For three years I’ve been thinking of places in Toronto to take my aunts when they come here,” says a U of T student whose two aunts, ages 65 and 68,…
Newfoundland and Oxford might seem far removed in some respects, but the hop from St. John’s International Airport to Heathrow in London is only…
For months, Torontonians have debated the fate of Uber, even as the taxi industry has threatened protests and the ride-hailing service has issued…
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The raging wildfire that has forced the evacuation of Fort McMurray and engulfed parts of the community has already burned through 100,000 hectares.…
The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (TRCHR) – a partnership between The Hospital for Sick Children, University Health Network and U of…
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University of Toronto undergraduate Bonnie Cuss could relate to the young people she met during her student placement at SKETCH, a community group…
The global pharmaceutical sector is the focus of a new World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre at the University of Toronto’s Leslie Dan…
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It’s a cheap, fast and easy way to detect the Zika virus – using a freeze-dried piece of paper the size of a stamp. And it was created by the…
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The road out of poverty can be a long and winding one for the urban poor in developing countries. But new University of Toronto research says…
Walter Kohn’s life as a scientist was extraordinary. One of five Nobel laureates to have graduated from U of T, his work in chemistry and physics made…
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The University of Toronto is first in Canada and one of the top 25 universities in the world, according to the prestigious Times Higher Education…