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The ISI Impact Report is out!

The report features success stories from U of T’s 22 Institutional Strategic Initiatives (ISIs) and the special projects our office supports.

Over the past five years, the university’s ISIs have made tremendous strides in addressing our most pressing social, economic, political, and environmental issues. Our report showcases those stories and highlights how important the ISIs are to the university community—they are strengthening collaboration, helping to build partnerships, attracting significant external funding, supporting faculty and student research, and creating new training opportunities.

Read the report here

Recent ISI news

2025 IfP interdisciplinary symposium — “Responding to the Unexpected: Bridging science, policy, and community actions in public health emergencies"

April 2, 2025 | Institute for Pandemics

On May 13, members of the Institute, the university, the government, the private sector, and community members are invited to come together for presentations and discussions around IfP’s themes of readiness, resilience, recovery, and equity.

Op-ed: AI-fuelled misinformation threatens the Sustainable Development Goals

March 5, 2025 | SDGs at UofT

Achieving sustainability goals is increasingly threatened by the muddying of the digital information landscape. The production of AI-generated misinformation constitutes a system of cultural and technological processes that produces a culture of apathy toward digital information, which is the opposite of what we need if we’re going to use emotional reasoning to achieve sustainable development goals.

The Breakdown: U of T initiatives advancing Black representation in academia

February 27, 2025 | Black Research Network

Over the past few years, U of T has made strides in advancing Black representation in academia and combating anti-Black racism through a number of initiatives from the Black Research Network to the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black racism and Black inclusion in Canadian Higher Education. The Varsity took a closer look at some of the initiatives the university offers to support its Black community members.

How Dr. Heather Ross is leading the charge to make health care accessible for all

February 25, 2025 | Transform-HF

Dr. Heather Ross, head of cardiology at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, says providing care for people who wouldn’t normally have access to it is ‘the stuff that gets me out of bed in the morning.’

Planning Advancements in Transportation and Housing (PATH) Conference

February 19, 2025 | Mobility Network

On February 11, 2025, the Mobility Network's PATH conference welcomed over 145 attendees to explore innovative solutions for transportation and housing challenges in the GGH region.

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