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The article presents developments related to the field of psychology. The library of Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has an extensive collection of material in the history of medicine. The University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Psychology has begun a new program in the history of Psychology Studies in Argentina. The Graduate Program in Psychology at York University, Ontario, Canada, offers an option in which students may write M.A. and Ph.D theses on topics in the history and theory of psychology.

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L'accès aux universités prestigieuses, les mieux classées et dotées de ressources, quoique peu étudié, représente une dimension additionnelle des inégalités en éducation au Canada. La théorie de l'inégalité maintenue efficacement (IME) soutient que les groupes favorisés vont dominer l'accès aux institutions les mieux classées peu importe le palier scolaire. Cet article teste cette hypothèse en utilisant les données uniques de milliers d'élèves du Conseil Scolaire Public de Toronto (TDSB) qui ont été suivis à partir de la neuvième année jusqu'à leur entrée dans un établissement postsecondaire. Ces données ont ensuite été associées aux données de classement des universités, de leur revenu, de leurs dépenses et de leurs fonds de dotation. Une série de modèles statistiques à niveaux multiples indique que l'entrée dans la hiérarchie universitaire ontarienne tend à refléter les inégalités dans l'accès général aux universités. Les femmes, les étudiants d'origine asiatique, et les étudiants issus des quartiers ayant des statuts socio-économiques élevés sont plus susceptibles d'entrer dans les universités les mieux classées et dotées de ressources; tandis que les étudiants qui s'identifient comme Noirs et hommes, sont moins susceptibles d'entrer dans ces institutions. Les avantages du statut socio-économique élevé et de l'origine asiatique sont seulement partiellement expliqués par les variables académiques comme variables médiatrices. Ceci suggère que le statut culturel joue un rôle dans l'élaboration du choix universitaire, alors que le sexe ainsi que les autres inégalités raciales sont dus en grande partie aux processus du parcours académique. Access to highly ranked, prestigious, and well-resourced universities represents an additional yet understudied dimension of educational inequality in Canada. The theory of effectively maintained inequality contends that advantaged groups will dominate access to the best-positioned institutions within any credential tier. This paper tests this hypothesis using unique data on thousands of Toronto District School Board students that were tracked from Grade 9 to their entry in Ontario postsecondary institutions, and then linked to data on university rankings, incomes, expenditures, and endowments. A series of multilevel models shows that entry into Ontario's university hierarchy tends to mirror inequalities in general access to universities. Female, Asian-origin, and students from higher socioeconomic neighborhoods are more likely to enter higher ranked and better resourced institutions, while students who self-identify as black and male are less likely to enter such institutions. High socioeconomic status and Asian-origin advantages are mediated only partly by academic variables, suggesting that status cultures play a role in shaping their university choices, while gender and other racial inequalities emerge largely through academic processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper seeks to contribute to an understanding of networks of governance beyond the state through an examination of the programs of one of the institutions of security within the University of Toronto, Ontario, the Personal Safety Awareness Office (PSAO). The analysis is aimed at exploring the ways in which three themes that have been identified in the literature as crucial features of contemporary governance--a focus on community, local responsibility, and a risk mentality--operate outside of established state structures. The analysis is based on two sources of data. The first source of data is comprised of lengthy discussions with the person who established and was responsible for running the PSAO for the six years of its existence. Secondly, the authors conducted an examination of PSAO files. As both of these data sources provide limited and filtered access to what really happened, the accounts provided both in the interviews and through the case files were analyzed for evidence of the nature of the programs for governing security the PSAO sought to realize. The authors use these programs to illustrate the sort of strategies for governing security that are emerging outside of police organizations.

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The article presents a case study which examines the role of University of Toronto in the establishment of Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development in Toronto, Ontario. Study provides a historical review of the development of Toronto RCE. Findings reveal the support of the University of Toronto to specific RCE projects. The article discusses how universities can engage with community partners for the advancement of environmental awareness.

This article focuses on the library of University of Toronto. The access policy is like this: Students, faculty, and staff of University of Toronto have borrowing privileges; Visiting professors from other institutions may apply for free limited access; Research readers who are not members of the University community may purchase a card for an annual fee; and Inter-library loan is available. In the field of Slavic and East European studies, the University of Toronto Library has a collection of considerable strength and scope, which has major national and international value in the scholarly world. It is the largest university library collection in Canada and ranks in the top 10 university research libraries in North America. The Slavic and East European collection at the University of Toronto began with the establishment of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in 1949. In the 1960s and 1970s the collection increased rapidly after the establishment of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies in 1963.

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The article offers news briefs related to health education. The Comparative Program on Health and Society (CPHS) at the Munk Centre for International Studies in the University of Toronto invites applications for 2004/05 CPHS Distinguished Visitor Fellowship. The 55th Annual Ontario Public Health Award Association Conference will be held at Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel, on November 24 and 24, 2004.

The article focuses on a conference "Semiotics and Cinema: The State of the Art" that was held from June 18 to June 22, 1984 in University of Toronto, Ontario. Three histories of the film image were then established: (1) iconic realism, (2) viewer orientation, and (3) discursive and figural representations. In a final forum on "Prospects and Objectives in the Semiotics of the Cinema," the cordiality and collegiality of the week evaporated in a flurry of pointed questions and critiques. The organization and format of the conference itself were criticized for not giving speakers time to develop their ideas, limiting question-and-answer periods, not showing films.

A major strength of this capacity building programme is that it encourages cross-cultural considerations in the application of research ethics principles to research in developing countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on case studies of internships and educational programs related to geographical courses. The article seeks to resolve the question related to the principles of the internship. The roles does it play in the education of undergraduate geographers and the extent to which internship is relevant to the non-vocational type of education in geographical courses. The article presents three case studies which seek to answer these questions. The first case study deals with internship program at the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. The internship program of this institute forms an integral part of an applied geographer's training. The second case study involves the internship program of the Erindale College. It's internship program appreciates the contribution of research planners in liberal arts of the contemporary society. The third case study describes the internship program of the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. It's internship program seeks to evaluate the impact of changing societal attitudes and students aspirations.

The article offers information on the research conducted by Min Zhuo and colleagues of the University of Toronto regarding the correlation of dopamine to fragile X mental ratardation protein (FMRP) in Toronto, Ontario. Researchers studied cultured neurons and mice lacking FMRP and discovered that the lack of FMRP causes a disorder with physical, cognitive and behavioural symptoms. Aside from such effect, it also plays other roles, including relaying messages in the dopamine pathway that shapes memory, planning and attention.

The article profiles author Matt Beam. He was born on January 11, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario. During his youth he wanted to a sports figure. Because Beam comes from a family of academics, there was a push-pull dynamic going on with his university decisions. Beam had studied to be a primary school teacher, but he ended up teaching grade eight and so, in part, that experience influenced the ages of his protagonists.