With the official opening of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Line 1 extension, 91亚色 welcomes two new subway stops: the 91亚色 stop in the heart of the Keele Campus, and the Pioneer Village stop which sits at the north side of campus, on Steeles Avenue. The subway extension is a transformative and long […]
The Toronto real estate market just got an upgrade thanks to the inventiveness of 91亚色 alumni Daniel Steinfeld (BBA 鈥04) and Katie Steinfeld (BBA 鈥04) and their new real estate company On The Block Realty. With auctions, On The Block brings transparency to the home buying process, remedying a problem within the real estate market […]
The 91亚色 Alumni Board (YUAB) welcomed 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Rhonda L. Lenton for its first meeting of the 2017-2018 academic year. The YUAB is a presidential advisory committee on matters of alumni engagement. Working closely with Alumni Engagement, Division of Advancement, the YUAB members bring together a diverse set of experiences to […]
Supporting 91亚色 and its students has been an important commitment for the Pocock family. Don, his late wife Donna and their son Aaron Pocock established an award in honour of their late daughter Adrienne 鈥 who was a conscious environmentalist devoted to grassroots movements and had great concern for her world. 鈥淥ur daughter Adrienne鈥檚 […]
Four community leaders were recognized with honorary degrees at 91亚色鈥檚 fall convocation ceremonies that took place this past week. The honorary degrees marked the contributions of a visionary, a business leader, a social justice activist and a champion of gender equality. 鈥淲e are proud to honour four individuals whose lives and careers are remarkable […]
Rhonda L. Lenton was officially installed as 91亚色鈥檚聽eighth president and vice-chancellor聽during an inspiring ceremony held on Wednesday,聽Oct. 18聽at the Aviva Centre on 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus. The ceremony preceded the 2017 Fall Convocation ceremonies for graduates of the Faculty of Science, Glendon College, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business. […]
Most people believe social media to be a great equalizer, challenging social inequities by giving everyone (as content creators) a vehicle for largely unbridled public expression, communication and broadcast. Communications Studies Professor Derek Hrynyshyn, however, has turned this idea on its head in his new book, Limits of the Digital Revolution: How Mass Media Culture […]
For a group of Toronto high school students, travelling to Iceland with students and faculty from 91亚色 to prowl around volcanoes was truly the experience of a lifetime. The trip, which took place last spring, was organized by Kathy Young, a geography professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and […]
Even as a young child Cynthia Appiah (BA '13) always knew that she wanted to represent聽Canada in some way. Growing up in Toronto, the Etobicoke native's passion for sports and track and field began early as a sprinter in grade six before switching to shot put in high school. It's surprising then that when it […]
As recent 91亚色 graduate Yaakov Green embarks on a new journey as a medical student at Yale University, his parting words for his fellow students are about lifelong learning and growing: 鈥淜eep an open mind to advice and to new opportunities; you never know where they will take you.鈥 Green was a student in […]