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It’s no easy task talking to children about the COVID-19 outbreak, but parents who can discuss it in an honest manner, while exhibiting calm amid the…
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Wealth inequality in Canada continues to grow. It’s particularly staggering for people with disabilities because they have little to no money to put…
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University of Toronto researchers based at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and a McMaster University scientist have isolated the novel…
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(Note: This story was updated March 17, 2020 with new information regarding the status of libraries, residences, staff and the number of…
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The University of Toronto and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) are developing a new entrepreneurship program that will strengthen…
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A University of Toronto startup that uses crowdsourcing to deliver goods to small businesses has been acquired by its biggest customer. Blip…
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New research from the University of Toronto Scarborough offers physical evidence that ancient hunter-gatherers exchanged ostrich eggshell beads in…
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Nuha Siddiqui was browsing a World Economic Forum report on the future of the plastics industry when she came across an ominous prediction.…
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Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research are working on developing antivirals that can…
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Already home to a range of robust undergraduate programs and two interdisciplinary graduate-level collaborative specializations, the…
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As the world watches the spread of the COVID-19 virus, researchers from the University of Toronto are at the forefront of monitoring, predicting, and…
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From speeding the discovery of life-saving drugs to reducing the amount of plastic clogging the oceans, University of Toronto entrepreneurs and their…