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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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In retrospect: Ontario Tech University in 2020

December 22, 2020

As Ontario Tech positions itself for the promise of new opportunities and innovative approaches in post-secondary education, and in the discovery and application of knowledge in 2021, the university reflects on moments and milestones from the past year.

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How online learning promotes international collaboration and understanding

November 27, 2020

Researchers Dr. Bill Hunter, Professor in Ontario Tech University’s Faculty of Education, and Dr. Roger Austin, Professor at Ulster University in Northern Ireland, recently published a book documenting how global and community-based online learning projects bolster social cohesion and increase students’ understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.

Ontario Tech welcomes province’s investment in bridging the skills gap

November 06, 2020

Ontario Tech University is positioned as a post-secondary leader in the development and delivery of new high-quality, short-duration programs to help students, new graduates and non-traditional learners enhance their job readiness skills and improve employment prospects.

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Ontario Tech University ready to welcome international students

November 05, 2020

On November 3, Ontario Tech University received approval for its COVID-19 readiness plan from Ontario’s Ministry of Colleges and Universities, putting Ontario Tech on Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s list of Designated Learning Institutions that are allowed to reopen to international students who are not already in Canada.

Rachel Sumner, Executive Director, Ontario Tech Talent Inc.

Ontario Tech Talent Inc. skills-development enterprise welcomes Executive Director

October 23, 2020

Leading international post-secondary education strategist and entrepreneur, Rachel Sumner, will become the first Executive Director of Ontario Tech Talent, a new enterprise to help Ontario Tech students, alumni and community members adapt to rapid change in today’s job market. Ms. Sumner will join Ontario Tech Talent on Monday, November 2.

Engineering Building, Ontario Tech University's north Oshawa location.

Remembrance scholarship in honour of Iran plane crash victims

September 30, 2020

In remembrance of the victims of the January 2020 Iran plane crash, the Province of Ontario will provide various publicly-assisted post-secondary institutions with funding for dedicated scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year, including one at Ontario Tech University.

International student Tobias Cibis is Ontario Tech University's first cotutelle PhD student, concurrently enrolled at Australia's University of Technology Sydney.

Doctoral programming at Ontario Tech achieves new milestone

September 16, 2020

Tobias Cibis will become Ontario Tech’s first cotutelle PhD student by taking the university’s PhD program in Computer Science while simultaneously being enrolled in Australia’s University of Technology Sydney (UTS) PhD program.

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North Oshawa Campus Library opening September 8

September 02, 2020

As the Ontario Tech University community prepares for blended learning and primarily online course delivery this fall, the Campus Library team is ready to support teaching, learning and research with a mix of in-person and online services.

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