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Volunteer & Awards Stories

Souvankham Thammavongsa smiles quietly while standing in the wind near some blowing tree branches.

Nov 25, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

Alumna Souvankham Thammavongsa, the Giller Prize winner, found her confidence at the University of Toronto

In two side-by-side portraits, Jeffrey Fasegha and Ikran Jama each stand outside near walls.

Nov 24, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T's next Rhodes Scholars: alumnus Jeffrey Fasegha and current student Ikran Jama

A Arbor Award pin, shaped like an oak leaf, rests on a lichen-covered log.

Nov 16, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

112 members of the University of Toronto community receive Arbor Awards

Aug 10, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T Medicine alum Shaf Keshavjee wins Governor General's Innovation Award

A collage of six photos showing the heads of Braden Zufelt and his five fellow award-winners.

Aug 4, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T Libraries recognizes new grad Braden Zufelt and five other students for outstanding research

Rumeet Billan smiles as she stands outdoors by a stone wall.

Aug 3, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

Alumna Rumeet Billan named to Canada's Top Ten Power Women list

Ian Stewart smiles as he leans one elbow on his desk in a medical office, with a Rx poster on the wall.

Jul 10, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T recognizes pharmacy alumnus Ian Stewart for volunteer service and leadership

Portrait of Inioluwa Deborah Raji smiling.

Jul 8, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T Engineering alumna Inioluwa Deborah Raji named to MIT Technology Review’s list of Top Innovators Under 35

The Toronto skyline with CN Tower is reflected in a door framed by an elaborately carved stone archway.

Apr 5, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

Celebrating the winners of the 2020 UTAA Awards of Excellence

The view from a window in the OISE building looks over Varsity Stadium and downtown Toronto.

Apr 2, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

UTAA's University of Toronto Student Leadership Awards: spotlight on the OISE winners

A grid of 15 portraits of U of T's 2020 honorary degree recipients.

Mar 2, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T to confer honorary degrees on 15 academic, business and community leaders

Portrait of Melissa Kennedy smiling.

Feb 25, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

Law alumna Melissa Kennedy honoured by civic group

Raffaelo D’Andrea reaches up to a small drone hovering just above his hand.

Feb 21, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

Three U of T Engineering alumni elected to prestigious U.S. National Academy of Engineering

A grid of portraits of the five President's Impact Award winners.

Feb 21, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

Alumni prominent among President's Impact Award winners: U of T's leading researchers

Charles Tator grins as he sits at his office desk, which holds a plastic model of the human brain.

Feb 18, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T alumnus and professor Charles Tator receives Order of Hockey

Mamatha Bhat smiles as she leans on a staircase railing indoors

Feb 4, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

Alumna Dr. Mamatha Bhat recognized with John Charles Polanyi Prize in Physiology/Medicine

Three students smile and hold up framed awards in a library exhibit room, as a crowd mingles behind them.

Jan 27, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T Libraries research awards honour intriguing work on laparoscopic surgery, coal mining history and architectural modelling

The six-petaled Order of Canada medal contains a crown, a maple leaf, and the words: Desiderantes meliorem patriam

Jan 1, 2020 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T alumni, faculty and other members of the University community are named to the Order of Canada

Photo of Kai James holding the 2019 Giller Prize

Nov 19, 2019 | Volunteer & Awards

U of T alum Ian Williams wins the Giller Prize for his novel Reproduction

Margaret Atwood smiles and holds up a medal topped with a crown and mounted on a ribbon tied in a bow.

Oct 27, 2019 | Volunteer & Awards

Alumna Margaret Atwood receives honour from Queen Elizabeth

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