scholarly journals Organizing political support for the natural city

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (424-426) ◽  
pp. 133-134
Author(s):  
Preston Manning
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Political Support ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The World ◽  
Fraser Institute ◽  
The University ◽  
Canadian Research

The author served as a Member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001. He founded two political parties - the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000 and was also his party's critic for Science and Technology. Since retirement from Parliament in 2001, Mr Manning has become a Senior Fellow of two major Canadian research bodies, the Fraser Institute and the Canada West Foundation. He is also a Distinguished Visitor and lecturer at the University of Calgary and the University of Toronto. In 2002 he released a book entitled Think Big (published by McClelland &Stewart). He continues to write, speak, and teach on various subjects.The text that follows is an edited and revised version of a paper presented at the international symposion on "The Natural City, " Toronto, 23-25 June, 2004, sponsored by the University of Toronto's Division ofthe Environment, Institute for Environmental Studies, and the World Society for Ekistics.

scholarly journals The environmental costs of femininity

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (424-426) ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
Carly Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
World Society ◽  
Environmental Costs ◽  
Graduate Study ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The World ◽  
Bachelor Of Arts ◽  
The University

The author graduated in 2004 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto. Specializing in "Environment and Society" in the Division of the Environment, her senior thesis constituted the foundation for the present paper reflecting her interests in sustainability, feminism, history, politics and popular culture. She is currently preparing for graduate study in the field of urban planning. The text that follows is an edited and revised version of her paper presented at the international symposion on "The Natural City, " Toronto, 23-25 June, 2004, sponsored by the University of Toronto's Division of the Environment, Institute for Environmental Studies, and the World Society for Ekistics.

scholarly journals Evolving cities into a sustaining and sustainable habitat

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (424-426) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Willem H. Vanderburg
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
International Association ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Technology And Society ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

The author teaches Engineering, Sociology and Environmental Studies on issues of how to deal with the social and environmental problems related to the use of technology. He is the director of the Centre for Technology and Social Development at the University of Toronto, one of 25 leading innovators recognized by the Canada Foundation for Innovation in 2002, editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, and president of the International Association for Science, Technology and Society. He is the author of The Growth of Minds and Cultures, The Labyrinth of Technology, and Living in the Labyrinth of Technology (University of Toronto Press 1985, 2000 and 2005 respectively). The text that follows is an edited and revised version of a paper presented at the international symposion on 'The Natural City, " Toronto, 23-25 June, 2004, sponsored by the University of Toronto's Division of the Environment, Institute for Environmental Studies, and the World Society for Ekistics.

scholarly journals The Oak Ridges Moraine: A story of nature in the Greater Toronto Urban Region

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (424-426) ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
David Lewis Stein
Keyword(s):  
Urban Studies ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
World Society ◽  
Global City ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Oak Ridges Moraine ◽  
Urban Affairs ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

The author, retired urban affairs columnist for the Toronto Star, is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Urban Studies Program at Innis College, University of Toronto. He is working on a book about the evolution of Toronto as a global city and a novel about the inner working of Toronto politics. The text that follows was written by Professor Stein after attending the international symposion on 'The Natural City, " Toronto, 23-25 June, 2004, sponsored by the University of Toronto's Division of the Environment, Institute for Environmental Studies, and the World Society for Ekistics.

Arctic Science and Technology Information System

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
Jane C. Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
North America ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Bibliographic Database ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The University

ASTIS offers over 83,000 records that provide freely available access to publications, including research and research projects, about Canada's north. This database is a product of the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada which also maintains subsidiary regional, subject, and initiative-based databases. The subsidiary databases are all housed within and accessible through the main ASTIS database. Examples of the smaller databases include: ArcticNet Publications Database, the Nunavik Bibliography, and the Northern Granular Resources Bibliographic Database. ASTIS offers the ability to browse through its access points, including its own thesauri, thus permitting users to select and use a variety of free-text and controlled search terms.

scholarly journals Global neurosurgery: models for international surgical education and collaboration at one university

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. E5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joao Paulo Almeida ◽  
Carlos Velásquez ◽  
Claire Karekezi ◽  
Miguel Marigil ◽  
Mojgan Hodaie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Surgical Education ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Surgical Care ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

OBJECTIVEInternational collaborations between high-income (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been developed as an attempt to reduce the inequalities in surgical care around the world. In this paper the authors review different models for international surgical education and describe projects developed by the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto in this field.METHODSThe authors conducted a review of models of international surgical education reported in the literature in the last 15 years. Previous publications on global neurosurgery reported by the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto were reviewed to exemplify the applications and challenges of international surgical collaborations.RESULTSThe most common models for international surgical education and collaboration include international surgical missions, long-term international partnerships, fellowship training models, and online surgical education. Development of such collaborations involves different challenges, including limited time availability, scarce funding/resources, sociocultural barriers, ethical challenges, and lack of organizational support. Of note, evaluation of outcomes of international surgical projects remains limited, and the development and application of assessment tools, such as the recently proposed Framework for the Assessment of International Surgical Success (FAIRNeSS), is encouraged.CONCLUSIONSActions to reduce inequality in surgical care should be implemented around the world. Different models can be used for bilateral exchange of knowledge and improvement of surgical care delivery in regions where there is poor access to surgical care. Implementation of global neurosurgery initiatives faces multiple limitations that can be ameliorated if systematic changes occur, such as the development of academic positions in global surgery, careful selection of participant centers, governmental and nongovernmental financial support, and routine application of outcome evaluation for international surgical collaborations.

scholarly journals The Origins of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Enros
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Programs Of Study ◽  
The University ◽  
Phd Programs

An effort to establish programs of study in the history of science took place at the University of Toronto in the 1960s. Initial discussions began in 1963. Four years later, the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology was created. By the end of 1969 the Institute was enrolling students in new MA and PhD programs. This activity involved the interaction of the newly emerging discipline of the history of science, the practices of the University, and the perspectives of Toronto’s faculty. The story of its origins adds to our understanding of how the discipline of the history of science was institutionalized in the 1960s, as well as how new programs were formed at that time at the University of Toronto.

scholarly journals Reading over McLuhan’s Shoulder

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Durham Peters
Keyword(s):  
Keynote Address ◽  
Marshall Mcluhan ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University

Background This article1 presents a reworked keynote address given at the “Many McLuhans” conference held at the University of Toronto in September 2018 on the occasion of UNESCO recognizing Marshall McLuhan’s library as part of its Memory of the World program.Analysis  The article explores McLuhan as a reader and suggests that his greatest work might have been what he read rather than what he wrote. Conclusion and implications  The library, as a genre, is one of the great media forms of modernity and antiquity and a marker of the fragility and majesty of the things that humans do with their large brains. Contexte  Cet article consiste en la révision d’un discours principal donné au colloque « Many McLuhans » tenu en septembre 2018 à l’Université de Toronto, à l’occasion de la reconnaissance de la bibliothèque de Marshall McLuhan par l’UNESCO dans le contexte de son programme Mémoire du monde.Analyse  L’article explore McLuhan en tant que lecteur et suggère que sa plus grande œuvre consiste en ce qu’il a lu plutôt qu’en ce qu’il a écrit.Conclusions et implications La bibliothèque, en tant que genre, est une des grandes formes médiatiques de l’Antiquité et de la modernité et une instance de la fragilité et de la majesté de ce que font les humains avec leurs grands cerveaux.

scholarly journals Charles Herbert Best, 27 February 1899 - 31 March 1978

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Journal Club ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Early Death ◽  
Good Health ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
End Products ◽  
Personal Recognition ◽  
The University

In 1921, at a time when Charles Best was only 22 years of age, there appeared in the Medical Building of the University of Toronto a notice which read: ‘University of Toronto Physiological Journal Club Nov. 14th — 4 o’clock — Room 17 Speakers — Dr. Banting Mr. Best Subject — Pancreatic Diabetes’. In this quiet fashion a medical revolution was foreshadowed which ultimately made possible the enjoyment of life, in good health, of millions of diabetic people who otherwise, before 1922, would have faced an early death . In 1972 Dr C. H. Best himself estimated that ‘approximately one hundred and thirty million people have taken insulin since 1922. Some of them have lived 50 years’ (30). To have been the joint discoverer of insulin at the outset of a career in medical science might have been a disability for one w ho aim ed at making subsequent discoveries, but the account that follows later of his research activities shows that this was not so for Charles Best. In a foreword to a Festschrift for Charles Herbert Best which was published in 1968 the Chancellor of the University of Toronto, Dr O. M. Solandt, wrote ‘Most scientists who make discoveries, even ones that lead to important end products, have little contact with those whom they help. Probably all of us have benefited greatly from the work of Einstein, but I doubt if he was stopped on the street by people w ho wanted to thank him personally for the great effect that the theory of general relativity had on their lives. The discovery of insulin was different. Literally millions of diabetics all over the world feel personally indebted to Banting and Best. As with Dr Banting, wherever Dr Best has gone he has been engulfed by an intense personal recognition of himself and his work. He has received quite exceptional public as well as professional acclaim for his achievements.’ But such acclaim did not induce him to rest upon his laurels, as might easily have been true for many others.

scholarly journals In Memoriam: RAYMOND REITER June 12, 1939 – September 16, 2002

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. i-ix
Author(s):  
Jack Minker
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Knowledge Representation ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Theorem Proving ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Scientist ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The World ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
The University

Raymond Reiter, Professor of computer science at the University of Toronto, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and winner of the 1993 – IJCAI Outstanding Research Scientist Award, died September 16, 2002, after a year-long struggle with cancer. Reiter, known throughout the world as “Ray,” made foundational contributions to artificial intelligence, knowledge representation and databases, and theorem proving.

scholarly journals Envisioning the natural city: The guest-editor's foreword

2004 ◽  
Vol 71 (424-426) ◽  
pp. 8-9
Author(s):  
Ingrid Leman Stefanovic
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
World Society ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Common Future

The author is Guest Editor for the present volume of Ekistics (vol. 71,nos. 424-426 and 427-429, 2004) on The Natural City. Dr Stefanovic agreed to serve as the Director for the new Centre for Environment, University of Toronto, commencing July I, 2005, for a five-year term. She is the former Director of the Division of the Environment, one of the three units now integrated into the new Centre, and former Associate Chair for the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Dr Stefanovic is a Professor of Philosophy, whose teaching and research focus on values and perceptions of environmental decision making. She has a 30-year teaching and research career in interdisciplinary fields, ranging from environmental ethics to urban planning and environmental policy development. Her most recent book is entitled Safeguarding Our Common Future: Rethinking Sustainable Development (SUNY, 2000). Dr Stefanovic, one of the earliest members of the World Society for Ekistics, having served on various occasions as member of the Executive Council and officer of the Society, was the organizer and acted as Chair of the international symposion on"The Natural City," 23-25 June, 2004, sponsored by the University of Toronto's Division of the Environment, Institute for Environmental Studies, and the World Society for Ekistics.

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