News archives
February
Faculty of Health Sciences researchers: Moving the mind and the body
February 28, 2017
Think Canadians are living an active, healthy lifestyle? Think again. Studies indicate over 90 per cent of Canadians are physically inactive. Canadians with disabilities are even less active.
University’s Carolyn McGregor included in historic Ontario 150 storybook
February 24, 2017
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor invited Dr. McGregor to be one of just 150 Ontarians to submit a passage to 150 Stories, a collection of new stories and images that speak eloquently about what it means to be Canadian in Ontario.
University mourns passing of Nancy Diamond
February 17, 2017
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Durham Regional Councillor and Oshawa City Councillor Nancy Diamond.
President McTiernan extending term until December
February 16, 2017
The Board of Governors of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology announces Tim McTiernan, PhD, has accepted its request to remain President and Vice-Chancellor through December 31, 2017.
Researchers featured February 19 on CBS News program ‘Sunday Morning’
February 16, 2017
The Emmy Award-winning CBS program Sunday Morning came to Oshawa in early January to develop a feature on password security, and the predictable patterns people often use in their passwords that can make them vulnerable to hacking.
Disability rights advocate speaking at UOIT on March 1
February 15, 2017
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s (UOIT) Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (FSSH) will welcome David Lepofsky to campus on Wednesday, March 1 as guest speaker in the Legal Studies program’s Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series.
ICYMI: Dancing police officer video recorded on campus goes viral
February 08, 2017
A music video being filmed near the University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s Regent Theatre in downtown Oshawa attracted a surprise visitor on the night of February 4.
National and international journalists continue to seek expertise of hate crime researcher Barbara Perry, PhD
February 08, 2017
Journalists are seeking Dr. Barbara Perry’s perspectives as they search for context about the unspeakable January 29 attack inside a Quebec City mosque that killed six worshippers. Dr. Perry is also in demand to explain a surge in right-wing extremist views in the United States, and in Canada, in the weeks following the election of President Donald Trump.
Ontario Premier turns up an ACE at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology
February 06, 2017
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne visited the University of Ontario Institute of Technology today, where she met with students and discussed student debt, the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), and other current topics of interest.
Balancing goals: Ridgebacks soccer star finding a way to do the math
February 02, 2017
She’s already earned a major place in the history of varsity sports at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. But third-year student Katherine Koehler-Grassau is also proving how someone can be star athlete and simultaneously be a high-performing student in a challenging academic program.
Welcome to the world’s most extreme classroom
February 01, 2017
Dynamic workshops in ACE’s additional climatic chambers offer students the chance to gain practical skills that will help them become immediate contributors to Canadian businesses and organizations. ACE’s wide variety of workshops are available not only to the university’s students, but also to students from other Ontario post-secondary institutions, as well as professionals and members of the community.
