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Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)

Toronto Metropolitan University is Canada’s leader in innovative, career-oriented education and a university clearly on the move. With a mission to serve societal need, and a long-standing commitment to engaging its community, the university offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs. Distinctly urban, culturally diverse and inclusive, the university is home to more than 45,000 students, including 2,400 master’s and PhD students, 3,200 faculty and staff, and nearly 170,000 alumni worldwide. Research at the university is on a trajectory of success and growth: externally funded research has doubled in the past five years. The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is Canada’s leading provider of university-based adult education.

The Centre for Communicating Knowledge (CCK) located within The Creative School at the university will play a key role in The Conversation and work with all Toronto Metropolitan University faculties to develop new ways to communicate research, assist in the development of multiple media platforms and create innovative outputs. The CCK’s aim is to find new ways to explore knowledge mobilization. Engaging students, the CCK will conceptualize and develop various communication assets such as infographics, videos, and animations to enhance our faculty members’ stories.

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Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in New York’s 14th Congressional District, asks 2014 Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai a question at the Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. on Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is shaking up old politics with her new style

Peggy Nash, Toronto Metropolitan University

Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (known as AOC), the youngest woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, has an authentic voice that is rising in popularity.
Independent Members of Parliament Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould speak with the media before Question Period in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, April 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Another barrier for women in politics: Violence

Cheryl N. Collier, University of Windsor and Tracey Raney, Toronto Metropolitan University

Female politicians deal with a lot to get into positions of power: childcare issues, sexism, sexual harassment and now a new study reveals they also deal with high levels of violence.
Ancestry ad depicts a white man in 19th-century clothing standing in front of a Black woman holding a ring telling her they can leave and be together in Canada. Ancestry

Ancestry ad gets it wrong: Canada was never slave-free

Cheryl Thompson, Toronto Metropolitan University

Canadian audiences did not object to Ancestry’s ad which romanticized Canada as “Promised land,” but they should have.
An infusion of resources into local news outlets in Thunder Bay may help communities contend with recent reports of systemic racism against Indigenous communities. Shutterstock

Thunder Bay: Local news is important for conversations on reconciliation

April Lindgren, Toronto Metropolitan University

Thunder Bay has received national press for its historically inequitable relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Local journalism could help the city face those challenges.
New technology can be distracting for drivers. Engineers need to think more about the human experience when designing workplace and transportation technology. Shutterstock

Impaired on the job or behind the wheel? It’s not just a cannabis problem

Peggy Nash, Toronto Metropolitan University and Patrick Neumann, Toronto Metropolitan University

The legalization of cannabis has started a discussion about on-the-job impairment. But drugs are not the only problem. Engineers should design workplaces that minimize the potential for human error.
Une usine de vêtements à Magelang, en Indonésie, en mars 2019. Même si les conditions de travail s'améliorent dans ce pays, la mode demeure une industrie inégalitaire, qui dégrade l'environnement. Shutterstock

La mode détruit des vies et la planète: 5 choses que vous pouvez faire

Anika Kozlowski, Toronto Metropolitan University

La mondialisation, la mode jetable et les économies d'échelle ont créé une tempête parfaite. La mode est bon marché, facile et abondante, mais elle exploite ses travailleurs et détruit l'environnement.
Consumers should ask: “who made my clothes” so that they remember the modern slavery conditions imposed on many garment workers. Shutterstock

Fashion production is modern slavery: 5 things you can do to help now

Anika Kozlowski, Toronto Metropolitan University

Fashion Revolution week puts a spotlight on the modern slavery conditions of the fashion industry and encourages fashion consumers to ask, “who made my clothes.”
Finance Minister Bill Morneau participates in TV interviews after tabling his budget, which included a $595 million financial package for news organizations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

As Ottawa helps the news industry, latest research suggests journalists’ loyalties are tough to buy

Heather Rollwagen, Toronto Metropolitan University and Ivor Shapiro, Toronto Metropolitan University

The federal budget has offered several initiatives to help Canada’s ailing news industry. Does that mean journalists will be compromised by government handouts? New research suggests they won’t.
The historical depiction of ‘the mammy’ is a racist stereotype, with an enduring impact. Hattie McDaniel (right) won an Oscar for her role in ‘Gone with the Wind’ with Vivien Leigh (left). Selznick International Pictures

I am not your nice ‘Mammy’: How racist stereotypes still impact women

Cheryl Thompson, Toronto Metropolitan University

Stereotypes of Black women continue to impact how they are treated in institutions.
Penelitian terbaru dari Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation akan menyelidiki penggunaan teknologi dalam proses pembelajaran dengan media daring untuk lansia yang terkena demensia dan yang berisiko demensia. Shutterstock

Teruslah belajar dan Anda mungkin lebih lambat terkena demensia

David Chandross, Toronto Metropolitan University

Pendidikan tinggi untuk para lansia memberikan harapan untuk melawan isolasi sosial, meningkatkan kesejahteraan dan menunda serangan, atau memperlambat timbulnya penyakit demensia.
Detail from Mickalene Thomas’s ‘Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe: Les trois femmes noires’ which is part of a show called ‘Femmes Noires’ currently at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Rachel and Jean-Pierre Lehmann Collection © Mickalene Thomas

Black Canadian women artists detangle the roots of Black beauty

Cheryl Thompson, Toronto Metropolitan University

A recent and powerful exhibit by New York artist Mickalene Thomas at the Art Gallery of Ontario has opened the door for some deep discussions about Black Canadian women and visual representation.
Young people in temporary or continuing care need to be provided with educational enrichment programs to help identify learning challenges, remediate education deficits and foster a sense of connectedness. Shutterstock

Youth leaving state care need education support

Kim Snow, Toronto Metropolitan University

Amid long-standing societal and policy issues that need to be addressed, young people in care deserve special consideration and focused attention regarding how to meet their educational needs.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets British Prime Minister Theresa May at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 1, 2018. Post-Brexit, Canada and the U.K. have a chance to transform their economies by working together. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Post-Brexit, the U.K. and Canada can fuel global sustainability

Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University and Philip R Walsh, Toronto Metropolitan University

As 2019 dawns, a worldwide circular economy could be created through international trade and trade agreements like the one that could be forged between Canada and the U.K., post-Brexit.
Many towns in Newfoundland and Labrador have issues with disinfection byproducts created by chlorination. (Shutterstock)

Finding a fix for Newfoundland’s troubled drinking water

Steven Liss, Toronto Metropolitan University

Chlorine has been used to disinfect drinking water for more than a hundred years. But new alternatives may be safer.
We may send fewer cards today, but those who do send them embrace it as part of the holiday experience and something that connects them more closely to those they care about. (Unsplash)

Greeting cards make a comeback

Joanne E. McNeish, Toronto Metropolitan University

With the rise of digital communication, large greeting card companies have seen revenue declines. However, a smaller, vibrant craft industry in cards has emerged with a new younger customer.
The Canadian government wants to offer financial assistance to the news industry. How will it define what’s journalism? . THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Funding journalism means defining who’s a journalist – not a bad thing

Ivor Shapiro, Toronto Metropolitan University

The Canadian government has announced a new policy of providing financial assistance to the country’s news industry. With any financial support will come a need to define who exactly is a journalist.
A new study funded by the Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation will investigate the use of learning technologies such as streaming media for people with dementia and those at risk. (Shutterstock)

Study hard and you might lower your chances of dementia

David Chandross, Toronto Metropolitan University

Higher education for seniors shows promise – for combatting social isolation, increasing well-being and delaying the onset, or slowing the progression, of dementia.

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