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Scholars at Risk
Having already enjoyed a long career as a high school principal in Zimbabwe, Clement Jumbe was excited about embarking on a new career path in the 21st century: co-ordinating a national secretariat on...
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Welfare Indexes Are Unconvincing Kurt Kleiner does a splendid job of knocking gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of welfare. However, he does not really explain why welfare indexes, such as the...
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I first came to the St. George campus of the University of Toronto almost 50 years ago – to visit my big sister in residence at University College. Neither Scarborough nor Erindale College existed. The...
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Calling All Businesses
Francis Shen (left) is co-CEO of Aastra Technologies with his brother, Anthony Shen (BASc 1980) Francis Shen is proof of the old business adage, change or die. In 1983, soon after earning his master’s...
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Here Comes the Sun
Shawn Qu’s philosophy of life and business is simple: seize the opportunity. Qu has been abiding by that edict since he arrived in Canada from China in 1987 to pursue postgraduate studies. Qu threw...
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Healthy Hearts
The urge to help people, not to make money, is what drives Neena Kanwar. Kanwar, who earned a bachelor of science degree, wanted to become a doctor but wasn’t accepted into medical school. Undeterred,...
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Thinking Small
Darren Anderson thought he was destined for a career in academics, not business. After earning his doctorate in chemistry in 2006, Anderson briefly took a job as the academic program co-ordinator at U...
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Animating the Body
Sonya Amin has turned her love of comics and science into a flourishing animation business. Amin, the co-founder of Toronto’s AXS Biomedical Animation Studio, remembers how she filled her lab...
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The Virtual Office
Anand Agarawala, 28, once considered business a four-letter word. That is until a video he produced in 2006 as part of his master’s thesis at U of T went viral on YouTube. The short video is a...
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Risky Business
Neena Kanwar has built her company, KMH Cardiology and Diagnostic Centres, into the largest provider of nuclear cardiology testing services in North America. When Reza Satchu talks, students listen....
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The Big Promise of a Tiny Cell
After almost half a century of research, U of T scientists believe they may be on the verge of making exciting discoveries about stem cells that could lead to new treatments for a wide range of...
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Force for Change
On most days, the cavernous marble-clad lobby of Toronto police headquarters at 40 College Street is congested with desk cops, detectives in stiff suits and people waiting for background checks. But...
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