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Maya Turner makes history in Canadian university football
Former soccer player kicks down barriers.
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Susan Blight: breaking down silos
‘All of my work is informed by my own understanding of Anishinaabe cultural identity.’
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Maydianne Andrade: a champion for change
The evolutionary ecologist made a name for herself with a headline-grabbing discovery early in her career. Now the University of Toronto Scarborough professor is using her platform to support the next generation of Black scientists.
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‘Don’t just publish another paper. Let’s do something,’ says scholar-advocate Cindy Blackstock
Dr. Blackstock reflects on the merits of blending academia and activism.
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Preserving transgender histories is Aaron Devor’s life’s work
University of Victoria’s chair of transgender studies and founder of the Transgender Archives is on a mission to collect and celebrate works by transgender people for transgender people.
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This religion professor has become the media’s go-to expert on radicalization
Queen's University terrorism researcher Amarnath Amarasingam is no stranger to intersectoral strife.
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Pioneering biologist Anne Innis Dagg gets her due
Canada’s “queen of giraffes” – denied tenure because she was a woman, despite her groundbreaking research – finally gets the recognition she deserves.
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A career exploring race, racism and stereotypes earns cinema professor Ali Kazimi a lifetime achievement award
The filmmaker and founder of York University’s Stereoscopic 3D Lab picked up the Governor General’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Visual and Media Arts earlier this year.
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How a master’s thesis is pushing the boundaries of scholarship
For her thesis project, education grad Meghan Parker made an autobiographical graphic novel that argues for drawing to be recognized as a mode of scholarship.
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Molly Shoichet, science’s symphony conductor
Undeterred by her firing as Ontario’s chief scientist, U of T’s Dr. Shoichet continues to champion science outreach and collaboration.
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Andrew Pelling challenges conventions in science and academia
The U of Ottawa biophysicist, whose daring research has attracted worldwide attention, values creativity above all else.
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Janet Morrison reflects on 25 years of championing student success at York U
The outgoing vice-provost, students, is taking up a new post at Sheridan College.
