On March 16-18, students at both UTM and St. George voted to elect the student union that represents over 40,000 U o f T students. Although results were close, Stronger Together has won all five executive positions for UTSU, including Adam Awad as President, Danielle Sandhu as VP Equity, Zexi Wang as VP External, Rolli [...]
New credit option for UTSU
The U of T Scarborough campus recently passed the option of the credit/no credit application to courses. UTSC students at can now have the option of taking a course without it affecting their GPAs and without the added pressures of doing well in it.
The UTSC administration believes that this option allows students to take more [...]
U of T historian wins award
Dr. Natalie Zemon Davis, a U of T History scholar and Detroit native, has been awarded the Holberg International Memorial Prize, valued at about $785,000. The award, named after Ludvig Holberg, a Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian, was established in Norway in 2003 and is one of the most prestigious in the world. Its objective [...]
Mississauga Transit introduces new route
This week, a new Mississauga Transit route will come into operation, cutting the travel time
from Square One Terminal to Westwood Mall roughly in half. Route 107 Malton express will work as an express route for those wishing to get from Square One to Westwood Mall faster and without changing buses.
Passengers of route 107 Malton Express [...]
Happy buttons day from OUT@UTM
Last Thursday, OUT@UTM hosted its annual Buttons Day, an event that aims to take students’ minds off midterms and the many stresses that accompany school by getting them to make buttons.
To take part, students had to pay $2. Members of OUT@UTM made and sold the buttons at a table set up outside the Student Centre. [...]
Celebrating women on campus
Last Monday, the Women and Gender Studies Action Group and the Interim Place held a Women’s Day celebration at UTM.
The night began in the CCT atrium, where attendees joined in a draw to win prize packs including hair and body products. All proceeds from ticket sales, raffle sales and auction bids went to Interim Place, [...]
MSA hosts annual awareness week
Last week, the Muslim Students’ Association held its annual Islam Awareness Week at UTM. Islam Awareness Week is the MSA’s largest event and includes a different theme every year. Titled “The Point of Origin,” this year’s theme examined the identity of God in religion as a whole.
For this purpose, Islam Awareness Week included lectures from [...]
African studies grant offered to U of T students
A new grant will soon be awarded to students in Ontario pursuing a degree in African Studies, thanks to a $25,000 donation from Isaac Jr. Olowolafe, a 26 year-old real-estate entrepreneur who graduated from UTM in economics. The Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS), a program of the Ontario government, has matched Olowalafe’s pledge for [...]
UTM professor ranks top ten in the country
On February 8, it was announced that UTM Biology Professor Monika Havelka became a finalist in TVO’s Best Lecturer Competition. Out of the initial 300 nominees from universities all over Canada, Havelka is one of ten university professors in the running to win the title of Best Lecturer. In five consecutive years of TVO’s Best [...]
Water awareness on campus
UTM hosted its first ever Water Awareness Week the week of February 9 to 11. The event consisted of informative displays and special events to students interested in learning more about where our water comes from and what is happening to it.
Members of the Ministry of Environment set up display boards in the Student Centre [...]
