91亚色 Professor Mark Winfield of the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and co-chair of the faculty鈥檚 Sustainable Energy Initiative discusses Doug Ford鈥檚 "increasingly grandiose infrastructure proposals" including the proposal to bury Highway 401 lanes at a cost of at least $100 billion
Research led by 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health reveals how a specific mutation in a protein called TRAF1 can shut down an overactive immune response, dramatically reducing inflammation in mice. Lead researcher Ali Abdul-Sater says this discovery could pave the way for a new class of drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Ontarians are headed to the polls after a quick but heated campaign. 91亚色 experts are available for commentary on the election results and key issues.
As Canada moves into 2025, its productivity still lags, despite efforts by the federal government to address the issue in the 2024 federal budget. Canada鈥檚 productivity has declined in nine of the last 10 quarters. Between 2015 and 2023, Canadian productivity fell by an average of 0.8 per cent per year. This means that, for […]
There have been many conversations around U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 Gaza proposal to permanently displace Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries and turn the strip into a luxury resort development. Criticisms of Trump鈥檚 comments often focus on the proposal鈥檚 illegality, immorality and impracticality. However, little has been discussed from the perspective of post-disaster and post-war […]
The day after the Delta Flight 4819 crash on Feb. 17 at Toronto Pearson International Airport, the damaged aircraft remained on the runway as the crash investigation ramped up. Whether it was due to luck, skill, heroism or aircraft design, the evacuation of passengers took place quickly and everyone aboard the ill-fated flight were able […]
When U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested Canada should become the 51st American state, the federal government dismissed it as just a joke. Finance Minister Dominic Leblanc insisted it was 鈥渋n no way a serious comment.鈥 Similar skepticism was expressed by political leaders across the world when Trump talked about seizing Greenland and the Panama […]
The impact of of Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada鈥檚 2024-25 department plan, released about a year ago, are only now starting to become clear in cities across Canada. Whether it鈥檚 colleges in Vancouver, Lethbridge or Toronto, many federally funded English-language training programs are experiencing crushing funding cuts resulting in closures, layoffs and fewer classes available. […]
United States President Donald Trump has temporarily put his trade war against Canada and Mexico on hold after vowing to slap 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian and Mexican imports, although he鈥檚 imposed tariffs on all steel and aluminum, including from Canada. He has also upped the ante by threatening to increase tariffs should […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has justified his early election call on the need to respond to United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports. While the threat of tariffs on all Canadian imports has been paused 鈥 although Trump has since slapped levies on all steel and aluminum […]