Described by loved ones and colleagues as a humble man whose long-time passion was teaching, Abshir Hassan was gunned down outside his Lawrence Heights apartment building Tuesday morning in what Toronto police say was a mistaken hit, reported the Toronto Star July 8. . . . Hassan earned a bachelor of arts from 91亚色 in 2008. He went on to complete his bachelor of education at 91亚色 in 2011 and took an introductory course in special education. .
Hours after Manchester United unveiled their new Chevrolet-sponsored game jerseys, apparel powerhouse Nike quietly announced it wouldn鈥檛 seek to renew its deal with Man U when it expired after the upcoming season. . . . 鈥淣ike can still build on its position without having to shell out 60 million Euros a year on a shirt partnership,鈥 said Vijay Setlur, who teaches sports marketing at 91亚色鈥檚 Schulich School of Business, in the Toronto Star July 9. 鈥淧aying [Man U star] Wayne Rooney is a lot less than paying the whole club. Maybe the partnership outlived its usefulness.鈥 .
91亚色 political science Professor Robert MacDermid says it鈥檚 a troubling trend. When pollsters and ad groups take over the role of key advisers and adapt marketers鈥 methods, 鈥渢hese are not the techniques that are supportive of the kind of democratic decision-making we all need鈥, he said in the Richmond Hill Liberal July 3.聽Negative advertising, especially, can be bad for democracy, because it suppresses turnout, he explained. .
91亚色 won bronze in the Best Uses of Social Media category for: Fall Campus Day Insta-Print Photo Booth at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education鈥檚 (CASE) 2014 Circle of Excellence Awards, reported Masthead July 8. .
Bill Morneau's decision to stand for public office for the first time is a concrete example of the Trudeau Effect, reported The Huffington Post July 8. The same is true for another, Sven Spengemann, who is a candidate for the Liberal Party nomination in Mississauga South. . . . He is BMO's Visiting Fellow at 91亚色's Glendon School of Public and International Affairs, where he teaches on Middle East politics. .
As Kandy Outdoor Flooring looks at expansion, possibly through franchising, a niche market offers them an approach to sharing their way of doing business more easily with franchisees, said Moren L茅vesque, professor of operations management and information systems at 91亚色鈥檚 Schulich School of Business, in The Globe and Mail July 4. 鈥淚 think they are smart on focusing,鈥 she said, 鈥渂ecause if they want then to be able to put in place this structure they can share with a franchisee, that is much harder to do if they are all over the place.鈥 .
As he watched the Toronto Maple Leafs collapse in the latter part of the 2013-14 season, 91亚色 psychology Professor Gordon Flett couldn鈥檛 help but wonder if Randy Carlyle and his coaching staff were simply being too hard on their players, reported the Toronto Star July 7. . . . Elite athletes, Flett says, are perfectionists by nature, which means they are hard enough on themselves. Their fans expect perfection. The media is always in their face. So assistant coaches don鈥檛 need to be. .
The Port Lands themselves were created in a fit of ambition in the early 20th century, according to Gene Desfor, professor emeritus at 91亚色 and co-editor of the 2011 book Reshaping Toronto鈥檚 Waterfront. . . . 鈥淚t鈥檚 interesting that in the space of 100 years essentially they鈥檝e gone from an industrial vision for the waterfront to a post-industrial vision,鈥 said Desfor in the Toronto Star July 8. 鈥淭here is a close relationship and a much more natural relationship between the city and nature. I think it鈥檚 important that we鈥檙e no longer concreting nature 鈥 we鈥檙e integrating it more with our cities.鈥 .
Shakespeare鈥檚 first tragedy, Titus Andronicus, doesn鈥檛 have the memorable soliloquies of his better known plays, but the Canadian Stage/91亚色 Theatre Department collaboration now on stage at Shakespeare in High Park is a bloody good show, action-packed and easy to follow, reported Post City July 7. .
鈥淚 am a PhD candidate in gender, feminist and women鈥檚 studies at Toronto鈥檚 91亚色. By virtue of my several years of graduate training, I am now technically considered an academic 鈥榚xpert鈥 in my sub-field, which is motherhood studies,鈥 wrote 91亚色 PhD candidate Sarah Sahagian in xoJane July 3. 鈥淭he thing is, while I may be considered extremely knowledgeable about the study of motherhood, I have never been a biological or custodial mother.鈥 .
Fred Gorbet, who now calls Don Mills home, was promoted to an Officer of the Order of Canada just days ago. . . . He was a faculty member at the Schulich School of Business at 91亚色 from 1999 to 2013, reported the Welland Tribune July 2. .
In what legal observers called the most important Supreme Court ruling on aboriginal rights in Canadian history, the court determined that native Canadians still own their ancestral lands, unless they signed away their ownership in treaties with government, reported The Globe and Mail June 26. . . . The ruling 鈥済oes back to the Royal Proclamation of 1763,鈥 said Brian Slattery, a professor at 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School, citing the foundational promise of the British Crown to secure ancestral lands for native use. 鈥淭his is the fulfillment of that promise, held out by the Crown 250 years ago.鈥 .
Health Canada is keeping the most recent completed inspection of Canada鈥檚 largest flu vaccine supplier secret despite a startling report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration raising questions about quality control. . . . 鈥淗ealth Canada seems to be prioritizing what the companies claim is confidential business information over patient safety and that really isn鈥檛 acceptable,鈥 said drug safety expert and 91亚色 health policy Professor Joel Lexchin in the Toronto Star June 27. .
91亚色 Professor Robert Drummond doubts the appointment of Helena Jaczek and Steven Del Duca in their new roles has much to do with their backgrounds prior to their being elected as MPPs. Instead, Wynne likely elevated them into their new roles as she saw them as potential assets, he said in the East Gwillimbury Era June 26. 鈥淚 suspect Del Duca and Jaczek were chosen because they had impressed the premier as useful voices to have at the cabinet table,鈥 he said. .