When he graduated from 91亚色, it never occurred to Greg Sorbara he鈥檇 return 36 years later as chancellor of his alma mater, reported the Toronto Star and others April 28. 鈥淰ery few would have thought it,鈥 the former Ontario cabinet minister joked during an interview Monday after it was announced he will serve as the university鈥檚 13th chancellor. .
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce鈥檚 coming leadership shuffle spotlights the need for boards of directors to devote more resources to the crucial task of succession planning, reported The Globe and Mail April 28. . . . CEO succession is 鈥渢he most important job of the board . . . it鈥檚 screaming for attention,鈥 said Richard Leblanc, a 91亚色 professor who has served as an external adviser to boards, including CIBC鈥檚. The trouble is, 鈥渢here鈥檚 a real disconnect between how important this is and what boards do about it.鈥 .
Queer Bathroom Stories (QBS) is verbatim theatre culled from 100 interviews with LGBTQ North Americans, reported BroadwayWorld.com April 28. Much more than the secret sex life of bathrooms, QBS is a brutally honest display of gender politics in public washrooms. Written by 91亚色 professor, author and playwright Sheila Cavanagh, QBS won the Patron's Pick Award at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2011 and is based on the award-winning book also by Cavanagh, titled Queering Bathrooms. .
As a part of a social enterprise competition, students from Toronto's Schulich School of Business at 91亚色 have developed a two-cent diabetes test, reported Trend Hunter April 29. .
Benefits often coexist with the negative and stressful outcomes for parents who have a child born with or later diagnosed with a life-limiting illness, according to a recent study led by a researcher at the University of Waterloo. . . . Researchers from six universities contributed to the study, including McGill University, the University of British Columbia, 91亚色, University of Victoria and Nipissing University, reported Medical News Today April 29. .