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Denise Chong has written what she calls “the biography of a gesture” to explore just what drove Lu Decheng to jeopardize his life for a cause he believes in. Read More

September 11, 2009 | By Scott Anderson

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The Lost Art of Conversation

Ian Williams makes the case for talking to each other more meaningfully Read More

Banner filled with five rows of small different coloured squares. Inside each square is one of five alternating emoji: a girl with messy hair, a samosa, a smiley face with headphones, a steel pan drum and three smiley face emoji caught up in a tornado.

Are Emoji Becoming the World’s First Universal Language?

At U of T Mississauga, students are creating their own tiny icons for our phones. “Dizzy tornado face,” anyone? Read More

Isaiah Grewal, wearing headphones and typing on a laptop, with Morgan Barense seated next to him, both smiling

When Words Won’t Cooperate

Psychology professor Morgan Barense aims to crack the mystery of non-speaking autism Read More

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