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The University of Toronto came together to show its support for the LGBTQ+ community at multiple events across the three campuses this…
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The parades of smiling graduates going to and from Convocation Hall are almost over. The crowds of family and friends snapping selfies on front campus…
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It was another spring convocation for the books as University of Toronto students said goodbye to their textbooks and accepted their degrees in…
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Rehona Zamani recently became the first woman in her family to receive a university degree. “I’m very proud of that,” she says. “This is a big…
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When she was ten years old, Ming Hao (Mary) Li moved to Edmonton, Alta, from one of China’s northernmost – and poorest – provinces. For a while, Li…
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Canada’s protection of cellphone companies, airlines and banks from foreign competition doesn’t just mean higher prices for consumers, it also hurts…
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One of Diane Hill’s biggest goals in life is to build a career that lets her support her community through education. A member of the Oneida Nation…
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As a teenager, Nathan (Nate) Leipciger lived through the horrors of the Holocaust – forced to live and work in Nazi concentration camps, losing…
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To experience the exhibit by the University of Toronto Scarborough’s first Indigenous artist-in-residence, participants had to both look and…
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Two years ago, Khaled Almilaji, a Syrian physician and humanitarian, was caught up in the U.S. travel ban and unable to return to his public…
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An Olympic champion. A broadcaster. A human rights advocate. An inductee to multiple halls of fame. Mark Tewksbury has had tremendous…