The installation ceremony for Professor Alexandra Gillespie as U of T Mississauga’s 10th vice-president and principal was held on April 29.

U of T Mississauga’s Vice-President and Principal Alexandra Gillespie will soon launch forums for reflection to hear what matters most to the UTM community.

The final dose at one of the region’s first mass vaccination clinic has been administered, marking another milestone in the concerted effort to end the COVID-19 pandemic.

As vaccination rates continue to rise across Peel and community-based vaccine clinic options become more easily accessible, Trillium Health Partners (THP) and U of T Mississauga have closed their clinic at the Recreation, Athletics, & Wellness Centre (RAWC), effective July 27, 2021.

UTM has released its first draft strategic framework, providing an overview of the priorities that will unify the campus’s existing plans and guide long-term decisions and investments.

Informed by more than 500 distinct conversations over the past 14 months, with input from members of the UTM community, the draft is the latest step toward developing UTM’s long-term vision for collective flourishing.

An ancient book can tell a story in more ways than one.

The wood on its cover can tell stories about the climate of the years it lived. MicroCT scans can highlight parts that can’t be seen by the naked eye. Its paper and ink can reveal technologies that were used at that point in history.

Near the north-east corner of UTM, a student learns innovative methods in cultural communications that empower their community to engage more effectively and equitably. A staff member enacts a socially responsible initiative that enables local ecosystems to flourish sustainably.

When Michael Oppong Berchie’s life was cut short on a winter night in 2021, the recent University of Toronto Mississauga alumnus was eager to start the next chapter of his life, including a career in his chosen field of accounting.  

He was 23.  

On May 27, his life was honoured with the Michael Berchie Tribute Lecture.  

On the path toward genuine reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada, a new milestone has been reached between the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the University of Toronto Mississauga. 

For many people, the story of the book starts with the Romans, climaxes with Gutenberg and slithers to an ignominious finale with Silicon Valley and the e-reader. The folks at The Book and the Silk Roads research project offer a different version of this tale.