Finance committee  The new program Minister Kenney announced has been hugely helpful for our Ph.D. students and our graduate students who are here doing research. Instead of having to leave the country at the end of their program, they can apply to stay here in the country, and that's just a tremen

Finance committee  I think the bottom line is—as opposed to my taking the time here to speak about a specific program, there are two areas. Research has to be supported, and infrastructure has to be supported because you can't do it without that kind of expensive investment. It's really not about t

Finance committee  Let me tell you about Nilesh Bansal, who chose U of T because of its reputation when he came from India to complete his master's degree in computer science. His studies included the development of a tool to analyze social media. The tool was spun out as a new company called Sysom

Finance committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, Chair and members of the committee. I am pleased to appear in front of you again on behalf of the University of Toronto to speak about the important role of talent and innovation in Canada's economy. Today I would like to highlight two initiatives es

Finance committee  Thank you for the opportunity of appearing here.

Finance committee  Shana Kelley was the other person. In terms of the environment, the most extraordinary invention has just been done at the University of Toronto in our engineering faculty using nanotechnology--the University of Toronto is Canada's strongest university for nanotechnology--using

Finance committee  I wish I had the notes for when my presentation was 10 minutes long, because I had a couple of examples. The first is stem cells and the work that's been done in terms of discovery. Tony Pawson, who just won the Kyoto prize for $10 million, looked at how you use stem cells to c

Finance committee  I'm sorry; I don't have the specifics, but I can get them to you.

Finance committee  So for every student we bring in here who goes back and creates work, we see it day after day that those connections, those research connections and markets, are going to be driven not by keeping people in here but by getting them out.

Finance committee  Oh, they do. And I want our students to go there and I want their students to come here. That's how we will—

Finance committee  I thank you for the comment. The UTM building is doing well. We're very pleased with it. I don't have the number, but I can get it for you; most of the folks who come here to do work stay on. One of my responsibilities is the international relationships with the University of T

Finance committee  I learned it from you.

Finance committee  We need to commercialize more in this country. There's no question. Our view is that the primary role of the university is not to commercialize, it's to create discovery, and then to help in getting that knowledge transferred. It's the private sector's job primarily to do the com

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the question. The post-doctoral fellowships that we're talking about are really not different from a discovery grant, per se. What we're talking about is having the capacity for post-doctoral students, particularly focused at the international markets. W

Finance committee  There are a number of mechanisms that one could use--the Vanier scholarships, for example, or through the granting councils we have. Frankly, I think the granting councils are probably the best bet. They already have processes in place for peer-reviewed, excellence-based. The Va