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June 22, 2017
Trudeau at U of T: Canada and U.S. are “two countries that have grown up together”

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June 23, 2017
#UofTGrad17: 27 ceremonies and thousands of hugs later, one last look at convocation on social media
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June 23, 2017
U of T's first Black Grad celebration won't be the last, say organizers
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June 23, 2017
U of T anthropologist Malcolm Ramsay asks, “Why didn’t the lemur cross the road?”
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June 22, 2017
Meet the U of T alum named Best Teacher in the World
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June 21, 2017
Why forgetting is really important for memory: U of T research
June 21, 2017
Making an impact: U of T undergrad co-authors important machine learning study at Google

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June 23, 2017
Trudeau makes subtle reference to landmark foreign policy speech given at U of T
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June 23, 2017
Massey College chapel designated as Canada's first Anishinaabek Chapel Royal
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June 23, 2017
U of T releases guiding principles for sexual violence education and prevention
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June 22, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Munk One celebrates its first cohort of U of T graduates
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June 22, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Up-and-coming actor, playwright Augusto Bitter
June 22, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Honorary degree recipient Margaret MacMillan on learning and evolving from the past
June 22, 2017
#UofTGrad17: "We need you to change the world," honorary degree recipient Peter Mansbridge tells new grads
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June 21, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Grads from Innis, Woodsworth and Trinity Colleges are ready to change the world
June 21, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Honorary degree recipient Edward Burtynsky on being responsible stewards of Earth
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June 21, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things to know about honorary grad and newscaster Peter Mansbridge
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June 21, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about honorary grad Margaret MacMillan
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June 20, 2017
#UofTGrad17: From pursuing clean energy to fighting neurodegenerative diseases, University College grads hope to make a difference
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June 20, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Entrepreneur with global roots says Toronto is the place to be if you're a startup
June 20, 2017
#UofTGrad17: "Do your best and be courageous," honorary degree recipient John Cassaday advises MBA grads
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June 20, 2017
Meet Bonnie McElhinny, the new principal of New College
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June 20, 2017
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June 20, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about honorary grad John Cassaday
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June 19, 2017
#UofTGrad17: U of T Scarborough students strike new paths
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June 16, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Studying Canada's treaties with Indigenous people, pursuing environmental sustainability – meet two St. Mike's grads
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June 16, 2017
Parental grant program to help doctoral students with new families
June 16, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Honorary degree recipient Sir George Alleyne on the three golden rules for alumni
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June 16, 2017
U of T opens traditional medicine garden for the summer
June 16, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Yemeni activist and honorary degree recipient Amal Basha addresses new Vic College grads
GLOBE AND MAIL
June 16, 2017
Today, trans Canadians celebrate Bill C-16. Tomorrow, the work begins for us all

Brenda Cossman, a professor of law and the director of the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, and Ido Katri, a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholar and a Vanier Canada Scholar in the Faculty of Law, write that with the passage of Bill C-16, work must now begin to turn formal rights for gender self-determination into substantive protections.
June 15, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Honorary degree recipient Robert A. Hill delivers his convocation address to New College grads
June 15, 2017
#UofTGrad17: But when did they sleep?
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June 15, 2017
#UofTGrad17: How a Schulich Leader Scholarship helped Joan Miguel Romero study pathobiology in university
June 15, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about honorary grad Amal Basha
June 14, 2017
#UofTGrad17: "Compete only with yourself. Race only against your imagination," honorary degree recipient Catherine Lacavera tells new engineers
June 14, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Honorary degree recipient Reeta Roy on the importance of community to engineering graduates
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June 13, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about Reeta Roy
June 13, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Engineering grads to watch
June 13, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Honorary degree recipient Susan Aglukark delivers a convocation address and musical performance
June 13, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about honorary grad Catherine Lacavera
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June 12, 2017
#UofTGrad17: New College grads pursue equity and social justice principles
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June 12, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about honorary grad Robert A. Hill
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June 12, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about honorary grad Susan Aglukark
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June 12, 2017
Engineering the best NHL team: U of T researchers create draft predictor for Las Vegas Golden Knights
June 12, 2017
In memoriam: U of T remembers Avie Bennett
June 9, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Law grads look back, forge ahead
June 9, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Munk grads reflect on global affairs program
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June 9, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about Phil Fontaine
June 8, 2017
U of T students head to Jordan to study iris-scanning ATM initiative for refugees
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June 8, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about honorary grad and physicist Arthur McDonald
June 7, 2017
#UofTGrad17: The ringing bells of convocation
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June 7, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about honorary grads Rosemary and Peter Grant
June 6, 2017
Undergraduates recognized for research by U of T Libraries
June 6, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Three things you should know about honorary grad André Picard
June 6, 2017
#UofTGrad17: George Elliott Clarke's message to Black grads
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June 6, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Share your moment on Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
June 5, 2017
Canadian researchers rally to support funding recommendations
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June 5, 2017
#UofTGrad17: U of T's Black Graduation is the first of its kind in Canada
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June 5, 2017
U of T alumni make first gift in support of Landmark
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June 2, 2017
Latest labour agreements reached at the University of Toronto
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June 2, 2017
Backlash to magazine story exposes ugly side of Toronto's housing obsession: U of T experts
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June 2, 2017
56 rising U of T research stars awarded Connaught New Researcher Awards
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June 2, 2017
#UofTGrad17: Canada’s top university gets ready for country’s biggest graduation
June 1, 2017
Five ways to celebrate Pride at U of T
Griffin poetry prize nominee Jordan Abel
June 1, 2017
Scholars and writers at U of T conference dissect CanLit's relationship to land, Indigenous and racialized communities
May 31, 2017
Talk about the cosmos over a pint with these U of T space experts
May 31, 2017
Toronto's New Urbanism Film Festival brings fresh perspective on cities to U of T
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May 31, 2017
Highlighting humanities: U of T's Jackman Humanities Institute celebrates 10 years, welcomes new director
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May 31, 2017
Changing our view of humans’ place in the world could save the planet: U of T environmental humanities prof
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May 29, 2017
New residence spaces needed at downtown Toronto campus
May 29, 2017
Horrors of genocide: U of T students travel to Rwanda to study the country's path to justice
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May 26, 2017
U of T’s One Spadina is front and centre at Toronto’s Doors Open
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May 26, 2017
Linguist Ailís Cournane leads the Child Language Lab at New York University

Spotlight on literature

Charles Manson
June 16, 2017
Murder they wrote: U of T professor on what killers reveal through their writing
April 18, 2017
Book by U of T professor explores humorous side of photography
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April 5, 2017
Five poets, one party: U of T authors mark National Poetry Month with joint book launch
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March 30, 2017
Invented here: sphynx cat, insulin, among the U of T innovations celebrated in new book
Shawn Micallef
March 9, 2017
Frontier City: U of T’s Shawn Micallef takes on populism and potential in Toronto
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February 14, 2017
The life of Rajiv: In his new book, U of T alum reflects on the life-changing role he didn’t get
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January 24, 2017
Why you should check out Cardinal, the new TV series based on thrillers by Giles Blunt
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January 20, 2017
U of T researcher's book on Soviet-era dissidents can shed light on Trump's populism
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January 18, 2017
Beauty in the everyday: author and U of T alumna Kyo Maclear writes about birding
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January 16, 2017
New writers-in-residence eager to mentor aspiring writers at U of T
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January 12, 2017
Undead or unexplained? Photos, books on the paranormal at U of T's Fisher Library
January 6, 2017
The English of a Millennium Ago: U of T compiles "Dictionary of Old English"
CBC NEWS
January 5, 2017
Why a civil engineer is translating Emily Dickinson into Kurdish

A U of T doctoral engineering student wants Kurdish speakers around the world to read the works of Emily Dickinson. Madeh Piryonesi, who arrived in Canada in 2015 from Iran, translates the literature into Kurdish and Farsi. He has recently published two books of Emily Dickinson's poetry and translated several other works since 2012.
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January 4, 2017
'Unexpectedly beautiful' angling and fishing collection at U of T's Fisher Library
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December 13, 2016
Bathsheba Everdene and more iconic Thomas Hardy characters at U of T’s Fisher Library

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March 30, 2017
Toronto's Vector Institute officially launched
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March 8, 2017
U of T launches Black Student Application Program to strengthen diversity in medical school
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March 7, 2017
U of T salutes top researchers
Robert Austin's class
March 6, 2017
U of T students travel to Georgia to experience what it's like to build a new democracy
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March 6, 2017
Early Career Teaching Awards spotlight: Q&A with U of T's David Roberts
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February 27, 2017
Commemorating 25 years at U of T's First Nations House

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June 21, 2017
Why forgetting is really important for memory: U of T research
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June 19, 2017
Stranded by Trump travel ban, Syrian doctor begins studies at University of Toronto
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June 22, 2017
Trudeau at U of T: Canada and U.S. are “two countries that have grown up together”

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On Feb. 16, 2017, the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration came to U of T’s Centre for International Excellence to announce that the federal government has expanded the province's 2017 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) by 500 nominees to a total of 6,000. Through the program, Ontario is able to nominate people for permanent resident status, including international students, to help businesses attract talented people.
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Special Series Inside Con Hall

Convocation Hall not only hosts graduation ceremonies for thousands of students each year, it also serves as the largest classroom at the largest university in Canada.

So what’s it really like to learn in a room with 1,500 fellow students? And what’s it like to teach in that famous rotunda? In this four-part series, U of T News student reporter Krisha Ravikantharaja goes Inside Con Hall to see why some of U of T’s most popular professors and classes can be found under the dome.

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Innovations in teaching: Inside Con Hall with Ashley Waggoner Denton
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Innovations in teaching: Inside Con Hall with Kenneth Yip
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Innovations in teaching: Inside Con Hall with Christian Caron
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Innovations in teaching: Inside Con Hall with Mike Reid