Understanding the Syrian experience
Friday March 15th marked the eighth year of the ongoing
conflict in Syria; the war that forced 5.6 million Syrians to be displaced away
from their...
Springing our clocks forward one hour
With the clocks springing forward last Sunday March 10th
for Daylight Savings Time, some may wonder what practical use the now
long-standing tradition holds.
Commonly abbreviated...
Learning and growing from our challenges
Last Tuesday, UTM’s Backpack to Briefcase event titled
“Developing Emotional Resilience” focused on the various forms used to build
psychological resilience in the face of adversity...
Insight into Features:
Kevin Kim, Associate Features Editor
As a fresh, bright-eyed student at UTM much like so many
others, my first year has been a whirlwind of great...
Have you ever felt like an “imposter”?
Do you ever feel like
you’re a fraud? Like you aren’t worthy or deserving of success or anything good
in your life? You aren’t alone. This...
Helping women access menstrual products
Did you know that about 70 per cent of women in Sri
Lanka don’t have access to menstrual products?
Inspired by their mother who had no...
Exploring ethics and video games
UTM’s Experiential Education Unit and Office of the Dean
have collaborated with Mississauga’s Library System to host lectures meant to
display contemporary research occurring at the...
Antibiotic resistance: A threat to health
Researchers from McMaster University recently published
an article in Nature Communications Biology that details how
bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. The paper presents influential
findings as the...
The unappetizing truth about wasted food
Imagine throwing away
a quarter of your groceries as soon you leave the supermarket. The amount of
food waste that occurs in Canada—one of the worst...
ICCIT: So you think you can design?
If you follow ICCIT
council on Instagram and Facebook, you may have seen the vivid yellow, blue,
and pink posts advertising a creative case competition.
The...
Celebrating Caribbean Cuisine and Culture
In accordance with
Black History Month, the International Education Centre (IEC) collaborated with
Caribbean Connections to present an event celebrating the cuisine and culture
of the Caribbean....
Can Star Wars be seen as a “religion”?
Professor Ken Derry sits in a bright room on the fourth
floor of UTM’s New North Building. His office—a new spot he recently moved in
to—hosts...