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.
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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…
How well thinking abilities and functioning return after substance use the focus of new six-year study
A team of U of T Scarborough researchers have started a groundbreaking six-year study looking at the effect of addiction recovery on cognitive ability.
Professor Christina Guzzo has a message for the next generation of women in science
Often, behind every great scientist is … another great scientist.
So, when Christina Guzzo was finishing her PhD and needed a mentor to further her training, she decided to seek out the best. “I…
Researcher using first-of-its-kind data to uncover how planets form earns Guggenheim Fellowship
The innards of planets are diverse and mysterious — Earth is rocky, Mercury is iron-rich and Neptune is an ice giant. Astrophysicist Diana Valencia seeks to answer a question she calls simple but…
Food bank use in Toronto is soaring. Can a U of T Scarborough lab help?
The first time Suman Roy used a food bank, he was curious to see what was in the bag he had been handed. “I sat down in a little courtyard nearby and started going through it,” says Roy, who…