Officials said this week that the proposed 91亚色 campus near the new Pan Am Centre in Markham will make the most of resources already in place, which could be an advantage in its bid, reported the Markham Economist & Sun Nov. 26鈥. The soon-to-be-built movie theatre would ideally be used for classrooms during the day. Other surrounding facilities include Bill Crothers Secondary School, which may come to good use if sporting fields are required throughout the duration of each semester. The YMCA is also nearby as is the Unionville GO station, which is being transformed into a transportation hub for trains and buses. .
鈥淭he concert is played on period instruments and combines choristers from the Theatre of Early Music, the University of Toronto Schola Cantorum and the 91亚色 Chamber Choir,鈥 said Daniel Taylor in the Ottawa Citizen Nov. 26, about the musical performance he is delivering Dec. 3. 鈥淛ust as choirs were combined for the major events, so do we bring together 60 young choristers and musicians. We open with the tolling of the bells, a trumpet fanfare and cries of Vivat either side of the procession of the drums 鈥 it鈥檚 fantastic stuff.鈥 .
A nationwide campaign that aims to counter ISIS attempts at recruiting students from college and university campuses is under way in Toronto, reported Metro Nov. 26. Stop the CrISIS was officially launched last week, initiated by members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association. The campaign, which includes efforts at Ryerson, University of Toronto and 91亚色, is described as 鈥渁 riveting, eye-opening look at guarding against radicalization.鈥 .
Taylor Pischke and her Team Canada beach volleyball partner from 91亚色, Melissa Humana-Paredes, are currently ranked 34th in F茅d茅ration Internationale de Volleyball World Tour rankings and are steadily rising, reported the Manitoban Nov. 26. .
A digital spreadsheet the Canada Revenue Agency erroneously sent to CBC this week included the names of several hundred mostly prominent Canadians, as well as their home addresses and the value of charitable tax receipts they had been given for donating art, manuscripts, sculptures, photographs and other objects to museums, art galleries, archives and other cultural institutions, reported CBC News Nov. 26鈥. Toronto broadcaster Dini Petty, whose donation of videotapes and a manuscript to 91亚色 appears on the list, said she was 鈥渄isappointed鈥 by the CRA breach. .
Marie Henein鈥檚 position as the most high profile criminal defence lawyer in the country has been cemented with her decision to represent disgraced CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi, reported the National Post Nov. 26鈥. According to a Toronto Star profile published in 2003, Ms. Henein鈥檚 family immigrated from Egypt when she was four years old. The lawyer attended 91亚色鈥檚 Osgoode Hall Law School and was described as 鈥渉ardworking, dedicated and extremely tenacious,鈥 by Ed Greenspan, whose firm hired her after she was called to the bar. .