Canada’s Italian culinary culture
Last Tuesday, the Education Experiential Unit hosted “Lecture Me!
Italian-Canadian Foodways: Redefining Italian Culinary Culture” at the
Mississauga Central Library, featuring our very own professor Teresa...
Researching the impact of politics on land
Dr. Andrea Olive is the Chair of the Department of Political Science
at UTM and an associate professor in the Department of Geography. Her work
encompasses...
International Women’s Day: A brief history
Countries around the world celebrated International Women’s Day
yesterday. The day is held on March 8 each year and is meant to celebrate the
achievements made...
Addressing epidemics through statistics
With statistics and numerical data being constantly televised during the current coronavirus outbreak, it may be difficult to determine which data is credible and...
Why the Wet’suwet’en are protesting
On February 6, 2020, the RCMP entered
Wet’suwet’en territory—without the Indigenous nation’s consent—to enforce
construction of the Coastal GasLink Project, a pipeline for exporting gas in
northern...
The controversial facial recognition app
Imagine being able to find a stranger’s
name, phone number, address, and occupation using just a photograph of the
individual. This can be accomplished using powerful...
Reflections on the Power of Commitment
Last Wednesday, the University of
Toronto Mississauga (UTM)’s biology department organized an academic symposium
honouring the academic contributions of Zeynab and Mohammad Asadi-Lari.
Both siblings and...
L.M. Montgomery’s drug addiction
L.M. Montgomery, the celebrated
Canadian author of the classic children’s series Anne of Green Gables, was addicted to the drugs barbiturates and bromides. Her drug
addiction...
Analyzing why individuals vandalize
A memorial sign to Emmet Till lies at the Emmet Till Interpretive
Center Museum in Summer, Mississippi. Now riddled with bullet holes from 2016,
it serves...
The Stewart x Gilbert collaboration
Many young boys look forward to their first soccer game, to the
annual summer canoeing trip, or to throwing a frisbee with friends at the
beach....
Does mixed-use zoning increase affordability?
Dr. Tara
Vinodrai, an associate professor of geography at UTM and a faculty member of
the Innovation Policy Lab, received the best article award at the...
Developing resiliency through adversity
February 5, 2020 marked the first annual Resilience Through
Adversity workshop organized by the Equity and Diversity Office at UTM as a
Black History Month event....