Faculty, alumni among U of T changemakers named to Influentials 2022 list

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Ron DeibertNotisha Massaquoi and Brigitte Shim are among the University of Toronto luminaries who have made Toronto Life's annual list of local changemakers.

The Influentials 2022 ranking spotlights 50 people in Toronto whose bravery, smarts and clout are making waves across the globe.

Who owns your face? Scholars at U of T's Schwartz Reisman Institute explore tech's thorniest questions

Thursday, November 3, 2022

There are no easy answers when it comes to protecting people’s rights in the digital domain.

Take, for example, your face. Clearly, it belongs to you. But that’s not necessarily the case when you use it to unlock your smartphone or post an image of it on social media – in both instances your likeness is transformed by a third party into a stream of data.

Linda Munk scholarship winner Roshana Ghaedi (JD/MA) finds inspiration at the intersection of law and literature

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Rose Ghaedi

When Rose Ghaedi learned she was selected to receive the second annual Professor Linda Munk Graduate Futures Scholarship, she thought they might have the wrong person.

“I was very shocked,” she recalls, adding that the scholarship had an immediate impact in her life.

Krista F. Hill (LLB 1994) named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women

Monday, October 31, 2022

Krista Hill

University of Toronto Faculty of Law alumna Krista F. Hill (LLB 1994) has been named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). Hill is one of 18 U of T faculty and alumnae named to this year's list.

Professor Gillian Hadfield has been named Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Gillian Hadfield

University of Toronto Professor Gillian Hadfield has been named as one of eight new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs for her leading research in the responsible use of artificial intelligence.