#UTM prof Soo Min Toh helps build network aimed at tackling violence against nurses 🩺 https://bit.ly/4mqVXLX

Welcome to our new colleagues! Four team members have joined the OVPRI in recent weeks; each brings expertise that strengthens how we support research excellence & innovation at #UTM. 🔹 Kathleen Ma 🔹 Sherif El Tawil 🔹 Sabrina Sgandurra 🔹 Michael Manley 👉 Meet the full team at uoft.me/OVPRI-people.

Diana Virgovicova, whose startup Xatoms is housed at UTM’s SpinUp incubator, has received the Woman of the Year award from the Mississauga Board of Trade. Xatoms uses AI and quantum chemistry to discover new materials that can purify drinking water. #UTM is proud to support such incredible talent!

Have you had the chance to check out #UofT Magazine's Spring 2026 edition? This issue explores how #UofT researchers and alumni are tackling challenges in health, technology and beyond — using AI & so much more! Read all about it here 📰 https://bit.ly/4vZ5JcH

🏛️ Scholars from across disciplines came together at #UTM’s Collaborative Digital Research Space to explore new ways of reconstructing the past — blending digital tools, creative methods, and collaborative thinking to ask questions about history and memory. Read the story at uoft.me/cmL.

📨 The April issue of SURGE is hitting inboxes! Meet the OVPRI's new team members, explore updates to the "Addressing Bias in Peer Review" learning modules, discover how #UofT is powering startup growth in Canada, and more. 🔹 Read the issue: bit.ly/SURGE-04-26 🔹 Subscribe: bit.ly/OVPRI-News

Soo Min Toh, a professor of organizational behaviour in the Department of Management, is building a Culture of Care Network — bringing together nurses, scholars, hospital administrators & community partners to develop strategies to address violence facing healthcare workers. Read more: uoft.me/ci4

🤩That’s a wrap! Thank you to all who joined us for last week’s Research Excellence Celebration. We’re grateful for the support from across #UTM as we launched this new event — and we loved hearing what our recipients are working on now. Watch the recording on YouTube: youtu.be/CoxpeHESrRk.

As #Women'sHistoryMonth draws to a close, the conversation continues. Explore our curated roundup of books and free-to-read journal articles on women's histories, intersectionality, and the ongoing work of challenging misogyny in all its forms. Discover the reading list: bit.ly/4dElf6T #WHM

🎉 Prof. Ron Buliung has just been awarded the Edward L. Ullman Award by the Association of American Geographers for his work on geographies of #disability and #ableism, and the mobility experiences of children and families: uoft.me/cgE @utm-gge.bsky.social @utm.utoronto.ca @geographers.bsky.social

🎉There’s still time to register! Come celebrate award-winning research —happening Thursday afternoon at U of T Mississauga.

DSI and the Centre for Analytics & AI Engineering (@engineering.utoronto.ca) are a offering Machine Learning Bootcamp for faculty members and scientists from June 8-12. Register now: https://bit.ly/3m43be4

✨Congratulations to Prof. Sarah Rauscher! She's just received the 2025 Early Career Researcher Award from the Biophysical Society of Canada. Read the full announcement: uoft.me/cgo. @biophyscanada.bsky.social @sarahrauscher.bsky.social @utm.utoronto.ca

The career of Professor Julie Yujie Chen was recently celebrated in a full-length article published by @utm-research.bsky.social. Her research projects, such as her recent role as co-editor of the Sage Handbook of Digital Labour, continue to enrich the ICCIT. www.utm.utoronto.ca/research-inn...

Following us over on Twitter/X? We've been quiet lately, but now it's official: the research and innovation office is no longer on X — but we want to stay in touch! Keep up to date here on Bluesky & find us at: 💼 LinkedIn: bit.ly/OVPRI-LI 📸 Instagram: bit.ly/OVPRI-IG 📨 Subscribe: bit.ly/OVPRI-News

✨The Research Excellence Celebration is coming up on Thurs. March 26! Featuring lectures from award winners Kent Moore, Julie Yujie Chen and Alex Reisenbichler, this event is open to all. Talks, food, awards and more — join us at #UTM to celebrate our researchers! Learn more at bit.ly/OVPRI-REC.

🏡 Why have rich democracies adopted radically different policy approaches to housing? UTM prof Alex Reisenbichler was awarded the Annual Research Prize for his groundbreaking work on housing policy. Read our new interview to learn about his research, his new book, and what’s next: bit.ly/3Z8PeLH.

🍎 At #UTM, research and teaching go hand in hand. The Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy is a vibrant hub for research and innovation, home to faculty conducting research that's shaping the future of #HigherEd. Discover ISUP research at bit.ly/3L24Gpe. @utm.utoronto.ca #pedagogy

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

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. bit.ly/4mvQpOS @utm-research.bsky.social @uoftpsychology.bsky.social

🎭 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.

🏡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. @utm-gge.bsky.social | @uoftcities.bsky.social | @utm.utoronto.ca | @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/conservative...

💫 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! 🎉

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.

🚇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. www.thestar.com/news/gta/you...

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.

📬 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.

🤝 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

🕯️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

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. @utmbiology.bsky.social #UTM

📢 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

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 www.chch.com/chch-news/ea...

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

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

#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

📬 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.

📣 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.

💫 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

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.

👉 MAR 21 | 1-4PM Join us for discussion on Indigenous science! Seminar includes a screening of the National Film Board’s series North Star, which is about Dr. Rousseau-Nepton — the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn a PhD in astrophysics. Register at bit.ly/TS03-21