A Prescription for Equality
A new medical academy at U of T Scarborough will try to close Canada’s racial health gap Read More
In Search of Safe Refuge
Toronto calls itself a sanctuary city. What does this mean in practice? Read More
In Sickness and in Health
What happens when someone with precarious immigration status needs emergency care? Read More
Immigration Detention
When it comes to who can be detained, and for how long, there is much discretion Read More
When Cancer Strikes, and You Live in Nunavut
A U of T study examines ways to improve care and reduce the sense of isolation for Inuit patients in Canada’s Far North Read More
The Labatt Family Network Will Examine the Biology of Depression
Scientists will focus on how the illness affects the brain Read More
New Hope for Heart Patients
Prof. Paul Santerre is working on a cardiac patch that would enable an injured heart to heal itself Read More
Mental Health in the Workplace
Depression and anxiety affect about one in five. How do we help the person who could be affected in the cubicle next to us? Read More
What Causes Altitude Sickness?
New U of T research upends theories about how the body adapts to less oxygen Read More
The Technopreneurs
Science students get a month-long crash course in turning an idea into a viable business at U of T’s “Techno” program Read More
Canada’s Next Tech Success?
Three Techno participants share the vision for their companies Read More
Neighbourhood Health
People who live in less “walkable” communities, especially new Canadians, are more likely to develop diabetes Read More
Ingenious Medicine
Genetic testing may soon reveal what pharmaceutical drugs work best for you, with fewest side-effects Read More
Perfect Harmony
A new U of T research centre will investigate the curative power of music Read More
How Music Gets Inside
At its simplest, music is just sound. And sound is just vibration. So how does it get inside us, and influence us? Read More
A Cut Above
U of T researchers have devised a way to refurbish donor lungs before they’re transplanted Read More
Rights of Girls and Women
Law student Meghan Lindo worked in Kenya to seek justice for victims of sexual assault Read More
Business Boot Camp
U of T’s “technopreneur” program gives scientists such as Mallika Das a crash course in running their own company Read More
Always the Victim?
A criminology student questions long-standing assumptions about women and domestic violence Read More
Overcoming Resistance
Professor Leah Cowen is researching a way to lower drug resistance in fungi Read More
Unlocking Our Potential
U of T researchers suggest life’s early years might be even more important than we thought Read More
Opening Doors
Gifts totalling $8 million for the newly named Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study will help position U of T as a global leader in the study of early human development Read More
Don’t Overdo It!
Women who exercise strenuously may be at greater risk of developing dementia later in life, study finds Read More
The Next Big Idea
Ten concepts that could shape the future: from digital credentials to safer drugs to DNA-tailored diets and more Read More
These Boots Are Made for Walking
Jennifer Hsu is studying how people walk in icy conditions in the hope of designing “smarter” footwear Read More
Easing Depression
Studies find that electrical stimulation to one side of the brain helps improve depression Read More
Mapping the Mind
Ambitious 10-year project will create a detailed electronic atlas of the brain Read More
Winter Really Is Bad for You
Cold climates are associated with early death and illness, according to new U of T research Read More
Second Opinion
The real world offers many sources of medical advice. Soon virtual worlds may, too Read More
At a Loss for Words
Did Alzheimer’s kill crime novelist Agatha Christie? Read More