@utm.utoronto.ca @imiuoft.bsky.social @utmmanagement.bsky.social #HealthcareWorkforce #Nursing #WorkplaceViolence #Healthcare

Creating Partnerships Crucial to Tackling Workplace Violence Culture in Healthcare | Research and Innovation Workplace violence against nurses continues to worsen here in Canada and around the world, threatening the workforce and impacting patient care. Headlines about long wait times, “hallway health,” burn...

Soo Min Toh, a professor of organizational behaviour in the Department of Management, is building a Culture of Care Network — bringing together nurses, scholars, hospital administrators & community partners to develop strategies to address violence facing healthcare workers.

Read more: uoft.me/ci4

🤩That’s a wrap! Thank you to all who joined us for last week’s Research Excellence Celebration.

We’re grateful for the support from across #UTM as we launched this new event — and we loved hearing what our recipients are working on now. Watch the recording on YouTube: youtu.be/CoxpeHESrRk.

As #Women'sHistoryMonth draws to a close, the conversation continues. Explore our curated roundup of books and free-to-read journal articles on women's histories, intersectionality, and the ongoing work of challenging misogyny in all its forms.

Discover the reading list: bit.ly/4dElf6T

#WHM

🎉 Prof. Ron Buliung has just been awarded the Edward L. Ullman Award by the Association of American Geographers for his work on geographies of #disability and #ableism, and the mobility experiences of children and families: uoft.me/cgE

@utm-gge.bsky.social @utm.utoronto.ca @geographers.bsky.social

🎉There’s still time to register! Come celebrate award-winning research —happening Thursday afternoon at U of T Mississauga.

DSI-CARTE Machine Learning Bootcamp for Faculty Build your machine learning skills with an in-person, week-long training event for Faculty across the University of Toronto and external funding partners. June 8-12, 2026 Register at datasciences.utoronto.ca

DSI and the Centre for Analytics & AI Engineering (@engineering.utoronto.ca) are a offering Machine Learning Bootcamp for faculty members and scientists from June 8-12.
Register now: https://bit.ly/3m43be4

Sarah Rauscher receives national Early Career Researcher Award for advancements in computational biophysics | Research and Innovation

✨Congratulations to Prof. Sarah Rauscher! She's just received the 2025 Early Career Researcher Award from the Biophysical Society of Canada. Read the full announcement: uoft.me/cgo.

@biophyscanada.bsky.social @sarahrauscher.bsky.social @utm.utoronto.ca

Hidden Labour: UTM Researcher Exposes Material Realities of Digital Capitalism | Research and Innovation

The career of Professor Julie Yujie Chen was recently celebrated in a full-length article published by
@utm-research.bsky.social. Her research projects, such as her recent role as co-editor of the Sage Handbook of Digital Labour, continue to enrich the ICCIT. www.utm.utoronto.ca/research-inn...

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Following us over on Twitter/X? We've been quiet lately, but now it's official: the research and innovation office is no longer on X — but we want to stay in touch!

Keep up to date here on Bluesky & find us at:

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✨The Research Excellence Celebration is coming up on Thurs. March 26! Featuring lectures from award winners Kent Moore, Julie Yujie Chen and Alex Reisenbichler, this event is open to all.

Talks, food, awards and more — join us at #UTM to celebrate our researchers! Learn more at bit.ly/OVPRI-REC.

@utm.utoronto.ca @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

Alex Reisenbichler. Text: "People are increasingly forced to think about housing as a financial investment instead of just a place to live."

🏡 Why have rich democracies adopted radically different policy approaches to housing?

UTM prof Alex Reisenbichler was awarded the Annual Research Prize for his groundbreaking work on housing policy. Read our new interview to learn about his research, his new book, and what’s next: bit.ly/3Z8PeLH.

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🍎 At #UTM, research and teaching go hand in hand. The Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy is a vibrant hub for research and innovation, home to faculty conducting research that's shaping the future of #HigherEd.

Discover ISUP research at bit.ly/3L24Gpe.
@utm.utoronto.ca #pedagogy

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Sept. 30 | National Day of Truth & Reconciliation

Honour the experiences of residential school survivors by joining a university-wide event to recognize #OrangeShirtDay & #NTRD. 🧡

All #UTM community members are encouraged to watch the livestream.
⏰ 10 - 11:30 a.m.
📍 DV2220

Past injuries heighten fear, pain in stressful situations, study indicates | University of Toronto Mississauga Old injuries can heighten the body’s fear and pain responses in stressful situations – even long after the initial wound has healed, new research from the University of Toronto Mississauga suggests.Th...

Old injuries can heighten the body’s fear and pain responses in stressful situations – even long after the initial wound has healed, new research from #UTM suggests.

bit.ly/4mvQpOS
@utm-research.bsky.social @uoftpsychology.bsky.social

Their work was recognized by #ModernDrama journal, published by the good folks at UTP Journals, and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. (Stay tuned for the book!)

It offers a powerful lens for understanding how theatre remains a vital space for communal reflection and resistance. 💪

Jacob Gallagher-Ross, Miriam Felton-Dansky

🎭 What does it mean to perform in a world shaped by data?

In their award-winning article, Jacob Gallagher-Ross & Miriam Felton-Dansky propose "interface theatre," a new genre that captures how scholars & artists are redefining performance in our data-driven world.

Read the story at bit.ly/4nRFErh.

Conservatives Painted the Suburbs Blue. Can the NDP Reclaim Ground? | The Walrus Canada’s suburban ridings aren’t just rich enclaves. Many are diverse, working class—and rapidly shifting right

🏡New in The Walrus, Prof. Alan Walks joins researchers Aniket Kali and Jeff Allen from the School of Cities to discuss the shifting political attitudes in Canada's suburbs.

@utm-gge.bsky.social | @uoftcities.bsky.social | @utm.utoronto.ca | @thewalrus.ca
thewalrus.ca/conservative...

@uoftdlsph.bsky.social @utm.utoronto.ca

France Gagnon

💫 We're pleased to share that France Gagnon has been awarded the 2025 Leadership Award by the International Genetic Epidemiology Society.

Prof. Gagnon is UTM's Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation and a professor of epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Congratulations! 🎉

@hargrovelab.bsky.social @utm.utoronto.ca @uoftmedicine.bsky.social @moleculargenetics.bsky.social @sickkidsto.bsky.social

U of T's Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) is supporting 6 projects that span research topics from vaccine development to novel technologies for pathogen detection and identifying new compounds that curb the spread of infectious diseases.

Read the full announcement at uoft.me/bNx.

Top row from left to right (recipients of the 2025 EPIC New Connections Grants): Bryan Coburn, Freeman Lan, Michael Norris and Robert Kozak Bottom row from left to right (recipients of the 2025 EPIC Ignite Grants): Ramzi Fattouh, Amanda Hargrove, Shelley Lumba and Michelle Science

We're celebrating the recipients of the EPIC New Connections and Ignite Grants!

This year's researchers include Prof. Amanda Hargrove from the Dept. of Chemical & Physical Sciences. Her team is working on RNA-based approaches to control influenza and RSV replication. Project details at uoft.me/bNw.

@utm-gge.bsky.social @utm.utoronto.ca

‘You can’t just throw them onto the subway’: How parents ready their kids for their first solo TTC commute to school Some young students face extra pressure as they head back to school in September — for the first time, they will need to navigate the TTC by themselves.

🚇Young commuters make up 6% of #TTC ridership — and their first time traveling can be nerve-wracking. New in the Toronto Star, #UTM professor Ron Buliung shares how parents can help prepare young people to engage with #Toronto's transit system.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/you...

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Prof. Lars Barquist. Story title: One the Map: Experimental Research Uses Cultured Mini-Organs to Study Infections

Could lab-grown mini-organs help scientists research a range of infections? A new study published in Nature Genetics shows how researchers have mapped how the Shigella bacterium infects the human gut.

Read our interview with study co-author — and UTM Biology prof — Lars Barquist at uoft.me/bI7.

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📬 The May issue of SURGE is hitting inboxes! Check out this month's newsletter to learn about SpinUp's one-year anniversary, funding opportunities, new equipment & spaces available to UTM researchers, upcoming webinars, and more!

Find it online at bit.ly/SURGE-05-25.

Partnerships & Innovation | Research and Innovation UTM’s Office of the Vice-Principal Research and Innovation (OVPRI) supports impactful discovery in student and faculty research by serving as a key resource for UTM researchers and their partn

💡Did you know? Our office serves as a key resource for UTM researchers and their partners in their efforts to create, formalize and foster collaborative research projects and initiatives with external partners.

Learn how we can help at uoft.me/buF.