Howard Adelman, a retired 91ɫ professor, tells this story. In June, 1979, he opened his downtown Toronto door to two Ismaili Muslims who had seen his name in The Globe and Mail as the contact person for Operation Lifeline, a Canadian network of private sponsors that brought boat people from Indochina to Canada as refugees. The two had come to give Adelman donations collected from their community. Many Ismaili Muslims had found refuge in Canada after expulsion from Africa less than 10 years earlier, and they were already paying it forward, reported The Globe and Mail May 7. .
91ɫ’s education dean, Ron Owston, asks why, when all 13 Ontario faculties of education must stretch their one-year teacher training programs to two years in 2015, has Queen’s Park let the U of T alone turn its training into a master’s program, which will draw $13,205 per student in government grants at the very time funding for each regular bachelor of education student drops to $5,684, reported the Toronto Star May 6. .
Brian Katz, an adjunct professor of musical education at the University of Toronto and 91ɫ, sees the phoenician rise of the ukulele as more evidence of popular music’s decline into “pared-down chords, in terms of where popular music is heading, harmonically. Not a lot of chord changes. Rhythm is the big thing,” reported The Globe and Mail May 6. .
Bart Danko, who is in his final year at Osgoode Hall Law School and the master of environmental studies at 91ɫ, has made a film called Terra Communis all about green roofs and why we need them. It premiered in January at the Focus on Sustainability Film Festival organized by 91ɫ, reported the Brampton Guardian May 6. .
The Economist has named 91ɫ's Schulich School of Business one of the top 20 MBA programs in North America, reported Yonge Street May 7. .
91ɫ is welcoming more than 1,000 students from across the GTA for And Social Justice for All, a student conference that commemorates the World Day of Social Justice, reported the Burlington Post May 6. It will be held Wednesday, May 7, from 8:30am to 2:30pm on 91ɫ’s Keele Campus. .
“Derek Burney and Fen Osler Hampson should be celebrating the fact that the Canada-China Foreign Investment Protection Agreement has not been ratified (As China’s Ascent Continues, Canada Is Missing In Action – May 5). FIPA is a bad deal for Canada,” wrote Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Gus Van Harten in The Globe and Mail May 7. .
ԳٲپDz’s Jessica Langer is a faculty member in the Department of Marketing at 91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business and in the Syracuse-McMaster Master of Communications Management Program at McMaster University, reported BetaKit May 6. .
The nature of human capital varies according to profession. Moshe Milevsky, a finance professor at 91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business, popularized the concept several years ago of classifying human capital as stock-like or bond-like, reported Morningstar News May 7. A tenured professor like Milevsky has a very stable, bond-like career. . . . On the opposite end of the spectrum, an entrepreneur has a volatile, stock-like career. .