News & Features
Indigenous House receives national architectural award of merit
Indigenous House may be in the process of being built, but it’s already earning national recognition for its innovative design.
Mental Health First Aid two-day training on Dec. 6 and 7
U of T Scarborough staff, faculty and librarians are invited to participate in a two-day Mental Health First Aid Training on Dec. 6 and 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to learn about the four most common…
Professor’s research on financial cooperatives in the Black diaspora contributes to new partnership
The Ontario Co-operative Association (OCA), Meridian Credit Union and The Banker Ladies Council have announced a new collaboration to promote ROSCAs in the Canadian economy by creating a ROSCA…
Philosophy prof appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
William Seager may be retired, but he doesn’t plan on stopping his life’s work anytime soon.
Seager, a professor emeritus in the department of philosophy at U of T Scarborough, was recently…
Married couple spends weeks crossing Canada's east coast on motorcycles
Sue and Steve Joordens, a married couple who have cumulatively worked at U of T Scarborough for decades, spent much of their summer riding motorcycles from Toronto to Newfoundland and back again.
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New UTSC Cluster preparing for workforce of the future
The University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) Clusters of Scholarly Prominence Program has awarded funding to a new cluster: Education and Training for the 21st Century Workforce.
Irena Creed attends UN’s high-level political forum on sustainable development
In 2015, the United Nations established 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) for member nations to reach by 2030, such as taking urgent steps to combat climate change and using clean energy. Then…
Hilary Brown receives grant to explore pregnancy outcomes and care of women with mental and physical health conditions
Hilary Brown has been awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project grant that will support her work investigating the pregnancy outcomes and care of women who have two or more long…
New research institutes hosted at U of T Scarborough will tackle important global challenges
The Executive Committee of U of T’s Governing Council has confirmed the establishment of a new, tri-campus extra-departmental unit (EDU:C) that will be hosted at U of T Scarborough.
Here’s how U of T Scarborough celebrated Pride Month
Throughout the month of June members of the UTSC community joined together in creating a colourful flower mural to help celebrate Pride Month.
Each colour of flower symbolized a specific emotion.…
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…
Two U of T Scarborough mathematicians win prestigious awards
Two professors at U of T Scarborough’s department of computer and mathematical sciences have been recognized with awards by the Canadian Mathematical Society.