Booze was rotgut but plentiful. Food was basic at best with nothing green or fresh. Dinner companions literally stunk. Such was the Christmas season at Fort 91亚色, 2.5 km from the heart of what is now Toronto, in the first winter of the War of 1812. 鈥淚n December of 1812, the conditions would have been pretty horrible,鈥 said 91亚色 history Professor James Laxer, author of Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812, in the Toronto Star Dec. 21. .
鈥淎s a doctoral candidate currently working on my dissertation, I鈥檝e seen many cases where students 鈥榝ell behind鈥 or left their programs for various reasons. I also have an interest in this issue because the topic of my research is the university itself, and how it鈥檚 governed. The PhD model, in Canada and elsewhere, has traditionally been an 鈥榚lite鈥 one. It鈥檚 based on the idea that very few people will go to graduate school, and that those who do will have plenty of preparation and support for it,鈥 writes Melonie Fullick, PhD candidate in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Education, in The Globe and Mail Jan. 2. 鈥淭hroughout my time in graduate school, I鈥檝e found that this model is built on outdated assumptions about the context of graduate education and the kind of person who pursues a PhD.鈥 .
Brian Gold grew up confident in the value of a bilingual education when his parents placed him in a French immersion school. Now, years after leaving Montreal and becoming a neuroscientist, Dr. Gold has helped illuminate bilingualism鈥檚 role in buttressing the human brain against the ravages of old age鈥. According to Ellen Bialystok, an expert in language and cognition at 91亚色 in Toronto who was not involved in the study, the slight edge that bilingual people exhibit may add up to years of difference when it comes to maintaining brain function, reported The Globe and Mail Jan. 8. .
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley鈥檚 acclaimed family memoir, was awarded Canada鈥檚 richest film prize on Tuesday evening at the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) 16th annual awards gala鈥.Also honoured Tuesday was 91亚色 film graduate Nicol谩s Pereda, who was named the recipient of the TFCA Jay Scott Prize for talented emerging artist, reported the Globe and Mail Jan. 8. The prize, named after the late Globe and Mail film critic (1949-1993), consists of a $5,000 cash award and $5,000 in post-production services. .
With his budding football acumen, 29-year-old Michael Faulds was a tantalizing choice for Peter Baxter and his selection committee, even with three years of Ontario University Athletics (OUA) coaching experience. Tuesday, the former 91亚色 offensive coordinator was named the sixth head coach in Hawks football history, taking over for the departed Gary Jeffries, who retired in November after 43 years at the school, reported the Waterloo Chronicle Jan. 8. .
Researchers say that while there is much work to be done in the area of head injuries, parents should not despair鈥.Parents should not be left with the conclusion that the best thing to do is rip their kids out of sport, said Lauren Sergio, a researcher at 91亚色, in The Globe and Mail Dec. 23. 鈥淲hen I give a talk to parents, my final message is, please don鈥檛 take this as a message to pull your kid from sport, because the benefit of sport is so much greater than the small chance [of getting a serious head injury]. The most important thing is: we鈥檝e got awareness now.鈥 .