A multi-vectored scholar for a multi-vectored era: Paul Robert Magocsi

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taras Kuzio
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Great Contribution ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The University

Magocsi has held the Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto for three decades during which he has devoted himself to both Ukrainian and Rusyn history. Critics of Magocsi, particularly in the Ukrainian diaspora in North America, focus on his Rusyn publications while ignoring his great contribution to Ukrainian history which remains unparalleled among other Western historians of Ukraine and other Chairs of Ukrainian History and academic institutions.

Introductory Remarks

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
G.T. Simon
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
North America ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Good Story ◽  
Symbolic Summation ◽  
The University

Forty years ago in the University of Toronto, a group of young physicists constructed the first electron microscope in North America. With Toronto as the host for the 9th International Congress on Electron Microscopy in 1978, it is an unique opportunity to commemorate this Canadian achievement. In the summer of 1977, Cecil Hall, who was involved in this achievement, wrote in a letter about this commemoration: “It is only a ceremony, of course, a symbolic summation to a story that many of us know. It is a good story”. That it is more than a “good story” became clear while material was being gathered to write the historical account of the construction of the Toronto microscope.

Development of the University of Toronto Skull Base Inventory (UT-SBI) Quality-of-Life Questionnaire

Skull Base ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
John de Almeida ◽  
Allan Vescan ◽  
Jolie Ringash ◽  
Patrick Gullane ◽  
Fred Gentili ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Skull Base ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Quality Of Life Questionnaire ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The University

Disruptive innovation and operationalization in local and sustainable food systems: Examining the University of Toronto-Local Food Plus partnership

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-139
Author(s):  
Lori Stahlbrand
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Food System ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Disruptive Innovation ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The University

This paper traces the partnership between the University of Toronto and the non-profit Local Food Plus (LFP) to bring local sustainable food to its St. George campus. At its launch, the partnership represented the largest purchase of local sustainable food at a Canadian university, as well as LFP’s first foray into supporting institutional procurement of local sustainable food. LFP was founded in 2005 with a vision to foster sustainable local food economies. To this end, LFP developed a certification system and a marketing program that matched certified farmers and processors to buyers. LFP emphasized large-scale purchases by public institutions. Using information from in-depth semi-structured key informant interviews, this paper argues that the LFP project was a disruptive innovation that posed a challenge to many dimensions of the established food system. The LFP case study reveals structural obstacles to operationalizing a local and sustainable food system. These include a lack of mid-sized infrastructure serving local farmers, the domination of a rebate system of purchasing controlled by an oligopolistic foodservice sector, and embedded government support of export agriculture. This case study is an example of praxis, as the author was the founder of LFP, as well as an academic researcher and analyst.

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