China

Oldest dinosaur bonebed reveals embryo development

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Opens a new window into the lives of dinosaurs
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Lanna Crucefix
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Artist's depiction of a dinosaur embryo

A 190-million-year-old dinosaur bonebed near the city of Lufeng, in Yunnan, China has revealed for the first time how dinosaur embryos grew and developed in their eggs.

The great age of the embryos is unusual because almost all known dinosaur embryos are from the Cretaceous Period. The Cretaceous ended some 125 million years after the bones at the Lufeng site were buried and fossilized.

Posted Wednesday, April 10, 2013

U of T builds Family Medicine in China

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Helping Beijing medical schools with chronic shortage of family doctors
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Nicole Bodnar
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photo of Dean Catharine Whiteside in China

Only three per cent of physicians in China are family doctors - a situation that strains the Chinese health care system and puts severe pressure on hospitals.

But the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine is well-prepared to help China reach its goal of training 100,000 family physicians by 2020, said Lynn Wilson, chair of the department of family and community medicine.

Posted Friday, November 2, 2012

Risk management training for China's banking industry

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U of T's Rotman School signs memorandum
Author: 
Ken McGuffin
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photo of China Banking Association's Yang Zaiping and Rotman's Jim Fisher

They've shared their expertise with senior executives from the Chinese financial services sector for years. Now, the University of Toronto's risk management experts are forging a new partnership with China's banks.

On July 3, U of T's  Rotman School of Management signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the China Banking Association (CBA) which provides the school with the opportunity to be a provider of risk management programs to the association's 152 banks and financial services companies.

Posted Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Alumnus brings China to life for U of T community

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Speaks March 2 at the Munk School for Global Affairs
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Kelly Rankin
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Sichuan, China

U of T News recently caught up with documentary photographer and U of T alumnus Ryan Pyle to find out what inspired him to move to China, why he became a photographer and the Toronto launch of his Canadian lecture tour, Bearing Witness: Documenting China's Rise. He speaks at the Munk School for Global Affairs March 2.

You’ve been living in China since 2002. What made you want to move there?  

Posted Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Green Path Partnership

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President Naylor's Visit to China, Feb. 2012

President David Naylor presented Principal Yuyun Zhang of the Chongqing Foreign Languages School a certificate denoting the school's participation in U of T Scarborough's Green Path program. The program brings recent Chinese high school graduates to U of T for intensive English language studies before they attend North American universities.

Posted Monday, February 27, 2012

U of T strengthens partnerships with top Chinese institutions

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President David Naylor concludes meetings with universities in Shanghai, Beijing
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David Naylor, Shanghai Jiao Tong official

More University of Toronto faculty and students are poised to collaborate with partners at China’s top universities, as a result of President David Naylor’s recent visit to leading institutions in Shanghai and Beijing.

Posted Monday, February 27, 2012

President Naylor at Tsinghua University

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President Naylor's Visit to China, Feb. 2012

During his recent visit to China, President David Naylor met with officials from Tsinghua University to agree to increased collaboration and international exchange.

Posted Thursday, February 2, 2012

Meeting High School Students

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President Naylor's Visit to China, Feb. 2012

U of T Scarborough principal Franco Vaccarino (left) and U of T vice-president of university relations Judith Wolfson (right) visited Hangzhou Foreign Language High School in China and talked with students who are interested in coming to UTSC to take part in its Green Path intensive English program.

Posted Thursday, February 2, 2012

High School Visit

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President Naylor's Visit to China, Feb. 2012

During their recent visit to China, President David Naylor (second from left), Vice-President Judith Wolfson (university relations) and U of T Scarborough principal Franco Vaccarino (left) met with officials from a number of high schools, including those from Shenzhen Foreigh Language High School, pictured here.

Posted Thursday, February 2, 2012

Meeting Chinese Business Leaders

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President Naylor's Visit to China, Feb. 2012

U of T vice-president of university relations Judith Wolfson (back row, fourth from left); President David Naylor (sixth from left) and U of T Scarborough principal Franco Vaccarino (eighth from left) met with a number of resepected and influential Chinese business leaders during their recent visit to Beijing and Shanghai.

Posted Thursday, February 2, 2012
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