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The Institutional Strategic Initiatives portfolio increases the University of Toronto’s capacity to support large-scale, high-impact interdisciplinary research.
The Institutional Strategic Initiatives portfolio advances the University of Toronto’s capacity to conduct high-impact interdisciplinary research that transforms lives.
Global issues such as inequality, climate change and infectious diseases are some of humanity’s grand challenges. They demand creative and innovative answers that cross-disciplinary barriers, address 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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"Although zoning may seem like a technical, bureaucratic and decidedly local question, in reality the issue relates directly to three grand themes...racial justice, respect for working-class people and national unity."
#RacialJustice #Cities #Equity
https://t.co/r7DqtkRTRd
⬇️ THIS WEEK on April 21st! ⬇️
Next Wednesday at 3 pm EST: we're excited to welcome @ShannonVallor of @UoE_EFI and @CentreTMFutures to our weekly seminar for a talk on “The digital basanos: AI and the virtue and violence of truth-telling."
Thanks to our co-sponsors CARE-AI at @uofg. https://t.co/NFBUdiAFNA
On April 21, mark #WorldCreativityandInnovationDay by exploring an approach to #Urban development that makes a place for people to live better & longer in a clean, safe, fair & beautiful environment with 'Creativity for #Urban Future'.
#Cities #Sustainable
https://t.co/caS0aPC3OD
PRiME researcher Dr. Keith Pardee talks about the importance of a strong biomanufacturing and bioengineering sector in Canada, and the need for a national roadmap to support researchers and entrepreneurs. Watch it on @OntarioGenomic's Biomanufacturing Series below!
💡 Keith Pardee from @UofTPharmacy believes that we have to educate the investment community about the potential of bioengineering to make more capital flow to bio-ventures.
Part of the #Biomanufacturing Series presented by @OntarioGenomics. @PardeeLab
PRiME researcher, Dr. Krishna Mahadevan, was featured on @OntarioGenomics's The Future of Biomanufacturing Series talking about how AI and digital innovation is advancing multidisciplinary bioengineering approaches. Watch below!
The applications of #bioengineering and #genomics go far beyond the cell.
Learn more from Dr. Mahadevan from @LMSE_UofT below! @OntarioGenomics
This Wednesday, April 21: learn more about #TorontoSRI Research Lead Sheila McIlraith's work on building taskable #reinforcementlearning agents and "reward machines" at a @synthintel event.
https://t.co/akfDN2UHrT cc: @UofTCompSci, @VectorInst, @CIFAR_News.
"The secret to a future where we don’t fear AI is being bold about new ideas for regulating AI."
#TorontoSRI Director @ghadfield weighs in on the @TorontoStar Saturday Debate: "Should we fear artificial intelligence?"
https://t.co/Hr0RcdnCdB @UTLaw @rotmanschool @OpenAI #UofT
Coming up on April 21: our friends at the @UofT_dlsph Interdisciplinary Data Science Research Cluster and @CAMHResearch co-host "Prediction, Machine Learning and Causal Inference: What does it mean for Population Health and Data Science?"
https://t.co/sBygKXyQRN @UofT_TCAIREM
Let's get to know the speakers at our inaugural academic conference, https://t.co/T9Fg0ARU8K
First up: @jeffclune of @OpenAI and @UBC_CS. Read about Jeff's work on #AI, catastrophic forgetting, continual learning, and more in this 2020 @VentureBeat item.
https://t.co/MCph5waVME
Next Wednesday at 3 pm EST: we're excited to welcome @ShannonVallor of @UoE_EFI and @CentreTMFutures to our weekly seminar for a talk on “The digital basanos: AI and the virtue and violence of truth-telling."
Thanks to our co-sponsors CARE-AI at @uofg. https://t.co/NFBUdiAFNA
The Global #Urban Network invites you to the next in the 2021 Seminar Series ~ '#Pandemic Responses and Beyond'. Join experts from @iitbombay, @PennIUR and @Urban_Inst, in conversation with Moderator @shaunabrail.
#Urban2021
Details and registration at https://t.co/numXpmyxgH.
"...there's none of this gloom and doom in thinking. In fact, most people in Toronto think that Toronto's best days are ahead of it..."
Prof. @Richard_Florida compares the impact of the #Pandemic on various #Cities & why he believes we have an opportunity to strive for better.
While the pandemic and recent racial justice protests have challenged our cities, we have an opportunity to create more equitable, inclusive communities for the future.
Watch the 1-1 #WRLDCTY discussion with world-renowned #urbanist @Richard_Florida on how he views the future.
"A strong IZ policy could create 40K affordable rental units...from buildings currently in development in 2021."
Explore this thread from @soc_housing sharing key insights & recommendations from the 'Inclusionary Zoning' discussion.
#AffordableHousing
https://t.co/RSSzeyhLBt
Still spaces available ➡️https://t.co/h0QYcMFzGW
The next Conversations in Convergence is on April 28 at 10 a.m. with @StephIrisPro and @emstrohm. Register to join this interactive discussion with #MedicinebyDesign researchers who study similar questions using different approaches. Learn more & register: https://t.co/h0QYcMFzGW
Research on migration has been an emerging area in the field of human-computer interaction in recent years. #TorontoSRi Faculty Affiliate @ishtiaqueSIA is co-organizer of the Migration and Mobility in HCI workshop at @sig_chi on May 8.
Learn more: https://t.co/xYT2NmSPB5 #UofT
Did you know that we're on @LinkedIn too? Follow #TorontoSRI to connect with our leadership and researchers, get notified when we're hiring, and stay on top of the latest events and issues in tech, society, data, responsible AI, public policy, and more. https://t.co/RKsG9CKCXW
Join @soc_housing for this critical dialogue, today at 7pm, which will bring together speakers with diverse perspectives and insights to the conversation.
Details and registration at https://t.co/ZqA7SG9qB5
#AffordableHousing #CommunityMatters #Toronto
Today, 7pm!
We're convening academics, activists, and planners closely engaged in planning IZ to ask:
"With Toronto just months away from voting on IZ, what's the full potential of a well-designed IZ policy to help address Toronto's housing crisis?"
https://t.co/G3lxCOXaS8
This #MedicinebyDesign-funded research team led by @ShanaOKelley is #TransformingHumanHealth with cross-cutting research that aims to produce stem cells at scale in the lab, leading to treatments for many diseases. Read about the team's work: https://t.co/yQajoQH1Cl
"...we’ve all witnessed the ways polarized political discourse & #Urban inequities come to bear on the public realm...these socio-political issues are often overlooked by status quo urbanists..." says @Jay_Pitter in her reflection on #Safety in #Cities.
https://t.co/l3hecuJVdd
This afternoon at 3 pm EST: #TorontoSRI Faculty Affiliate Brian Cantwell Smith in conversations with @munkschool's @jonrlindsay about Lindsay's new book, "Information Technology & Military Power." (@CornellPress).
https://t.co/OUbohLm8gJ
Tomorrow at 3 pm EST: the #TorontoSRI weekly seminar series welcomes @UofT_IHPST's @karinavold for her talk on “AI extenders: The ethical and societal implications of humans cognitively extended by AI."
Join us! https://t.co/R6JeJV2ctz @ejonesimhotep, @LeverhulmeCFI, @DrBaigrie
Register for new sessions of Careers by Design, a five-part workshop series to foster healthy labs that support the inclusion & well-being of members, while empowering trainees to realize academic & professional goals. Workshops will be led by @NanaLee03. https://t.co/7ANXxLgCOn
Our conference site is live! Join us at ABSOLUTELY INTERDISCIPLINARY 2021 to explore "Human and Machine Normativity: New Connections," June 16-18th.
https://t.co/xgm8V1yyzI
#AIXAI #AIXAI21 #TorontoSRI #AIforSocialGood #AIEthics #UofT #ResponsibleAI #LetsSolveIt
Still spaces left for this Wednesday's talk. Learn more and register: https://t.co/XKW7ms138U
April's Global Speaker Series will feature Sonja Schrepfer, PhD, from @UCSF. The Global Speaker Series brings international #regenmed leaders to the #MedicinebyDesign community. In partnership with @McEwenInstitute. Learn more and register➡️ https://t.co/XKW7ms138U.
Join us at 5 pm today to hear from @UofT fourth-year undergrads who spent the last year designing solutions for real urban issues as their multidisciplinary design capstone projects. The presentations would be followed by a networking session.
Details at https://t.co/uIRejNbuOW
⚡️The recording of our Lightning Lunch on EH/DH: Energy Humanities and The Digital Turn is up on our youtube channel!
Find the full recorded session here: https://t.co/sROSveLrgD
#DigitalHumanities #EnergyHumanities #CDHI
@TrentUniversity @ucsantabarbara @UofT
Missed out on our Lightning Lunch last week? Don't fret! A recording of the session should be coming out soon.
In the meantime, enjoy these screengrabs of our speakers Anne Pasek, Lisa Parks & Caleb Wellum!
@aepasek @CalebWellum @ucsantabarbara
#CDHI #digitalhumanities
Good news everyone! The recording of the Feb 23rd Lightning Lunch on Network Analysis is now available! ⚡️
In case you were unable to attend the event, or if you would like to re-watch it, click here: https://t.co/UK5ZVbv3l5
#DigitalHumanities #CDHI #NetworkAnalysis
⚡️This month's Lightning Lunch will be on 'Network Analysis' in which speakers will describe their work excavating the development of trade, knowledge, and religious networks within and beyond the Greco-Roman world.
Feb 23, 2021
Register here: https://t.co/pYnm6Eu2Et
#DH #UofT
Arturo Ortín-Martínez began his career as a nurse in Spain, until #regenmed & then a move to #Toronto changed his life. His work in vision sciences @KBI_UHN has kept him in this city longer than he expected. Read his #PeopleofMedicinebyDesign story ➡️https://t.co/Hy44CBvfCy
STOP THE PRESS - we got news!
Yesterday, @cityoftoronto voted "YES" on a motion by @m_layton to grant $3M of Section 37 funding to the @KMCLandTrust for the site purchase.👏👏
Congratulations to KMCL & @soc_housing on this leap for #AffordableHousing, owing to their advocacy!
April 13: the @carnegiecouncil's International Conference for the Governance of AI (@ICGAI2021) presents a panel on "Inclusivity and Effective Governance."
Panelists include @EileenDonahoe, @CjColclough, @LagumdzijaZ, and more.
https://t.co/L3h0YuLilJ
The next Conversations in Convergence is on April 28 at 10 a.m. with @StephIrisPro and @emstrohm. Register to join this interactive discussion with #MedicinebyDesign researchers who study similar questions using different approaches. Learn more & register: https://t.co/h0QYcMFzGW
#CFP: #TorontoSRI Faculty Affiliate @prof_lyons is guest-editing a special issue of @springerpub's "AI and Ethics" journal on AI Auditing, Assurance, and Certification.
Deadline for submissions is May 31, 2021. https://t.co/okoDyqXaJj
Humans are a fundamentally normative species. Our cognitive and social systems shape behaviour to reflect collectively-determined values and norms in support of cooperation.
Can understanding these systems help align #AI with human values? Let's find out! https://t.co/birAV1vivv
"For the past two decades, the quickening pace of innovation has dramatically compressed the time it takes to disrupt established industries and bring new products and processes to market." Read to learn more about the impact of the #Pandemic on the pace of #Digitization.
Check out my latest oped on The Innovation Imperative: Digitization and decarbonization are picking up speed and policymakers need to be ready | Financial Post https://t.co/31MILF2w4J @munkschool @InnovationPoli1 @MUI_UofT @UofTCities @IRPP @cca_reports
You won't want to miss this! #Inclusion #Cities #Recovery
Today! 6pm. https://t.co/bRY231xujT
Check out this event held by @munkschool!
Lives of Data: Computational Cultures from India https://t.co/cP4hkDqpNS
#DigitalHumanities #CDHI
We got NEWS!🥳
@YvonneYeungGTA, @KGreenbergTO & Matti Siemiatycki's 'Uptown Brampton Transit-Oriented Communities Toolkit' got a Canadian Society of Landscape Architects' Award of Excellence.
Congratulations to @CityBrampton & @ULIToronto!
Learn more at
https://t.co/39VuQ88Nl6