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Claudia Miller

U of T undergrad passionate about Indigenous governance heads to Oxford this summer

News • 2 July 2025

University of Toronto undergraduate student Claudia Miller is building a career at the intersection of law, governance and Indigenous self-determination – and she’s already making her mark.

Kieran Rice

Learning, leading and writing: New grad Kieran Rice’s academic journey

News • 20 June 2025

Kieran Rice graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Indigenous studies and a minor in English and creative writing.

Devonne Moosewaypayo

‘It just didn’t feel like a reality for me’: U of T grad turns life challenge into academic opportunity

News • 13 June 2025

Devo Moosewaypayo will graduate with an honours bachelor of arts degree in Indigenous Studies from the University of Toronto on June 19.

John Borrows

John Borrows awarded Ontario’s Mundell Medal for excellence in legal writing

News • 23 May 2025

John Borrows, professor and Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the Faculty of Law, has been awarded the 2024 David Walter Mundell Medal by the Government of Ontario.

Sarah Hazell, Alicia Hawkins and partners from Sagamok Anishnawbek, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation receive Ontario Heritage Award

News • 12 May 2025

Sarah Hazell and Alicia Hawkins are part of a team of scholars and Indigenous community partners to be recognized with a Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation.

Photos show Indigenous initiatives across the University of Toronto.

Indigenous hub planned for St. George campus

News • 2 May 2025

By: Kay Kelly A new Indigenous hub is planned for the University of Toronto’s St. George campus – an idea that has been a longstanding vision of Indigenous community members at the university. The project, which now has a confirmed site near the intersection of St. George and Bloor Streets, will be a new home […]

OISE PhD candidate John Pierre Craig.

OISE doctoral student centers youth and land in climate education

News • 24 April 2025

By: Marianne Lau John Pierre Craig’s research on land education and climate justice will offer an often-underrepresented perspective at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), an annual meeting that brings together scholars from around the world to share the latest research in education. In Denver, Craig will present a paper based on a land education […]

Co-directors of the Technoscience Research Unit M. Murphy and Kristen Bos.

Indigenous-led, multi-institutional research project to re-envision approaches to pollution risk

News • 11 April 2025

By: A&S News A collaborative, Indigenous-led research initiative to re-envision chemical risk management in a time of environmental crisis has received $22 million in funding from the federal government’s New Frontiers in Research Fund. Led by the Technoscience Research Unit (TRU) at the University of Toronto and in partnership with researchers and institutions in Canada and Aotearoa (New […]

U of T Pharmacy student Cloé Lafleur speaks with patient actor Brandon Oakes

Pharmacy lab builds students' Indigenous health knowledge

News • 4 April 2025

By: Eileen Hoftyzer Cloé Lafleur was among the first University of Toronto students to participate in a novel lab at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy that focused on counselling Indigenous patients on medication and health issues – and says she got so much out of the initiative last year that she decided to get involved. […]