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The Institutional Strategic Initiatives portfolio increases the University of Toronto’s capacity to support large-scale, high-impact interdisciplinary research.

Global issues such as inequality, climate change and infectious diseases are some of humanity’s grand challenges. They demand creative and innovative answers, a cross-disciplinary approach to address barriers and the scale of problems before us and can translate cutting-edge discovery into societal solutions.
As Canada’s top university and a global Top 20 institution, the University of Toronto is uniquely positioned to lead life-changing research and innovation. The Institutional Strategic Initiatives portfolio streamlines the process of building, growing and maintaining collaborations across disciplines. We enhance partnerships with external industry, community and philanthropic partners.
Drawing on the University’s deep research excellence, innovation and talent, the University’s strategic initiatives will ignite groundbreaking research that will create a better future for the generations to come.
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#SofC faculty affiliate @Tong_Lam published a photo essay analyzing the politics of #Eviction, demolition, resistance, and #Gentrification of the region's shift from low-value to high-tech industries using an #Urban village renewal project in #China
Read: https://t.co/Fm98HNnEv4
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Very excited with the #accelerateconference day 1 keynote announcement that is about to drop @acceleration_c
Check out the #August2022 edition of the #SofC Updates!
- Watch "SofC Ontario #HousingCrisis Solutions"
- SofC faculty affiliates in the news media
- Apply for GMUP with @UofTDaniels
- New data viz @github page, upcoming events & more!
Read it now at https://t.co/lm67qmOO2e
Join us at PRiME’s next Jump Start workshop! Our guests from @LumiraVentures will discuss meeting and working with investors in life science technologies and introduce their Venture Innovation Program!
Registration is required: https://t.co/vZjIU8U76E
AGE-WELL NCE & @APPTA_POPRAVIT are inviting HQP to the 2022 Visions for Change: Policy Challenge. Three selected HQP will work with policy experts to align research ideas to policy priorities. Apply by August 29th!
Find out more on the member's intranet:
https://t.co/gNV4qE2YJ1
The availability of new and diverse #data has transformed traditional disciplines, encouraging researchers to address pressing questions in innovative, data-driven ways. #DataScience #UofT
Learn more about our Inequity Thematic Program and co-leads 👏⤵️ https://t.co/a6CMivlYNU
New commentary from SRI Faculty Affiliate @LauraCRosella ⤵️

🎧 EP106: Going Viral with Dr. Rosella
This episode kicks off a recurring segment <<Going Viral with Dr. Rosella>> because the list of things we bring to work sometimes includes viruses(!)
#ConnectedIntelligence #GoingViral
@LauraCRosella
https://t.co/K57dPOmIux
✨Join the @MDL_UofT team this fall! They're hiring a Graduate Library Assistant and are looking for grad students with knowledge of GIS, geospatial, numerical data, and related tools and techniques. Applications are due August 16. Check out the job posting below!👇

Hello #UofT grad students! The Map & Data Library is hiring for September. Come join our team! Job closes August 16th: https://t.co/J9BLvS6Ajh
JOB ALERT: The department of geography & planning (@geo_uoft) is accepting applications for a full-time tenure stream position in social and community development planning 💼 Deadline: September 7 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
https://t.co/TS8KvZpxsJ
.@MbD_UofT is now accepting applications for its call for Convergent Working Groups. The call is seeking participation from @UofT & the broader Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network, across multiple disciplines & across the academic, private & not-for-profit sectors.
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Today, we're announcing a funding call for Convergent Working Groups: #MedicinebyDesign will invest up to $1-mil in groups with members from across disciplines & sectors to define the research priorities as outlined in our new strategic plan. Learn more➡️ https://t.co/SpZVOvFFaH
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💼 We're hiring! CDHI is seeking a Digital Project Assistant. Responsibilities will include everything from updating our DH projects database to helping with our fall events and conference!
Posting opens Aug 15. Applications are due Aug 22. Learn more at https://t.co/dZwYU9iHAF.
#Toronto could get a system providing the mayor with executive power to pass legislation without the support of some council members.
@CTVToronto spoke to @profchapple on the system's benefits, operations, future of housing & more.
Read: https://t.co/Ttn0w98eeP
In our new strategic plan, under our third commitment, our goals are to:
🗨️Engage with diverse communities
🏥Integrate health systems & patients in innovations
📚Develop policy positions that embolden the Toronto #regenmed ecosystem
Read more: https://t.co/xOsRHvcu3V
In our new strategic plan, under our second commitment, our goals are to:
💹Shepherd innovations to commercialization
🌍Connect innovators with an international network
👩🏽💻Support innovation in biomanufacturing
Read more:https://t.co/xOsRHvcu3V
In our new strategic plan, under our first commitment, our goals are to:
🔬Fund high-risk, transformative research
➡️Advance translation
👩🏾🔬Prepare the next generation of #regenmed leaders
Read more: https://t.co/xOsRHvcu3V
Dr. @safiyanoble is an associate prof at @UCLA, best-selling author, and recipient of the Hellman Fellowship and the UCLA Early Career Award. Her research looks at the design of digital media platforms and their impact on society. Learn more at https://t.co/jbx4G8RYGe. #CDHIcon22
Are you wondering why u should join aUTORONTO, the SAE AutoDrive Challenge Number 1🥇 team? Maybe to build the next winning #AutonomousVehicle? Did we mention joining the most winning #selfdriving team in North America? https://t.co/wDfZqcSh39
Photo: 2022 winning team 📸SAE
Environ 6 millions de personnes sont atteints d’#arthrite au 🇨🇦.
Découvrez de nouvelles solutions technologiques qui facilitent la vie avec l’arthrite à notre webinaire du #moisdelasensibilisationalarthrite.
Inscrivez-vous ici :
https://t.co/V7xgHwxPOK
About 6 million people in 🇨🇦 have #arthritis.
Learn about the latest tech-based solutions tackling the challenges of living with arthritis in our webinar for #ArthritisAwarenessMonth.
Register here:
https://t.co/1ff4WFSGiL
#ItsNotJustArthritis
Planning to come to #CDHIcon22? Space is limited for our in-person day — held October 1st at the @munkschool's Campbell Conference Facility — so register early! ⏰
Learn more about the event and check out our program at https://t.co/6BeTvwc9Cz. #AcademicTwitter #twitterstorians
Jennifer Wemigwans kicks things off on Sept 30 with her virtual talk, “Digital Bundles: Creating cultural space for #Indigenous Knowledge through the use of new technologies.”
Learn about her impressive work at https://t.co/jbx4G8RYGe. #CDHIcon22 | @OISEUofT | @invertmediainc
Leah Cowen, @UofT vice-president of research & innovation, & strategic initiatives, believes the new Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus will help address Canada’s commercialization challenge, creating a new space for work on cutting-edge research in areas like #AI & #ML.
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"The reality is that transforming an idea into a product takes significant investment – from the private sector and from government. And in this regard, Canada is falling short." - Dr. Leah Cowen @CowenLab on how to spur homegrown innovation https://t.co/b6loElLIZT
In case you missed it 📢 we have #Data Access grants available! #DataScience
These grants improve data accessibility for researchers and foster research by mitigating the high cost 💰 of access to data sets.
🗓️ Apply by Sept 30 ⤵️ https://t.co/IEfgyfBIzb
Congrats to @avicgoldfarb and AC members @professor_ajay + @joshgans for Prediction Machines being named one of the "5 best books to understand #AI" by @TheEconomist. Looking forward to having @joshgans participate in our Accelerate conference this month! https://t.co/kfqqpfUXWx
💡 New on our site: What does it really mean for #AI to be explainable? Finale Doshi-Velez (@hseas) and Boris Babic (@uoftphilosophy @UofTStatSci) explore how insights from legal and regulatory domains can help build more trustworthy systems.
Learn more: https://t.co/VekyCBCfjl
Canoe trip? Nope...#Robot #Research with Profs Tim Barfoot & @florian_shkurti & students. They just completed their first joint robot #boat field test...not a bad setting for some #summer robot research! 🛶🌲🤖🦾 🏕️ 🌿
#robotics #research
📸 TDBarfoot
.@trogersresearch is holding its annual #Trainee Day on Tuesday, Oct 25! The event will feature poster presentations, keynote plenaries & career-focused panels. Learn more about Trainee Day & how you can participate as part of the poster session: https://t.co/rOz0XJThdX
.@DrFahadRazak is one of the many members of #UofTEPIC whom the public have come to rely on for sound advice and clear information during the #COVID19 pandemic.
Thank you for all that you do!

'I worry a lot about how much more our health system can give.'
We spoke with @DrFahadRazak, head of @COVIDSciOntario, about who should get their fourth dose and why ‘the overlap’ of four separate issues has him concerned for the fall. https://t.co/CSLGxYcNeq
With the addition of three new postdocs to our team, we wanted to get to know a little more about them. First up: meet @ktcmackinnon, who talks about her work, shares what she'll be doing at CDHI—and offers us a peek at her writing playlist! Meet her at https://t.co/6zDvJ2D8YX.
The IEEE Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning takes place from February 8-10, 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Follow 👉 @satml_conf
Deadline for Abstracts 🔜 August 22, 2022
Submit papers 📩 September 1, 2022
Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/GIC6GWM2ha
#SaTML2023

It is official, SaTML 2023 will be in Raleigh (North Carolina, USA)!
Date: Feb 8-10, 2023
Location: Hilton Raleigh North Hills
Looking forward to seeing many of you there! Follow @satml_conf for more info in the coming months.
Reminder: **abstract deadline** on Aug 22, 2022
Limited availability left for the “Implementing the Missing Middle” course with @UofTDaniels, co-taught by Prof. @mr_michaelpiper & @snehamandhan.
All #Graduate students from @UofT can apply to #SofC's Graduate #Multidisciplinary #Urban Project.
Explore: https://t.co/gdcwyFRdzn
The Jamaa Moja Networking Session, hosted by
@utscmgmt, is fast approaching! Have you registered yet? Find more details below ⤵️ @UTSC #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Do you value the contribution of Black knowledges in academia, business and community? Don't forget to register for the Jamaa Moja Networking Session, hosted by @utscmgmt on August 18! 💼 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
https://t.co/KAmg67bAs0
Today, we're announcing a funding call for Convergent Working Groups: #MedicinebyDesign will invest up to $1-mil in groups with members from across disciplines & sectors to define the research priorities as outlined in our new strategic plan. Learn more➡️ https://t.co/SpZVOvFFaH
A #Research study done by @profchapple & her team found that Toronto is lagging behind other #Cities in post-pandemic #Economic recovery.
“This is a collective action problem, and #Toronto seems to have been very passive..."
Read via @CTVToronto: https://t.co/7UD53ZtYhD
The DSI community is growing! We're excited to welcome our first DSI Postdoctoral Fellow cohort 🎉
The DSI Postdoctoral Fellows contribute to interdisciplinary research in #DataScience 👏
Meet our Postdoctoral Fellows ⤵️
https://t.co/hXslEjil0S
Sept 30, we’re hosting a special #CDHIcon22 virtual plenary session, featuring a brilliant lineup of DH researchers! Join @safiyanoble @angeldnieves & @elotroalex for “Anti-Racist Architectures: Equitable DH Technologies and Infrastructures.” Meet them at https://t.co/jbx4G8RYGe.
“We’re able to replace a lost cell and we’re able to get rid of a toxic cell. It’s sort of a double whammy.” Read about transformative research from @CindiMorshead, @CarolSchuurmans and @mclaurin_joanne #regenmed
https://t.co/Y1keWbjSx1
Gene therapies could soon regrow neurons lost to stroke and give patients a reason to hope. Cindi Morshead from @MbD_UofT is exploring the possibility of using gene therapy to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
https://t.co/VZlmCwDPaq
#SofC & @UTSC researcher @climate_karen spoke to several #Toronto news outlets about the city’s ability to cope with the heat & is working to develop meaningful indicators of extreme #Heat via funding from the SofC Urban Challenge Grant.
More at: https://t.co/I3tvjRxK09