Graduate Studies

Fully, Completely: explaining a thesis in three minutes

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U of T students take top prizes in competition
Author: 
Lily Yee-Sloan

It was not your typical dissertation panel: a swimmer, a lawyer, an economist, a policy analyst and a guitarist from the Tragically Hip.

They gathered at Queen’s University to judge 30 doctoral presentations from students representing 16 Ontario universities at the Ontario Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition.

Each graduate student had three minutes, one static slide, and no other props to convey their research topic to the non-specialist judging panel. The University of Toronto entered two scholars.

The polarization of Canadian politics

Author: 
Kurt Kleiner

Canadian politics is becoming more polarized as people with right-wing attitudes cluster in the Conservative party, and left-wingers seek out the New Democratic Party, says the University of Toronto's Chris Cochrane.

This polarization is likely to spell trouble for the Liberals, and possibly trouble for Canada as a whole, warns Cochrane, an assistant professor of political science at University of Toronto Scarborough.

Forging a strong partnership

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U of T signs agreement with Brazilian federal agency for graduate education
Author: 
Joyann Callender

The University of Toronto and the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) have signed a general Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at deepening cooperation between academics and researchers from Brazilian post-secondary institutions and the University of Toronto.

Master of Forest Conservation students learn the clear-cut truth

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Field trip connects classroom lessons to forestry practice
Author: 
Stacey Bowman

When forestry student Jennifer Gagné got her first glimpse of a “clear cut” in a Forestry Stewardship Council-certified forest near Sparks Lake, Ont., she was shocked.

“I had this perception of what a clear cut should look like, but when we got to the site, it looked completely different,” she said. “You picture a desolate wasteland, but we saw healthy seed trees and seedlings.”

U of T, Hong Kong University create joint educational placements

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Faculty of Medicine PhD program will host first students

The University of Toronto and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a commitment to work closely on joint activities designed to foster and promote collaboration in the field of education, research and other scholarly activities. 

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