All Entries Tagged With: "University of Toronto"
Study Finds Gender Gap in Funding of Venture Capital-Backed Startups
Prior studies have found entrepreneurs are often more successful after learning from an earlier failed business. However, after their first business fails, women entrepreneurs are significantly less likely than men to secure funding for future startups.
In Memoriam: Kathryn Pauly Morgan, 1943 -2022
A native of Wisconsin, Dr. Morgan retired from teaching in 2013, after a 39-year teaching career at the University of Toronto. Dr. Morgan was a co-creator of the Women’s Studies program. She established the first philosophy of feminism courses in the department of philosophy and the master’s and doctoral level programs at the university’s Women and Gender Studies Institute.
University of Toronto Study Finds Significant Gender Bias in Referrals to Surgeons
The study of more than 40 million referrals to 5,660 surgeons from 1997 to 2016, found that male surgeons in Ontario made up 77.5 percent of all surgeons but received 79 percent of referrals from female physicians and 87 percent of referrals from male physicians. And no progress was indicated in the two decades of research data.
In Memoriam: Paula Joan Caplan, 1947-2021
A native of Springfield, Missouri, Dr. Caplan served as a professor of psychology and an assistant professor of psychiatry and lecturer in women’s studies at the University of Toronto between 1979 and 1995. She went on to teach at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, Connecticut College, American University, and Harvard University.
New Report Documents the Persistence of a Gender Pay Gap at Federal Scientific Agencies
The study found that the pay gaps at organizations such as NOAA and the DOE — agencies focused on traditionally masculine fields such as engineering and physical sciences — were largely the result of men being paid more than women for the same jobs.
New Study Warns of Health Risks for Pregnant Women Who Live Near Fracking Operations
A new study led by Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University in New Jersey, provides evidence of health risks for pregnant women and their babies who live within two miles of hydraulic fracturing operations.
In Memoriam: Elaine Fantham, 1933-2016
Elaine Fantham was the Giger Professor of Latin Emerita and professor of classics emerita at Princeton University in New Jersey. During her long career in higher education she also taught at Indiana University and the University of Toronto.
Former Bryn Mawr College President Takes on New Role at the Library of Congress
Jane McAuliffe, the former president of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, was appointed director of national and international outreach at the Library of Congress.
Alina Payne Named Director of the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Dr. Payne is the Alexander P. Misheff Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard. She previously taught at Oberlin College and the University of Toronto.
94-Year-old Former Mayor Takes Post at the University of Toronto-Mississauga
Hazel McCallion is the new special adviser to the president of the University of Toronto-Mississauga. Nicknamed “Hurricane Hazel,” McCallion served for 36 years as mayor of the city of Mississauga. She was first elected in 1978 and served 12 terms.
Two Women Professors Win the Griffin Poetry Prize
Two women were award the Griffin Poetry Prize from the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry. The trust awards two $65,000 prizes, one to a Canadian-born poet and one to a poet who is not Canadian. This year’s winners are Anne Carson and Brenda Hillman.
Gillian Lester Appointed the 15th Dean of Columbia Law School
Currently she is the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law, the Mimi Wolfen Research Professor, and acting dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Professor Lester will become dean at Columbia Law School on January 1.
