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University of Toronto

Public research university in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada

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Oct 25, 2025
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Lefties Losing It: Miserable Liberal women are a menace

The original claim that “Lefties Losing It: Miserable Liberal women are a menace” is a polemical, unsupported generalisation that conflates anecdote with social diagnosis; available empirical studies ...

Nov 16, 2025
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How do Canadian schools accommodate students with halal or kosher dietary needs?

Canadian post‑secondary institutions and some school‑meal initiatives are increasingly offering halal and kosher options — examples include University of Toronto's new kosher program (COR‑certified) a...

Nov 14, 2025
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Which other Canadian politicians have held dual citizenship?

Multiple Canadian politicians — past and present — have held dual (or multiple) citizenships; Canada does not bar dual citizens from sitting in Parliament, and examples span prime ministers, party lea...

Oct 2, 2025

Have any major sponsors or partners dropped Turning Point USA due to Charlie Kirk's comments?

Major public reporting collected here finds ; contemporary articles instead document backlash aimed at other institutions and a surge of support and interest in TPUSA following Kirk’s death in Septemb...

Jan 19, 2026

Did Martin Luther King Jr ever visit Canada?

Martin Luther King Jr. did visit Canada: the most definitive, well-documented trip was in 1967 when he delivered the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Massey Lectures in Toronto, a visit recorded by...

Nov 26, 2025

What speech patterns indicate cognitive decline in older adults?

Recent studies and news coverage show that subtle timing and fluency features of everyday speech — slower speech rate, longer pauses, and increased use of filler words (e.g., “um,” “uh”) and hesitatio...

Nov 20, 2025

What steps can alumni take to proactively inform past employers or admissions offices about an official degree-title change?

Alumni who need to communicate an official degree-title change should first use their issuing school’s registrar or alumni services to request updated documentation (diploma, graduation letter) and to...

Nov 18, 2025

Which African governments have publicly accused Israel of running espionage networks and when were the accusations made?

A number of African governments have been reported to use Israeli-made cyber-surveillance tools and spyware — with reporting and research naming Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Z...

Oct 1, 2025

What were the reactions to Charlie Kirk's comments on Black women's intelligence?

Charlie Kirk publicly made derogatory comments about several prominent Black women, asserting they lacked “brain processing power” and suggesting their success depended on affirmative action; independ...