News & Features
The Olympics are ‘on the wrong side of history’ when it comes to free speech: Bruce Kidd in The Conversation
Posted:The advocates include Canadian decathlete Damien Warner, an Olympic bronze medallist in 2016, who has said: “If there’s something on their mind, then athletes should be allowed to speak.” The IOC, he…
Erin Willson wins award for study exploring Canadian youth athletes’ experiences of maltreatment
Posted:The project seeks to understand the prevalence of athlete’s experiences of all forms of harm in Canadian sport, including sexual, physical and emotional, and to explore how race, gender and sexual…
KPE celebrates class of 2021 in virtual graduation reception
Posted:Dressed in his ceremonial convocation robe, Professor Ira Jacobs, dean of KPE, congratulated the newly minted graduates on their tremendous achievements.
“During my time as dean, I have enjoyed many…
U of T mourns 750 people discovered in unmarked graves at residential school in Regina
Posted:As we learn of the more than 750 unmarked graves found on the grounds of Regina’s former Marieval Indian Residential School, we are once more confronting a shameful period of Canadian history that…
Meet the 2021 KPE graduates
Posted:When Hassan Adenola moved with his family from Nigeria to Canada at age 10, everything was different - the people, the climate, the language. But, he discovered a love of basketball in middle school…
U of T hosts vaccine clinic pow wow at Varsity Stadium
Posted:Steve Teekens, the executive director of Na-Me-Res, a Toronto emergency shelter for Indigenous men, said the clinic was held to provide First Nations, Inuit and Métis people with a culturally safe…
U of T first in Canada, second among North American public universities in latest QS World University Rankings
Posted:It is the second consecutive year that U of T has held all three positions in the highly regarded annual ranking of the world’s top 1,000 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds, a London, U.K.-based…
Man with a plan: Dean Ira Jacobs leaves legacy of building capacity and driving change
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“I told him this was a special call because it was the first time I was speaking to him as a dean at his alma mater,” says Jacobs. “His response was that he now knows how his parents must…
U of T mourns Muslim family killed in London
Posted:We are devastated by news of the horrific attack against a Muslim family in London, Ontario earlier this week. Our thoughts are with the family and the surviving victim, a nine-year-old boy who is…
Varsity Blue swimmer Tokyo bound for Paralympic Games
Posted:"Words aren't enough to describe the overwhelming emotions this nomination fills me with," said Cabraja in an Instagram post last night. "It has been a long road with many exhilarating moments of…
‘Blues in Commerce’: a new support community for student athletes in Rotman Commerce
Posted:Being a Rotman Commerce student can be challenging and time-consuming — and so can being a Varsity Blues student athlete who spends many hours practicing with their team. Doing both at the same time…
Support Through Sport: Helping coaches influence healthy relationships of teen athletes
Posted:The surveyed athletes shared that they believe coaches have a role to play in listening, supporting and educating athletes in the event of a conflict in their relationship. The coaches’ responses, on…