Plummer, Egoyan Receive Honorary Degrees
Honorary degree recipients and other awards and honours
People
Independence Day
The Independent Weekly celebrates 25 years
Maritime Men
Two U of T alumni are putting their nautical know-how to work international waters
Director of Diversity
Countering discrimination and fostering dialogue between groups in conflict
Celebrating Student Leaders
10th anniversary of the Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards
175th Anniversary Gala
U of T celebrates 175 years
Kudos
Alumni Association Awards of Excellence, Northrop Frye Awards and other alumni recognitions
World at the Crossroads
A case for the rule of law
Road Test
Five U of T students get a lesson in civics, life and tolerance
Doyenne of Diversity
As U of T’s 31st chancellor, Senator Vivienne Poy will serve as the university’s ceremonial head – and as a unique role model for students
Two for the Rhodes
Trinity College students will peruse graduate studies at Oxford University in England
Memorial Design
Prof. Daniel Libeskind wins competition for redevelopment of the World Trade Center site
Accolades
Random House of Canada Student Award in Writing and Order of Canada inductees
“Ontario’s Eve” Makes Bequest to Vic One
First female lieutenant-governor of both Ontario and Canada, leaves bequest to her alma mater
Old World, New Support
A.G. Rigg/Ontario Graduate Scholarship recognizes faculty member
MuchMore Sung
U of T degree taught alumna Hannah Sung to see all sides of a story
Master of the Molluscs
Patrick McMurray (PHE 1992) is the first Canadian to win the World Oyster Opening Championships
Kudos
Alumni named to the Order of Canada and other honours
Medieval Merriment
Homecoming celebration for Poculi Ludique Societas members
Star Turns: Sky Gilbert
"I'm always going to have that bent to read and write and learn new things"
Star Turns: Kristen Thomson
Lying on the U.C. Playhouse theatre floor during a warm-up, Thompson thought, "OK, this is where I belong"
Star Turns: Daniel Brooks
"Originality can only happen when one begins with love of individual expression and allows it to lead to collective expression."
Star Turns: Charmion King
"Being an actor is like being at university. It opens your mind and your soul and make you tap into yourself."
Star Turns: William Hutt
"I saw this hemorrhaging of talent across the border. If everyone left, we would never have a cultural picture in this country."
A Meeting of Greek Minds
They are grad students, retired profs, a diplomat, a vet. They read Plato in ancient Greek, for fun. Deinos!
The African-Canadian Experience
George Elliott Clarke explores the African-Canadian experience in a new collection of essays
From Science to Screen
Biology major, David Alpay, plays a pivotal role in Egoyan's latest film
Mini-Med School Mighty Successful
U of T experts discuss various health topics in public program
Team Fights Against Parkinson’s Disease
U of T student volunteers assisted at all-star fundraising event
Poy Elected New Chancellor
Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the university and ambassador to all alumni
Prize Writer
Austin Clarke wins $25,000 Giller Prize for his latest novel, The Polished Hoe
At the Top of Her Game
Last year, Nancy Lee forged the largest sports-rights contract in Canadian broadcast history
Remembering the Fallen
Soldiers' Tower committee seeks funds to renovate tower
Arbor Award Winner Produces Memories
Alumnus helps produce a memory book for New College
Discovering Homecoming
U of T hosts the first Alumni Homecoming in nearly a decade
Kudos
Alumni named to the Order of Canada
School Ties
Competitive? Talented? Intense? All that and more. They met their equals at U of T and have stayed connected throughout their celebrated careers
Karen Pitre & Kay Worthington
Life lessons learned in sport
Fraser Mustard & John Evans
UTS classmates played Varsity football during medical school
Paul Jones & Rona Maynard
English majors met each other on stage
Michael Ignatieff & Bob Rae
Friends vied for the campus spotlight as student activists in the 1960s
Anthony Burton, Doug Cooper & Atom Egoyan
Trinity College friends
Bright Lights, Big Ideas
They’re brilliant. They’re bold. They’re young. And they have the national research community applauding
Reality Knocks
The educational system may have given up on them, but these students never gave up on education. The Transitional Year Programme helped them achieve their dreams
Our New Provost
Equity, access, excellence: these are touchstones for Shirley Neuman
Hell on Reels
Dante's Inferno has huge impact on modern-day writers and filmmakers, prof finds
What Students Think About Teaching
College students are less likely than children to believe government should impose religious or patriotic values through public schools
Great Twisted Minds
Student Aidan Koper wows audience on Letterman
Holy Communion
Architecture student to have lunch with the Pope
Point of Honour
Fencing and tennis coach inducted into the U of T Sports Hall of Fame
Kim Vicente Wins McLean Award
Prof is first engineer to receive $100,000 prize
Paradise Regained
AGO curator embraces range of art, from popular to esoteric
Unearthing Past Glories
Archeologists find the "story behind the fact"
Honouring Matt Cohen
Park at Bloor and Spadina named for Toronto writer
Opera Star Wins $25,000 Prize
Measha Brueggergosman among several grads to win awards recently
Celebrating Past and Future
First women to perform in the UC Follies receive Chancellor's Medals
Such a Long Journey
From bank clerk to writer, from obscurity to the Oprah Winfrey Show, Rohinton Mistry’s path as a writer has taken a series of unlikely turns
A Lot of Beers and 15 Minutes of Fame
How Peter Gzowski got me an afternoon in the spotlight
32 Short Pieces about Peter Gzowski
A fractured look at the CBC broadcaster's year at U of T
Paddle Power
The adventures of the U of T Outing Club think nothing of canoeing across Toronto's inner harbour. They also hike, bike, ski and otherwise challenge the great outdoors in any way they can