Liam Mitchell
@liammitchell.bsky.social
Education. Strategy. Communications.
Today is World Anesthesia Day. This year's theme, 'Anaesthesiology in Health Emergencies,' acknowledges the vital contributions of anesthesia professionals in emergency and critical care. Learn more: wfsahq.org/news/world-a...
World Anaesthesia Day 2025: Anaesthesiology in Health Emergencies
World Anaesthesia Day on 16 October highlights the indispensability of anaesthesiologists in health emergency and critical care settings. World Anaesthesia Day (WAD) unites the global anaesthesia…
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October 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Today is World Anesthesia Day. This year's theme, 'Anaesthesiology in Health Emergencies,' acknowledges the vital contributions of anesthesia professionals in emergency and critical care. Learn more: wfsahq.org/news/world-a...
One Toronto doc wants to test a model of paramedicine that pairs doctors with paramedics. “We want to get to patients a lot earlier in their journey,” he said, noting research shows that 70 per cent of trauma deaths in Ontario occur before people get to hospital. www.thestar.com/news/gta/too...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
One Toronto doc wants to test a model of paramedicine that pairs doctors with paramedics. “We want to get to patients a lot earlier in their journey,” he said, noting research shows that 70 per cent of trauma deaths in Ontario occur before people get to hospital. www.thestar.com/news/gta/too...
“If Canada is serious about nation-building, its next great project must instead be to build an AI nation. That means educating and empowering every Canadian, transforming businesses, building a culture that is open to change ...” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/ai-n...
Canada must treat AI literacy as its next great nation-building project
Canada’s next nation-building project should be AI literacy: empowering every citizen to harness artificial intelligence for innovation and growth.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“If Canada is serious about nation-building, its next great project must instead be to build an AI nation. That means educating and empowering every Canadian, transforming businesses, building a culture that is open to change ...” policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/ai-n...
At last... the origins of the Toronto Subway Deer (Torontoceros hypogaeus) have been revealed! "According to the DNA, Torontoceros most likely split from a tangle of evolving deer lineages around two million years ago and took shape as a distinct species."
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Toronto’s Subway Deer Enigma Unmasked With DNA Analysis
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October 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
At last... the origins of the Toronto Subway Deer (Torontoceros hypogaeus) have been revealed! "According to the DNA, Torontoceros most likely split from a tangle of evolving deer lineages around two million years ago and took shape as a distinct species."
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Another transplant first for Toronto's University Health Network www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Toronto hospital performs Canada’s first heart transplant using a heart that stopped beating: UHN
Canada’s first-ever heart transplant using a donated heart, which had stopped beating before donation, has successfully been performed in Toronto, according to the University Health Network.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Another transplant first for Toronto's University Health Network www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Today we celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of the Temerty Foundation gift to @uoftmedicine.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today we celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of the Temerty Foundation gift to @uoftmedicine.bsky.social
"I will leave feeling really good about myself," Jameson said. "So does it really matter that I left without a ball?"
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Young boy at Phillies game gifts foul ball to fellow fan celebrating her 80th birthday: "I was so shocked"
At a Sept. 10 Phillies game, 9-year-old Jameson Pennings got what he had always dreamed of, a foul ball. His parents thought he would cherish it forever. But forever only lasted four more innings.
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September 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"I will leave feeling really good about myself," Jameson said. "So does it really matter that I left without a ball?"
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Jim was a happy warrior who seemed as vibrant in opposition as he was in government. Regardless of their political beliefs, I anticipate anyone who knew Jim would say the same thing. Ontario was well served by his contributions to public life.
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Jim Bradley, former Ontario MPP who served for more than 40 years, dies at 80
Jim Bradley, Niagara Regional Chair and second-longest serving member of the Ontario legislature, has died at 80 years old.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Jim was a happy warrior who seemed as vibrant in opposition as he was in government. Regardless of their political beliefs, I anticipate anyone who knew Jim would say the same thing. Ontario was well served by his contributions to public life.
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Un rappel de l'une des splendeurs du campus St. George de l'Université de Toronto (@utoronto.ca) : le carillon de la Soldiers Tower
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Un instrument rare forme des musiciens du monde entier
Au cœur du campus de l’Université de Toronto se trouve le carillon de la tour des Soldats. Un lieu d’apprentissage pour des étudiants d'à travers le monde.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Un rappel de l'une des splendeurs du campus St. George de l'Université de Toronto (@utoronto.ca) : le carillon de la Soldiers Tower
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Gemma Postill of @uoftmedicine.bsky.social/ @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social partners with UPEI on a program for PEI high school students to create and use artificial intelligence systems in health care. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Project aims to give high school students a peek at how AI can be harnessed for use in health care
UPEI is teaming up with the University of Toronto this summer to talk about how to create and use artificial intelligence systems in health care. The program they come up with will be for high school ...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Gemma Postill of @uoftmedicine.bsky.social/ @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social partners with UPEI on a program for PEI high school students to create and use artificial intelligence systems in health care. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Classes are set to begin for 20 students who are attending Prince Edward Island's new medical school, which serves as the regional home for Memorial University's doctor of medicine program.
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Things 'going really well' as students prepare to start classes at P.E.I.'s 1st medical school | CBC News
Classes are set to begin for 20 Island students who are attending P.E.I.'s new medical school, located on the UPEI campus, which serves as the regional home for Memorial University's doctor of medicin...
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August 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Classes are set to begin for 20 students who are attending Prince Edward Island's new medical school, which serves as the regional home for Memorial University's doctor of medicine program.
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“I never wanted to be this kind of reporter. By 2018, America's school shooting epidemic had taken a toll on me. It seemed to me the country had grown numb and lost its empathy for the victims and the families. I wanted to do something.”
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Unmade beds and overdue books: Photographing the rooms of kids killed in school shootings
The families of eight school shooting victims opened their doors to Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp, allowing them to document their children's bedrooms.
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August 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“I never wanted to be this kind of reporter. By 2018, America's school shooting epidemic had taken a toll on me. It seemed to me the country had grown numb and lost its empathy for the victims and the families. I wanted to do something.”
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Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre is once again opening its doors to the next generation of family doctors, welcoming nine new resident physicians in Barrie through RVH’s partnership with U of T's Department of Family & Community Medicine.
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RVH Welcomes Nine New Family Medicine Resident Doctors
Training Tomorrow’s Physicians, Right Here at Home Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is once again opening its doors to the next generation of family doctors, welcoming nine new resident…
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August 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre is once again opening its doors to the next generation of family doctors, welcoming nine new resident physicians in Barrie through RVH’s partnership with U of T's Department of Family & Community Medicine.
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Ontario universities have enrolled a record number of first-year students for this fall, but will be taking in about $81 million less in tuition from them, a new analysis shows.
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Ontario universities will take in a record number of first-year students this fall — but less tuition money. Here’s why
Despite an enrolment boom across the province, the loss of lucrative international students — who pay several times more in fees — has further impacted schools' bottom line, reports the
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August 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Ontario universities have enrolled a record number of first-year students for this fall, but will be taking in about $81 million less in tuition from them, a new analysis shows.
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Congratulations to #UofT MD Program grad, Dr Michelle Murti, on being named Toronto’s next Medical Officer of Health. www.toronto.ca/news/dr-mich...
Dr. Michelle Murti appointed Toronto's new Medical Officer of Health
News Release July 23, 2025 Today, Toronto City Council approved the appointment of Dr. Michelle Murti as Toronto’s new Medical Officer of Health, effective Wednesday, September 3. Her appointment is s...
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July 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Congratulations to #UofT MD Program grad, Dr Michelle Murti, on being named Toronto’s next Medical Officer of Health. www.toronto.ca/news/dr-mich...
The Greater Toronto Area Research Training Centre (GTA RTC) is providing vital training to Pod-Docs at @uoftmedicine.bsky.social and beyond! universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...
From Postdoc to Research Faculty crash course - University Affairs
A collaborative approach to supporting Toronto postdocs with academic job searches.
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July 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Greater Toronto Area Research Training Centre (GTA RTC) is providing vital training to Pod-Docs at @uoftmedicine.bsky.social and beyond! universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...
The University of Toronto has attracted several U.S. professors amid turmoil between American higher-education institutions and the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
Canada’s Trump-Fueled Brain Gain
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June 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The University of Toronto has attracted several U.S. professors amid turmoil between American higher-education institutions and the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
How a chance encounter on King Street in Toronto changed the life of Amna Zulfiqar who is now an internal medicine resident at U of T. deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/news/communi...
The community that built an internal medicine resident
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June 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How a chance encounter on King Street in Toronto changed the life of Amna Zulfiqar who is now an internal medicine resident at U of T. deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/news/communi...
Preparing for Canada Day at Queen’s Park. I hope there is no rush to take down the large Canadian flag afterwards. It looks good up there!
June 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Preparing for Canada Day at Queen’s Park. I hope there is no rush to take down the large Canadian flag afterwards. It looks good up there!
This is great news for Ontario! Onye Nnorom appointed associate chief medical officer of health for Ontario. brn.utoronto.ca/onye-nnorom-...
Black Research Network: Onye Nnorom appointed associate chief medical officer of health for Ontario
Onye Nnorom, an assistant professor at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, has been...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is great news for Ontario! Onye Nnorom appointed associate chief medical officer of health for Ontario. brn.utoronto.ca/onye-nnorom-...
Congratulations to @uoft.bsky.social’s Professor Caitlin Maikawa (Chemistry and Institute of Biomedical Engineering) on winning the Polanyi Prize.
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June 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Congratulations to @uoft.bsky.social’s Professor Caitlin Maikawa (Chemistry and Institute of Biomedical Engineering) on winning the Polanyi Prize.
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I am very glad to see Marcus Law of Temerty Medicine's MD Program recognized with the @uoft.bsky.social's President's Teaching Award. Well deserved! www.provost.utoronto.ca/profile/marc...
Marcus Law – Division of the Vice-President & Provost
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June 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I am very glad to see Marcus Law of Temerty Medicine's MD Program recognized with the @uoft.bsky.social's President's Teaching Award. Well deserved! www.provost.utoronto.ca/profile/marc...
“Investing in women’s health research should be core to Canada’s innovation strategy. Such an investment will unlock new scientific insights, drive inclusive economic growth, and ensure a healthier future for all.”
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When women’s health loses, we all lose
The disturbing cuts to women’s health research in the U.S. will threaten global innovation and care for decades. Canada has a chance to lead.
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May 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Investing in women’s health research should be core to Canada’s innovation strategy. Such an investment will unlock new scientific insights, drive inclusive economic growth, and ensure a healthier future for all.”
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Thank goodness for hospital volunteers like SHN’s Betty McBride and the service they provide to our healthcare system.
This stay-at-home mom wanted to get out of the house. Her volunteer gig has lasted 50 years - Toronto Star
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This stay-at-home mom wanted to get out of the house. Her volunteer gig has lasted 50 years - Toronto Star
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This stay-at-home mom wanted to get out of the house. Her volunteer gig has lasted 50 years — Toronto Star
88-year-old Betty McBride is the longest-serving volunteer at Centenary Hospital in Scarborough.
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May 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Thank goodness for hospital volunteers like SHN’s Betty McBride and the service they provide to our healthcare system.
This stay-at-home mom wanted to get out of the house. Her volunteer gig has lasted 50 years - Toronto Star
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This stay-at-home mom wanted to get out of the house. Her volunteer gig has lasted 50 years - Toronto Star
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We all watch the election results like this… right?!?!
April 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We all watch the election results like this… right?!?!