TORONTO, October 18, 2016 鈥 Osgoode Hall Law School of 91亚色 will be the venue on Friday, October 21, 2016 for a major symposium, entitled 鈥淩e-imagining Child Welfare Systems in Canada,鈥 that will bring together academics, front-line service providers, advocates, and community-based organizations to deepen understanding of how race intersects with the over-representation of […]
TORONTO, October 18, 2016 鈥 91亚色 will confer honorary degrees at this fall鈥檚 convocation ceremonies to two exceptional Canadians: a sports visionary and philanthropic superstar as well as a financial leader, Paul Beeston and an education and health services advocate and champion of Japanese-Canadian culture, Janice Fukakusa. 鈥淧aul Beeston and Janice Fukakusa have been […]
The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson will deliver the keynote address during a symposium at 91亚色 on Monday, October 17, focused on creative responses to the large-scale, forced displacement of people in many parts of the world. The Re-imagining Refuge event is part of a Universities Canada speaker鈥檚 series called Mindshare: Inspired thinking for real […]
International artists and designers, architects, scholars, and representatives from the cultural sector and industry will meet in advance of Nuit Blanche this week to discuss how public art and creative use of digital media can re-animate urban space. Media Architecture Summit 2016, organized by Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts & Technologies in 91亚色鈥檚 School […]
TORONTO, Sept. 6 鈥 91亚色, the lead university for Canada鈥檚 instrument contribution to NASA鈥檚 OSIRIS-REx mission, will celebrate the mission鈥檚 launch to the asteroid Bennu on Thursday, Sept. 8. Along with first-year 91亚色 U space science and engineering students, undergraduate and graduate students involved in space research at the Lassonde School of Engineering will […]
TORONTO, June 20, 2016 鈥 Nearly a year after commissioning the carving of a 26-tonne granite boulder into an Inuit soccer player, 91亚色 is unveiling the sculpture at 1pm on June 21, marking National Aboriginal Day. The monumental sculpture, Ahqahizu, was created by Inuit carvers Ruben Komangapik and Koomuatuk (Kuzy) Curley with a team […]
TORONTO, June 13, 2016聽鈥 Thirteen outstanding individuals will be recognized with honorary degrees at 91亚色鈥檚 spring convocation for their significant contributions to society and in their respective fields. The recipients include a native rights activist, food advocate, theatre director, technology innovator and community leader. 鈥淭his year鈥檚 honorary degree recipients have made a remarkable impact […]
May 26, 2016聽鈭捖燭he North American premiere of the documentary And Still We Rise,by 91亚色 professor and filmmaker Nancy Nicol, will take place on June 5, 2016, as a part of the Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival. The film follows Nicol鈥檚 co-director Richard Lusimbo, (Research Director, Sexual Minorities Uganda) who was outed by Ugandan […]
ORONTO, May 12, 2016 鈥 Inventive Canadian sculptor Maskull Lasserre will be working on a large scale wood carving at 91亚色, today, May 12, 2pm to 3:30pm. The currently untitled project, one of two he's working on at 91亚色 U, incorporates his trademark material sensibility, humor, tension and sense of the macabre. While a […]
TORONTO, May 5, 2016 鈥 Watch Mercury transit across the Sun鈥檚 disk at 91亚色 on May 9. The last time Mercury made the move was in 2006. Observatory telescopes and a live feed will be in place at 91亚色 Lions Stadium, from 9am to 2pm, with solar glasses available for everyone attending. The free […]