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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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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.

North Oshawa Campus Library at Ontario Tech University - evening shot

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.

Students in Campus Library

Campus Library addressing commercial textbook-access challenges in online environment

August 10, 2020

The traditionally high cost of textbooks and other course materials represents a major financial hurdle for many university students. As part of Ontario Tech University’s commitment to encouraging an engaging and barrier-free student learning experience, the university’s Campus Library offers a print Course Reserve service. Each semester, more than 900 items are available for students to borrow for a one- or three-day period.

Northeast view of City of Oshawa

COVID-19’s lessons for community service delivery: local ideas drive local solutions

August 05, 2020

The unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic form the focus of a new online course this summer for upper-year students at Ontario Tech University and Trent University Durham GTA. In partnership with the City of Oshawa, the City Idea Lab course has students exploring how communities can ‘future proof’ their services so they can be prepared for when the next crisis hits.

Specially designed grad boxes were shipped to the class of 2020.

Ontario Tech University honours class of 2020 with virtual celebration

July 29, 2020

For university students, walking across the Convocation stage to receive their degree parchment signals both the end of an era and a new beginning. While Ontario Tech University’s traditional in-person Convocation celebration was not possible in June due to COVID-19 restrictions, the university wanted to do something special to mark the class of 2020’s accomplishments and cheer them on from a distance.

Ontario Tech University alumna Lena McNeill (Bachelor of Health Sciences (Medical Laboratory Science), class of 2020).

Ontario Tech workshop helps Indigenous student align passion with entrepreneurship

July 21, 2020

Understanding your personal gifts and talents is one of the secrets to successful entrepreneurship. Ontario Tech University alumna Lena McNeill (Bachelor of Health Sciences (Medical Laboratory Science), class of 2020) learned this while participating in a recent university-led entrepreneurship workshop for Indigenous students.

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