CRIS Research Roundup

A weekly digest of research and innovation communications.

Issue 213: Weeks of Monday, July 29, 2024 – Sunday, Aug 11, 2024

In This Issue

Resources for the Research & Innovation Community

Cyber Security Training for Faculty
Original Communication  Information Security Website: May 28, 2024

Information Security is inviting faculty members to enrol for essential cyber security training. The online training aims to create a security-aware culture across U of T by equipping staff, librarians and faculty with the knowledge to protect themselves and the University against security threats. Units are invited to enrol faculty, and faculty members can also enrol themselves. 

Additions to University of Toronto Library Collections
Original Communication – Collection Development Department: August 9 , 2024

Rolling Stone Archive provides a backfile of Rolling Stone magazine from 1967 up to present. The magazine became a vehicle for rock and popular music journalism and expanded to broader entertainment topics, such as film and television, and wider popular culture. Of interest to those researching 20th and 21st century history, politics, music, cultural studies, sociology, and more.

Historical Newspaper: Waterloo Region Record (1893-2010) provides coverage of politics, society, and events covered by the daily Southern Ontario newspaper, Waterloo Region Record. Of interest to scholars in Canadian and local history, genealogy, Canadian Studies, sociology, political science, and media studies.

Historical Newspaper: Hamilton Spectator (1846-2010) provides coverage of the politics, society, and events covered by the newspaper, Hamilton Spectator. Of interest to scholars in Canadian and local history, genealogy, Canadian Studies, sociology, political science, and media studies.

News, Information & Updates

Information & UPdates

National Consultations: Toward a Canadian Sovereign Compute Strategy
Original Communication  Research Alert: August, 8, 2024

Through Budget 2024, the Government of Canada announced new investments of $2.4 billion in Canada’s AI ecosystem. They have also committed to consult with key research and industry stakeholders to develop and set criteria for Canadian AI Sovereign Compute Strategy and the AI Compute Access Fund.

Stakeholders are invited to share their views about how the strategy and the access fund should be designed and implemented. The U of T research community is encouraged to complete the online survey or make a written submission by September 6, 2024 sent to aicompute-calculia@ised-isde.gc.ca.

Alternatively, you may provide feedback to the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation who is preparing a submission on behalf of the university. Please send to vp.research@utoronto.ca by August 29, 2024

Staffing Announcement – Director, High Risk and Divisional Support, Office of Safety and High Risk
Original Community  Provost Digest: August, 9, 2024

As of September 3, Shaun Narine will be joining the University as Director, High Risk and Divisional Support. He joins U of T from a career with the Toronto Police Service, where he held the rank of Superintendent and oversaw the Emergency Management and Public Order Unit.

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