Cooking Up Clean Technologies: Cook Stove Design, Marketing and Adoption in South India
June 18, 2014
In March 2014 a delegation from UofT went to South India to research a cleaner alternative to the Chulha
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Ireland Could Learn the Lessons of Social Entrepreneurship
June 9, 2014
The Irish Times features Dan Breznitz and Sean Coughlan work with MGA students research helping people abroad and in Ireland better understand, and develop, social entrepreneurship, in a way that could benefit Ireland.
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Congratulations Munk School Graduates – Class of 2014!
June 6, 2014
Congratulations to all of our graduating Munk School of Global Affairs students!
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1914-1918: In Memoriam
June 2, 2014
Consisting of distinctive military band performances, military formations, and commentaries, the evening’s event shared a moving and appropriate commemoration of the sacrifice of Canadian men and women in World War I.
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New POWI Webcast
May 29, 2014
POWI brings together scientists, the investment community, industry, academia and First Nations to discuss key issues relating to shale energy development including the relationship between water risk and hydraulic fracturing, transparency and disclosure to minimize water risks, and the future of hydraulic fracturing in Canada.
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May 24-25: Join us for Doors Open Toronto
May 14, 2014
On May 24 and 25, the Munk School of Global Affairs is pleased to once again participate in Doors Open Toronto. Visit our observatory location at 315 Bloor Street West between 10am and 5pm on both days. We will also be offering scheduled tours at 11am, 1pm and 3pm each day.
Read full entryMapping Canada’s Footprint in Asia: Canada can do better
April 23, 2014
Much of what we know about Canada’s presence in Asia is not comprehensive or easily accessible, and this gap in the public narrative concerning Canada’s footprint in Asia is to the detriment of Canadian business as well as Asian market economies.
A group of students at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs have worked to answer the question “What is Canada doing in Asia?” by going beyond the usual suspects in economic indicators.
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Citizen Lab Awarded 1M from MacArthur Foundation
April 21, 2014
The Citizen Lab has been chosen among a group of seven nonprofits for grants of as much as $1 million, to recognize their success and future potential in monitoring governmental political activities in cyberspace and the human rights violations that could result.
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Think Big, Act Now, Change the World
April 11, 2014
The Munk School has established a new partnership with Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI). SEI’s Co-Founder and CEO, Seán Coughlan, is working with Professor Dan Breznitz offering an exciting new course in the MGA program.
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The Blood Telegram Wins the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize
March 31, 2014
Patricia Rubin, President of the Lionel Gelber Prize Board and niece of Lionel Gelber, today announced that the winner of the 2014 Prize is Gary J. Bass for The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide, published by Alfred A. Knopf.
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