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The University of Toronto has entered the third year of its participation in UniForum, a global benchmarking data collection program. The data is used to enhance administrative and support services at the University of Toronto. Read more here.

By ISAAC STRALEY MAY 11, 2022 The old approach of each organization attempting ‘defence in depth’ doesn’t work anymore. What we really need is ‘defence through partnership.’ Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne recently announced an $80-million investment in a new Cyber Security Innovation Network, but real progress is going to take more than funding, writes Isaac Straley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Canada is under an unprecedented cyber siege and without immediate action, our standard of living and economic future is in jeopardy. Read more here.

Ana Laura Noda González, a second-year student, is co-leading the U of T chapter of MealCare, which partners with campus eateries and grocery stores to collect, redistribute and deliver surplus food to local shelters and meal programs (photo by David Lee) Upon moving to Toronto, Tamara Altarac and Ana Laura Noda González were shocked by the mountain of food thrown away every day in Canada’s largest city – even as many residents face ongoing barriers to food access. “Coming to the city, I got to see how people interact with food here and how it is taken for granted,” says Altarac, who is studying [...]

By Morgan Sharp | News, Energy, Next Gen Insider | April 19th 2022 The usually bustling downtown campus of the University of Toronto lay empty of students and faculty during long pandemic-enforced absences, and the construction crews working on a major environmental project took advantage. Read more here.

COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO — An aerial view of the front campus under construction at the University of Toronto, St. George looking south. Over 370 boreholes have been drilled 250 metres deep under front campus, nearly half the height of the CN Tower. Crews are preparing the footings, shoring walls and utilities for a one-level underground parking garage amidst the historic buildings at the downtown St. George campus of the University of Toronto (U of T). But that’s not the interesting part. Below the parking garage, crews have bored a field of 370 wells and inserted a series of U-shaped [...]

Knox College was founded in 1844 and became affiliated with U of T in 1890. The building itself was constructed between 1912 and 1915 (photo by Arthur Kwiatkowski) The University of Toronto has reached an agreement to acquire the Knox College properties at 59 and 63 St. George Street in a deal that will bring the college’s neo-gothic building under the university’s ownership while freeing up Knox to focus on its mission of theological education and programming. For U of T, Knox College is seen as one of the last missing pieces of the St. George campus and therefore a [...]

The proposed development of “Site 1,” visible at the southeast corner of Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue, would provide academic space and housing for U of T students, faculty and staff, as well as their families (photo by Johnny Guatto)   The University of Toronto is in the early stages of exploring how the northwest corner of the St. George campus can be revitalized to provide much-needed and attainable university housing, including academic and amenity space – all while supplying carbon-friendly energy and advancing Indigenous place-making. The proposed development of “Site 1” – bounded by Bloor Street West, Spadina Avenue, [...]

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Office is working with the Facilities & Services (F&S) department at the St. George campus to integrate accessibility features in service alerts. To facilitate this integration, F&S is conducting interviews to better understand the needs of the accessibility community and issuing a call for participants to share their experience about building access notices.