Focuses on innovation hubs
When the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation asked President David Naylor for his expertise and insight on innovation hubs and what makes them successful, he was happy to use Toronto as a prime example. The president was recently featured in a ministry online video talking about what it takes to be a hub of innovation [...]
Music is no longer just a therapy
Music therapy is often thought of as a tool to provoke an emotional reaction from patients and allow their brain to accomplish tasks in a different way. But Lee Bartel says it offers much more than that. Music is no longer just a therapy, music is medicine – and the results are measurable. Lee Bartel [...]
An important challenge facing modern societies is to better understand those who aren't like us
An important challenge facing modern societies is to better understand those who aren’t like us. Contact theory – the idea that making contact with groups of a different cultural or social background than you will improve your outlook of that group – has long been debated and researched. But does this approach reduce or reinforce [...]
How well protected are you online?
Securing Cyberspace: How well protected are you online? How can we secure cyberspace while maintaining the innovation that an open internet continues to provide?
Training primary healthcare managers through AGAP project
Research shows that the main factor in improving the health of a population is good primary healthcare. That’s why the University of Toronto decided to concentrate on training primary healthcare managers in its AGAP project, in four of the poorest states in Brazil. Global Health TV finds out more: http://www.globalhealthtv.com/news/v/importance_of_primary_healthcare/to/women_s_health/
Philosopher Ronald de Sousa and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson debate Living Without the Sacred: Should John Lennon’s Imagine Become Our Reality? The debate was hosted by the University of Toronto Secular Alliance, and sponsored by TVO’s Big Ideas and the Centre for Inquiry Ontario.
U of T civil engineers explain Nested Thermal Envelope Design
A civil engineering professor and PhD candidate from the University of Toronto explained the concept of Nested Thermal Envelope Design (NTED) at the recent Building Envelope Solutions conference. NTED was developed by Kim Pressnail, a University of Toronto civil engineering professor, Ryerson University professor Russell Richman and Marianne Touchie, a PhD candidate in civil engineering [...]
David Suzuki interviews Nick Eyles, Professor of Geology at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
By what criteria should the West pick its battles?
Whether by invitation or imposition, the West sometimes gets involved in foreign conflicts. By what criteria should the West pick its battles? Whole debate at: http://bit.ly/gbQ2Dk
An interview with Professor Molly Shoichet
Click here to watch an interview with Molly Shoichet, who was recently appointed to the Order of Ontario.
