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The article reports on the ruling by the Canadian Supreme Court in a case about the arbitrary suspension of student Daniel Freeman-Maloy by president Lorna Marsden of York University in Toronto, Ontario. Freeman-Maloy was suspended because he participated in unauthorized protests launched by the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights. The Canadian Association of University Teachers applauds the ruling claiming that school authorities should not be immune from being held publicly accountable.

Focuses on the increase in proportion of student recruits from modest-income homes through a 25-fold increase in aid package of Toronto University. Percentage of increase in undergraduate students; Value of the financial aid for the university; Rate of share in tuition-fee increases for redistribution in student aid.

Reports that the University of Toronto has settled a lawsuit with a British drugs researcher who alleged that an employment offer was revoked because he asserted a link between antidepressants and suicide in Ontario. Amount of damages; Psychiatrist David Healy's acceptance of assurances that pharmaceutical companies played no role in the rescinding of his appointments.

Reports on the legal case between psychiatrist David Healy against the University of Toronto for alleged libel in Toronto, Ontario. Confidentiality of settlements; Linkage between antidepressants and suicides; Mediation in the settlement.

Reports on the support found by a University of Toronto academic who publicly shared her research findings despite a confidentiality clause with the pharmaceuticals company that sponsored the project in a report. Refutation of the findings of Nancy Olivieri by Apotex; Context of the report; Recommendation of supporting researchers threatened by a sponsor.

Reports the lawsuit filed by David Healy, a University of Wales professor against University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Ontario. Basis for the filing of the case; Reason for dismissal of Healy from CAMH; Amount of damage suit claimed by Healy.

Reports that the University of Toronto has become the first university in Canada to offer a guaranteed level of financial support for graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees. Increase in the average tuition fees for graduate students; Effects of the deregulation of graduate and professional program fees.

Reports on the University of Toronto's retraction of a job offer to British researcher David Healy, who publicly suggested that Prozac could lead to suicide. Controversy over Healy's speech at a mental illness colloquium in Toronto in November 2000; Debate over commercial pressure in Toronto.

Reports on the results of a cross-cultural clinical ethics survey conducted by the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario.

Reports on the lingering effects of the 78-day teachers' strike at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Number of instructors and teaching assistants who participated in the strike; Class-action suit filed by students; Key issue in the strike.

Highlights the strikes of teaching assistants the University of Toronto in Ontario due to tuition costs. Tuition fee for Canadian graduate students; Actions taken by administrators of the University of Toronto.

Focuses on a higher education class at Toronto University in Ontario which uses meditation. Benefits from spiritual healing; Reactions of students; Creation of a meditation center by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Focuses on the efforts of the University of Toronto in Ontario to raise funds for academic refugees. What the fund will provide for the refugees; Amount of money the university is trying to raise; Comments from Michael Marrus, a historian who proposed the fund; Information on Canada's refugee laws.

Reports on the end of the 55-day strike of faculties of the York University in Toronto, Ontario.

Reports on the continuation of a faculty strike at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Administration's rejection of binding arbitration; Concerns on the deterioration of the teaching conditions at the university.

Reports on part-time professor Gerald Hannon's settlement of a case with Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, Ontario where he previously taught in connection with his work as a prostitute. Preference for teaching over cash settlement from the university; Suspension of Hannon after admitting that he moonlighted as a prostitute; Students' support for Hannon's cause.

Reports that Doris Sommer-Rotenberg helped make possible an endowed chair in suicide studies at the Ontario-based University of Toronto. Fulfillment of the promise of the life of her son Arthur Sommer Rotenberg; Effort to diminish some of the stigma associated with suicide.

Reports that York University in Canada has awarded a full-time position to Diana Cooper-Clark, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education's 1995 professor of the year. York administration's placement on blame on the university's austerity measure for not hiring her sooner; Bad working conditions for part-time teachers in Canada.

Reports that the York University in Toronto, Ontario has received from Canadian entrepreneur Seymour Schulich the largest-ever private donation to a university in Canadian history. Amount donated by Schulich; Cuts in government funding for higher education; Background information on York University; Private fundraising as a growing activity among Canadian universities.

Reports that part-time professor Gerald Hannon will be back in class at the Toronto, Ontario-based Ryerson Polytechnic University after being suspended for his conduct. Espousing of views on pedophilia in the classroom; Interview to the daily `Toronto Sun.'