Posts Tagged: EDI
By Tyler Irving Starting in September 2023, U of T Engineering’s new certificate in Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering will enable undergraduate students to strengthen their knowledge of concepts such as ethics, equity, justice and the interactions…
By Tyler Irving Last month, a delegation of U of T Engineering graduate students travelled to Detroit, Mich. for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) WE Local conference. From the moment they walked into the room, they could feel that…
By Safa Jinje Professor Philip Asare (ISTEP, EngSci) has been appointed to the role of Dean’s Advisor on Black Initiatives at U of T Engineering. Asare has hit the ground running since joining the Faculty in 2020. He is jointly…
The interview with Deborah Raji begins at 4:44 min in this episode of Groundbreakers. How can AI and related technologies avoid perpetuating racism and gender bias? The latest episode of U of T’s Groundbreakers video series hosted by Ainka…
Bu Liz Do This weekend, 300 high school and university students will have 24 hours to code, design, build, network and learn from mentors at NSBEHacks 2021 — an event that aims to equalize the footing of Black and other…
By Engineering Strategic Communications Six universities in Ontario have partnered to create a new fellowship to expand the pathways for Indigenous and Black students pursuing doctoral degrees in engineering to prepare them for academic careers as professors and industry researchers.…
By Tyler Irving A lot of adjectives have been used to describe the year 2020 — unprecedented, unusual, challenging — but Dean Chris Yip would choose a different one: inspiring. “What I saw across our Faculty was people rising…
By Liz Do Members from across U of T’s three campuses gathered virtually to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On Dec. 6, 1989, a gunman entered an engineering classroom at Ecole Polytechnique in…
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