Category: Community
June 25, 2025
Northeastern Toronto Launches Unique Experiential Program
One student has developed a centralized and scalable contact database for a nonprofit. Another has created a project management system for an organization’s grants and funding initiatives. Meanwhile, a third student is revamping a company’s website. They are among 31...
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June 25, 2025
Humber Polytechnic graduates receive recognition of prior learning for select Master’s programs at Northeastern’s Toronto campus
This article was first shared by Humber Polytechnic Humber Polytechnic has renewed an agreement with Northeastern University in Toronto that provides a pathway from the polytechnic to Master’s degree studies at the university’s Toronto campus. For the next five years, Humber...
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May 26, 2025
Northeastern Toronto Professor Fuses AI and Art to Preserve Historical Murals
Dr. Zheng Zheng was only six years old when painting became one of his favourite hobbies. Despite his artistic talent, Zheng’s career as an engineer took him in a much more technical direction. Now an Assistant Teaching Professor in the...
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April 11, 2025
Northeastern in Toronto Student Drives Data-Driven Changes in TTC’s Emergency Management
Weirui Wang will never forget Taylor Swift’s concerts in Toronto. But it isn’t because she was in the audience singing along to the pop star’s hits. Instead, as an Emergency Management Program Analyst at the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the...
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March 7, 2025
Northeastern University in Toronto Champions Women in STEM and Beyond
At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158 — 133 years from now — to achieve full gender parity. This is where the theme of the 2025 International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on March 8, comes in....
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February 13, 2025
Why Informatics is Important: The Intersection Between People, Technology and Information
From businesses to government and healthcare, all aspects of society and business rely on technology to solve problems, make informed decisions, and stay competitive. In our digital world, informatics is the intersection of people and technology, considering the interaction between...
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January 9, 2025
Bioinformatics Master’s Provides a Gateway to Growing Industry
In 2023, the Ontario government invested $3 million to help six life sciences companies develop and market locally-made medical innovations and healthcare solutions. This news and the province’s newly formed Life Sciences Innovation Fund, which provided the funding, highlight the...
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December 6, 2024
Much More Than Crunching Numbers: The 101 of a Data Analyst Career in Canada
Data analytics is critical in addressing today’s complex challenges and innovating across all sectors, from helping hospitals manage patient flow and municipalities reduce waste to assisting companies in developing more customer-centric products and services. With companies increasingly recognizing its importance...
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November 7, 2024
Advancing Healthcare with a Regulatory Affairs Career
The hard work of regulatory affairs professionals is all around us. Medical devices, from adhesive bandages and contact lenses to more complex units such as cancer screening tests and pregnancy test kits, are all regulated. Biopharmaceuticals, such as vaccines and...
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September 26, 2024
Indigenous Digital Artist Tsista Kennedy’s Art is a Career, a Storytelling Tool, and a Form of Self-Governance
The CN Tower and Rogers Centre sit next to a focal tree adorned with an eagle. The tree is rooted in a turtle surrounded by lapping waves. Many elements, in colours such as purple, yellow, green, and white, are outlined...
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