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Sept. 30 | National Day of Truth & Reconciliation

Honour the experiences of residential school survivors by joining a university-wide event to recognize #OrangeShirtDay & #NTRD. 🧡

All #UTM community members are encouraged to watch the livestream.
⏰ 10 - 11:30 a.m.
📍 DV2220

Past injuries heighten fear, pain in stressful situations, study indicates | University of Toronto Mississauga Old injuries can heighten the body’s fear and pain responses in stressful situations – even long after the initial wound has healed, new research from the University of Toronto Mississauga suggests.Th...

Old injuries can heighten the body’s fear and pain responses in stressful situations – even long after the initial wound has healed, new research from #UTM suggests.

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Their work was recognized by #ModernDrama journal, published by the good folks at UTP Journals, and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. (Stay tuned for the book!)

It offers a powerful lens for understanding how theatre remains a vital space for communal reflection and resistance. 💪

Jacob Gallagher-Ross, Miriam Felton-Dansky

🎭 What does it mean to perform in a world shaped by data?

In their award-winning article, Jacob Gallagher-Ross & Miriam Felton-Dansky propose "interface theatre," a new genre that captures how scholars & artists are redefining performance in our data-driven world.

Read the story at bit.ly/4nRFErh.

Conservatives Painted the Suburbs Blue. Can the NDP Reclaim Ground? | The Walrus Canada’s suburban ridings aren’t just rich enclaves. Many are diverse, working class—and rapidly shifting right

🏡New in The Walrus, Prof. Alan Walks joins researchers Aniket Kali and Jeff Allen from the School of Cities to discuss the shifting political attitudes in Canada's suburbs.

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France Gagnon

💫 We're pleased to share that France Gagnon has been awarded the 2025 Leadership Award by the International Genetic Epidemiology Society.

Prof. Gagnon is UTM's Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation and a professor of epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Congratulations! 🎉

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U of T's Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) is supporting 6 projects that span research topics from vaccine development to novel technologies for pathogen detection and identifying new compounds that curb the spread of infectious diseases.

Read the full announcement at uoft.me/bNx.

Top row from left to right (recipients of the 2025 EPIC New Connections Grants): Bryan Coburn, Freeman Lan, Michael Norris and Robert Kozak Bottom row from left to right (recipients of the 2025 EPIC Ignite Grants): Ramzi Fattouh, Amanda Hargrove, Shelley Lumba and Michelle Science

We're celebrating the recipients of the EPIC New Connections and Ignite Grants!

This year's researchers include Prof. Amanda Hargrove from the Dept. of Chemical & Physical Sciences. Her team is working on RNA-based approaches to control influenza and RSV replication. Project details at uoft.me/bNw.

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‘You can’t just throw them onto the subway’: How parents ready their kids for their first solo TTC commute to school Some young students face extra pressure as they head back to school in September — for the first time, they will need to navigate the TTC by themselves.

🚇Young commuters make up 6% of #TTC ridership — and their first time traveling can be nerve-wracking. New in the Toronto Star, #UTM professor Ron Buliung shares how parents can help prepare young people to engage with #Toronto's transit system.
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Prof. Lars Barquist. Story title: One the Map: Experimental Research Uses Cultured Mini-Organs to Study Infections

Could lab-grown mini-organs help scientists research a range of infections? A new study published in Nature Genetics shows how researchers have mapped how the Shigella bacterium infects the human gut.

Read our interview with study co-author — and UTM Biology prof — Lars Barquist at uoft.me/bI7.

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📬 The May issue of SURGE is hitting inboxes! Check out this month's newsletter to learn about SpinUp's one-year anniversary, funding opportunities, new equipment & spaces available to UTM researchers, upcoming webinars, and more!

Find it online at bit.ly/SURGE-05-25.

Partnerships & Innovation | Research and Innovation UTM’s Office of the Vice-Principal Research and Innovation (OVPRI) supports impactful discovery in student and faculty research by serving as a key resource for UTM researchers and their partn

💡Did you know? Our office serves as a key resource for UTM researchers and their partners in their efforts to create, formalize and foster collaborative research projects and initiatives with external partners.

Learn how we can help at uoft.me/buF.

Modupe Olufemi, Matthew Parreira, Kristy Reynaud, Glaucia Lima

🤝 APR 24 | 1-2PM Interested in a research collaboration — but not sure where to start? Join our partnerships team for part 1 of 2 virtual sessions on resources and strategies for identifying and establishing successful collaborations.

Register at tinyurl.com/2c5wprj3. @uoftmississauga.bsky.social

Professor Owen Ware. Background is a sunlit British landscape. Text reads: "A New Mythology: Philosophy Professor Highlights Modern Parallels with British and German Romantics"

🕯️We sat down with Philosophy prof Owen Ware to hear about Return of the Gods, his newly published book with Oxford University Press.

Read how the Romantics believed in overcoming isolation through art—and why he thinks we can learn a lot from the period: uoft.me/bu2. | @uoftmississauga.bsky.social

Headshot of Baohua Liu. In the background, a closeup of a blue human eye. Quote reads "We hope to understand what causes the disease and how much recovery we can see by reintroducing the gene. This will give us more confidence in how likely gene therapy will be able to effectively cure the disease in human patients.” - Professor Baohua Liu, Department of Biology

Professor Baohua Liu was recently awarded funding from Fighting Blindness Canada for his work on using gene therapy for CSNB2A — a rare genetic eye condition that causes trouble seeing in the night or even during the day.

Learn about his #VisionResearch at uoft.me/bty.
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Verecan Funds a Research Chair for Dr. Lisa Kramer of the University of Toronto to Support Financial Education Verecan Group of Companies (“Verecan” or “Company”), a comprehensive wealth management group, is pleased to announce it has funded a research chair for Dr. L...

📢 Wealth Management Group Verecan is funding a research chair for #UTM professor Lisa Kramer to support financial education. Dr. Kramer will serve as a liaison between academia, the financial services industry and the public. | @uoftmississauga.bsky.social @utmmanagement.bsky.social @lisakramer.com

Earth Science professor Lindsay Schoenbohm on Myanmar quake University of Toronto Earth Science Professor Dr. Lindsay Schoenbohm speaks to CHCH's Matt Ingram on the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled Myanmar and Thailand in the early hours of March 28.

Professor Lindsay Schoenbohm speaks to CHCH's Matt Ingram about the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled Myanmar and Thailand on March 28. @uoftmississauga.bsky.social
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Renowned neuroscientist Melanie Woodin has been named #UofT’s 17th president — and asks the community to join in her in “dreaming big.” #UofT alumna Woodin starts her five-year term July 1st. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres17

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Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named #UofT’s 17th president. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres

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#UofT is ranked first in Canada & among the top 20 universities in the world across all five broad subject areas tracked by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025. 🌐 uoft.me/bpq

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📬 Our newsletter is hitting inboxes! Browse the March issue to learn about new resources for #UTM researchers, opportunities, events, announcements, and more. Read it at bit.ly/SURGE-3-25.

Loving our report cover? So are we! 😍

Huge thanks to this year's cover designer, Naomi Wee. Naomi is a biomedical illustrator and animator, and a graduate of the the Biomedical Communications (@mscbmc.bsky.social) program here at UTM.

🎨 You can check out Naomi’s portfolio at naomiwee.com.

Annual Report cover features a colourful illustration highlighting the various events the OVPRI hosts each year.

📣 Our Annual Report for 2024 is now live! We’re thrilled to share highlights from this past year — and it was a big one!

From our office rebrand to opening the New Science Building, launching SpinUp, and much more, learn how we're supporting and celebrating #UTM's research community at uoft.me/bpB.

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University of Toronto

💫 We're pleased to share that 26 faculty members from #UofT have been awarded Canada Research Chairs! View the announcement at uoft.me/bpm.

Warm congratulations to #UTM researchers:

🔹Amanda Hargrove | Chemical & Physical Sciences
🔹Sonia Kang | Management
🔹Iva Zovkic | Psychology

Event details include photo of Dr. Christopher Caputo, Chief Science Officer at Skin Compatible Technology at BIC

MAR 28 | 11-12 Interested in #ResearchPartnerships? Hear the story behind Inkbox — the Toronto-based startup that pioneered semi-permanent tattoos and was acquired by BIC.

Dr. Chris Caputo, CSO at BIC talks research collaborations in this hybrid session. Register at uoft.me/ovpri-inkbox.