Ian Greene, a 91ɫ professor in the School of Public Policy & Administration, supports MPP David Orazietti’s private member’s bill to increase the qualifications for justices of the peace, saying the current system is “antiquated in the sense that I don’t think it attracts the best and the brightest,” reported the Law Times June 11. .
Toronto Star reporter and accessibility advocate Barbara Turnbull received an honorary degree from 91ɫ on Friday. Turnbull says, “It’s an extraordinary gesture,” reported the Toronto Star June 8. .
Mississauga native Laura Jane Robinson, who has been a competitive athlete, coach, mentor, freelance journalist and a consistent banner-bearer for women's rights in sport, received an honorary degree from 91ɫ, reported the Mississauga News June 8. .
Egyptians now are forced to choose the lesser of the two evils: Mohamed Morsy and Ahmad Shafiq. Which one? The responses we had at a recent 91ɫ international conference on the Middle East, here in Toronto, reminded me forcibly of the debates and discussions that took place in Iran during the fateful days of the 1979 revolution, writes Saeed Rahnema, a professor of political science at 91ɫ, in openDemocracy June 10. .
During the run-up to the last , the democratically elected president of Honduras was kidnapped by armed forces and whisked out of the country, only to be and illegal military regime. As the country rose up in a dramatic non-violent movement in resistance, Guevara, the captain of the national team, was put in an awkward position, writes Tyler Shipley, who teaches at 91ɫ, in a research article in GlobalResearch.ca about the politics of Honduras in the lead-up to the Canadian and Honduran national soccer teams World Cup qualifying match on June 12 in Toronto. .
The Sudbury & District Health Unit says people in the area are happy with the public health services they receive, and have the numbers to prove it, as it routinely monitors client satisfaction via the Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing telephone survey that collects information from 1,200 local residents aged 18 years and older each year, conducted by the Institute for Social Research at 91ɫ since 2001, reported the Sudbury Star June 11. .
Megan Gibson, a first-year 91ɫ kinesiology student, recently earned a spot as a forward on the Canada East under-19 ringette team, which will compete in the world championships to be held in London, Ont., Dec. 23 to Jan. 3, reported 91ɫRegion.com June 8. .
After 27 years as host of “FashionTelevision”, Jeanne Beker, who studied theatre at 91ɫ, will receive the 2012 Canadian Award of Distinction at this year's Banff World Media Festival in Alberta, reported the Times Colonist and others June 9. .
Corporate Knights has released its third bi-annual , with Ontario and British Columbia leading the pack in the race to become Canada’s greenest province or territory. The methodology was developed with the assistance of the Green Provinces Advisory Committee, made up of Faisal Moola, program director of terrestrial conservation and science at the David Suzuki Foundation, Sachi Gibson, technical and policy analyst at the Pembina Institute, and Jose Etcheverry, a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at 91ɫ, reported Water Canada. .
The Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, which started in the late 1990s, folded last week, but its records and materials will be permanently housed in the Toronto Archives and made available to researchers, historians and students, while 91ɫ’s Homeless Hub will keep TDRC’s media records, which cover homelessness both locally and nationally, reported the Toronto Star June 8. .
Bob San talks in the Asian American Press about how Toronto still honours the thousands who died during the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, including a tribute at 91ɫ where a bronze statue of the Goddess of Democracy was unveiled at the Student Centre June 10. .