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It's Time! Register for 2 Days of IT Learning / May 4 & 5, 2016 We are pleased to announce the opening of the TechKnowFile 2016 conference registration.  The full program for the conference is available: http://tkf.utoronto.ca/?page_id=9. We invite the community to review the Program then proceed to the Registration page. The TechKnowFile 2016 organizing team is pleased to offer a variety of presentations and tutorials for this year’s program, including a lunchtime vendor showcase, and two keynote presentations by Shel Waggener, Senior Vice President, Internet2; and Kent Wada, Chief Privacy Officer and Director, Strategic IT Policy, University of Los Angeles (UCLA). Visit our Speakers page for bios and featured speaker session [...]

St. George is a “very open space in our city,” says KPMB's Shirley Blumberg. “It’s our Central Park.” Arthur Kaptainis “Toronto is very different city than when these spaces were built, ” Blumberg says (all images courtesy KPMB Architects, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) and Urban Strategies) They won the job of transforming the downtown Toronto campus at U of T with a plan that built on the strengths of the leafy, historic landscape. And the latest designs show the architects have “done a great job of listening and tweaking the plan” to make it even better, Professor Donald Ainslie said. After four months [...]

  Robert Cook, U of T’s Chief Information Officer, has signaled his intention to retire. First employed by the university in 1971 as a theatre animator at the University College Playhouse, Bob returned to head the Technology for Enhancing Learning Centre at the Faculty of Education in 1990, moved to OISE with the merger of 1996, and became the university’s inaugural CIO in 2008.  Under his leadership, the university has made significant investment in information technology to support student, faculty and staff success. His administrative integration of infrastructure and HR, Finance, HR, LMS, telecommunications and many other services revealed the [...]

by Olivia Tomic, U of T News   The University of Toronto and the Royal Bank of Canada today announced ONRamp, a major new initiative that will help support Canada’s innovative entrepreneurs. Located in the Banting & Best Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (BBCIE), ONRamp will provide new collaborative workspaces for students, entrepreneurs and startup companies to support them in developing commercial ideas. “U of T is a global leader in transforming innovative ideas into products, services, companies and jobs,” said Meric Gertler, president of the University of Toronto. “With RBC’s support, this new initiative will further expand the university’s entrepreneurial efforts [...]

U of T joined landmarks around the globe by illuminating UC in blue light on the evening of  Saturday, April 2, 2016 for the eighth annual World Autism Awareness Day. Thanks to our F&S team for making these things happen every year!

The Landscape of Landmark Quality design project is a proposed revitalization of the major public spaces of the historic St. George campus. You are invited to attend an Open House on Apr. 12, which will include an exhibition of the revised design proposal by our consultant team: KPMB Architects, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) & Urban Strategies. The updated master plan responds to feedback received during the project's competition phase and through consultation with various university groups and community members in February and March 2016. Landmark Open House I (updated design proposal) Tuesday, April 12th, 2016 9:00 AM – 5:00 [...]

TechKnowFile (TKF) is an annual conference that showcases many of the projects and initiatives undertaken by the ‪IT community at U of T, providing two days of IT learning for you and your colleagues at no cost. After the Call for Ideas was circulated last month, a great round-up of conference presentation, teaching, and discussion ideas for this year's TKF transpired, but there is still time to respond to the Call for Proposals, which will close on March 31, 2016. Read more.

Goh brings “entrepreneurship experience and passion for the translation of scientific discovery to technologies that benefit society,” Scott Mabury says by Olivia Tomic Professor Goh has published more than 80 papers and has started seven companies with her students Professor M. Cynthia Goh, scientist, educator and serial entrepreneur, has been selected as the inaugural academic director for the University of Toronto’s Banting & Best Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (BBCIE). “The world has changed, and while we provide an excellent fundamental education, our students could use more,” said Goh.“U of T needs to be the leader in training and inspiring our [...]

Take a look at the newest St. George campus sustainability yearbook and see why it really is greener at U of T. Read more here