Spring 2023

Rohingya student Jaivet Ealom arrived in Canada in 2017 with $45 to his name after fleeing Myanmar’s brutal regime and being held for more than three years in an offshore Australian detention centre. Now a fourth-year student, his inspiring and courageous story is this issue’s cover feature. Also: U of T Mississauga scholars make the case for studying video games. And as food bank use in Toronto soars, a U of T Scarborough lab seeks new ways to address the city’s hunger pains.

Featured Posts

Black and white photo of Jiavet Ealom in a long black overcoat standing knee-deep in an open body of water with his hands in his pockets.

Journey to Freedom

The inspiring and courageous story of fourth-year student Jaivet Ealom, who fled a brutal regime and found refuge in Canada Read More

Illustration of a gamer's desk, depicting a video game console, monitor, two controllers, an open notebook, and a video game character wielding a sword coming out of the console, next to a stoppered potion bottle with red liquid

Game Time

Most of today’s students play video games. Why not study them, too? Read More

Suman Roy, wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the words

Hunger Pains

Food bank use in Toronto is soaring. Can a U of T Scarborough lab help? Read More

In This Issue

Two women stand at a desk. One is using a glass muller to blend green ink on the desktop as the other watches. In the foreground is a tray with type for letterpress printing

We’re Going to Print Like It’s 1899

Having grown up with all things digital, these students are learning how to make books the old, old-fashioned way Read More

Reinhard Grassmann is holding a robotic arm steady with one hand and a plastic block under the grip of the cobot with the other, while Puspita Dewi, who is wearing a hijab, is adjusting the cobot's grip on the block.

Meet the ‘Cobot’

U of T Mississauga is home to one of Canada’s most advanced robotics teaching labs Read More

A cloth mural, depicting symbols sewn around a green outer ring as well as green inner ring, on top of the back of a turtle, with a medicine wheel in the centre, is spread out on the ground. Mandy Nelson is applying finishing touches on the inner ring of the mural.

Creation Story

A huge, new mural at U of T Scarborough honours Indigenous culture Read More

Colour graphite sketch of the front three quarters of a bicycle and the legs and arm of a person riding it

What Are You Doing to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?

We asked 100 U of T students. This is what they told us Read More

U of T President Meric Gertler and Prof. Joseph Wong, VP, International are sitting at a long table in a library with youth in the Giants of Africa program in Rwanda. One student, wearing a pink hoodie sweatshirt, is standing and talking with them.

The Value of ‘Being There’

A sound international strategy has become essential to U of T’s success Read More

Digital illustration of two racially diverse high school students seated at a table, with a black instructor or teaching assistant sitting between them. The student on the left is writing notes, while the others are watching her.

New Paths to Success

Youth from under-represented communities get a taste of post-secondary life and pick up useful skills through a recently expanded U of T program Read More