Posts from July 5, 2010

U of T student raises over $30,000 for FOP

On June 17, U of T student Vanessa Herce rode from Niagara Falls to Toronto to raise awareness for Fibrodysplasia Ossifcans Progressiva (FOP), a condition her sister Valerie was diagnosed with at the age of 15. FOP is a rare condition that causes the muscles, tendons, and ligaments in the body to turn to the […]

More than a face

Ontario Institute of Child Studies in Education (OISE) professor Kang Lee has been awarded a grant of $1.84 million from the National Institutes of Health for studies into the way infants process and recognize faces. The five-year project will study means of teaching children aged six months to fourteen years how to extract facial characteristics […]

Bruce Kidd steps down

Bruce Kidd has stepped down as Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education and Health after a 19 year stint of overseeing what is arguably the premier sports school in Canada. An Ottawa native, Kidd was heavily inspired by his father, J Roby Kidd, who covered the 1952 Helsinki Olympics for the CBC, the first […]

Human Rights 101

A TTC bus driver just gave you a nasty look, closed the door and drove away after the person in front of you entered the vehicle, which clearly had more space. Do you have a valid human rights complaint? Where do you go to find out? And if your rights were infringed, what do you […]

Hart House hires Artistic Director

Hart House Theatre has appointed Jeremy Hutton as its first Artistic Director in thirty years. “Obviously, I am very excited” said Hutton who applied for the advertised position. Having served Hart House as Director, Actor, Sound Designer, Music Composer, and Fight Director over the years, he seemed to be the ideal choice from the applicant […]

Seasons Change

“There are lots of situations where you’ve stood up for me,” Glen Hansard says thoughtfully, turning to face his musical counterpart and ex-lover, Marketa Irglova. Hasnard and Irglova are the stars of the hit independent film “Once”, which features their famous duet “Falling Slowly” that won Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in 2008. […]

Police, protesters and pandemonium

The New Deal

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), a sweeping free trade deal between Canada and the European Union, has been in the works since politicians from Quebec began promoting the idea in 2007. According to a draft copy leaked in April by the left-leaning Trade Justice Network, many things could change for Canadians, including tougher […]