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| ====== University of Toronto ====== | ====== University of Toronto ====== |
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| {{ :university_of_toronto-logo.wine.png?200|}} | {{ ::university_of_toronto_logo_.png?200|}} |
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| The **University of Toronto** is a Canadian research university based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]]. | The **University of Toronto** is a Canadian research university based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]]. |
| It hosts a number of institutes and colleges, including the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] and [[Massey College]]. | It hosts a number of institutes and colleges, including the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] and [[Massey College]]. |
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| ===== Academia ===== | ===== History ===== |
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| | ==== COVID-19 ==== |
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| | U of T received a $49,418 CAD grant in July 2021 from the [[Government of Canada]] for a project titled "Training peers in motivational interviewing to increase vaccine confidence among healthcare workers in a large, urban healthcare institution."((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada - Competition Results.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/Zo5b5)) It was awarded through a grant program called //"Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in Canada"// jointly administered by the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council]] (NSERC) and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] (SSHRC).((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Promoter-Promotion/VaccineConfidence_eng.asp)) |
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| | On April 7, 2022, U of T and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]] announced a new partnership to "develop new tools to prevent and treat [[infectious diseases]]," including in the realms of "molecular [[genetics]], biomedical engineering, [[biochemistry]] and beyond."((Kalvapalle, R. (2022, April 7). //U of T partners with Moderna to advance research in RNA science and technology.// University of Toronto News. https://archive.ph/BCZIq)) |
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| | ===== Organization ===== |
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| ==== Dalla Lana School of Public Health ==== | ==== Dalla Lana School of Public Health ==== |
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| The school recognizes its most significant donors through the Chancellor's Circle of Benefactors, which "includes the most visionary and generous members of our community, stretching all the way back to 1850."((//Chancellors’ Circle of Benefactors.// University of Toronto. Retrieved January 22, 2022, from https://archive.ph/7vYUl)) | The school recognizes its most significant donors through the Chancellor's Circle of Benefactors, which "includes the most visionary and generous members of our community, stretching all the way back to 1850."((//Chancellors’ Circle of Benefactors.// University of Toronto. Retrieved January 22, 2022, from https://archive.ph/7vYUl)) |
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| Featured individual donors include: | Featured individual donors include: |
| * [[University of Toronto Alumni Association]] (UTAA) | * [[University of Toronto Alumni Association]] (UTAA) |
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| </WRAP> | Other notable donors are the following:((//Presidents’ Circle Member Listing.// (2022, May 1). University of Toronto. https://archive.ph/xuXo9)) ((//Donor Listing.// University of Toronto Boundless Campaign. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://archive.ph/y9flp)) |
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| Other notable donors are the following:((//Presidents’ Circle Member Listing.// (2022, May 1). University of Toronto. https://archive.ph/xuXo9)) ((//Donor Listing.// University of Toronto Boundless Campaign. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://archive.ph/y9flp)) | <WRAP column col4> |
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| == Academic == | == Academic == |
| * [[University of Manitoba]] | * [[University of Manitoba]] |
| * [[University of Toronto Medical Alumni Association]] | * [[University of Toronto Medical Alumni Association]] |
| * [[Vector Institute]] | * [[Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence]] |
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| == Auto and Aviation == | == Auto and Aviation == |
| * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bayer]] | * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bayer]] |
| * [[medical_technology_companies:Baylis Medical Technologies]] | * [[medical_technology_companies:Baylis Medical Technologies]] |
| | * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Biogen]] |
| * [[pharmaceutical_companies:BioLegend]] | * [[pharmaceutical_companies:BioLegend]] |
| * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Biovail]] | * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Biovail]] |
| * [[Xilinx]] | * [[Xilinx]] |
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| ==== Pharmaceutical Companies ==== | </WRAP> |
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| === Moderna === | |
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| On April 7, 2022, U of T and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]] announced a new partnership to "develop new tools to prevent and treat [[infectious diseases]]," including in the realms of "molecular [[genetics]], biomedical engineering, [[biochemistry]] and beyond."((Kalvapalle, R. (2022, April 7). //U of T partners with Moderna to advance research in RNA science and technology.// University of Toronto News. https://archive.ph/BCZIq)) | |
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| ===== Link Dump ===== | ===== Link Dump ===== |
| * https://thevarsity.ca/2021/05/07/op-ed-university-of-toronto-should-end-partnerships-with-for-profit-pharmaceutical-companies/ | * https://thevarsity.ca/2021/05/07/op-ed-university-of-toronto-should-end-partnerships-with-for-profit-pharmaceutical-companies/ |
| * https://www.staywell.charity/ | * https://www.staywell.charity/ |
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