Combatting Drug Resistance
Drug resistance in microbes is a predictable outcome of exposure to drugs, but some U of T research may modify that outcome. Doctoral student Leah Cowen is lead author of a study into the genetic...
View ArticleThe Diversity Connection
As a public research university, the University of Toronto is privileged to be situated in the Greater Toronto Area. Our location in this vibrant multicultural metropolis is a major source of strength,...
View ArticleRoyal Adventures
John Fraser, master of Massey College, received the good news last June: Prince Philip would drop by on Oct. 10 to help Massey College celebrate its 40th anniversary. Three days later, some 47...
View ArticleThe Family Business
One day back in elementary school, Jean Teillet’s teacher tried to give her class the standard 1960s textbook line that Métis leader Louis Riel was a traitor to his country. The nine-year-old Teillet –...
View ArticleA Meeting of Greek Minds
You’ve learned Greek. Now what? But, of course, that’s probably not a question you’ve ever had to face. Most people in this too busy world never get around to learning ancient Greek, for the good...
View ArticleThe Big Picture
Inside the old Molson brewery on Toronto’s Lake Shore Boulevard, Barth Netterfield has built a time machine. To be sure, the spindly aluminum structure bears little resemblance to the souped-up...
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Star Turns: William Hutt
A national treasure, a living symbol of Stratford, one of the world’s greatest stage actors, a lion of Canadian theatre. If the subject is William Hutt (BA 1948 Trinity, DLitt Sac Hon. 1996, LLD Hon....
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Star Turns: Charmion King
That remarkable voice. “I can’t,” Charmion King (BA 1947 UC) says regretfully in her deep voice about a suggested meeting date. “That’s the day the Queen’s here, and I have to be at the CBC with...
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Star Turns: Daniel Brooks
One year after winning the inaugural $100,000 Elinore & Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, for which he was hailed as one of the brightest lights in Canadian theatre, Daniel Brooks (BA 1981 UC)...
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Star Turns: Kristen Thomson
Kristen Thomson (BA 1990 UC) was a 22-year-old drama student at U of T when she appeared in her first play: a 1988 student production called Monsieur X or the Bicyclist’s Widow. As acting debuts go,...
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Star Turns: Sky Gilbert
We meet at a restaurant near Robarts Library, where Sky Gilbert (MA 2000) is doing research. The gay activist/actor/ director/drag queen/playwright/poet/writer who’s known for his raunchiness has...
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When Vincent and Alice Massey opened Hart House Theatre in 1919, there was virtually no Canadian-generated professional theatre and no drama program at U of T. Yet the 500-seat theatre in the basement...
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