Professor Andrea O’Reilly's new Encyclopedia of Motherhood attracted media attention this Mother's Day. She was interviewed by CityNews.ca May 7: When Andrea O’Reilly received a call from a publisher expressing interest in an encyclopedia on motherhood, she knew her field of expertise had finally arrived. O’Reilly, a professor in 91ÑÇɫ’s School of Women’s Studies in […]
Michael Helm, assistant professor of English in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, has published his third novel, Cities of Refuge. His is the author of The Projectionist, which was a Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, and In the Place of Last Things, a regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book. The Globe & […]
For 91ÑÇÉ« researcher and health psychologist Paul Ritvo, a professor in 91ÑÇɫ’s School of Kinesiology & Health Science in the Faculty of Health, the BlackBerry has potential to help manage chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, wrote the Toronto Star April 18: Ritvo has pioneered a study, currently underway, that hopes to explore […]
In the new online world, everyone will have a smudge, wrote the Toronto Star April 16 in a story about getUnvarnished, a new social Web site that allows unflattering comments about its members to stand as written. Reviewers’ identities are kept anonymous so they can speak without fear of retribution. Professor Steve Bailey, director of […]
Professor Ali Kazimi in the Faculty of Fine Arts' Department of Film, part of the recently-funded 3D FLIC research project, spoke to the Toronto Star March 29 about the future of 3D cinema: In the movie industry, Avatar has proven to major film studios and producers that the technology has the ability to generate significant […]
This is a period marked by distinct shifts in demographics and attitudes when it comes to the environment, said Mark Winfield, a professor in 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES), in a story about Earth Hour in the Toronto Star March 25: For one thing, those most heavily engaged in environmentalism have become significantly younger […]
Simon Black, a PhD student in political science and a resident of the City Institute at 91ÑÇÉ«, wrote an op-ed for the Toronto Star yesterday on why governments don't think the welfare system is broken. His commentary was published in advance of the Ontario budget, which will be delivered this afternoon. That welfare is […]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed retired Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to review documents related to the Afghan detainee issue demanded by Parliament, wrote Reg Whitaker, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, in the Toronto Star March 19. An independent review, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson stated, “will […]
Now there’s another kind of prowess achieved by women in their 40s that men peak at earlier in life, wrote the Toronto Star March 10. Math. Not only do female math students outperform men at Ontario’s community colleges, but it’s the 40-something female multi-taskers juggling jobs, families and mortgages who edge out their classmates of […]
91ÑÇÉ«'s 3D FLIC project, which will bring filmmakers, vision scientists and psychologists together to expand the GTA's capacity for 3D film production, attracted coverage in the Toronto Star on February 23: 91ÑÇÉ« says it has secured more than $1.4 million to fund the 3-D Film Innovation Consortium, a two-year partnership to expand the […]
Despite decades of feminism and co-parenting and men grappling with diaper changes and night feedings, moms are often by default or tradition the ones who end up having the sex talk, wrote the Toronto Star Feb. 19. Often it’s because they are the parent who spends the most time with the children. “Often if there […]
A 91ÑÇÉ« study about infants reading and interpreting the intentions of adults as early as six or nine months has caused considerable stir in the media. The study, published in the journal Infancy, suggests that six-month-olds know when someone is teasing or manipulating them. But they also understand if someone is trying to help, […]
The technology to turn oneself into a mixed-race avatar might be confined to movies, but Brian Banton plays with racial manipulations of himself online, wrote the Toronto Star (online) Jan. 27 in a story that included five photos of him. As a 91ÑÇÉ« graduate student, he explores questions of racial hybridity as related to corporate […]
The rags-to-riches immigrant stories Canada has been bred on don’t work anymore, say the two professors who led the project that will be released today, wrote the Toronto Star June 18. Luin Goldring, sociology professor in 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and Patricia Landolt of the Centre for Urban and Community […]