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Canada’s support for discovery research ensures that Canadians have the knowledge & means to pursue their greatest ambitions. That support has created a legacy of innovation that includes breakthroughs like lithium-ion batteries, quantum cryptography, and artificial intelligence.

Got a glimpse of Ontario’s energy future at @UofT last Friday. From smart grids to EV batteries and critical minerals, their breakthroughs are powering a stronger, cleaner, more competitive province, turning innovation into jobs. ⚡🔋🚗⛏️ #ONenergy #UofT

President Rhonda McEwen writes in University Affairs on Canada’s productivity gap and the role universities must play in closing it. She calls for deeper collaboration between higher education, industry and government. Read the full article here: universityaffairs.ca/opinion/elbows…

Great to host Deputy Minister Susanna Laaksonen-Craig @ONenergy for a recent tour of @UofT’s TMS Lab & CAPE These labs are conducting battery research with industry partners like @jule_power & ensuring grid resiliency To learn more, click here: gro.utoronto.ca/policy-in-the-…

@DougSaunders It would also be helpful if @CitImmCanada did not subject employers in strategic sectors (incl universities) to measures like this, which make it harder to recruit mid-career/senior talent to Canada: iccimmigration.ca/what-happens-n…

The next federal government, of either party, ought to make such skilled-talent drains easier (it's actually extremely hard): - Create a new Canada Scholars program to fund incoming faculty - Ease the huge moving tax penalty - Make it legally possible for them to buy a house

One less-noticed success in the Canadian counteroffensive: The most famous thinkers at Yale are being serially scooped up by the U of T’s Munk School as they flee the Trump assaults on universities

Big news from @UofT this am! utoronto.ca/news/universit…

@_scottreid That’s Trotsky

Herle is Ellen DeGeneres Kory is Lenin Jordan is Jennifer Anniston And I'm old Richard Burton

Fintech is breaking down barriers and unlocking liquidity in underserved markets. @somseif, CEO @PurposeInvest, Susan Christoffersen, Dean, @rotmanschool, Brent Allen, EVP @IGWealthMgmt, and Uzayr Jeenah, Partner @McKinsey discuss the future of digital lending and AI-powered financial tools.

Free trade between Canada and the U.S. began with integration of the two countries' auto industries. @rotmanschool 's Dimitry Anastakis spoke to the @TheHubCanada about that history earlier this fall. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hub…

#UofT to host new national hub to advance life sciences breakthroughs ➡️ uoft.me/bcP

“Who’s Subsidizing Whom?” I have written a new report for the Centre for Future Work @futurework_cda rebutting Trump’s arguments that the U.S. “subsidizes” Canada through its bilateral trade deficit: centreforfuturework.ca/wp-content/upl…. #cdnecon #cdnpoli #canlab /2

Insightful article written by @C_Mulroney on our government’s enterprise-wide effort to attract and retain tech jobs, capital, and AI innovation. Ontario is adding 75% more affordable energy to the grid to power growth as the tech workforce in Toronto-Waterloo-Ottawa region surpassed Silicon Valley for the first time. @UofT’s emergence as a global centre of deep learning and revolutionary AI research, coupled with Ontario’s bold plan to add more clean power to the grid will ensure we solidify our global position for generations.

Randall Denley: In five years, 100,000 Ontario students won't find university spots. That spells trouble nationalpost.com/opinion/denley…

It was great to host @fordnation this morning @UofT’s Academic Wood Tower, our 14 story mass timber building currently under construction next to Varsity Stadium. Thanks to our builder, @Pomerleau, and all the trades on site to welcome the Premier and his team to #UofT

Upgraded SciNet supercomputer will attract highly skilled workers to Ontario and provide researchers across Canada with cost effective computing resources. utoronto.ca/news/u-t-recei…

The @UofT enrolls more than 5000 new international undergrad students each year. This beautiful and touching documentary reminds us that each and every one of them is an individual, with his own dreams, her own worries, their own excitement. utoronto.ca//news/first-48…

University of Toronto ranked fourth best in the world for scientific research as Chinese universities make major gains - The Hub thehub.ca/2024/09/26/uni…

#ScarbTO's first-ever medical school @UTSC made possible by our govt in 2022, got a $25M funding boost for its building complex! Kudos to Myron & Berna Garron for their generosity in support of our shared vision to expand medical education for a strong local healthcare workforce.