Professor Emeritus John Baird on the legacy of the popular novelist.
February 7, 2012 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens, whose work is as popular today as it was when he was a celebrity in Victorian England. U of T Professor Emeritus John Baird discusses just what is it was – and is – that makes Dickens exceptional in the history of literature. [...]
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 [...]
The John E. Sawyer Seminars Program on the Comparative Study of Cultures provides an opportunity for faculty, international visitors, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students to come together from a variety of fields, normally from the arts, humanities, and interpretive social sciences, for intensive multi-disciplinary and comparative study of subjects chosen by seminar participants. Seminars normally meet for one [...]
OGI’s Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF) is a unique and useful investment fund that is helping to enable the economic impact of outcomes of genomics and proteomics research projects and technology development. Specifically, it aims to provide early-stage funding as researchers move towards commercial applications and to speed up transfer of products from lab to [...]
“Just how scarce are women’s perspectives in public discourse, and what’s behind their absence? Some of the answers are predictable, but others may surprise. Even though women constitute 61% of university graduates, women’s perspectives account for less than 20% of the commentaries in Canada’s largest daily newspapers and on public affairs talk shows. The Informed Opinions [...]
Banting Research Foundation will support the work of young Canadian Scientists to initiate their research program with an annual grant of up to $20,000, not to exceed a ceiling for total support of $60,000 per annum comprised of The Banting Foundation award together with any other operating grants received. The annual deadline for applications is [...]
Human Ethics News Animal Ethics News Human Ethics News Coming soon! Animal Ethics News A new Animal Use Protocol Form was released in January 2012. The older (2009) version of the form will not be accepted after April 30, 2012. Instructions for completing the form can be found here. Please note that there are new [...]
The University of Toronto’s Connaught Committee has announced the recipients of its 2011-12 Innovation Award and Summer Institute competitions, recognizing research excellence in projects as varied as plastic solar cells, “extreme” astronomical devices to detect earth-like planets outside our solar system and the potential of music to promote healing. Founded in 1972, the Connaught Fund [...]
Environment Canada’s Economic and Environmental Policy Research Network Call For Proposals Environment Canada has recently announced a call for proposals to establish an Economic and Environmental Policy Research Network (The Network) to be administered by one or more academic(s) at a Canadian University. Program Objectives To develop cross-disciplinary external research that is relevant to current [...]
Each year SSHRC makes a block grant to the University to support small-scale research activities in the humanities and social sciences. Research Services allocates award funds to departments according to a formula based on departmental success and participation in SSHRC competitions and advises departments that the funds are available. The funds may be used for [...]
