A research initiative led by 91亚色 is building lasting partnerships and resources to support community-driven autonomy strategies across Central America and the Caribbean. In 2024, Prilly Bicknell-Hersco sat on the shaded porch of a house on Colombia鈥檚 San Andr茅s Archipelago, surrounded by seven Raizal women, an Afro-Caribbean ethnic group native to the region. A […]
Academic publishing isn鈥檛 usually a family affair, but a 91亚色 professor and her alumna daughter have proven to be an exception with a book that explores women who exist outside rigid patriarchal norms. When Casey O鈥橰eilly-Conlin earned her master鈥檚 degree from 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change in 2019, her major research […]
A summer school program hosted by 91亚色鈥檚 Muscle Health Research Centre is preparing Canada鈥檚 next generation of researchers in the field of neuromuscular disease. The two-day program equips 32 graduate students and post-doctoral fellow trainees with critical tools to enhance their research capabilities and professional networks, laying a foundation for more effective research collaboration […]
From news clips to viral social media posts, the way media is edited increasingly shapes how we understand the world鈥攐ften in ways we don鈥檛 even notice. Scenes are cropped, quotes are spliced and images are framed to provoke emotional reactions and influence perception. These subtle manipulations have become so pervasive that discerning fact from spin […]
The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) celebrated its 60th Anniversary with an alumni panel discussion, commemorative website launch, and grad community get-together as part of its first in-person Faculty Council meeting since March 2020. 鈥淜nowledge creation for a better world has always been at the heart of what we do,鈥 Dean MacLachlan said. 鈥淲e have […]
Growing up in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and spending eight years as a refugee in Pakistan were both instrumental in shaping one woman鈥檚 journey as a life saver for journalists who found themselves in Afghanistan after the American military withdrew in August, 2021. 91亚色 Master鈥檚 student Robina Aryubwal and Journalists for Human Rights are joint recipients of […]
Three 91亚色 graduates received this year鈥檚 Governor General鈥檚 Gold Medals, which recognize the outstanding scholastic achievements of graduate students in Canada. The 2024 recipients are Jennifer Porat, Carly Goodman and Alison Humphrey. The Governor General鈥檚 Academic Medals are considered the highest honour earned by exemplary Canadian scholars throughout every level of academia. This year鈥檚 awardees offered words of […]
The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) honoured two exceptional professors, Alison Crosby and Amro Zayed, with the Postdoctoral Supervisor Award. The celebration took place during the FGS council meeting on Thursday, December 7th. The Postdoctoral Supervisor Award is presented annually to a faculty member in any department and program at 91亚色, who demonstrates exemplary […]
Driven by their passions, 91亚色 graduate students materialize their innovative ideas into reality. Committed to the public good, these outstanding scholars address pressing issues of today that range from decolonizing education to solving global health crises. Keep an eye out for these change agents who will make a positive impact in academia as well as […]
Black graduate students and faculty members at 91亚色 have demonstrated a shared interest in organizing to begin conversations around what supports Black scholars at the University need to thrive and excel in their academic careers. Graduate scholars Britney Andrews, Jake Okechukwn Effoduh, Sharon Henry and Yohana Solomon, along with Dr. Jude Kong and Dr. Alvine […]