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  The Office of the Vice-President, University Operations, recently entered and won a Canada-wide competition, sponsored by the Canadian Garden Council, Vesey’s Bulbs, Canada Post, Niagara Parks, Via Rail and a host of other Canadian associations and companies to win one of 150 ‘150th Celebration Gardens’ being distributed across Canada in celebration of Canada’s Sesquicentennial in 2017! U of T is one of only 3 winners, the other two being the Toronto Zoo and the Toronto Parks & Trees Foundation. We are also one of only two universities to be a part of this initiative, the other being the Memorial [...]

  The Information Technology Services (ITS) portfolio within University Operations currently has eight directors in place, with a mandate to continue to enhance the alignment of information technology to the university’s mission. The University’s inaugural CIO, Robert Cook, took the helm in 2008. Since that time, the ITS team has collaborated with academic and administrative stakeholders to renew the central administrative data centre and the tri-campus wireless network; strengthened the profile of information security through Policy and services; expanded the Academic Toolbox and Online Learning professional services; initiated the Next Generation Student Information Services program; and introduced the university to [...]

Christine Burke, director of campus and facilities planning at U of T, said the university aims to build the homes, across the street from Robarts Library, as housing for grad students or visiting faculty. Depending on the results of the pilot project, the next phase is 40 to 50 more in the same area,where the university owns most of the land.   (EDUARDO LIMA / METRONEWS)   Read more here.

Award-winning architect and U of T Professor Brigitte Shim lives in a laneway house in Leslieville (photo by Romi Levine)   “What happens in architecture schools should not be seen as a project... but as a way of projecting a different future for our cities” Twenty-five years ago, award-winning architect Brigitte Shim was scoping out a location to build her home. “It was a derelict lot with six abandoned cars, and weeds that were shoulder height,” she says. Shim, a professor at University of Toronto at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, decided the laneway in [...]

Join us as we celebrate the collective hard work and accomplishments of the staff., students and faculty who make up the enviro community on St. George campus. DESCRIPTION Building on the success of the last three Green Galas, which welcomed a total of 375+ staff, students, faculty and community members, this year's celebration will include: A keynote address by Food Systems Planner, Tammara Soma Presentation of the Green Ribbon Awards (now in their 9th year) Opportunity to engage with a graphic recorder about sustainability And much more! There will be lots of opportunity for conversation and time to enjoy complimentary [...]

Iron Chef 2017 is an intercollegiate culinary showdown between U of T, uOttawa, McGill and University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The competition takes place Feb. 25 at New College Dining Hall. See the video and learn more here. Remember to tune in to watch the event live on February 25th ! Ailin Xi, a biochemistry and nutritional sciences major, tastes the salmon appetizer she prepared with Jordan Su, a human geography student (photo by Geoffrey Vendeville)  

CityNews reports on the preventative measures being taken by U of T to protect the 800,000 volumes in the Fisher Library, some of which are 1000+ years old! See more here.