Culture & Society | U of T Magazine - Part 6

English doctoral student Mingjun Lu received the 2006 William E. Taylor Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

The Memory Keeper

Mingjin Lu is finding connections between early Chinese and Western thought Read More

Bottoms Up

A social history of booze Read More

Show of Faith

U of T's ecclesiastic alphabet once began and ended with "A" for Anglican, but now embraces everyone from Ahmadis to Zenists Read More

Rows of wooden pews inside a sunlit chapel, with a pulpit in the centre

Religion Versus the Charter

Canada’s commitment to multiculturalism is being tested in new and unexpected ways Read More

Remembrance of Things Past

Margaret MacMillan examines a week that changed the world Read More

To Catch a (Bike) Thief

"Bike bait" program uses GPS technology to track stolen property Read More

Enemies of the State

In her book Villa Bel-Air, Rosemary Sullivan asks why totalitarian regimes are so afraid of art Read More

Last Neanderthals on Earth

Adjunct professor Clive Finlayson found that Neanderthals survived thousands of years longer than previously believed - in Gorham's Cave in Gibralter Read More

One-Stop Solution for Early Childhood Education

U of T research shows merging daycare, kindergarten and family support benefits kids, parents and teachers – but scaling it up won’t be easy Read More

Museum of the Missing

An estimated 100,000 works of art have disappeared Read More

OMG I Luv IM

Teens use a lot of instant messaging terms, but not in spoken conversation, study finds Read More

The Nature of Things

Robert Bateman, 76, talks about wildlife art, conservation and the joys of painting predators Read More

La Turmalina and La Amatista departed from Iquitos and travelled up the Ucayali and Maranon Rivers, two of the Amazon's largest tributaries

Seven Days on the Amazon

A journey into one of the world's most mysterious - and endangered - natural realms Read More

Illustration of a man sorting through a trash bin while behind another person looks into house with binoculars.

Life Ever After

Years of university – then what? As John Fraser discovered, first jobs can lead in unexpected directions Read More

What Prejudice Does

Belonging to a stigmatized group reduces the self-control students use regulate to their behaviour Read More

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

Decoding the meaning of physical gestures and things Read More

Bringing CanCon to the World

Law professor Michael Geist is making the case for a Canadian digital library Read More

School of Jazz

For U of T Music students, it's all about the passion and the desire to play Read More

Outdoor Sweatshops

U of T geography professor Ken MacDonald is challenging unfair labour practices on the slopes of the Karakoram Mountains Read More

The Politics of Suspicion

Ideas-oriented periodical explores the politics of suspicion in a post-9/11 world Read More

Great Eureka Moments in History

From Isaac Newton to Sir Paul McCartney, inspiration arrived suddenly Read More

Hossein Derakhshan in a red T-shirt and white pants, standing in front of a black wall with leafy vines running vertically on either side.

A Dissident’s Diary

Can a blogger bring political change to Iran? Read More

Home Cheap Home

Pay more for energy efficiency up front, save more in the long term, says prof Read More

Why Kids Keep Quiet about Abuse

Social isolation and rigid gender roles within the family are two factors, says prof Read More

African Queen

A museum studies prof is working to unearth the ancient leader's complete life story Read More

Illustration of a one tonne weight above a car

A Cleaner Future

Just how close are we? Read More

Songs of Love and Haiti

15-CD project captures sounds of Caribbean nation Read More

Emotional Welfare

Ontario's social assistance program too complicated, impersonal, study suggests Read More

Learning Lessons from 9/11

Canada needs a long-term strategy to combat terrorism, prof says Read More

You Say Tomato…

Retiring linguistics prof identified unique characteristics of Canadian speech Read More

What Makes Us Happy?

Science offers surprising new answers Read More

Feeling Good vs. Doing Good

The meaning of happiness has changed over time Read More

Rate Your Happiness

Simple happiness test is considered highly reliable Read More

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love HGTV

A lifelong pessimist meets his match Read More

Calypso King

Jarrod Lall warms up the airwaves with sounds of the Caribbean Read More

How Age Affects Maternal Behaviour

U of T Mississauga research reveals differences in how younger and older mothers interact with their infants Read More

Half of a man's face on the left and a winged, horned and trident-carrying devil on the right, whispering into the man's ear

Why Good People Do Bad Things

Are we living in an unethical era? Read More

Shoot the Messenger!

Canadian politics has never been cleaner, but the media would have you think otherwise Read More

Bryan Walls has been operating the John Freeman Walls historic site and Underground Railroad Museum in Puce, Ontario, since 1985

Up from Slavery

Bryan Walls raises a monument to the Underground Railroad Read More

Two students in white forensic suits digging a hole in the ground in a cordoned off area

The Real CSI

Students in UTM's forensic science program learn quickly that art does not always imitate life Read More

No Close-Ups, Please!

Real life forensic investigation is nothing like what's shown on television Read More

Prejudice in the Penitentiary

Aboriginal women unfairly deemed higher security risks, study finds Read More

Let’s Do the Time Warp

Music teachers rely on traditional songs, old-fashioned rehearsals, prof says Read More

City of Ideas

Imagining Toronto's future Read More

Dropouts No More

An innovative program is creating a “culture of achievement” in Regent Park Read More

A Man with a Plan

Urban designer Robert Freedman wants to beautify Toronto Read More

Rad! I Went Endo on My Dual Boinger and Got John Boy’ed!

A not-so-definitive guide to mountain biking slang Read More

Home Alone

People are socializing less with family and friends at home, study finds Read More

The Future of Marriage

Institution is being transformed and reinvented, according to Trinity's dean of women Read More

What a Drag It Is Getting Old

Self-esteem can fall with age, study finds Read More

Trading Spaces

Women aren't entering skilled trades, despite shortage of workers Read More

A Hero in Her Own Right

Jamaican-born nurse tended to wounded soldiers during the Crimean War Read More

The Power of Television

A popular sitcom may be changing the way we speak Read More

Two Degrees of Separation

Maritimers are better connected than other Canadians, survey finds Read More

Grand Role Models

Grandparents are important emotional guides for adult grandchildren Read More

New York Stories

Many early Canadian writers migrated to the U.S. Read More

Diversity Adversity

Canada leads in public policy for same sex couples Read More

Lost in Translation

Study brings together Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism Read More

Why Day Care Matters

New report by U of T economists support advocates of publicly funded child care Read More

Paths to Peace

At a time of international tension, U of T scholars are leading the search for alternatives to terror and war Read More