News & Features

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…

U of T fifth in the world, first among North American public universities: NTU rankings

The University of Toronto is ranked among the top five research universities in the world – and first among North America’s public universities – in the latest National Taiwan University Rankings. U…

Linguistics prof named special advisor, Black faculty success at U of T Scarborough

Renowned linguistics professor Juvénal Ndayiragije has been appointed Special Advisor, Black Faculty Success at U of T Scarborough.

U of T Scarborough co-op networking opportunities this September

Start and end your day on September 27 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 Barbie movie got it wrong when it comes to baby dolls — this Indigenous collection is proof

The teaser for the Barbie movie opens with a falsified fact — that before Barbie, girls only ever played with baby dolls. Miriam Castillo Orozco is reminded daily that this isn’t true. 

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.   “…

U of T ranked first in Canada, among top 25 universities globally in Shanghai ranking

The University of Toronto is rated first in Canada and 24th globally in the latest edition of ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s worldwide university rankings. Among public universities, U of T placed…

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. 

U of T ranks second globally among universities for health sciences research: The Globe and Mail

The University of Toronto has been ranked the second most prolific health sciences research university in the world by scientific journal Nature, the Globe and Mail reports.

Magazine uses fiction to explore the toll taken by climate change – and our response

A new publication launched by the Environmental Governance Lab (EGL) in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts & Science is using speculative fiction to examine the toll climate change may…

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…