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Pride isn’t just about celebrating the community, says Allison Burgess, U of T’s Sexual & Gender Diversity officer. “Pride is also built on a history of commemoration – a history of active resistance to homophobia and transphobia,” she said.
Read more about Pride celebrations and events at U of T. |
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The University of Toronto’s Liz Howard is back in the lab but still getting used to the fact that she is this year’s winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize – the youngest poet to receive the prestigious award. |
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U of T’s James Thomson (one of three winners of the 2016 President’s Teaching Awards) spoke to U of T News about bringing students to Vietnam in search of plants and pollinators, burning pine cones in Convocation Hall, and connecting with students. |
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PHOTO BY Johnny Guatto
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U of T’s Teresa Kramarz is pursuing an innovative idea, thanks to her 2016-17 University of Toronto Teaching Fellowship. She’ll be developing a toolkit that will allow instructors to bring the world into their classrooms by collaborating with classes at other institutions around the world. |
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PHOTO BY Ken Jones
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If you’re hiking in Rouge National Urban Park and you want to know more about your surroundings, wouldn’t you like to be able to pull out your smartphone and get instant, engaging information? Four U of T Scarborough students are working on a content-rich app that people can use on visits to Canada’s first national urban park. |
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Looking forward to getting around the city by bike this summer? You might want to thank some U of T students for making that a little easier. In 1976, the City of Toronto proposed bike lanes for a busy section of Bloor Street that includes an area known as the “Annex.” Forty years later, those bike lanes may finally become a reality – and U of T’s Cody Kita and Adam De Luca played a small but important role in the epic battle. |
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PHOTO BY Miguel Landestoy
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A University of Toronto-led team has reported the discovery of a new lizard in the middle of the most-visited island in the Caribbean, strengthening a long-held theory that communities of lizards can evolve almost identically on separate islands.
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PHOTO BY NSERC
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The annual Connaught New Researcher Awards are provided to assistant professors within the first five years of a tenured-stream academic appointment to help them establish strong research programs. This year the fund is awarding a total of $966,000 to 63 researchers across a range of disciplines.
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Last week, Federal Science Minister (and University of Toronto alumna) Kirsty Duncan announced that former U of T President David Naylor would head a blue-ribbon panel that would look at the federal government’s support for fundamental science. U of T News talked to Dr. Naylor and Minister Duncan about the panel and its work. |
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Convocation is a celebration of perseverance. It’s about tradition. It’s about the love and support of proud family and friends. It’s about savouring the victory and having fun. And, it’s a time to remember the journey to get there and reflect on what comes next. Here is a last look at spring convocation. |
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PHOTO BY Orbelina Cortez‐Barbosa
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Finding a computational solution for the detection of dementia has been the focus of Katie Fraser’s research and the idea behind her startup, Winterlight Labs Inc. |
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Photo by Aaron Mason Photograph
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Language and culture: two areas that go hand-in-hand were also a focus of Tuesday’s National Aboriginal Day celebration. Both subjects, highlighted in The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, are also key priorities of the University of Toronto’s Indigenous community.
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Kourosh Houshmand and four other U of T undergraduates are in South Africa this week for some intense field research into birth registration and human rights. Chosen from 140 applicants, the five student-researchers are in South Africa to examine how and why the country’s birth registration was so successful, and more broadly, how that success can be transplanted to other communities. |
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CBC News | June 21, 2016 |
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CBC News | June 21, 2016 |
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Toronto Star | June 21, 2016 |
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Toronto Star | June 20, 2016 |
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Toronto Star | June 20, 2016 |
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Forbes | June 20, 2016 |
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// EMPLOYEE NEWS
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Photo by @UofTHatchery, via Twitter
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Today is #DisplayYourPride day! Take part in the celebrations and the #DisplayYourPride contest on social media.
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Share your Pride memories
Celebrating Pride? Share your events, stories and photos from this year’s Pride month with the U of T News team. Email uoftnews@utoronto.ca
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The Ceremonials Committee of the Governing Council has approved a statement of acknowledgment of traditional land to be used at specific university ceremonies such as convocation, groundbreakings, and building openings. |
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// AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
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Professor Brenda Cossman has been at the forefront of matters relating to diversity and inclusion, including her important work on LGBQT issues, feminism, and sex workers. This year’s Lexpert Zenith awards were presented to those who have demonstrated excellence, action and thought leadership in ways that advanced diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and society.
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// WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION
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Learn about the Living Life To the Full for Caregivers 55+ course on June 27, offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association. Living Life to the Full is an interactive eight-week course based on the principles of cognitive behavior therapy. |
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// PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Are you looking to enhance and optimize your professional performance? Or can you identify a woman within your network who is? The Initiative for Women in Business at the Rotman School of Management is now accepting applications for the Athena program. U of T staff who register by July 31 will receive a 50 per cent discount.
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June 24, 2016 | Debates Room, Hart House, 7 Hart House Cir.
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June 28, 2016 | Room 235, 500 University Ave.
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June 28, 2016 | Room 421, 21 Sussex Ave.
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June 29, 2016 | Woodsworth College Courtyard, 119 St. George St.
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July 7, 2016 | IB-140, Instructional Centre, 3359 Mississuaga Rd.
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