The student union at the University of Toronto has teamed up with other downtown schools to create a more affordable transit option for students to commute across the city.
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Anonymous posts raise safety concerns on campus
U of T’s vice president sent out an alert to all students regarding anonymous threats made against the school on a public blog. Students should be vigilant about suspicious activities on the university campus due to the threatening online comments, Cheryl Regehr said in an email to students, faculty and staff.
Election pollsters tuning out traditional technology
Naheed Nenshi was not supposed to become the mayor of Calgary in 2010. Polls predicted he’d finish a distant third and a Calgary Herald poll, taken a few weeks before the election, gave Nenshi only nine per cent of the popular vote. “Recent history in polling has not been strong in this country,” he told students in Toronto recently. In fact, Nenshi won the 2010 Calgary election with 40 per cent of the vote.
U of T named best in Canada
The University of Toronto has been named the top university in Canada, and is among the top 20 universities in the world, according to the latest QS World University Rankings.
Canadian warns U.S. citizens abroad of new tax collector
Former American Peter Dunn wants Americans living in Canada to ask themselves an important question. “Am I really an American citizen?” Dunn, 50, has recently co-founded the Isaac Brock Society, a group raising awareness about the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Dunn settled permanently in Canada in 1994.
Fighting body image stigmatization
Sam Abel has dealt with stares, embarrassment and harassment from strangers most her life. “Just a few months ago I was at Yonge (Street subway) station and I was waiting for a train,” she said. “There were a group of teenage boys on the platform and as I got on the train, they said ‘You’re fat bitch.’ … Being fat means your body’s taken out publicly and people feel (they have) the right to comment on it in a way they might not if you weren’t fat.”
Geek culture emerges from the basement
Albert Milaim, a game development student at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, considers himself a geek. But unlike times past, being a geek is no longer a basement culture. “Before geeks were looked down upon,” he said. “Now people will look up to you for knowing what to do.”
IMAGINE offers free, no-ID-required medical care
Imagine a place where Toronto’s homeless and other marginalized groups can access free medical care without needing any ID. With the help of a group of U of T student volunteers, that place exists.
Varsity Blues basketball missing inside presence
The Varsity Blues aren’t taking this season lightly. As practice wore on at the University of Toronto, head coach Rick Dilena pushed his team, reinforcing the need to play hard. It will be a season where new faces have to step into the team spotlight after last season’s Blues graduated four key players, including three […]
U. of T. falls to McMaster in baseball season opener
Coach Jim Sheppard believes putting a group of talented players on a field is easy. Making sure they fit and work together is the hard part.