Our Faculty & Staff

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Political scientist David Cameron, the interim dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science, has put his expertise on federalism, Quebec nationalism, French-English relations, constitutional renewal and national unity to use helping countries around the world rebuild and reform their governance structures following periods of ethno-cultural conflict.

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One of the first lessons Joe Wong teaches his students is that innovation doesn’t mean invention. It’s not about the coolest gadget, the newest smartphone or the next operating system for the latest iPad. “Innovation is not a fad. It’s about harnessing knowledge that can create an impact,” the U of T political science professor explains.

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University of Toronto Scarborough professor Bianca Schroeder is on a mission to create more reliable and efficient massive data centres.

These hulking facilities, which are used by companies and organizations to house their essential data and computer networks, consume vast amounts of energy and continue to experience system failures. 

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Delegates from the Intelligent Community Forum were treated to a water show when they visited the lab of University of Toronto professor Steve Mann in a greenhouse atop the Faculty of Forestry building April 17.

The group was led by Robert Bell, co-founder of the New York-based forum, and included members from Waterfront Toronto, Cisco, IBM, Beanfield Metroconnect, Element Blue and Telus. Bell was in Toronto conducting two days of site visits to evaluate Toronto’s place as a leading 21st century community.

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Many scientists today are engaged in a search for life on other planets. But University Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar is wholly occupied with studying life here on Earth – life found far beneath the planet’s surface.

She is one of hundreds of scientists involved in the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO), investigating the abundance of carbon believed to be hiding deep inside Earth, that only reveals its presence in an erupting volcano or when it transforms into gas, oil, or diamonds.