University of Toronto faculty and students are helping the City of Toronto to reach its greenhouse gas reduction goals, develop policies to ensure that everyone in the city has access to affordable,…
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U of T, City of Toronto sign memorandum of understanding to support present and future collaboration
These tiny green islands are designed to help Toronto's aging stormwater system
Thousands of students and visitors, and over 675 busses, pass by the bus loop and Scarborough Circle every week. At the centre of these loops are sloping land and diverse, overflowing plantlife.
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U of T will not permit use of campus for Toronto Nationalist Rally
U of T will not permit use of campus for Toronto Nationalist Rally
U of T Scarborough economist to lead Queen's Park review of child care affordability
U of T Scarborough's Gordon Cleveland, an associate professor of economics, teaching stream, has been asked to review the affordability of child care in Ontario.
The Toronto Star says Cleveland has…
Becoming allies for the Indigenous community through sport: Students volunteer with the North American Indigenous Games
The University of Toronto Scarborough’s Valley, Dan Lang Field and Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre are host venues for the North American Indigenous Games—the largest sporting and cultural gathering of…
#UofTGrad17: City Studies, Political Science student to work with Parks Canada’s Northern Engagement Team
After a successful City Studies Co-op placement, soon-to-be U of T Scarborough graduate, Da Chen is working with Parks Canada to increase awareness of Northern Canada and the issues that are…
Trip to Japan offers City Studies students a chance to explore key city-building issues
Six U of T Scarborough City and Geography Studies students spent 10 days in Japan for an all-expenses-paid exchange program. What they came back with was priceless – a deeper knowledge of Japanese…
A Letter to City Council about transit in Scarborough
July 8, 2016
Dear Mayor Tory and City Councillors,
We write today with urgent concern about City transit planning for Scarborough. We do so as leaders of the largest public institutions in the east…
How to build the arts across the whole city
When most of us think about arts, equity and the urban city, we don’t usually relate it to the way we vote. However at the recent Forum on Local Arts and Equity, U of T Scarborough Sociology Prof.…