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One UTM slate running unopposed

The University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union’s Candidates Forum was held on March 15th in anticipation of the upcoming union elections and saw the...

CUPE makes deal despite concerns

CUPE 3902 ratified the tentative agreement with the University of Toronto, despite several CUPE members expressing concerns about the ascension meeting on the 12th...

UTMSU and pro-life group head to court

A final decision of the lawsuit filed by anti-abortion group UTM Students for Life (UTMSFL) against the University of Toronto Mississauga Student’s Union is...

Mandated leave policy is withdrawn

The University of Toronto has withdrawn the university-mandated leave of absence policy proposal from the current governance cycle, following concerns raised by the Ontario...

Graffiti in all-gendered bathrooms investigated

An on-going investigation is being conducted by the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Campus Police after homophobic comments were discovered on January 4th in the...

International Ph.D. fees lessened

Beginning fall of 2018, the University of Toronto’s international Ph.D. students will pay domestic fees. The move comes in an effort to make doctoral...

Residence and parking rates increase

The Campus Affairs Committee approved an increase in residence and food rates on campus for the 2018-2019 ancillary budget as well as reviewed plans...

TTC consults on UTSU U-Pass

The TTC will begin consultations for a transit pass for Toronto-based university students later this month. The TTC announced in mid-December that they planned...

You Decide gains 420 signatures

The student group You Decide U of T has recently gained 420 signatures in their petition for a referendum to decide whether the University...

College students file lawsuit

The class action lawsuit filed by Ontario college students against their respective colleges will continue, despite the Ontario government’s offer of reimbursement for tuition...

CUPE bargaining with U of T

Negotiations between Units 1 and 3 of local labour union CUPE 3902 and the University of Toronto are ongoing, according to CUPE 3902’s newly...

UTMSU talks fighting oppression

Last week the University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union’s hosted their annual eXpression Against Oppression week, a  sequence of talks and workshops focusing on...

Governing council approves Davis renovations

The University of Toronto governing council approved a motion last Thursday for the beginning of Phase Two of the renovation of the W.G. Davis...

$22 million in cancer investment

University of Toronto Mississauga professor, Patrick Gunning, received a $22 million investment from European venture fund firm Medicxi to support Gunning’s cancer research for...

U of T announces sustainability committee

The University of Toronto has announced a Committee on the Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability amid calls to divest from fossil fuel by labour...

Metrolinx merges PRESTO and U-Pass

Metrolinx has announced a new initiative that combines university transit passes onto PRESTO Cards for the fall of 2018. The new program will allow...

UTSU collaborating for transit pass

The University of Toronto Students’ Union is in the final stages of collecting data needed to move forward for the implementation of a transit...

Paul Donoghue leaves UTM

Paul Donoghue, UTM’s chief administrative officer, retires from his position at the end of September. “It has been a remarkable journey for which I am...

U of T begins bargaining with labour union

Around 6,000 teaching assistants and sessional lecturers forming Unit 1 of the local labour union, CUPE 3902, are expected to return to the bargaining...

UTM housing beehives

UTM’s hospitality and retail services have installed three beehives on the roof of IB as part of an environmental initiative. The bees are part of...

Toba Tek Singh

A successful attempt at satirizing aspects of calamity is a difficult task to accomplish. An equally challenging task is of capturing the aftermath of...

Deconstructing the American Dream

Do you ever wonder about the inequality of wealth and power in American society? Noam Chomsky certainly does. In his 2015 documentary, Requiem for the...

Serial

“Love and death and justice and truth. All these big, big things.” Love. Death. Justice. Truth. In those four words, Sarah Koenig, the host of...

One UTM slate running unopposed

The University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union’s Candidates Forum was held on March 15th in anticipation of the upcoming union elections and saw the...

CUPE makes deal despite concerns

CUPE 3902 ratified the tentative agreement with the University of Toronto, despite several CUPE members expressing concerns about the ascension meeting on the 12th...

UTMSU and pro-life group head to court

A final decision of the lawsuit filed by anti-abortion group UTM Students for Life (UTMSFL) against the University of Toronto Mississauga Student’s Union is...

Mandated leave policy is withdrawn

The University of Toronto has withdrawn the university-mandated leave of absence policy proposal from the current governance cycle, following concerns raised by the Ontario...

Graffiti in all-gendered bathrooms investigated

An on-going investigation is being conducted by the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Campus Police after homophobic comments were discovered on January 4th in the...

International Ph.D. fees lessened

Beginning fall of 2018, the University of Toronto’s international Ph.D. students will pay domestic fees. The move comes in an effort to make doctoral...

Residence and parking rates increase

The Campus Affairs Committee approved an increase in residence and food rates on campus for the 2018-2019 ancillary budget as well as reviewed plans...

TTC consults on UTSU U-Pass

The TTC will begin consultations for a transit pass for Toronto-based university students later this month. The TTC announced in mid-December that they planned...

You Decide gains 420 signatures

The student group You Decide U of T has recently gained 420 signatures in their petition for a referendum to decide whether the University...

College students file lawsuit

The class action lawsuit filed by Ontario college students against their respective colleges will continue, despite the Ontario government’s offer of reimbursement for tuition...

CUPE bargaining with U of T

Negotiations between Units 1 and 3 of local labour union CUPE 3902 and the University of Toronto are ongoing, according to CUPE 3902’s newly...

UTMSU talks fighting oppression

Last week the University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union’s hosted their annual eXpression Against Oppression week, a  sequence of talks and workshops focusing on...

Governing council approves Davis renovations

The University of Toronto governing council approved a motion last Thursday for the beginning of Phase Two of the renovation of the W.G. Davis...

$22 million in cancer investment

University of Toronto Mississauga professor, Patrick Gunning, received a $22 million investment from European venture fund firm Medicxi to support Gunning’s cancer research for...

U of T announces sustainability committee

The University of Toronto has announced a Committee on the Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability amid calls to divest from fossil fuel by labour...

Metrolinx merges PRESTO and U-Pass

Metrolinx has announced a new initiative that combines university transit passes onto PRESTO Cards for the fall of 2018. The new program will allow...

UTSU collaborating for transit pass

The University of Toronto Students’ Union is in the final stages of collecting data needed to move forward for the implementation of a transit...

Paul Donoghue leaves UTM

Paul Donoghue, UTM’s chief administrative officer, retires from his position at the end of September. “It has been a remarkable journey for which I am...

U of T begins bargaining with labour union

Around 6,000 teaching assistants and sessional lecturers forming Unit 1 of the local labour union, CUPE 3902, are expected to return to the bargaining...

UTM housing beehives

UTM’s hospitality and retail services have installed three beehives on the roof of IB as part of an environmental initiative. The bees are part of...

Toba Tek Singh

A successful attempt at satirizing aspects of calamity is a difficult task to accomplish. An equally challenging task is of capturing the aftermath of...

Deconstructing the American Dream

Do you ever wonder about the inequality of wealth and power in American society? Noam Chomsky certainly does. In his 2015 documentary, Requiem for the...

Serial

“Love and death and justice and truth. All these big, big things.” Love. Death. Justice. Truth. In those four words, Sarah Koenig, the host of...

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