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From Mike Duffy to Rob Ford: when politicians make news

An embattled mayor is beset by questions about a video allegedly showing him smoking crack cocaine.

A senator and fundraiser for the Conservative Party of Canada resigns from caucus but keeps his seat when he is found to have used a personal cheque from the Prime Minister's chief of staff to cover his $90,000 debt to taxpayers; however, the chief of staff resigns.  

Preventive mastectomy: understanding Angelina Jolie's decision

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A Q&A with cancer prevention expert Kelly Metcalfe
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Jenny Hall

Actress Angelina Jolie’s revelation that she has undergone a preventive mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer is all over the news, drawing attention to mutations in genes BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 that dramatically elevate some women’s risk for the disease.

Writer Jenny Hall spoke to Kelly Metcalfe, a professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the U of T and an adjunct scientist at the Familial Breast Cancer Research Institute at the Women’s College Research Institute.

Secrets of life on Earth, Mars bubbling in 2.7 billion-year-old water

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Sparkling water samples from Canadian Shield like "trapped time capsules"
Author: 
Kim Luke

A team of scientists from the University of Toronto and Manchester University in the United Kingdom have gone three kilometres beneath the surface of the Canadian Shield to find some of the oldest fluids in our planet’s history. The waters are rich in clues about lives lived without sunlight on Earth and possibly on Mars. 

Renowned U of T Alzheimer’s researcher wins prestigious international health award

Author: 
Suniya Kukaswadia

World-renowned molecular geneticist Professor Peter St George-Hyslop, director of the University of Toronto’s Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, has won one of Europe’s top health awards for his pioneering work on the roots of neurodegenerative diseases.

Olympian Rosie McLennan talks brain and body symbiosis at U of T

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Symposium hosted experts from the trampoline, operating room and beyond
Author: 
Valerie Iancovich

The perfect coordination of mind and body is easy to take for granted. But it can mean the difference between safety and danger, success and failure  or silver and gold.

"The challenge for any athlete, regardless of the sport, is finding that balance between letting your body learn these patterns, trusting your body to execute the movements, while keeping conscious control,” said Olympic gold medalist and U of T alumna Rosie McLennan.

How black smoke is fuelling the underwater gold rush

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U of T expert shares tales of sea-floor hot springs at free public lecture

Deep in the ocean, hot springs spew plumes of black "smoke" filled with flecks of gold, silver, copper and more.

Today they are just shadows in the water. But eventually, they'll be precious deposits ready to be mined.

Professor Emeritus Steve Scott is one of the few people to see this smokey magic at work. 

Children of addicted parents more likely to be depressed as adults

Children of parents who were addicted to drugs or alcohol are more likely to be depressed in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers.

Four decades of feminist scholarship at U of T

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Compiled by Ceta Ramkhalawansingh

When Women & Gender Studies started at U of T in 1971, there was no way to predict how it would be received: women’s studies was not considered to be a field of study, and the ‘great ferment’ of the 60’s had created a new playing field where the rules had yet to be written.

Inventing a new Canadian gothic

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U of T professor authors tales in new eco-gothic genre
Author: 
Jessica Lewis

It takes equal parts vision and passion to pioneer a new literary genre.

U of T anthropology professor Hilary Cunningham recently celebrated the release of her eco-gothic novel, Perdita, with a book launch at Massey College.

Understanding the Jason Collins story

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Caroline Fusco on the NBA player's decision

When National Basketball Association player Jason Collins announced in a Sports Illustrated article this week that he is gay, media and social media around the world took notice.

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