Research & Ideas
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Whose Values?
Does the proposed Quebec Charter guarantee a secular society, or more votes for the Parti Québécois?
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Aging Cities
Global population of seniors will triple by 2050, creating challenges for urban planners, report says
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What the Red Army Did
Soviet officers' attitudes during the Holocaust depended on where they were stationed, grad student finds
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Duddy and Me
Ted Kotcheff made almost 20 movies during his career - but it was a pair of small films that really got critics to take notice
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A Promise to Future Generations
A U of T group encourages participants to protect the Earth for future generations
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Eyes Everywhere
Recent revelations about governments spying on their citizens should have us all concerned about abuse of power
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Business Ties
Governments should do more to encourage immigrant entrepreneurs to forge links with businesses in their native countries, according to a U of T report
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Leaning Left
Meditation might make you more liberal, according to new U of T research
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Literary Songbird
Katherine Larson infuses her study of English with a passion for music to find new meaning in literature
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The Art of Activism
Naisargi Dave investigates what inspires someone to take up a cause
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Asia Rising
As global power shifts to Asia, Canada’s success will depend on seeing more than just business opportunities in the region, says Joseph Wong
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Markets Without Borders?
Deborah Cowen investigates what happens when governments sacrifice the rights of their citizens to protect the flow of goods across national lines
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The Importance of Being Intuitive
Chen-Bo Zhong is interested in how intuition affects moral decisions – and prevents us from behaving unethically
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Towers of Song
A U of T music grad runs an innovative program to bring affordable music lessons to Regent Park youth
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Pathways’ Progress
A homework support program involving OISE students has more than doubled high school graduation rates in Regent Park
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Moustache Maven
Professor Allan Peterkin is the world’s leading facial-hair expert
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Arms and the Prehistoric Man
Discovery suggests human ancestors began hunting with stone-tipped spears far earlier than previously thought
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Apocalypse How?
The world will end, just probably not this year, University of Toronto experts say
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Welcome to the “Apopalypse”
The fascination with end times is everywhere in pop culture - including that Britney Spears song on your iPod
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Fine Art in Fabric
Art history prof Alexandra Palmer goes BIG with a ROM textile exhibition
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Voter Inequality
In a federal election, why does a vote from Charlottetown count for more than one from Markham?
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Tossing a Coin
The Royal Canadian Mint has finally produced its last penny. Is it time to get rid of the nickel, too?
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Energy Superpower – or Underachiever?
Canada must co-ordinate its energy research better if it wants to be a global player, according to a U of T report
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A Shift in Perception
Discoveries in brain science are prompting new theories about how our senses work – and how they affect our understanding of the world
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Subway to Mecca
The Saudi Arabian city is wrestling with a transit problem of Koranic proportions
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Revolutionary Road
Forty years ago, an intrepid group of professors and students sparked progress for women across U of T
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The Joe College-Betty Coed Consciousness-Raising Blues
Myrna Kostash reflects upon the new women's studies course at the University of Toronto in a 1972 Miss Chatelaine article
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Labour Days
Chinese propaganda posters from the 1960s celebrate work as an act of nation-building
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Clear and Present Danger
ABC correspondent Muhammad Lila reports from Pakistan and Afghanistan
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Scholarship Honours Toronto Developer
Friends and family of the late Paul Oberman have created an award for architecture and urban design
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Flood Control
As New Orleans rebuilds, U of T students are helping the city rethink its approach to water management
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Politics and the One Per Cent
What effect will unlimited corporate spending have on the U.S. election?
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Anti-Prejudice Campaigns Can Backfire
They may have reverse effect of what they intend, U of T Scarborough psychologists find
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I’ll Rassle You for a Dozen Up!
Small-town Ontario English preserves older terms that have fallen out of use in the province’s larger cities
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Bad Drivers?
U of T study shatters myth that recent immigrants cause more car accidents than other Canadians
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Marshall’s Laws
Fifty years after the publication of his most famous works, we’re still making sense of all Marshall McLuhan had to say
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Mind Games
Doctors have been trying for decades to classify mental illnesses. So why do precise definitions still elude us?
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Always the Victim?
A criminology student questions long-standing assumptions about women and domestic violence
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Europe’s Debt Troubles
With the markets betting on a Greek default, and the situation in Spain deteriorating, a second global financial crisis looms
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Caring for the Elderly
Women often look after their older relatives – for no pay. As populations age, this may have to change
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The Watchman
Human rights researcher Samer Muscati helps Iraqis find justice in a nation beginning to rebuild
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Still Life
Pictures of animals through history reveal how our thinking about them has changed
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Arab Spring
Will the uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East usher in lasting change?
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Setting the Scene
Professor Dan Silver comes up with a new way of looking at cities
