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Two students are taking measurements from plants on a rooftop. One is standing with a laptop and the other is crouched over a box of plants.

What Is the Future of Urban Farming?

Researchers at U of T Scarborough are testing which crops fare best on city roofs Read More

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Blurring the Blue Line

Student Rachel Bromberg and alum Asante Haughton are helping to create a response service for mental health crisis calls in Toronto that relies less on police Read More

Prof. Fadi Masoud in a white shirt and black jacket, smiling and standing in a field of shrubs

Fadi Masoud Wants to Save Our Cities from Flooding

In Toronto’s transforming waterfront, he sees the beginnings of a more resilient urban form Read More

Rows of school chairs with slang words written on the desk arms: Mans ting, nize it, ahlie, miskeen

Do You Know Toronto Slang?

Youth are drawing from several languages spoken by the city’s immigrants to create a novel form of English Read More

Portrait of Ron Buliung kneeling beside his daughter Asha

Toward a City Without Barriers

Prof. Ron Buliung describes how his daughter Asha’s life with a wheelchair profoundly changed him – and his research Read More

Koffi Hope sits out front of a Toronto coffee shop

A View to Making Toronto Stronger

Kofi Hope wants to add new voices to the conversation about city-building Read More

Priced Out of the Housing Market

Owning a home is becoming a fantasy for all but the wealthiest families. Better urban planning is part of the solution. Adjusting our expectations may be another Read More

The City is Her Patient

Eileen de Villa targets opioids and homelessness as Toronto’s new medical officer of health Read More

Photo of Colin Arrowsmith biking along Huron Street, pulling a device.

How Much Methane?

A U of T study aims to create the most accurate estimate yet of Toronto’s greenhouse gas emissions Read More

Toronto’s Top Money Man

City manager Peter Wallace talks tough with politicians on taxes and spending Read More

A collaboration between U of T and community group Cabbagetown Releaf hopes to inspire people across Toronto care for their neighbourhood's trees.

An Army of Tree Lovers

U of T’s Faculty of Forestry is teaching Torontonians how to care for one of the city’s most valuable resources – its trees Read More

Urban Angel

Judy Matthews and her husband have given $25 million to turn a stretch of derelict land under the Gardiner into a vibrant park Read More

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Mobile City

As Toronto's population grows, we will have to embrace alternatives to the car Read More

Diverse and Inclusive City

Diversity is one of Toronto's great strengths, but we can do more to ensure some people aren't left behind Read More

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Co-operative and Productive City

There's a wealth of knowledge within the university's walls. It could be shared more often with municipal leaders Read More

Healthy City

How can we improve the health of some of the city's most vulnerable residents? Read More

Smart and Creative City

There's a wealth of innovative talent in Toronto. But we can do more to harness it effectively Read More

Sustainable City

Cities are more livable when they're clean and green Read More

Paperbacks Alongside 3D Printers

New Toronto city librarian Vickery Bowles wants everyone to read, write, create Read More

The Toronto Poetry Map gives new meaning to familiar locations, such as Grange Park.

Toronto’s Beating Heart

With the Toronto Poetry Map, a U of T English professor and Toronto Public Library unveil a whole new way to view the city Read More

Man on the Move

New Toronto mayor John Tory aims to get the city back on track Read More

A Global Talent Destination

U of T’s ability to attract international graduate students is important to our – and Ontario’s – long-term success Read More

U of T grad Richard Marsella, executive director of the Regent Park School of Music. Photo by Air'leth Aqdhfin

Towers of Song

A U of T music grad runs an innovative program to bring affordable music lessons to Regent Park youth Read More

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Pathways’ Progress

A homework support program involving OISE students has more than doubled high school graduation rates in Regent Park Read More

Toronto’s Waterfront Conundrum

Why can't Toronto's waterfront emulate Chicago's? Land ownership, says political science student Gabriel Eidelman Read More

Audrey Ooi conducts her dessert tours every Sunday and alternate Fridays

The Sweetest Tour

Audrey Ooi leads a sampling of the world's most interesting desserts in Toronto's Kensington Market Read More

How Big is Ford Country?

Rob Ford garnered more support downtown in last fall's Toronto election than initially thought, analysis shows Read More

Chris Spence, the director of education for the Toronto District School Board, believes in providing parents and students with choices in public education. Under his leadership, alternative schools have flourished.

Different but Equal

Toronto parents can choose to send their children to a variety of specialized schools. But is it possible to have too much choice in alternative education? Read More

Finding the Fakes

U of T engineers help the TTC uncover counterfeit tokens Read More

Tweet the Vote

Social media will be a force in this fall’s Toronto election, if a group of recent grads have their way Read More

The Imagined City

In her new book, writer Sarah Elton aims to put Toronto on the literary map next to New York, Dublin and Paris Read More

Exit Strategy

This fall, the City of Toronto will test a U of T program that offers youths alternatives to gang life Read More

Kristen Courtney is lawyer and a founding member of Bells on Bloor.

Breaking the Cycle

The City of Toronto is not doing enough to make the streets safe for cyclists Read More

Mark Osbaldeston, sitting on a concrete surface, with yellow umbrellas on a sandy Toronto beach by the lakeshore in the background and condo buildings in the distance

The City That Never Was

In Unbuilt Toronto, Mark Osbaldeston explores an alternate civic destiny Read More

Andrew Pyper, with arms crossed over his chest, is standing in front of five columns of windows set in an alcove inside Hart House.

The Dark Art of Storytelling

Novelist Andrew Pyper goes in for the kill Read More

Omar Peters, in a white T-shirt, blue jeans, baseball cap and white sneakers, stands with an elbow resting on the shoulder of Prince Peprah, who is wearing a yellow T-shirt, black track pants and black sneakers. They are standing in front of a building with a panelled window and red-brown bricks.

The Schools We Want

U of T's Centre for Urban Schooling aims to help youths in disadvantaged neighbourhoods succeed Read More

Green Grass, Cleaner Harbour

Mayor David Miller shares his dreams for Toronto Read More

Northern Lights

NOW Magazine donates photo archives to U of T Read More

City of Ideas

Imagining Toronto's future Read More

A Man with a Plan

Urban designer Robert Freedman wants to beautify Toronto Read More

Team Clean

U of T mountain bikers remove a tonne of trash from the Don Valley Trail Read More

Miller Rising

Mayor plans to work with U of T on the shared goal of revitalizing Toronto Read More