Summer 2016

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Feature stories on trans students, U of T’s social media stars and a powerful new gene editing technology with the potential to cure disease.

Featured Posts

Two photos shot in a studio against a light grey background: Kinnon MacKinnon (left), in a white and grey-polka-dotted short-sleeved, button-up shirt and black-framed glasses with a tattoo on his left bicep, and Cassandra Williams, in a black T-shirt with a white print illustration, wearing a lip ring and her long brown hair draped over one shoulder.
Two photos shot in a studio against a light grey background: Kinnon MacKinnon (left), in a white and grey-polka-dotted short-sleeved, button-up shirt and black-framed glasses with a tattoo on his left bicep, and Cassandra Williams, in a black T-shirt with a white print illustration, wearing a lip ring and her long brown hair draped over one shoulder.

Generation T

For trans students at U of T, the fight for rights and equality is about much more than just washrooms Read More

Illustration of a line of diverse, colourfully dressed people
Illustration of a line of diverse, colourfully dressed people

Followings

Meet six U of T alumni, faculty and staff members whose stars are shining brightly on social media Read More

In This Issue

Photo of Jonathan Sun speaking into a microphone
Photo of Jonathan Sun speaking into a microphone

Loving the Aliebn

Jonathan Sun tweets funny, heartfelt – and often misspelt – observations about what it means to be a 21st-century human Read More

Photo of Boy George
Photo of Boy George

Mx

New honorific is for people who don't want to reveal their gender Read More

A man surveys the rubble in Guangzhou, China
A man surveys the rubble in Guangzhou, China

Cities in Ruins

Prof. Tong Lam's photographs depict urban decay in Asia, and the parallels between security and surveillance in east and west Read More