“…students have a place that they can feel a sense of belonging, that is culturally safe, and they don't have to park their identities at the door.”

#Indigenous #UofT #Toronto #education

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/university-provides-culturally-safe-space-new-indigenous-house

University provides a culturally safe space with new Indigenous House

As the Indigenous learning strategist at her school, Tianna Tabobondung is thrilled with the opening of a new building at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC). Tabobondung just wishes that Indigenous House was around when she was a student at UTSC.“This changes the game for students here on campus,” Tabobondung said at the grand opening ceremony of Indigenous House on May 25. “They have a space where they feel like they belong. They have a place that they can study, have food, create community outside of their own communities.”

Windspeaker.com
University of #Toronto #UofT
Woman may become the first deafblind person to summit Everest with the help of a U of T researcher
Karolina Pakėnaitė, who is from the United Kingdom, is training to become the first deafblind person to summit Mount Everest. Leon Lu, an assistant professor at U of T Mississauga, is helping design a haptic vest to help get her to the top.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/deafblind-woman-everest-uoft-researcher-9.7212593?cmp=rss

holy moly.

The University of Toronto has rescinded Buffy Sainte-Marie’s honorary degree.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/u-of-t-revokes-honorary-degree-buffy-sainte-marie-9.7199956

#UofT #BuffySaintMarie

University of Toronto revokes Buffy Sainte-Marie’s honorary degree | CBC News

The University of Toronto has rescinded Buffy Sainte-Marie’s honorary degree, following a petition to revoke the honour.

CBC

holy moly! 😧

"Instructure has paid a ransom to a gang of cybercriminals that have twice hacked the company’s learning management system, Canvas, over the past week and a half.
...
The deal means that the hackers have returned the compromised data of some 275 million users across more than 8,800 institutions."

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/administrative-tech/2026/05/11/instructure-pays-ransom-canvas-hackers

#Instructure #Canvas #UofT #Quercus

Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers

Although the monetary value of the deal is unknown, Instructure says the cybercriminals have returned the hacked personal data and offered assurance “that no Instructure customers will be extorted as a result of this incident.”

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Ontario just updated its OSAP calculator. here's where you can find out how the conservative government's cuts affect you:

https://osap.gov.on.ca/AidEstimator2627Web/enterapp/enter.xhtml

#OSAP #UofT

OSAP Aid Estimator for Full-Time Students: Home Page

“Instructure said Wednesday that Canvas was fully operational… on Friday, the company discovered that the "unauthorized actor" … made changes to the pages that appeared when some students and teachers were logged in… immediately took Canvas offline… Canvas is now fully back online”.

Except #Canvas at #UofT is actually “unavailable until further notice” 🤷🏼‍♂️

#instructure #hack
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-universities-canvas-breach-9.7192287

U of T, OCAD amongst Ontario universities impacted by Canvas cyber breach | CBC News

Postsecondary institutes in Ontario, such as the University of Toronto, are amongst thousands of schools impacted by a cybersecurity incident involving learning software Canvas.

CBC

#UofT
Quercus sites down following data breach

Cybersecurity group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for attack, giving affected universities until May 12 to negotiate settlement

https://thevarsity.ca/2026/05/07/quercus-sites-down-u-of-t-wide-following-data-breach/

Quercus sites down following data breach

Cybersecurity group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for attack, giving affected universities until May 12 to negotiate settlement

The Varsity
Anyone going to the #OldEnglish conference at #UofT next week? I’m looking forward to it.
#medievodons