May 5 marks Red Dress Day, also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S).

Check out a video about TMU's Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing, Karen Soldatic (karen soldatić). She's leading health system transformation by co-generating new ways of thinking about community wellbeing.
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Learn how Occupational and Public Health MSc student Kristina Lee Him is enhancing crisis-communication efficacy! Her research focuses on assessing public-health campaign effectiveness during emergencies. rebrand.ly/1l0bag6 Faculty of Community Services #HealthCommunication #PublicHealth

The new FCS International website is up! Check out what we're doing to create partnerships, scholarship & opportunities across borders for students, faculty & visiting scholars. Access the FCS Internationalization Strategy too!
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Join us for the first-ever TTCxTMU Social Policy Challenge — a case-competition style event where five social work undergrad teams will pitch solutions to social issues facing TTC riders. May 8 (3-6pm) on campus. Register: torontomu.ca/fcs-news-event…

Presidential Implementation Committee to Confront Anti-Black Racism 3-Year Milestone Report. Progress so far & what still lies ahead for Black flourishing, with reflections by Dr. Grace-Camille Munroe, Interim Director of TMU’s Black Scholarship Institute. ow.ly/vZsq50RtGkF

From sharing untold stories to creating art, the ‘Listening to the Margins’ research project by Faculty of Community Services prof. @Dr Fiona J. Moola brings the unique experience of racialized disabled children to the forefront. Learn more in the new issue of #Innovation : bit.ly/4bdWWsh

Finding Our Power Together is an Indigenous-led national non-profit aiming to empower youth. Faculty of Community Services professor Nicole Ineese-Nash's #research has helped shape and inform this programming, including #MentalHealth supports. More: bit.ly/4dbhDqs

Watch occupational & public health prof Kathryn Woodcock (Dr. Kathryn Woodcock (same on 🧵☁️)) discuss challenges STEM professors face when ASL interpreters are unfamiliar with specialized terminology — and ways that universities can improve interpretation.
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The researchers of Toronto Metropolitan University are advancing solutions to support and improve community well-being, #health and #MentalHealth . Learn more in our latest edition of Innovation: bit.ly/3Uzq7R3

Congratulations to Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing lecturer Hasina Amanzai — recipient of the 2024 Ontario's Universities
COUPN Excellence in Teaching Award! Hasina is known for her innovative learning methods, ability to simplify complex concepts, genuine care for students & more! ontariosuniversities.ca/university-imp…

With a mindset of mitigating barriers in the classroom & a commitment to student success, Dr. Hasina Amanzai was honoured at the 2024 COUPN Awards for her teaching philosophy which is informed by principles of equity.

Learn more: ontariosuniversities.ca/university-imp…

AI-driven chatbots dispensing wrong info. Secretly deployed app mistakenly flagging thousands for tax evasion. How to make harms from new tech visible? According to SURP post-doc & researcher in digital governance Dr. Anna Artyushina 🇨🇦 socioanna.bsky.social: an algorithmic registry. cigionline.org/articles/will-…

🔴 Panel 1, chaired by Usha George, showcases research into the rise of the migration integration business, where migrants are becoming entangled in a capitalist system of service provision.

Along with three long-term goals, TMU's Sustainability Action Plan identifies five priority areas of impact to implement targeted climate action.

Read the plan: ow.ly/EGVq50Rl5gc

Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing had the pleasure of hosting Grade 11 Biology students from George S. Henry Academy Toronto District School Board this week! Looking forward to see these bright prospective students walk through TMU halls in the very near future. Faculty of Community Services

Meet Kristina Lee Him, a student of TMU’s Occupational and Public Health MSc program. She’s researching how to assess the effectiveness of public health communications campaigns in emergency crises. Check out her story, research & top tips for students.
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Five nutrition communication master's students connected with undergrads at a recent “Learn How to Cook” session. Together, they made a healthy, affordable meal inside TMU's state-of-the-art Food Service Lab. Check it out: ow.ly/JJ0z50RiVhJ

Explore 10 learnings from the last three years of confronting anti-Black racism and cultivating Black flourishing at TMU. Read the TorontoMet Today article to learn more: torontomu.ca/10-learnings