鈥淐anada鈥檚 coolest poet鈥, 91亚色 English Professor Priscila Uppal (BA Hons. 鈥97, PhD 鈥04), has received one of the country鈥檚 highest forms of recognition 鈥 election as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Uppal has accomplished a great deal in her 39 years. She has published 10 collections of poetry, two novels, a […]
Undergraduate and graduate students are especially likely to procrastinate when they feel that others expect them to be perfect, according to research from 91亚色.聽 鈥淧erfectionism does not necessarily result in higher levels of performance and may even backfire,鈥 says Gordon Flett, a psychology professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health and Canada Research Chair […]
Hatsumi: One Grandmother's Journey through the Japanese Canadian Internment premiered at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Sunday, April 1. It was聽part of a larger conference hosted by the centre to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Internment. The film by Osgoode grad Chris Hope (JD 鈥04) offers a moving account of Japanese […]
Schulich School of Business students 鈥 Team ACE 鈥 won gold at the聽Certified Management Accountants of Ontario's seventh annual Case Competition, winning $5,000 and the coveted CMA Ontario Case Competition Cup. 鈥淭he Case Competition was an excellent way to apply what we鈥檙e learning in our program,鈥 said Latursia Kathiraveluppillai, of the winning team. 鈥淭he added […]
91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies will celebrate research with a week-long program of midday events starting Monday and continuing through Thursday. Organized by the Faculty's Committee on Research Policy & Planning, the celebration comprises four themed presentations from noon to 1:30pm daily. Scheduled venues include the Senate Chamber, Scott Library Atrium and […]
The Centre for Support of Teaching聽Revisioning Work Group was聽created in September 2011, with the mandate to develop a proposal that would expand and enhance support for teaching and learning. Over the past four months the work group has reviewed key documents produced through the Green Paper on Teaching聽and Learning and white paper processes. The group […]
The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program at 91亚色 will host its third annual Leadership Summit on Friday, Feb. 10. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淟eadership to Engage Change and Achieve New Learning Cultures鈥. The summit will bring聽together education leaders (administrators, superintendents, principals, deans, faculty, teacher-leaders), private and not-for-profit sector leaders for a聽dialogue and discussion […]
Can you blame the financial crisis on mathematicians? What exactly is a Canadian utopia? Why is walking such a balancing act? And is there something to be learned聽from Halloween鈥檚聽contentious history? Four 91亚色 professors will address these questions as part of the next 91亚色 Circle presentation on Saturday, Oct. 29. As with previous 91亚色 Circle […]
91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Unit, in partnership with the 91亚色 Region Community Foundation (YRCF),聽has released its first Living in 91亚色 Region Vital Signs report. Titled "Living in 91亚色 Region: Our Community Check-up", the report presents context indicators for 12 issue areas and summarizes the opinions of more than 1,000聽91亚色 Region residents who attended focus groups […]
In the fall of 2010, 91亚色's Vice-President Academic & Provost聽Patrick Monahan announced the establishment of the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) to provide an investment of $2.5 million in support of innovation and change at the University. Applications were invited for funding to support new initiatives advancing 91亚色's strategic priorities. Of the applications received, 39 projects, […]
About 150 educators from across Canada converged on 91亚色 recently to learn聽new technology tools and best practices to enhance their teaching. They were attending the 10th annual ABEL (Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning) Summer Institute Aug. 22 to 24. The theme this year was Connected Community Learning: The Next Decade. For two-and-a-half days, they heard speakers […]
A summer institute organized by the Faculty of Education in collaboration with the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) will bring together teachers, educators, community members and local artists to explore new ways of teaching and learning with a specific focus on the inter-relationships of art, environmental knowing and social justice. Organized by the 91亚色 Centre […]