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The U-Pass goes digital
Starting in the upcoming summer semester, the U-Pass program will introduce digital passes, which will more accurately track ridership data and eliminate the need to charge lost card replacement fees.
In a general committee meeting on January 11, 2023, the Mississauga City Council provided their unanimous consent to a two-year renewal of the Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass) program, which was set to expire on August 31, 2023. The report, presented…
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ISP100: A soon-to-be mandatory course that develops essential academic skills
Professor Jonathan Vroom shares how building academic writing and reading skills is key for students’ successes across all disciplines.
Being a university student requires us to read academic writing and engage with it in assignments. Many academic texts are written by experts in the discipline. As a result, they…
Leela McKinnon on the impact of major lifestyle changes on sleep patterns and circadian rhythms in Indigenous populations in Guatemala and Mexico
Recent studies by evolutionary sleep anthropologists demonstrate the influence of environmental, social, and technological factors on human sleep patterns.
Leela McKinnon, a PhD student in Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), studies the evolution of human sleep. Specifically, she explores how a complex interaction of ecological…
