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CDHI Annual Report | 2024-2025
In 2024-25, CDHI faculty members published 119 innovative scholarly creations, hosted 16 events, and produced 19 digital research stories.
Building bridges across disciplines: One Health Consortium hosts inaugural network-building event at the Toronto Zoo
On June 3, 2025, the University of Toronto’s One Health Consortium brought together researchers, partners, and trainees for a dynamic day of knowledge-sharing and community building at the Toronto Zoo. The One Health Network Building Event marked a significant step in fostering interdisciplinary connections across human, animal, and environmental health. The day opened with a […]
In-Demand Data Science Certificate for Doctoral Students Returns
The popular DSI and School of Graduate Studies’ (SGS) Data Science Certificate for Doctoral Students will continue next year. The not-for-credit certificate aims to equip PhD students with in-demand data science skills that complement their academic training and broaden their career opportunities.
Low-cost, open-source robotic system could make self-driving labs more accessible to students and researchers
Self-driving labs are promising to dramatically speed up the search for new materials. Now, a new robotic system designed and built by U of T Engineering undergraduate students could help lower the barriers to this kind of research.
Age-Well partners with Ikea, U of T to launch studio for testing tech for seniors
Age-Well has partnered with Ikea and the University of Toronto to open an Innovation Studio at 800 Bay Street in downtown Toronto that they hope will foster work on technology for seniors who want to stay at home as they age.
New Lawson Climate Institute at U of T will accelerate climate solutions
The institute will educate the next generation of climate leaders, mobilize talent and innovative ideas from across the university, expand on U of T’s world-leading sustainability research and discovery, and inspire the urgent action needed for a healthier future.
Mitochondrial transplantation: powering the revolution in regenerative medicine
MITO2i awarded $23.8M NFRF-T grant to pioneer mitochondrial transplantation therapy — an emerging field that could redefine how the world treats organ failure, chronic inflammation, and degenerative diseases.
The Future of CDHI Moves to UTSC
In partnership with the UTSC, the Critical Digital Humanities Initiative (CDHI) is excited to announce that their important will transition into a new home at UTSC on July 1, 2025.
DH Fest 2025
Celebrate four years of CDHI at the University of Toronto! Join us for engaging, facilitated conversations about the future of critical DH, digital research creation, and digital knowledge mobilization. You will have an opportunity to connect with brilliant, innovative researchers and to meet new colleagues – all while reflecting on four years building of critical […]
Canada’s Associate Minister of Health attends Inlight research symposium
Student researchers, faculty members and staff from the U of T community gathered to seek ways to mobilize the knowledge being generated by their research, to create real and lasting change for student mental health and well-being at U of T.
Op-ed: AI-fuelled misinformation threatens the Sustainable Development Goals
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.