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UTSC Healthy Campus

Last fall, UTSC joined over 35 Canadian universities and colleges in adopting the Okanagan Charter, a formal commitment to embed health and wellbeing into all aspects of campus culture. The Healthy…

Leaders from U of T and African institutions meet to brainstorm concrete steps for partnerships

When Ernest Aryeetey, secretary-general of the African Research Universities Alliance, said “collaboration opens doors” at a recent forum, he encapsulated why the University of Toronto and leading…

U of T accepts all recommendations of Anti-Asian Racism Working Group’s final report

The University of Toronto is committed to implementing the 40 recommendations for addressing anti-Asian racism on campus issued in the final report by U of T’s Anti-Asian Racism Working Group.

U of T highlights its contribution to prosperity in Ontario in submission to provincial panel

The University of Toronto – Canada’s top-ranked university and an engine of prosperity and social mobility for Ontario – has told a provincial panel examining post-secondary education that U of T…

‘Areas of mutual interest’: U of T looks at ways to further deepen its ties with African universities and partners

One of the major highlights for Efosa Obano (UTSC BBA 2018) on a recent trip to Ghana was getting to meet in person with a small group of young African entrepreneurs for the first time.

A community centre in the heart of Scarborough is growing fresh vegetables for a local food bank

The snap peas at a Scarborough community centre have an impactful life: they’re planted in the centre’s greenhouse, grown in its garden beds, then donated to families through its food bank, often…

U of T named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers 2023

For the tenth year, the University of Toronto has been named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers.

Groundbreaking partnership will boost inclusive entrepreneurship and innovation in Scarborough and the Eastern GTA

The new Sam Ibrahim Centre for Inclusive Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) will take the region’s innovation ecosystem to the next…

Innovative tool to monitor mercury pollution earns U of T Scarborough researchers prestigious award

An innovative air sampler that can monitor mercury pollution without using electricity has landed a trio of researchers a prestigious award.  The Mercury Passive Air Sampler (MerPAS) was developed…

U of T Scarborough co-op networking opportunities this month

Start and end your day on May 31 with networking opportunities for employers and U of T Scarborough co-op students.  Starting at 8:30 a.m., the U of T Scarborough Department of Management and the…

Unique centre dedicated to making music with community partners launches at U of T Scarborough

A new centre launched by the music and culture program at U of T Scarborough is removing barriers to making music — and not just for students.

A popular to eat crab is losing its sense of smell and climate change might be the culprit

A new U of T Scarborough study finds that climate change is causing a commercially significant marine crab to lose its sense of smell, which could partially explain why their populations are thinning…