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- Janice Gross Stein wins political writing prize
University Professor Janice Gross Stein, director of the Munk Centre for International Studies, and co-author Eugene Lang were awarded the 2008 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for their book The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar.... - U of T cyber bullying survey debunks myth of anonymity
A recent survey conducted by U of T into cyber bullying amongst students in Grades 6 and 7 and Grades 10 and 11 reveals alarming issues which parents and educators must be aware of and need to urgently address.... - Planning students propose new housing bylaw
Urban planning graduate students Shiri Pasternak and David Wachsmuth are fighting to implement a bylaw that would set a new national precedent in affordable housing development. The bylaw, called Use It or Lose It, would give the City of Toronto... - Study examines whether complex financial aid forms are barriers to post-secondary education
Are confusing and cumbersome financial aid forms denying low-income Americans the opportunity to go to college or university? One University of Toronto researcher is hoping to answer that question with an innovative project that looks at the financial aid process... - Law students bring black youth together with role models
In the corridor of the Faculty of Laws Flavelle House hangs a photo of Ivy Lawrence Maynier, the first woman of colour to graduate from the faculty in 1945.... - U of T brings Canadian history online
A new online, interactive atlas of Canadian history has been developed by the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto. Called the Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project, this website is based on the award-winning Historical Atlas of... - U of Ts Scholars-at-Risk program --
Professor Fereshteh Molavi often sits at her desk in Massey College surrounded by Persian literature, which is both her passion and a reminder of her culture. Its a subject she has decided to make her calling at the University of... - Freed professor discusses freedom of speech
Professor Ramin Jahabegloo is a world renowned political philosopher, author of The Spirit of India and Iran: Between Tradition and Modernity. After teaching at U of T from 1997 to 2001 and at Harvard, he returned to Iran as head... - Relaxed disclosure rules affect profits, says U of T study
Managers put shareholder value first, right? Only when they know someone is watching, says a new study from the Rotman School of Management.... - Black Law Students Association encourages youth to consider law school option
The Black Law Students Association at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law is sponsoring a one-day open house on Jan. 19 at the law school entitled See Yourself Here to encourage young black high school and undergraduate... - Choice of business location may lead to lost economic opportunity for female entrepreneurs, says U of T research
Greater family responsibilities and feeling shut out of the old boys club can lead women entrepreneurs to locate their businesses away from a citys economic hub and closer to home, a recent paper has found. But this phenomenon also leads... - After welfare, immigrants earn less, say U of T researchers
Even though theyre better educated, immigrants to Canada earn significantly less money than those born here after leaving welfare to enter the paid work force, says University of Toronto research.... - U of T research identifies three 'cities' within Toronto
The City of Toronto is becoming increasingly divided by income and socio-economic status, says a new report issued today by the Centre for Urban and Community Studies (CUCS) at the University of Toronto. No longer a city of neighbourhoods, the... - Rotman family gift supports prosperity research at U of T
A new gift by the lead benefactors of the University of Torontos Joseph L. Rotman School of Management will greatly contribute to the study of jurisdictional advantage and prosperity in a newly established research centre.... - U of T's Citizen Lab develops new guide to bypass Internet censorship
A new guide to bypass Internet censorship called Everyone's guide to by-passing Internet censorship for citizens worldwide has been created by Professor Ron Deibert of political science and director of the Citizen Lab and his team at the University of...
