Four professors at 91亚色 had their Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) renewed by the federal government yesterday, bringing $5.6 million to invest in their research at the University. Tier 1 CRCs were renewed for professors Gordon Flett,聽Eric Hessels and John Tsotsos. Professor Leah Vosko was awarded an Advancement Chair, taking her from a Tier 2 to […]
Research Month celebrates the achievements and diversity of 91亚色鈥檚 research community. Throughout November, the Vari Hall Rotunda will play host to displays and demonstrations featuring our faculty and graduate researchers. Drop by between 10 am and 2 pm each Wednesday to learn what 91亚色's researchers are doing. The Research Month index on 91亚色's Research […]
91亚色 will host a TEDx91亚色U event at Glendon on Saturday, Nov. 6.聽Based on the popular TED Conference, TEDx91亚色U invites speakers to share their important visions for the future and involves audience participants in sharing ideas, addressing new perspectives and spreading inspiration. 91亚色 community members are invited to apply to be an audience participant […]
The Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean (CERLAC) is calling for papers for its second International Graduate Student Research Conference. The first conference attracted over 70 presenters from Canada, the United States, Europe and Latin America, who presented in 20 themed panels over a two-day period. Expert faculty members helped ensure rich […]
The Department of Film in the Faculty of Fine Arts celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and is marking this milestone with a series of events highlighting past achievements and looking to the future. One of the 鈥渂irthday鈥 productions is The 40 Film, a specially commissioned compilation of one-minute clips from 40 student films made […]
James Stewart, a director and founder of Geneva Films, a Toronto-based company specializing in 3-D commercial productions, is in the first wave of people with a great deal of experience filming in 3-D, wrote the Toronto Star Sept. 18: Stewart is in the first wave of people with a great deal of experience filming in […]
91亚色 English Professor Priscila Uppal (BA Hons. 鈥97, PhD 鈥04) has a thing for dreams, sometimes dreaming fragments of poems. She adores the odd dialogue that can only happen in that surreal state of being. So when artist Daniel Ehrenworth, a former聽fine arts cultural studies聽student at 91亚色, asked her to collaborate with him for his […]
Researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at 91亚色 have been awarded over $10 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, part of $190.5 million in funding and awards invested across the country, will support over 220 innovative 91亚色 research projects to improve Canadians鈥 quality of life while […]
Walking into a movie theatre to watch a sequel, an audience generally knows what to expect 鈥 more of the same. But in recent years, there has been a trend towards discarding the standard sequel formula, allowing a new artistic team to reimagine a聽film franchise. For better or for worse 鈥 the cinematic results of […]
Avant-garde, thrilling, provocative, brainy and fascinating are just a few of the words used to describe films directed by several 91亚色 alumni, as well as a current student, that are screening at this year鈥檚 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) . The 91亚色 talent among the 300 productions showing at TIFF Sept. 9 to 19 includes聽debut […]
Several professors, alumni and students from 91亚色's Department of Dance participated in the World Dance Alliance (WDA)聽2010 Global Dance Event聽July 12 to 17 in New 91亚色 City. More than聽300 dance artists, scholars, educators and students, representing more than 25 countries, came together to explore the聽WDA 's 2010 theme, 鈥淚n Time Together: Viewing and Reviewing […]
Everyone from video game console makers such as Nintendo, to satellite TV services such as Bell TV, is making a bet on 3-D, wrote the Toronto Star July 31: 鈥淭he studios are realizing there鈥檚 a golden goose here because you get all these bums in seats that will pay a 30 per cent premium,鈥 says […]
91亚色 film Professor Michael Zryd is interested in the ugly ducklings of the聽film world. As a researcher, Zryd鈥檚 current work is focused on the complexities of history and academic institutionalization from the 1960s onward in relation to experimental and independent film. While most of his past research has concentrated on American films, Zryd is also […]
Salvador da Bahia, the second most popular tourist destination in Brazil, is a lively, tropical city on the northeast coast with a population of over two million. Musical rhythms from many different cultures can be heard in its bustling marketplaces, amidst the old Portuguese architecture and on its sandy beaches. In Salvador da Bahia it […]
Today, the shared experiences of those working in education and climate change is the central theme of a one-day symposium taking place at 91亚色. Organized by the Faculty of Education, the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair聽for Reorienting Teacher Education聽Towards Sustainability, […]
91亚色 filmmakers are making headlines and shining in the industry spotlight. From film festival successes to prestigious awards, these cinematic storytellers have much to share. CineSiege, 91亚色鈥檚 annual juried student film festival, is often the harbinger for success at festivals around the world. After, the winner of the CineSiege Best Sound Award in 2009, is […]
Over the past year, the Social Sciences聽& Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has reviewed the way its funding programs are structured to provide researchers with a simpler, more flexible and more effective system of application and assessment. SSHRC president Chad Gaffield addressed this process during a town hall meeting held with faculty and students […]
The walls of the Sat Gupta's flag store were once stocked with Canadian paraphernalia, but today, the Canadiana sits in boxes, reported The Canadian Press June 29. Instead, precedence is being given to the flags of 32 nations competing in the World Cup: Spotting the unexpected countries is what Seth Feldman, director of 91亚色鈥檚 Robarts […]
The two co-founding artistic directors of the hugely influential performance collective La Pocha Nostra聽were artists-in-residence at 91亚色鈥檚 fourth annual Summer Institute in Theatre Studies, which ran聽June 15 to 27. Guillermo G贸mez-Pe帽a, described as 鈥渁mong the most significant of late-20th-century performance artists" by New 91亚色 City鈥檚 Village Voice, and Roberto Sifuentes, professor of performance at […]
Claire Wynveen (MFA 鈥09) is the first student on record in the Department of Theatre to be awarded a thesis prize by the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Her thesis encompassed her performance in the Theatre @ 91亚色 production of Peter Barnes鈥 macabre satire The Bewitched (see YFile, April 7, 2009) as well as a written […]
