Mel Cappe, a professor in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy who served four years as Canada’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom, discusses the next steps for British Prime Minister Theresa May after the Brexit deal she negotiated was voted down.
Gabriel Eidelman, an assistant professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and director of the Urban Policy Lab, and Nelson Wiseman, professor of political science and former director of the Canadian studies program at the Faculty of Arts & Science, discuss the municipal and provincial implications of Ford’s decision.
Faculty of Arts & Science professor Joseph Wong says his job isn’t just to impart skills and knowledge, but to teach students to ask more questions and take risks. Meet Joe Wong.
It’s been more than a month since the release of his final report on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, and Bob Rae says he’s still waiting to hear a response from the federal government.
U of T’s new School of Cities co-hosts the first-ever conference with the office of the vice-president, research and innovation.
Professor Jooyoung Lee’s latest summer course is an in-depth look at mass shootings in the U.S. The interactive, fourth-year seminar examines several case studies, from the Columbine High School shooting in 1999 to this year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. To gain a more thorough understanding of these shootings, students look at the patterns, causes and consequences surrounding them.
Ten countries around the globe are using internet-filtering technology developed by a Canadian company to censor news, religious topics, LGBTQ+ content and political campaigns, says the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab in a report released Wednesday.
Congratulations Lisa DeCaro, Violeta Gotcheva, Helena Juenger and Margaret McKone, this year’s recipients of the Faculty of Arts & Science Outstanding Staff Awards.
Earlier this month, academics and government, industry and community leaders from around the world came together at the Conference on Smart Villages to share ideas, learn about successful rural projects and seek out opportunities for collaboration. The conference took place at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences at U of T’s downtown Toronto campus.
For many, artificial intelligence is synonymous with a distant future, where self-driving cars are the norm and humans work side-by-side with robots. In reality, we don’t have to look that far ahead to see artificial intelligence at work.
Two distinguished fields of study at the University of Toronto are joining together into one school, reinforcing the university’s position as a leader in global affairs and public policy – areas that in today’s changing geopolitical realities increasingly see overlap and share an agenda.
The University of Toronto community has lost a most generous and visionary alumnus and benefactor, Peter Munk, who passed away at the age of 90.
Amid a growing number of data breaches and the recent scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, people may understandably be looking for more and better ways to protect themselves on the Web. Fortunately, researchers at Citizen Lab, at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, have some recommendations.
From a new crown prince making waves in Saudi Arabia to government protests in Iran and a battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un over who has a bigger nuclear button, there’s a lot to give pause in the year ahead.
University of Toronto political scientist and founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs Janice Stein, says “Arab Spring” is probably not a good comparison, but what is happening in Saudi Arabia is unprecedented.
The Reach Project studies innovative ways of delivering services to vulnerable, hard-to-reach communities.
After almost four decades of rule, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appears to no longer be in control.
U of T News speaks with two university experts – both originally from the area – who sit on polar ends of the debate.
A conversation with Professor Yoonkyung Lee, Korea Foundation Chair in Korean Studies.
New committee determined to create more opportunities for all parts of the University of Toronto to collaborate on sustainable practices.
Seven months pregnant, wearing a bright yellow shirt and a flowery hijab to cover her hair, it’s hard to imagine this petite woman sitting outside the Munk School of Global Affairs as a die-hard revolutionary.
Paul Guest (BA 1999, International Relations and Economics) has led a global career in finance. Based in London, he is the lead strategist, for UBS Asset Management’s real estate & private markets business.
At a recent event at the Munk School of Global Affairs, U of T President Meric Gertler and Didier Truchot, chairman and CEO of Ipsos announced an unprecedented gift of global opinion data that will help U of T researchers understand the world.
With support from the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM), the University of Toronto has launched a Nordic Studies initiative at the Munk School of Global Affairs.
Citizen Lab researchers find faulty South Korean child-monitoring smartphone app removed from market in 2015 was reissued under a new name and continues to put children at risk.
The series offers audiences the opportunity to interact with filmmakers and scholars in extended discussions following each film’s second public screening.
As more than 146,000 Rohingya have fled violence in Myanmar, crossing into neighbouring Bangladesh, reports have emerged of mass killings and villages being burned.
Author and former leader of the Liberal Party Michael Ignatieff was recently appointed President and Rector of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, where he continues to take up the challenge of engaging society in discourse on liberal democracies.
Citizen Lab says lawyers representing the victims of three Mexican women slain in suspicious execution-style killings were targeted by spyware developed by an Israeli company.
Students are getting insights about their own lives by interviewing their parents and grandparents about the reasons they immigrated to Canada.
Only China has the influence to de-escalate tensions with North Korea, says PhD candidate Tina Park.
Since it launched in 2013, the Munk One foundation program for students in their first year has attracted and taught some of the University of Toronto’s most audacious students.
Gift will enable faculty to co-produce educational experiences that provide a competitive edge to students while having an impact on innovation policy worldwide.
Congratulations to the class of 2017 graduates of the Master of Global Affairs program at the Munk School of Global Affairs!
Students explore the remarkably high enrolment rate of Aadhaar, India’s national biometric registry created in 2009.
Campaign targets at least 218 individuals, including a former Russian prime minister, ambassadors, members of cabinets from Europe, journalists, CEOs of energy companies and activists from at least 39 countries, as well as the United Nations and NATO.
Torontonians might grumble about the consequences of their city’s rapid growth, but its growing pains pale in comparison to India’s massive urbanization.
James Thuch Madhier fled South Sudan as a teenager, escaping the ravages of civil war and famine. Next fall, the U of T undergrad and his social entrepreneurship team will be testing out their solar-powered crop irrigation system on 20 acres of land they’ve acquired in South Sudan.
The tiny archive room at Clinton Street Public School in downtown Toronto tells a fascinating story, not only about the 129-year-old primary school but also about the city’s journey to become the multicultural metropolis it is today.
Canada’s House of Commons welcomed 50 University of Toronto students for this year’s Women in House event, where young women with an interest in politics shadow female parliamentarians.
At the Japan-Canada Summit Meeting in May 2016, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe noted that Japan wished to support Japanese studies at Canadian universities in order to promote mutual understanding between the two countries. Today, based upon this commitment, the Government of Japan is conferring US$5 million on the University of Toronto to establish an endowed chair in Japanese politics and global affairs, and to launch a Centre for the Study of Global Japan. The University of Toronto is the first Canadian university to receive such support from the Government of Japan.
“The economic impact of an automated workforce will be much bigger than many observers expect,” — Dave Ticoll, Innovation Policy Lab at U of T’s Munk School of Global Affairs.
On March 10, the Munk School of Global Affairs and the Sciences Po School of Public Affairs celebrated a partnership that will offer an exciting opportunity to people who combine intense curiosity about the world with ambition to take leadership in changing it for the better: a new dual degree program to begin in 2018.
The Sciences Po School of Public Affairs and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto launch a dual master’s degree in global affairs and public policy.
Arts & Science’s international course module program gives undergrads a rare opportunity to experience fieldwork as part of their studies.
Professor John Robinson is U of T’s first-ever presidential adviser on the environment, climate change and sustainability.
“I’m looking at the role of innovation because it is a critical engine – maybe the only engine – for continuous economic growth, as well as probably the most important engine for social change” — Professor Dan Breznitz
What do our political institutions and drama storylines have in common? They’re both important contributions from the Greeks. To say Greek culture is present in our everyday lives would be an understatement.
Every year, Arts & Science faculty, staff and students contribute to groundbreaking discoveries, provide thoughtful insight on world events and create innovative products and processes that improve people’s lives. 2016 was no exception.
If you were given just 24 hours to come up with a proposed solution to sex trafficking in Toronto, would you be up to the task?