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Humans face catastrophic environmental change unless we understand that we live in a natural world with inherent limits, says David Suzuki, renowned scientist, activist and environmentalist.

Speaking passionately to an enthusiastic overflow audience at U of T Scarborough's 2012 Watts Lecture,  Suzuki told the audience that humankind has failed to understand that the economy and human society are embedded in the biosphere, which places physical constraints on what we can do.

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Disability is a social, political and human rights issue, says Tom Shakespeare, a contributor to the first-ever World Report on Disability.

Shakespeare, a technical officer at the World Health Organization,  was at the University of Toronto recently for the Toronto launch of this World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank report. The WHO, the health agency of the United Nations, focuses on health, rehabilitation and data. However, as Shakespeare noted, disability is far more than just a medical issue.

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The University of Toronto honoured more than 250 of its award-winning researchers for their notable achievements and discoveries at the Celebration of Research Excellence event on Jan. 19 at Hart House.

The event, held every two years and organized by the office of the vice-president (research), recognized the work of outstanding scholars and researchers who reached significant milestones in recent years. 

Former Toronto mayor Barbara Hall, chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, says it’s a myth that concerns about creed (i.e., religion) in Canada are a recent development.

“It’s fair to say that in the last few years, I’ve heard people remark, ‘You know, creed has never been an issue in Canada until (INSERT GROUP'S NAME HERE) group came and started raising it,” she said during a recent appearance at the University of Toronto.

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Move over, Wikipedia, U of T’s Senior College is creating an online University of Toronto encyclopedia.