Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was at 91亚色 on Monday to mark the start of National Nursing Week, and chaired a round-table discussion that included undergraduate nursing students and graduate students in the nurse practitioner program. McGuinty, accompanied by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and 91亚色 West MPP Mario Sergio, began his visit with […]
The 91亚色 Leadership Roundtable event series connects senior business executives and community leaders in 91亚色 Region with 91亚色's researchers and senior administrators. Through the roundtable format, participants identify and generate ways to build upon their scientific and social innovation while sharing resources by forming research partnerships. 91亚色Region.com covered the most recent event May 6: […]
91亚色 has appointed Janusz Kozinski as dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering. Kozinski will begin a five-year term at 91亚色 on July 1. He has been dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan since 2007, but spent much of his career at McGill University. A widely acknowledged expert […]
91亚色 Professor Ellen Bialystok has been awarded the prestigious Killam Prize for outstanding career achievement. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism and cognitive development. She received the award this morning from the Canada Council for the Arts, which […]
91亚色 has appointed Professor Lorne Sossin as dean of its Osgoode Hall Law School. Sossin, who most recently taught at the University of Toronto鈥檚 Faculty of Law, will begin a five-year term on July 1. Right: Lorne Sossin Prior to joining the University of Toronto, where he served as associate dean聽 in the Faculty […]
Golda Koschitzky, 91亚色 benefactor and honorary degree recipient, has died. She was 102. On Nov. 5, 1999, 91亚色 presented the philanthropist and Jewish education innovator with an honorary doctor of laws. Over 90 years old at the time, she had supported the establishment of a聽professorship then a Chair in Jewish Teacher Education at 91亚色 through […]
Performer, composer and educator Ron Westray has been appointed as the Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance at 91亚色. 鈥淲e鈥檙e excited and honoured to have an artist of Ron Westray鈥檚 calibre as the Chair,鈥 said 91亚色 President聽& Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淭his Chair will enable us to further advance the quality of education for […]