Adam Elliott Segal / en Students from 福利姬自慰and India鈥檚 Ashoka University explore urban challenges in Pune /news/students-u-t-and-india-s-ashoka-university-explore-urban-challenges-pune <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Students from 福利姬自慰and India鈥檚 Ashoka University explore urban challenges in Pune</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-11/DSC_5866-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=GncYIxhh 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2024-11/DSC_5866-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=CfLPgT1b 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2024-11/DSC_5866-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=yjNqkFvs 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-11/DSC_5866-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=GncYIxhh" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-11-28T09:20:19-05:00" title="Thursday, November 28, 2024 - 09:20" class="datetime">Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:20</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"><p>S<em>tudents from 福利姬自慰and Ashoka University accompany waste pickers who belong to the SWaCH collective in Pune, India 鈥 part of a course offered&nbsp;through the 福利姬自慰India Foundation and&nbsp;School of Cities India&nbsp;(photo courtesy of Reyansh Lokare)</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/adam-elliott-segal" hreflang="en">Adam Elliott Segal</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/school-cities" hreflang="en">School of Cities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/entrepreneurship" hreflang="en">Entrepreneurship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/global" hreflang="en">Global</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/india" hreflang="en">India</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/innis-college" hreflang="en">Innis College</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/urban-studies" hreflang="en">Urban Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">Undergraduate course in partnership with Ashoka University, near New Delhi, is one of many initiatives now facilitated by the 福利姬自慰India Foundation</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Samantha 鈥淪am鈥 Guevara</strong>&nbsp;says accompanying two waste pickers in Pune, India as they went about their daily work offered a window into the social dynamics of the city of more than seven million.</p> <p>鈥淲hat interested me was the stigmatization that waste pickers tend to receive from the general public juxtaposed with the pride they have in their work,鈥 says Guevara, a fourth- year student at the University of Toronto who is pursuing a double major in human geography and political science.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The workers she joined belong to&nbsp;<a href="https://swachcoop.com/" target="_blank">SWaCH Waste Pickers</a>, a&nbsp;co-operative of self-employed waste collectors who are contributing to the region鈥檚 environmental and financial well-being.&nbsp;</p> <p>Guevara, meanwhile, is one of nine students from 福利姬自慰who, along with nine students from India鈥檚&nbsp;Ashoka University, a private liberal arts institution near New Delhi, recently explored three city-building projects identified by Indian non-profit and civil society organizations as part of a 福利姬自慰undergraduate course.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/DSC_6130-crop.jpg?itok=gCIWc4zL" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Students from 福利姬自慰and Ashoka gather at the Centre for Development Studies and Activities in Pune for a lecture by a local consulting firm (photo courtesy of Reyansh Lokare)</em></figcaption> </figure> <p>Offered through the 福利姬自慰India Foundation and&nbsp;<a href="https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/school-of-cities-india/" target="_blank">School of Cities India</a>, the&nbsp;International <a href="https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/learning-sofc/mucp/" target="_blank">Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Projects</a>&nbsp;course also saw students join guides for walking tours in Mumbai, attend lectures and develop what&nbsp;<strong>Aditi Mehta</strong>, an assistant professor, teaching stream, in urban studies at Innis College,&nbsp;calls 鈥渃ritical consciousness.鈥</p> <p>The course is one of numerous activities facilitated in recent months by the 福利姬自慰India Foundation,&nbsp;<a href="/news/u-t-partners-tata-trusts-urban-research-and-entrepreneurship-centres-india">a partnership between 福利姬自慰and Tata Trusts</a>. Others include:&nbsp;a pitch competition and incubation program with <a href="https://www.socialalpha.org/techtonic-innovations-in-sustainable-urban-transition/" target="_blank">Social Alpha</a>,&nbsp;an incubator for social impact startups, that saw&nbsp;福利姬自慰faculty members participate on the technical jury that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/socialalpha_in/p/DBjGU7lyVah/?img_index=11" target="_blank">helped select 10 winning India-based entrepreneurs</a>; and research projects that bring together 福利姬自慰faculty members and India-based partners to work on building more resilient and sustainable cities.</p> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/IMG_5-crop.jpg?itok=pR-WwHBt" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Kunjpreet Arora, co-founder and director of &nbsp;India-based brick and paver upcycling startup Angirus, delivers a presentation at a social launch event (photo courtesy of Jake Karpouzis)</em></figcaption> </figure> <p>For the students involved, Mehta says questioning 鈥渨hy things are the way they are鈥 and understanding their place in the world is a crucial part of their education 鈥 and one of the many takeaways they will bring back to Toronto.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淚t鈥檚 about seeing how things are done in the east and thinking about how we can bring some of this problem solving back to the west,鈥 says Mehta,&nbsp;who accompanied the students to India.</p> <p><strong>Jake Karpouzis</strong>, a fourth-year student in&nbsp;public policy and urban studies, spent his time exploring how the makeshift parking lots and garbage dumps beneath city overpasses, or flyovers, in Pune can be transformed into more valuable spaces that better serve surrounding communities.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淲e're putting together a blog of the trip so the various organizations involved can read about it and take those experiences back to the classroom,鈥 says Karpouzis, adding that he was excited by the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in urban studies in another country.</p> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2024-11/IMG_19-crop.jpg" width="750" height="563" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Ashoka University students speak to a vegetable vendor under a flyover in Pune (photo courtesy of Jake Karpouzis)</em></figcaption> </figure> <p><strong>Kaitlyn Chan</strong>, a fourth-year urban studies student, concentrated on&nbsp;transgender studies while in India.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淥ur program&nbsp;focused on skill development for the transgender community in Pune,鈥 Chan says. 鈥淭hat includes access to government interventions, employment opportunities, self-efficacy and creating safe spaces.鈥&nbsp;</p> <p>Professor Mehta, who created much of the programming with the 福利姬自慰India Foundation, says the course was often life-changing for 福利姬自慰students.</p> <p>鈥淭he Indian students were amazing. They really took it upon themselves to be hosts for the Canadian students and they just kept asking, 鈥榃hen can we come to Toronto?鈥,鈥 she says, adding that she is working on a reciprocal learning exchange in both countries.</p> <p><strong>Karan Singh</strong>, a professor of computer science and the associate director of School of Cities India, sees the capstone course as an opportunity to further strengthen U of T鈥檚 global reputation.</p> <p>鈥淲e鈥檙e looking at 福利姬自慰as a global brand and in India that is increasingly evident,鈥 he says.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/DSC_5880-crop.jpg?itok=SF6uCchs" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Professor Aditi Mehta (second from left) with students from 福利姬自慰and Ashoka University and SWaCH workers on the streets of Pune (photo courtesy of Reyansh Lokare)</em></figcaption> </figure> <p><strong>Andrea Russell</strong>, director of international relations in U of T鈥檚 Office of the Vice-President, International, says she鈥檚 thrilled with how the experience resonated with 福利姬自慰students.&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淚t鈥檚 a wonderful example of global collaboration and an amazing opportunity for our students to increase their global fluency.鈥</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:20:19 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 310749 at 福利姬自慰among top 15 universities globally for graduate employability: Times Higher Education /news/u-t-among-top-15-universities-globally-graduate-employability-times-higher-education <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">福利姬自慰among top 15 universities globally for graduate employability: Times Higher Education</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-11/UofT88902_1106Convocation002-story2.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=LIdL8e5v 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2024-11/UofT88902_1106Convocation002-story2.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=RzLKXsT0 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2024-11/UofT88902_1106Convocation002-story2.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=sM1rhPr9 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-11/UofT88902_1106Convocation002-story2.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=LIdL8e5v" alt="graduates seen smiling outside of simcoe hall"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-11-20T16:57:35-05:00" title="Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 16:57" class="datetime">Wed, 11/20/2024 - 16:57</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"><p><em>(photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/adam-elliott-segal" hreflang="en">Adam Elliott Segal</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/employability" hreflang="en">Employability</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/global" hreflang="en">Global</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/meric-gertler" hreflang="en">Meric Gertler</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rankings" hreflang="en">Rankings</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/times-higher-education" hreflang="en">Times Higher Education</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">The&nbsp;Global University Employability Ranking 2025&nbsp;is based on survey data and reflects the opinions of large employers</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto graduates are among the most highly regarded job candidates in the world.</p> <p>In its latest ranking of graduate employability,&nbsp;<em>Times Higher Education</em>&nbsp;placed 福利姬自慰14<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;globally and eighth among public universities. 福利姬自慰was also the top-ranked public university in North America.</p> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-graduate-jobs-global-university-employability-ranking" target="_blank">Global University Employability Ranking 2025</a>&nbsp;is based on survey data and reflects the opinions of large employers.</p> <p>鈥淯niversity of Toronto graduates are some of the best educated on the planet,鈥 said 福利姬自慰President&nbsp;<strong>Meric Gertler</strong>.</p> <p>鈥淭he world-class learning opportunities provided to our students and the quality of our scholarship and research give our graduates a distinct advantage in the workforce.鈥</p> <p>The annual ranking evaluated 250 universities from 44 countries around the world. It was designed and commissioned by&nbsp;<a href="http://emerging.fr/" target="_blank">Emerging</a>, a French human resources consultancy. The survey participants are recruiters or managers who supervise five or more new graduates per year; most work in companies with more than 500 employees.&nbsp;</p> <p>There were 13,240 respondents to the survey from 33 countries. More than 129,000 votes were cast, up from 100,700 votes last year. Approximately 1,000 universities were assessed to derive the final ranking of 250 universities.&nbsp;</p> <p>福利姬自慰has consistently ranked among the top 15 globally in the&nbsp;Times Higher Education&nbsp;employability ranking over the past decade, holding the 12<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;spot last year.</p> <p>This year鈥檚 edition of the ranking was led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology and Stanford University. Harvard University and the University of Cambridge rounded out the top five.</p> <p>Four Canadian universities joined 福利姬自慰in the top 100: McGill University (31<sup>st</sup>), University of British Columbia (36<sup>th</sup>), Universit茅 de Montr茅al (84<sup>th</sup>) and McMaster University (88<sup>th</sup>).</p> <p>Overall, 福利姬自慰continues to be the highest-ranked Canadian university and one of the top-ranked public universities in the five most closely watched international rankings:&nbsp;<em>Times Higher Education鈥檚</em>&nbsp;World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings, ShanghaiRanking Consultancy鈥檚 Academic Ranking of World Universities,&nbsp;<em>U.S. News &amp; World Report鈥檚</em>&nbsp;Best Global Universities and National Taiwan University World University Rankings.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:57:35 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 310655 at In photos: 福利姬自慰marks Remembrance Day 2024 across its three campuses /news/photos-u-t-marks-remembrance-day-2024-across-its-three-campuses <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">In photos: 福利姬自慰marks Remembrance Day 2024 across its three campuses</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2823%29-crop.jpg?h=9054e509&amp;itok=thi450hI 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2823%29-crop.jpg?h=9054e509&amp;itok=kEwZbzGG 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2823%29-crop.jpg?h=9054e509&amp;itok=2EDBKzbf 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2823%29-crop.jpg?h=9054e509&amp;itok=thi450hI" alt="A soldier salute the wreathes laid at Soldier's Tower"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>davidlee</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-11-11T14:00:22-05:00" title="Monday, November 11, 2024 - 14:00" class="datetime">Mon, 11/11/2024 - 14:00</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"><p><em>A soldier salutes in front of wreaths lain beneath the arches of Soldiers' Tower during Remembrance Day ceremonies at U of T's St. George campus (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/adam-elliott-segal" hreflang="en">Adam Elliott Segal</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/soldiers-tower-0" hreflang="en">Soldiers' Tower</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/president-meric-gertler" hreflang="en">President Meric Gertler</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/remembrance-day" hreflang="en">Remembrance Day</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Heads were bowed across the University of Toronto's three campuses on Nov. 11 as the 福利姬自慰community recognized Remembrance Day.&nbsp;</p> <p>At the St. George campus, the sound of the carillon鈥檚 bells rang out from atop Soldiers' Tower into the crisp autumn air in memory of soldiers and veterans, including those who served and fell in the First and Second World Wars as well as other conflicts.</p> <p>The ceremony also honoured the 100th anniversary of Soldiers鈥 Tower, as well as the centennial of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), with Lt.-Col. <strong>Peter MacLaurin</strong>, chair of the Soldiers鈥 Tower Committee and Lt.-Col. <strong>David Letellier de St-Just</strong> both speaking in front of an audience that numbered in the hundreds.&nbsp;</p> <p>The service, which was attended by students, alumni, faculty, staff, local and federal government representatives and veterans, honoured Canada鈥檚 war efforts through poems, historical vignettes and an account of the dedication of Soldiers鈥 Tower on June 5th, 1924.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Wreaths were placed under the three arches by dignitaries who included 福利姬自慰President <strong>Meric Gertler</strong>;<strong>&nbsp;Trevor Young</strong>, vice-president and provost;&nbsp;<strong>Anna Kennedy</strong>, chair of U of T's Governing Council; and&nbsp;<strong>Chrystia Freeland</strong>, Canada鈥檚 deputy prime minister and minister of finance.</p> <p>A plaque commemorating the anniversary of Soldiers' Tower was presented by <strong>Corwin Cambray</strong>, president of the 福利姬自慰Alumni Association.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>A gun salute at nearby Queen鈥檚 Park echoed loudly into the air as 鈥淥 Canada鈥 was sung by the hundreds of attendees.&nbsp;A public reception at the Great Hall in Hart House concluded the ceremony. The Tower鈥檚 Memorial Room remained open to the public until 4 p.m.&nbsp;</p> <h3>福利姬自慰Scarborough commemorates Remembrance Day in the Meeting Place&nbsp;</h3> <p>Over at the 福利姬自慰Scarborough campus, Remembrance Day service was held in the Meeting Place to honour those who served in the First and Second World Wars, as well as other conflicts.鈥&nbsp;</p> <p>The ceremony was attended by <strong>Linda Johnston</strong>, 福利姬自慰Scarborough principal and 福利姬自慰vice-president, <strong>Karin Ruhlandt</strong>, vice-principal academic and dean, and featured performances by the UTSC concert band, concert choir and string orchestra.鈥&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/utsc-remembrance-day.jpg?itok=6OAfWnwU" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Top left: Members of the 福利姬自慰Scarborough鈥檚 string orchestra perform. Top right: Principal Linda Johnston speaks to guests. Bottom: The UTSC concert band and choir perform during 2024 Remembrance Day ceremonies (photos by Don Campbell)</em></figcaption> </figure> <p>Trumpeter&nbsp;<strong>Michael Barth</strong> played the "Last Post" while community representatives laid wreaths on behalf of faculty, staff, students, alumni and the Scarborough community.&nbsp;</p> <h3>福利姬自慰Mississauga honours the fallen&nbsp;</h3> <p>福利姬自慰Mississauga鈥檚 Remembrance Day ceremony took place in front of the鈥疍avis Building, where <strong>Alexandra Gillespie</strong>, 福利姬自慰Mississauga principal and 福利姬自慰vice-president, <strong>Philip Anyang</strong>, vice-president, equity at the 福利姬自慰Mississauga Students鈥 Union, and <strong>Richard Waters</strong>, representative of USW Local 1998, were present to lay wreaths to honour the fallen.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/utm-remembrance-day.jpg?itok=yEwCu1dd" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Top left: Philip Anyang, UTMSU VP Equity, Alexandra Gillespie, 福利姬自慰Mississauga principal and 福利姬自慰vice-president, and Richard Waters, USW representative, lay wreaths to honour the fallen. Top right:&nbsp;Ruben Sidhu, 福利姬自慰special constable, lowers the flag.&nbsp;Bottom:&nbsp;Attendees mark Remembrance Day in 福利姬自慰Mississauga's David Building&nbsp;(photos by Nick Iwanyshyn)</em></figcaption> </figure> <h3>福利姬自慰St. George marks Remembrance Day, centenary of Soldiers' Tower</h3> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%285%29-crop.jpg?itok=Un-cCvcn" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Soldiers' Tower was erected in 1924 and funded by the University of Toronto Alumni Association (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2858%29-crop.jpg?itok=SN9DwI-O" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Piper Rory Sinclair leads distinguished guests through the memorial arch of Soldiers' Tower (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2859%29-crop.jpg?itok=8VYxdR6o" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Chrystia Freeland, Canada's deputy prime minister and minister of finance, speaks with Peter MacLaurin, chair of the Soldiers鈥 Tower Committee (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2851%29-crop.jpg?itok=l9ZGoCpy" width="750" height="500" alt="veteran soldiers salute" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force salute during the playing of 鈥淟ast Post鈥 by trumpeter Andrew Mendis (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2835%29-crop.jpg?itok=t5V94JJG" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Members of the Hart House Chorus perform during the placing of wreaths (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2834%29-crop.jpg?itok=zrWRJ9Um" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Rev. Richard Ruggle addresses attendees outside Hart House (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2811%29-crop.jpg?itok=N_Rp_lyk" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>L-R: 福利姬自慰President Meric Gertler, Corwin Cambray, president of the 福利姬自慰Alumni Association, Anna Kennedy, chair of U of T's Governing Council and Daniel Hendrickson, past chair of the Soldiers鈥 Tower Committee, preside over the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the centenary of Soldiers鈥 Tower (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></figcaption> </figure> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/2024-11-11-Remembrance-Day-%2813%29-crop.jpg?itok=ETd9y2VN" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Cadets stand at attention (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:00:22 +0000 davidlee 310550 at 福利姬自慰to mark Remembrance Day across its three campuses /news/u-t-mark-remembrance-day-across-its-three-campuses <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">福利姬自慰to mark Remembrance Day across its three campuses</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-11/UofT14428_20171110_RemembranceDayStGeorgeCampus2017_002-crop.jpg?h=98fe528d&amp;itok=mFcQVsPg 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2024-11/UofT14428_20171110_RemembranceDayStGeorgeCampus2017_002-crop.jpg?h=98fe528d&amp;itok=YxDoz7kB 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2024-11/UofT14428_20171110_RemembranceDayStGeorgeCampus2017_002-crop.jpg?h=98fe528d&amp;itok=G-gYK_Cz 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-11/UofT14428_20171110_RemembranceDayStGeorgeCampus2017_002-crop.jpg?h=98fe528d&amp;itok=mFcQVsPg" alt="view under soldier's tower during a remembrance day ceremony"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-11-06T16:45:25-05:00" title="Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 16:45" class="datetime">Wed, 11/06/2024 - 16:45</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"><p><em>(photo by Laura Pedersen)</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/adam-elliott-segal" hreflang="en">Adam Elliott Segal</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/soldiers-tower-0" hreflang="en">Soldiers' Tower</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/remembrance-day" hreflang="en">Remembrance Day</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">福利姬自慰Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">福利姬自慰Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">A ceremony on the St. George campus will commemorate the 100th&nbsp;anniversary of Soldiers鈥 Tower</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The University of Toronto will mark Remembrance Day across its three campuses on Nov. 11 鈥 including a ceremony on the St. George campus that will commemorate the 100th&nbsp;anniversary of Soldiers鈥 Tower.&nbsp;</p> <p>The 44-metre tower, which&nbsp;<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/community/soldiers-tower/soldiers-tower-carillon">houses a 51-bell carillon</a>, was erected beside Hart House in 1924 to honour soldiers and members of the 福利姬自慰community who fell in the First World War.&nbsp;</p> <p>The monument was later expanded to include the names of 1,185 people who fell during either the First or Second World Wars, while the annual Service of Remembrance that takes place at its base honours those who served in both the Great Wars as well as other conflicts.</p> <p>鈥淭he most important aspect of this day is drawing the community together,鈥 says&nbsp;<strong>Peter MacLaurin</strong>, chair of the Soldier鈥檚 Tower committee and a retired lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Army.&nbsp;</p> <p>Beginning at 10:25 a.m.,&nbsp;<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/community/soldiers-tower/service-of-remembrance">the St. George campus service</a>&nbsp;will include carillon recitals before and after the ceremony 鈥 and will be followed by a free public reception in the Great Hall of Hart House. The Memorial Room in Soldiers鈥 Tower will be open until 4 p.m.</p> <p>Meanwhile, at 福利姬自慰Scarborough, the community will honour alumni, students, faculty and staff who fell in the First and Second World Wars, as well as other conflicts. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/principal/remembrance-day">in-person ceremony</a> begins at&nbsp;10:45 a.m. at The&nbsp;Meeting Place, Science Wing, and&nbsp;features the UTSC Concert Band, Concert Choir &amp; String Orchestra.</p> <p>At 福利姬自慰Mississauga,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/remembrance-day-ceremonies">an in-person ceremony</a>&nbsp;will take place at&nbsp;10:45 a.m. in front of the&nbsp;Davis Building, near the flagpole. The UTM Indigenous Centre is also hosting <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFaQpCwxQAVHzu8jnzxOvoYg_y8J1poevm3aes70sTZY_bfQ/viewform">a&nbsp;poppy-beading workshop</a>&nbsp;on Nov. 8.</p> <p>Flags on all three campuses will be flown at half-mast on Nov. 11.&nbsp;</p> <h4>Soldiers鈥 Tower</h4> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-11/UofT14434_20171110_RemembranceDayStGeorgeCampus2017_008-crop.jpg?itok=qm888w-z" width="750" height="518" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>The 44-metre tower, erected beside Hart House in 1924, houses a 51-bell carillon&nbsp;(photo by Laura Pedersen)</em></figcaption> </figure> <p>Between 1923 and 1924, the University of Toronto Alumni Association raised $397,141 to build a war memorial and establish scholarships to honour community members who served in the Great War 鈥 the equivalent of more than $7 million in today鈥檚 currency.</p> <p><a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/community/soldiers-tower/soldiers-tower-carillon">The tower鈥檚 carillon</a>&nbsp;is played by three different carillonists, who use their hands and feet to play a keyboard that sounds the bells during spring and fall convocations and&nbsp;<a href="/news/soldiers-tower-carillon-played-remembrance-queen-elizabeth-ii">other special ceremonies</a>, including on Remembrance Day.&nbsp;</p> <p>The ranks, names and units of those lost to the university in the First World War are etched in stone on the memorial screen. Other features of the monument include the memorial arch and the Garden of Remembrance.&nbsp;</p> <p>In the Staircase of Honour, stained-glass windows depict men and women who contributed to the war effort.&nbsp;</p> <p>Portraits of several illustrious graduates are on display in the tower. They include: Lt.-Col.<strong>&nbsp;John McCrae</strong>, who wrote&nbsp;<em>In Flanders Fields</em>; Maj.&nbsp;<strong>Thain MacDowell</strong>, who earned the Victoria Cross in the battle of Vimy Ridge, the only member of 福利姬自慰to receive the honour in the Great War; Maj.&nbsp;<strong>Fred Tilston</strong>, awarded the Victoria Cross for his efforts in Hochwald Forest (Germany), 1945; and the co-discoverers of insulin, Sir&nbsp;<strong>Frederick Banting</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Charles Best</strong>. Both men served in the Canadian Army in the First World War.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:45:25 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 310445 at 福利姬自慰receives $52 million to upgrade SciNet supercomputer /news/u-t-receives-52-million-upgrade-scinet-supercomputer <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">福利姬自慰receives $52 million to upgrade SciNet supercomputer</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-10/waterloo_october_2024-crop.jpg?h=5a646a6b&amp;itok=VTppwJVT 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2024-10/waterloo_october_2024-crop.jpg?h=5a646a6b&amp;itok=sb_1lL2p 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2024-10/waterloo_october_2024-crop.jpg?h=5a646a6b&amp;itok=oWHFmwD- 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-10/waterloo_october_2024-crop.jpg?h=5a646a6b&amp;itok=VTppwJVT" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-10-22T11:54:56-04:00" title="Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 11:54" class="datetime">Tue, 10/22/2024 - 11:54</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"><p><em>From left: Charmaine Dean, Timothy Chan,鈥疊ryan May, Nolan Quinn, George Ross, Bardish Chagger, Ranil Sonnadara and Eleanor McMahon (supplied image)&nbsp;</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/adam-elliott-segal" hreflang="en">Adam Elliott Segal</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/scinet" hreflang="en">SciNet</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/artificial-intelligence" hreflang="en">Artificial Intelligence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">The upgraded supercomputer, housed at 福利姬自慰and available to researchers across Canada,&nbsp;will boast roughly three times the computing power of its predecessor</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The University of Toronto will receive more than $52 million to upgrade one of the fastest supercomputers in Canada 鈥 a shared resource housed at 福利姬自慰that allows researchers across the country to address key challenges in areas such as health care, drug discovery, sustainable transportation, AI and advanced manufacturing.</p> <p>In&nbsp;<a href="https://alliancecan.ca/en/latest/news/alliance-awards-48m-university-waterloo-and-university-toronto-renew-advanced-research-computing" target="_blank">a recent announcement</a>, the Digital Research Alliance of Canada 鈥 a non-profit organization funded by the Canadian government 鈥 and the Government of Ontario committed to investing more than $95 million into advanced research computing (ARC) in Ontario at host sites at 福利姬自慰and the University of Waterloo.&nbsp;</p> <p>The more than $52 million earmarked for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scinethpc.ca/" target="_blank">U of T鈥檚 SciNet</a>&nbsp;鈥 which includes matching funds from the province and Compute Ontario 鈥 will go toward replacing the&nbsp;<a href="/news/new-u-t-supercomputer-most-powerful-research-machine-canada">Niagara supercomputer</a>&nbsp;with a new computer network with roughly three times the raw computing power, more GPU capacity and storage boosted by an estimated 80 per cent.</p> <p>鈥淭his computational infrastructure is critical for our community and for the Canadian research community at large 鈥 from the biomedical sciences to aerospace manufacturing,鈥 said&nbsp;<strong>Timothy Chan</strong>, U of T鈥檚 associate vice-president and vice-provost,&nbsp;strategic initiatives&nbsp;and a professor in the department of&nbsp;mechanical and industrial engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering.&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淚t supports research in all fields, plus users benefit from the extensive education and training programming offered by SciNet.鈥</p> <p>He added that the investment supports Canada鈥檚 desire to lead in advanced technologies, and that it comes on the heels of U of T&nbsp;<a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a>&nbsp;Emeritus&nbsp;<strong>Geoffrey Hinton</strong>&nbsp;<a href="/news/geoffrey-hinton-wins-nobel-prize">being awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics</a>&nbsp;for laying the foundations for today鈥檚 AI boom through his seminal work on deep learning.</p> <p>鈥淏y expanding Canada鈥檚 supercomputing capabilities, we ensure that the country continues to excel in science and research while staying competitive on the global stage,鈥&nbsp;<strong>Fran莽ois-Phillipe Champagne</strong>, Canada鈥檚 minister of innovation, science and industry, said in a statement.</p> <p>Chan, for his part, said the shared computing infrastructure, which will utilize a more sustainable, state-of-the-art cooling system, is a savvy use of public funding.</p> <p>鈥淭hese investments result in cost savings,鈥 he said. 鈥淥ntario鈥檚 publicly funded ARC ecosystem costs users 80 per cent less than commercial cloud systems.鈥&nbsp;</p> <p>He said students and researchers across Canada should be encouraged by the news.&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淚t's a unique resource,鈥 he said. 鈥淚f my students are doing computational research, they can use the cloud, which is expensive. Or they can build their own computer to do it, but they鈥檙e not going to have the same kind of power, scale or expert support as something like SciNet.</p> <p>鈥淚t plays a big role in being able to speed up research, speed up discovery with whatever they're working on and access more computational memory, more storage and more computational power.鈥&nbsp;</p> <p>For example, Chan says students can run an algorithm at much faster speeds and test multiple algorithms at the same time 鈥 something that鈥檚 not always possible on local machines.</p> <p>鈥淓quipping the next generation with job-ready skills in high-performance computing, machine learning and AI is critical to industries including manufacturing, automotive, finance, and the life sciences. When we invest in advanced research computing, we help our students get skilled jobs and attract highly skilled workers to Ontario.鈥</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:54:56 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 310057 at First 48 Hours: Documentary spotlights the journey of international students聽 /news/first-48-hours-documentary-spotlights-journey-international-students <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">First 48 Hours: Documentary spotlights the journey of international students&nbsp;</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-09/First48Hr_YouTubeThumbnail_v1_White_Final-%281%29-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=y_KWNHxG 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2024-09/First48Hr_YouTubeThumbnail_v1_White_Final-%281%29-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=MaUNMyG0 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2024-09/First48Hr_YouTubeThumbnail_v1_White_Final-%281%29-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=lvVtPqlw 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-09/First48Hr_YouTubeThumbnail_v1_White_Final-%281%29-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=y_KWNHxG" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-10-01T15:53:06-04:00" title="Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 15:53" class="datetime">Tue, 10/01/2024 - 15:53</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"><p><em>(supplied image)</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/adam-elliott-segal" hreflang="en">Adam Elliott Segal</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/institute-health-policy-management-and-evaluation" hreflang="en">Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/centre-international-experience" hreflang="en">Centre for International Experience</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-kinesiology-physical-education" hreflang="en">Faculty of Kinesiology &amp; Physical Education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/global" hreflang="en">Global</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/graduate-students" hreflang="en">Graduate Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/student-life" hreflang="en">Student Life</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">International Students: First 48 Hours will be screened across U of T鈥檚 three campuses this fall</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The first few days of a new school year can be as frantic as they are exciting 鈥 but for several international students at the University of Toronto, there was an extra wrinkle: a new country.</p> <p>The students are featured in a 22-minute documentary called&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCT5e_HaWVCmrnggUI4ymO8dfxrl0ZhtX"><em>International Students: First 48 Hours in Canada</em></a>,&nbsp;which&nbsp;is&nbsp;directed by&nbsp;<strong>Cal Campos</strong>&nbsp;and was shot at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year.</p> <p>It&nbsp;uses a combination of the students鈥 own footage and sit-down interviews to provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the excitement of packing, traveling and finally setting foot on each of U of T鈥檚 three campuses.</p> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-left"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2024-09/Obinna-Photo-crop.jpg" width="250" height="250" alt="Obinna "> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Obinna Ezeani (supplied image)</em></figcaption> </figure> <p><strong>Obinna Ezeani</strong>, who is featured in the film and spent 17 hours traveling from Lagos to Toronto, says he is thrilled to see the final product come to life.</p> <p>鈥淚t鈥檚 an opportunity to relive those moments and memories from a year ago and remind myself why I embarked on this journey,鈥 says Ezeani, who is working on a master鈥檚 degree in health informatics and recalls his first few days in Canada as 鈥渆xciting.鈥</p> <p>A joint partnership between U of T鈥檚&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalexperience.utoronto.ca/">Centre for International Experience</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca/innovationhub/">Innovation Hub</a>&nbsp;in the division of&nbsp;<a href="https://studentlife.utoronto.ca/">Student Life</a>, the documentary&nbsp;<a href="https://blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca/innovationhub/register-to-attend-first-48-hours-documentary-screening/">is being screened across the three campuses in October and November</a>&nbsp;鈥 with the first screening scheduled at 福利姬自慰Scarborough this week.&nbsp;</p> <p>It will later be available for streaming on YouTube.</p> <p><strong>Julia Allworth</strong>, the Innovation Hub鈥檚 manager of innovation projects, says the goal of the project was to shine a light on the multitude of diverse global perspectives that make up nearly a third of the university鈥檚 student body.&nbsp;</p> <p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="500" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kMO5U99K6EM?si=-WNNU-tSUCYUCI8p" title="YouTube video player" width="100%"></iframe></p> <p>鈥淲e wanted to zoom in on what it鈥檚 like for students when they first arrive in Canada. What challenges do they face as they step off the plane and into Canada? What decisions do they need to make along the way?鈥 says Allworth.&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淚nternational students bring tremendous value to the university.鈥&nbsp;</p> <p>The biggest challenge, according to Campos, was figuring out how to show the diversity and complexity of student life at 福利姬自慰in just 22 minutes.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-left"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2024-09/Rectangle-10-crop.jpg" width="250" height="250" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>Jo Antonia Sepulveda Guzman (supplied image)</em></figcaption> </figure> <p>鈥淭he beauty of documentary is you think it鈥檚 going to go in one direction, and then it goes a totally different way,鈥 says Campos, who was selected to helm the project for their thoughtful approach to equity and diversity.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Jo Antonia Sepulveda Guzman</strong>, who is from Chile and is working on a bachelor鈥檚 degree in the Faculty of Kinesiology &amp; Physical Education, says she is looking forward to sharing the doc with her family.</p> <p>鈥淸They were] so excited when I told them I would be doing the&nbsp;48 hours&nbsp;project,鈥 she says. 鈥淢y sister started giving me tips on how to record and took me to change my phone screen protector so that the camera was not blurry. My mom is expecting to cry.鈥&nbsp;</p> <p>Sepulveda is nostalgic about the experience.</p> <p>鈥淭he person I was then is completely different from the person I am today. I worked so hard to come here. Remembering the beginning will be emotional for me.鈥</p> <p><strong>Shraddha Prasad</strong>, associate director, international student experience and global fluency at the Centre for International Experience, says she couldn鈥檛 be prouder of the year-long project, which received support from U of T鈥檚&nbsp;<a href="https://international.utoronto.ca/opportunities/isef/">International Student Experience Fund</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淚nternational students have such impact in the 福利姬自慰community through the perspectives they bring to the university through their lived experiences and their cultural backgrounds,鈥 she says, noting that funding is already underway for a second film project titled&nbsp;<em>International Students:&nbsp;Life After Graduation</em>.</p> <p>鈥淏eing able to elevate these stories has been a huge highlight for us.鈥&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 01 Oct 2024 19:53:06 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 309626 at Inaugural AcceleratorFest aims to inspire budding entrepreneurs at U of T /news/inaugural-acceleratorfest-aims-inspire-budding-entrepreneurs-u-t <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Inaugural AcceleratorFest aims to inspire budding entrepreneurs at U of T</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-09/UTE-True-Blue-Impact-Day-2024-Alyssa-K-Faoro-006-%282%29-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=K_Xl9LVV 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2024-09/UTE-True-Blue-Impact-Day-2024-Alyssa-K-Faoro-006-%282%29-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=aRfDR_1K 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2024-09/UTE-True-Blue-Impact-Day-2024-Alyssa-K-Faoro-006-%282%29-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=53Nqmgsm 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2024-09/UTE-True-Blue-Impact-Day-2024-Alyssa-K-Faoro-006-%282%29-crop.jpg?h=81d682ee&amp;itok=K_Xl9LVV" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-09-13T15:17:46-04:00" title="Friday, September 13, 2024 - 15:17" class="datetime">Fri, 09/13/2024 - 15:17</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"><p><em>&nbsp;The inaugural AcceleratorFest, organized by 福利姬自慰Entrepreneurship, will include a startup showcase, panel discussion and tours of the ONRamp co-working and collaboration space (photo by Alyssa K Faoro)</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/entrepreneurship-week" hreflang="en">Entrepreneurship Week</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/schwartz-reisman-innovation-campus" hreflang="en">Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-entrepreneurship" hreflang="en">福利姬自慰Entrepreneurship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/onramp" hreflang="en">ONRamp</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">鈥淲ith students back on campus, this is an opportunity to expose the internal entrepreneurial ecosystem to all the different accelerator programs we have at the university鈥</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The new school year is typically associated with lectures, textbooks and study groups 鈥 but at the University of Toronto, students are also encouraged to think about how all that knowledge can be wielded to start game-changing companies that address important challenges, create jobs and foster innovation.</p> <p>That鈥檚 one of the goals behind the inaugural <a href="https://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/event/acceleratorfest-2024-2/">AcceleratorFest</a>, which takes place Sept. 18 at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus.</p> <p>Organized by 福利姬自慰Entrepreneurship 鈥 which is <a href="/news/u-t-among-top-five-university-business-incubators-world-ubi-global">ranked among the top five university business incubators in the world</a> 鈥 AcceleratorFest offers a handy introduction to U of T鈥檚 thriving entrepreneurship scene.</p> <p>鈥淲ith students back on campus, this is an opportunity to expose the internal entrepreneurial ecosystem to all the different accelerator programs we have at the university,鈥 says <strong>Jon French</strong>, director of 福利姬自慰Entrepreneurship.</p> <p>There are 12 campus-linked accelerators across the tri-campus, and the number of startups emerging from them continues to balloon 鈥 in 2019, 福利姬自慰supported 380 entrepreneurial teams; last year, that number rose to nearly 1,000.</p> <p>鈥淭his is one of the rare opportunities where we can bring staff, alumni, accelerator leads and companies to talk to the next generation of up-and-coming entrepreneurs about resources and tools and the different accelerators in a classic University of Toronto way,鈥 French says.</p> <p>AcceleratorFest features three key elements.</p> <p>In classic trade show fashion, booths will be set up for attendees to chat informally with entrepreneurs about their startups.</p> <p>Later in the afternoon, attendees can hear from <strong>Zain Zaidi</strong>, CEO of document verification and management startup Transcrypts, and <strong>Catherine Chan</strong>, founding CEO of clinical trials startup Honeybee (<a href="/news/u-t-startup-honeybee-acquired-global-clinical-trials-firm-leapcure">which was recently acquired by global clinical trials firm Leapcure</a>), at the Desjardins Speaker Series.</p> <p>Finally, an open house on the seventh floor of the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus will invite visitors to check out <a href="https://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/for-entrepreneurs/onramp-membership/">ONRamp</a>, a co-working and collaboration space for U of T鈥檚 entrepreneurship community.</p> <figure role="group" class="caption caption-drupal-media align-center"> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/scale_image_750_width_/public/2024-09/820A2332-crop.jpg?itok=LII4gMar" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;" class="image-style-scale-image-750-width-"> </div> </div> <figcaption><em>(photo by David Lee)</em></figcaption> </figure> <p><a href="https://lu.ma/ouvw9ccm">Registration to AcceleratorFest</a> includes a raffle ticket, with potential to win some unique swag (think a <a href="https://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/startup/motus-2/">MOTUS</a> 福利姬自慰hoodie or <a href="https://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/startup/nanoleaf-2/">Nanoleaf</a> smart bulb) and a ticket to one of the tech industry鈥檚 premier events, <a href="https://elevatefestival.ca/tickets/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=SG_TS_Brand_Festival&amp;utm_content=Brand_Festival&amp;utm_term=elevate%20conference&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAApO5eOrSmysnqXRaUfudyS0dv85EV&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4Iq_zvi6iAMVaTMIBR0fCgI2EAAYASAAEgKfmPD_BwE">Elevate Festival</a>.</p> <p>French says he encourages everyone in the 福利姬自慰community to check out the event, noting 福利姬自慰Entrepreneurship has a 鈥渘o-wrong-door philosophy鈥 鈥 no matter what you鈥檙e studying or where you are in your entrepreneurial journey, 鈥渢here's a door that you can open in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and there are people and alumni and resources that can support you.鈥</p> <p>AcceleratorFest is the first of several exciting entrepreneurship events on the calendar for the upcoming academic year. A key date to watch out for: Oct. 15, which is when applications for the <a href="https://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/for-entrepreneurs/2025-desjardins-startup-prize/">Desjardins Startup Prize</a> will open for companies vying to win $100,000 in non-dilutive funding.</p> <p>The prize is one of the highlights of the annual <a href="https://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/event/ute-week-2024/">福利姬自慰Entrepreneurship Week</a>, which will take place March 3-7.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-author-reporter field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new author/reporter</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/adam-elliott-segal" hreflang="en">Adam Elliott Segal</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:17:46 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 309386 at