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Keeping campus safe

An initiative to ensure a safe campus for female students, led by U of T Mississauga in partnership with local women’s shelter Interim Place, received funding yesterday from the federal government.

Federal funding supports U of T Mississauga research, invests in the health of seniors

Alice Wong, minister of state (seniors), on behalf of Leona Aglukkaq, minister of health, announced funding Nov. 8 at U of T Mississauga for five international research projects to help keep seniors active and improve their quality of life.

The projects, including research by U of T Mississauga professor Bruce Schneider, reflect a diverse range of important issues facing seniors such as continence, hearing loss, assisted living technologies, mobility in urban areas and care in residential facilities.

U of T Mississauga partners with Peel, Sheridan in international student program

U of T Mississauga, the Peel District School Board and Sheridan College will sign an agreement to help international high school students studying in the PDSB integrate more fully into the post secondary educational system in the region.

The agreement, which will be signed Nov. 8 by U of T Mississauga vice-president and principal Deep Saini, Peel’s director of education Tony Pontes, and Sheridan College president Jeff Zabudsky, is the result of two years of consultation and planning.

Remembrance Day ceremony to include special guests

The U of T Mississauga community will honour those who have given their lives in the service of their country at its annual Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday, Nov. 9.

This year, the ceremony will feature some new participants – the Royal Canadian Legion, the Canadian Forces and army cadets -- and a new location on the plaza between the Instructional Centre and Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre.

Iceless ice rink lures UTM students … indoors

It's the Great Canadian winter icon – a skating rink.

While most seasonal rinks are knocked together with plywood and a garden hose, the Department of Physical Education, Athletics and Recreation is building a backyard-style rink that doesn’t need water or frigid temperatures.

A synthetic ice rink, created from a high-tech plastic polymer, opens for free skating at UTM on Thursday, November 1 and Friday, November 2 in Gym C at the RAWC.

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