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The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

We use a “mixed methods” approach to research combining practices from political science, law, computer science, and area studies. Our research includes: investigating digital espionage against civil society, documenting Internet filtering and other technologies and practices that impact freedom of expression online, analyzing privacy, security, and information controls of popular applications, and examining transparency and accountability mechanisms relevant to the relationship between corporations and state agencies regarding personal data and other surveillance activities.

Professor Ron Deibert is the founder and current director of the Citizen Lab.

An information booklet on the Citizen Lab can be found here .

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Financial support for the Citizen Lab’s research has come from the The Canada Centre for Global Security Studies,  Donner Canadian Foundation ,  Ford Foundation ,  Hewlett Foundation ,  HIVOS , The Hopewell Fund, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) ,  John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation , Oak Foundation ,  Open Society Foundations ,  Psiphon Inc .,  The Sigrid Rausing Trust ,  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ,   Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation .

The Citizen Lab is grateful for in-kind donations of investigative tools from companies including: RiskIQ/PassiveTotal , HYAS , VirusTotal , Cisco’s AMP Threat Grid Team , and others.

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Citizen Lab is an academic research lab focused on the study of digital threats to civil society and high-level policy engagement. Our research into digital threats involving individuals is conducted through human subject research protocols and participants must fit specific criteria and processes to be enrolled in these projects. Providing technical support, advice, or recommendations to members of the public is outside of our mandate.

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Life sciences in the toronto region.

From discovery to adoption, the Toronto Region is home to a life sciences ecosystem that can help your business develop exciting new products, run them through clinical trials, and bring them to market – all in one place and at a lower cost than other major life sciences hubs.

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Why the Toronto Region is right for you:

• Toronto’s  Discovery District , a 2.5km 2 downtown research park and health innovation hub, comprises 7 million square feet of facilities representing  Canada’s largest concentration of hospitals, research institutes, business incubators, and venture capital organizations , along with the University of Toronto .
• Toronto Region is home to more than 1,400 life sciences establishments, more than any other Canadian metropolitan area.
• Nearly 50 international pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have established head offices here, including global giants Amgen , AstraZeneca , GSK , Roche , and Teva
• More than 11,000 researchers and technicians operate out of the region’s 37 research institutes, nine teaching hospitals, and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine, with over $1 billion in research funding
• Sitting adjacent to the United States with a single-payer healthcare system, the Toronto Region offers significant cost savings to your life science business
• Toronto Region is home to over 250 ethnicities – which means you can conduct a globally diverse pool of trials from one location

Key subsectors:

• Biotechnology
• Digital Health
• Medtech & devices
• Pharmaceuticals
• Regenerative Medicine

In January 2023, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) revealed its new medical school will be located at the Bramalea Civic Centre in Brampton. The expansive 250,000-square-foot campus will feature classrooms, offices, research hubs, and a comprehensive health clinic, all backed by a $20M contribution from the City of Brampton.

This institution is built on five core pillars: a focus on community-based primary healthcare; care that honors and respects diverse cultures; leveraging innovation and technology to enhance healthcare quality and patient results; fostering collaborative healthcare networks across various professions; and prioritizing the health and well-being of seniors.

In collaboration with its principal clinical ally, William Osler Health System (Osler), TMU’s School of Medicine is poised to create a nurturing educational space for undergraduate students, healthcare professionals, and residents, facilitating their continuous growth and learning through various training and development opportunities.

Recent Investments in Life Science Industry Companies:

Resilience (2021): Resilience received a $164 million investment from the Government of Canada to modernize and expand its 136,000 sq. ft. biomanufacturing facility in the Toronto Region, which strengthens Canada’s biopharmaceutical ecosystem.

Sanofi (2021): Sanofi announced an investment of more than $600 million in a new vaccine manufacturing facility at its existing site in the Toronto Region. At their current facility, it produces millions of life-saving vaccines to more than 60 countries worldwide.

Bora Pharmaceuticals

Bora Pharmaceuticals (2020): Bora Pharmaceuticals is a premier international contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in OSD & liquids manufacturing. They choose to launch their flagship North American facility in the Toronto Region due to our world-class life sciences sector.

Hoffmann-La Roche (2020): Hoffmann-La Roche Limited (Roche Canada) has announced a major jobs investment into Ontario’s life sciences industry that will bring up to 500 highly skilled and specialized full-time positions to the Toronto Region.

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca (2023): AstraZeneca announced a $500M investment, to create a Research and Development Hub in Mississauga, which will focus on leading global clinical studies in areas including cancer, COVID-19 and chronic kidney disease. The investment will also support the creation of Alexion, an AstraZeneca Rare Disease Development Hub, which will focus on rare disease research.

CCRM Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine

Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) is a not-for-profit, public-private consortium supporting the development of foundational technologies that accelerate the commercialization of cell and gene therapies, and regenerative medicine technologies.

Located at the MaRS Discovery District and backed by Canada’s scientific excellence in stem cells, bioengineering, and biomaterials, CCRM aims to help new, potentially life-changing cell, gene and regenerative medicine-based treatments move from the laboratory to the clinic. Notable industry partners include Amgen , GE Healthcare , Pfizer , ThermoFisher Scientific , and AvroBio .

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Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) is a leader in innovative biomedical research: its researchers discovered insulin, created the first cardiac pacemaker and developed new lung repair techniques, among many other novel approaches. TGHRI is the research arm of Toronto General Hospital and focuses on multidisciplinary research that reflects and supports the medical programs of the hospital. Research areas include cardiovascular disease, transplantation, regenerative medicine, diabetes, infectious diseases, autoimmunity disorders, psychosocial care and health systems. TGHRI research laboratories and facilities are primarily located at Toronto General Hospital, the Max Bell Research Centre and the MaRS Centre. TGHRI researchers are grouped into the following Groups based on their research program:

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The Summer Undergraduate Research Program celebrates over four decades of continued success. Today, Dr. Ted Brown serves as the Director of the program. SURP provides an opportunity for undergraduate B.Sc. and medical students (who do not hold a graduate degree) to become involved in projects relating to biomedical research. Projects range across a broad spectrum of disciplines, from molecular biology and cognitive science to clinical investigation and bioethics. 

Why take part in SURP? 

The Summer Undergraduate Research Program is a wonderful opportunity for you to work with distinguished faculty members, develop sound research methodologies and experience excellent mentorship. Click here to read about SURP in the IMS Magazine.

What do we offer in the program? 

Participants selected for the program spend 3 months in the summer (June-August) in a laboratory or clinical setting, working on a research project. During this time you are encouraged to participate in laboratory meetings, data analysis, journal clubs, and/or appropriate clinical research rounds at the affiliated teaching hospitals. In addition, the IMS offers weekly seminars rendered by eminent researchers from the University of Toronto. 

The summer research program concludes with Research Day in mid-August where you are given the opportunity to showcase your research findings through oral or poster presentations. Highlights of the Research Day include several awards for excellence in research presentation, including a certificate of participation. 

If you have any questions about the Summer Undergraduate Research Program not covered below, please email Sobiga Vyravanathan, SURP Program Coordinator . 

Do I need to be a student at the University of Toronto to apply to SURP?

No, students at any Canadian university can apply to SURP, as long as they meet all other eligibility requirements.

Can I send an unofficial transcript/academic history screenshot as part of my application?

Only an official transcript will be accepted as part of the application. You can submit an electronic version of the official transcript.

I am in my final year of my undergraduate studies. Can I apply to the SURP program?

Yes, students in their final year of undergraduate studies can apply to the program, as long as they are enrolled in courses in their undergraduate degree program until April. For example, if you would like to participate in SURP 2023, and you are in your final year of undergraduate studies, you must be enrolled in courses until April 2023.

I am enrolled in pharmacy/optometry/dentistry school. Am I eligible to participate in SURP?

No, students enrolled in pharmacy/optometry/dentistry school are not eligible to participate in SURP. Professional degree students are not eligible, other than medical students.

How do I find a supervisor?

In December, a list of supervisors looking for summer students for SURP for the following year will be listed on our website here . You need to contact the supervisors you are interested in working with.

Can I apply to the SURP if I have participated in SURP in previous years?

Yes, you can participate in SURP again, as long as you meet all other eligibility requirements. However, students are only eligible to receive joint funding for two years with the same supervisor. 

Will I automatically receive joint funding if my cGPA is over 3.7?

No, we have a limited number of joint funded awards, and these are awarded on a competitive basis.

What is the time commitment required to participate in SURP?

Although this is an academic program and not a job, students are expected to be working on their research for a minimum of 35 hours/week.

Are the summer seminar series mandatory?

Yes, all students are expected to attend the summer seminar series every week. Attendance will be taken at the seminar series.

We will not be accepting any international students for the SURP 2024 program. 

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Scientists in Toronto are conducting research across a number of disciplines, incluading deep learning, economics, machine learning, recommender systems, natural language processing, entity resolution, and automated speech recognition.

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Amazon provides scientists room to take risks and fail; a community for collaboration and support for continued learning; and the opportunity to have an impact at global scale. Scientists are encouraged to engage with the research community in many forms, from attending conferences and writing research papers , to contributing to open-source code, and public datasets.

Toronto is widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world with more than 180 dialects spoken among locals. A dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic CN Tower, it also features abundant green spaces, including the 400-acre High Park, the Toronto Islands (the largest in the continent of North America), huge sports/concert spaces like the Rogers Centre and Air Canada Centre, and Canada’s largest zoo.

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LGC acquires Toronto Research Chemicals, strengthening presence in reference standards market

Today, LGC announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Toronto Research Chemicals (“TRC”), a leading manufacturer and supplier of synthetic organic bio-chemicals which are used as reference standards, research tools and building blocks by a highly diversified global customer base across the pharmaceutical, applied and research sectors.

TRC has a leading market position supported by an extensive product portfolio with over 46,000 compounds held in inventory and a wide breadth of synthetic and analytical chemistry capabilities. Founded in 1982 by David and Charles Dime, TRC has over 375 employees and operates from c.120,000 square foot of space across two manufacturing sites in Toronto.

The acquisition of TRC complements LGC’s existing reference standards business , which includes the Mikromol TM and Dr Ehrenstorfer TM product portfolios, and provides commercial and operational opportunities to develop the combined product and service offering to customers globally.  

TRC’s Chief Executive Charles Dime will remain a significant shareholder alongside LGC.

Euan O’Sullivan, Managing Director, LGC’s Standards division, said, “We are delighted to partner with TRC to deliver the next phase of growth in the business and expansion of capabilities in Toronto. We have enjoyed a long and successful relationship with TRC and this transaction strengthens our presence in the reference standards market, in particular in North America and Asia Pacific, as well as our ability to serve pharmaceutical and biotech customers. As we start combining our teams, we look forward to providing an extended portfolio of reference standards, research tools and building blocks to our customers around the world.”

David and Charles Dime, Co-Founders, TRC, said, “We are excited to be partnering with LGC and continuing to provide our customers with high quality products and services. Over the years, we have built a strong reputation as a supplier of choice for customers globally and look forward to strengthening our capabilities and product offering alongside LGC.”

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Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) operates seven research centres across Canada, each with a unique combination of expertise and facilities to carry out world-class research.

Atlantic Research Centre (ARC)

The Atlantic Research Centre (ARC) is Canada's centre of excellence for maritime defence science. The centre conducts research and provides advice to the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces in the areas of underwater warfare and surveillance, integrated warship survivability and performance, maritime information warfare, materials science, power and energy, and signature management.

ARC has scientists, engineers, technologists, computer scientists and support staff located in its main campus in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and a materials science laboratory located in His Majesty's Canadian Dockyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Working closely with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), ARC staff access unique facilities such as the “floating laboratory” on the Acoustic Calibration Barge moored in the Bedford Basin. Additionally, the centre manages a field camp on the Northwest Passage at Gascoyne Inlet on Devon Island and has scientists co-located with Power and Energy facilities at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Ontario.

ARC collaborates with other government organizations, industry, universities and international partners to maintain expertise in anti-submarine warfare, mine and torpedo defence, Arctic surveillance, naval platform technology, the modelling and simulation of ship systems, shipboard command and control, maritime information and knowledge management, emerging materials, energy management, and signature management. This expertise is applied primarily to maritime defence and security domains, but also to the air and land environments.

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The Centre for Operational Research and Analysis (CORA) exists to improve Canada’s defence and security by providing operational research, strategic analysis and joint targeting expertise to the Department of National Defence, the Canadian Armed Forces, and defence and security partners, within Canada or deployed, and at all security levels. CORA delivers evidence-based analysis and researched information to support planning and decision making toward improvements to program execution and outcomes, the identification of issues and risks with proposals for mitigation, and the effective use of resources such as personnel, equipment and budgets.

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Centre for Operational Research and Analysis National Defence Headquarters (Carling) 60 Moodie Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K2

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Established in 2006 as a dedicated centre related to public safety and national security, the Centre for Security Science (CSS) develops and delivers innovative science and technology solutions and advice to the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces, other government departments, and the safety and security communities.

CSS is responsible for managing the Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP) in partnership with Public Safety Canada. As a federally funded program, the CSSP’s mission is to strengthen Canada's ability to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, serious accidents, crime and terrorism through the convergence of science and technology with policy, operations, and intelligence.

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These lines of effort allow the CSS to better respond to the ever-changing needs of the public safety and security communities. They are designed to encourage the horizontal convergence of knowledge and science through collaboration, which includes CSS subject-matter experts and stakeholders. The resulting priorities help shape science and technology challenges which are relevant, will lead to impactful CSSP investments, and ultimately will improve the safety and security of all Canadians. CSS also has a team of experts that provide operations analytic support to security operations, risk assessments and exercise coordination.

CSS is located at the Department of National Defence's Carling Campus in Ottawa, Ontario with a regional office in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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Centre for Security Science National Defence Headquarters (Carling) 60 Moodie Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K2

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• Space radio frequency intelligence
• Defence space operations
• Continental defence modelling

Since its inception in 1941, the ORC has evolved from chemical-biological research to radiological defence, to the development of gas masks, flame thrower fuels, and batteries. Since the early 1970s, the ORC has grown into a world-class centre for electromagnetic sciences research.

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Ottawa Research Centre 3701 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0Z4

Suffield Research Centre (SRC)

The Suffield Research Centre (SRC) invests in unique and sensitive science and technology capabilities including chemical-biological-radiological (CBR) defence in the areas of personnel defence and medical countermeasures, blast protection and injury, advanced energetics and weapons effects, autonomous systems, and training in CBR defence.

The SRC features the unique Experimental Proving Grounds, one of the world’s largest instrumented outdoor laboratories at approximately 500 square kilometres. The SRC is co-located with Canadian Forces Base Suffield offering a unique opportunity for scientists and researchers to work directly on the science and technology questions that are important to the Canadian Armed Forces, either in a laboratory or field setting.

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Suffield Research Centre PO Box 4000 Stn Main Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 8K6

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The Toronto Research Centre (TRC) is DRDC’s centre of excellence for human-centric science and technology in the defence and security environment. Research and development is conducted to understand, sustain, and enhance the well-being and effectiveness of military personnel, and to address individual, social and technological aspects of human performance and effectiveness, in order to support the operational needs of the Canadian Armed Forces through research, advice, test and evaluation, and training.

The areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, warfighter effectiveness, training, human-technology teaming, operational performance and health, influence and information warfare, as well as social and psychological factors that affect military life and operations.

The TRC is co-located with the Canadian Forces Environmental Medicine Establishment (CFEME). Together they have unique experimentation facilities, such as environmental chambers, diving chambers, hypobaric (altitude) chamber, human bio-analysis lab, and the only human-rated centrifuge in Canada.

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Toronto Research Centre 1133 Sheppard Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M3K 2C9

Valcartier Research Centre (VRC)

The Valcartier Research Centre (VRC) investigates innovative technologies in the fields of combat systems science, electro-optical systems and information systems to advise the Canadian Armed Forces. Its proximity to the 2nd Canadian Division Support Base Valcartier allows scientists and researchers to work directly with members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Construction work on a three-phase, $272-million project to upgrade the VRC began in October 2020. Once completed, this new research facility will consolidate nearly 500 employees including 225 Defence Scientists, engineers and technologists from different locations on-site into one centrally-located building with 80 new multi-disciplinary laboratories, built to energy efficient standards.

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Valcartier Research Centre 2459 de la Bravoure Road Québec, Québec G3J 1X5

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New U of T Engineering study identifies sources of indoor air pollution in Toronto subway system

By Safa Jinje

A team of University of Toronto researchers, led by Professor Greg Evans (ISTEP, ChemE) and Keith Van Ryswyk (ChemE PhD 2T3), is working to better understand the sources of air pollution in the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway system — an important first step towards improving its indoor air quality.  

The new study, published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment , and executed in collaboration with Health Canada, is a continuation of research published in 2021 . The earlier study identified that the concentration of particulate matter in 2018 had increased in the TTC’s Line 2 along Bloor-Danforth; while Line 1 along Yonge-University saw a drop in emissions.    

“In this new paper, we looked at what could be done to improve this situation,” says Evans. “But to do that, we first needed to understand where the particulate matter is coming from.”    

Particulate matter, also known as PM 2.5 , are fine particles of airborne solids or liquids that are smaller than 2.5 micrometres per cubic metre of air. To identify the sources in the subway, the researchers measured the chemical composition of the particulate matter and then coupled this with modelling. This revealed that most of the particulate pollution was coming from the wheels and rails when brakes were applied.    

“Our early results pointed to the brake pads themselves as being the major cause of the emissions. However, we were surprised to find that the main source of this indoor air pollution is wear of wheels and rails during braking rather than coming from the brake pads,” says Evans. “ The amount of wear is influenced by the degree of braking applied, that is, how quickly the trains come into the station.    

“We can’t replace the wheels and rails across the entire system, but if we can change the way that drivers apply the brakes, so they aren’t hit as hard or as often, that offers an interim way to reduce the emissions.”  

The braking technology itself also greatly influences emissions. Particulate matter concentration is higher on Line 2, which uses older trains that are nearing the end of their 30-year design life cycle and reduce speed through regenerative and friction braking. Line 1 has a fleet of newer trains that mostly use regenerative braking to convert the train’s energy back into electricity.   

“On Line 1, the braking is mostly regenerative, which involves no direct physical friction contact between the brake materials themselves,” says Evans. “They are also putting in automatic train control on Line 1, a system where braking is automated, which further reduces friction braking. These are all positive steps, but Line 2 has not benefitted from these changes yet.”  

While the adverse health effects of outdoor particulate matter have been well established, the consequences of inhaling particles in subways are not as clear.   

“The particulate matter in the subway is actually very different from what we find in ambient, outdoor pollution,” Evans says. “It’s very metal rich and mostly made up of iron. So, there is good reason to think that it may be more hazardous.”     

Beyond reducing emissions, improving ventilation is the second way to improve air quality on subway trains and platforms.     

Subway systems in cities such as Montreal and Barcelona use continuous mechanical ventilation for cooling, which also results in lower levels of particulate pollutant concentrations. But Toronto’s system uses limited forced ventilation, says Evans.    

“It really relies on trains pushing the air like a piston as they go through the tunnels. And eventually the trains come to an open area, where the train goes outside and pushes the contaminated air out with it, which is what provides most of the ventilation,” he says.    

Evans hopes these new findings will not only accelerate the technological changes needed to improve the indoor air quality on Line 2, but also influence the plans for the new subway lines in Toronto, such as the Ontario Line, and support the design of subways in other cities across the globe.    

“We hope this work will help design better subway lines given that so much valuable work is going into creating better transit systems,” says Evans.    

“Good transit is central to both decarbonization and the smooth operation of modern cities. It’s important for transit systems like subways to provide a healthy environment rather than expect passengers themselves to take precautionary steps in response to poor air quality.”  

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Description:  a) Assist in grading assignments; b) proctoring final exam; c) invigilate tests and exams as required; d) holds tutorials and office hours; e) other duties as assigned.

Graduate degree with a strong academic background in Marketing. Highly skilled in conducting VR simulations in the classroom and integrating Oculus headsets, laptops and classroom technologies. Previous SIA experience and familiarity with the course materials and supporting educational concepts preferred. Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position

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