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.
Media social punya potensi menguatkan kemampuan bercerita, tetapi juga dapat menyebarkan misinformasi, dan menimbulkan ‘brain rot’.
Canadian and American flags fly at the Rainbow Bridge at the border crossing between the U.S. and Canada near Niagara Falls, Ont., in 2023.
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Does virtual reality improve empathy? Findings from one study imply that Survivors’ meaningful stories don’t require sophisticated technology like virtual reality to have impact.
Travellers wheel and carry their luggage through Trudeau airport in Montréal in January 2025.
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Although travel is not directly affected by the U.S. tariffs, Canadians are reacting to the tariffs and Trump’s threats to make the country the 51st U.S. state.
Many migrants struggle to locate the specific information they need online.
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By making it easier to access accurate information, the government can help skilled migrants make informed decisions to come to Canada and help the country retain talent.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with kids at the Stationview YMCA Childcare Centre in St. Thomas, Ont., in May 2024.
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With funding for a government food voucher program ending and Parliament prorogued, many Inuit children in Nunavut may soon go hungry.
Plus de 23 000 Français étudient au Canada, un nombre en forte croissance. Quelles sont leurs motivations des citoyens français et les facteurs qui influencent leurs trajectoires post-études?
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Les Français qui poursuivent des études universitaires au Canada sont cinq fois plus nombreux qu’il y a 20 ans. Une étude dresse un portrait des facteurs qui les y incitent.
Canada’s labour market struggles are not caused by the number of newcomers, but by systemic issues such as underemployment and skills-job mismatches.
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While social media has the potential to empower storytelling, it can also spread misinformation and lead to brain rot.
Toronto Raptors Bruce Brown, Scottie Barnes and Chris Boucher (a Canadian) react as fans loudly boo the American national anthem before NBA action against the LA Clippers in Toronto on Feb. 2, 2025.
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The newly waged trade war and threats of annexation by Donald Trump may be having a beneficial impact in reminding Canadians of the values that unite them.
Students rush in to a lecture hall at the California State University East Bay in Hayward, Calif., in 2009.
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Since launching online gambling, the Ontario government, which gains significant tax revenue from gambling, has announced no funding for independent research to monitor the impact on problem gambling.
While international student graduates earn more than immigrants educated abroad, they remain disadvantaged relative to Canadian-born graduates.
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Interviews with international university graduates reflect tensions between ambitions and barriers that often left them disillusioned, even after getting permanent residency.
A plow drives along a winter road in March 2024 in St. John’s.
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Storing the sun’s energy underground could help keep Canada’s roads ice-free in the winter months as a safer and cheaper alternative to plows and salt.
A gantry crane operator removes a container from a cargo ship while docked at port, in Vancouver, on July 16, 2024.
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Building a circular economy is critical because wasted materials and energy not only damage the environment, but are also growing increasingly scarce and expensive.
As urban spaces have developed, our perceptions of what is safe for children have changed.
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Although tabloid gossip is a feature of any celebrity’s life, the longstanding and seemingly orchestrated media campaign against Meghan Markle is exceptional.
Director of the BMO Newcomer Workforce Integration Lab and Research Lead on Labour Migration at the CERC Migration and Integration Program at TMU, Toronto Metropolitan University