Joseph Burrell / en Two student-developed digital media projects recognized with heritage awards /news/two-student-developed-digital-media-projects-recognized-heritage-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Two student-developed digital media projects recognized with heritage awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2018-03-14-heritage-scarborough-resized.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=MOSV5PUa 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2018-03-14-heritage-scarborough-resized.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=vgvd25Dq 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2018-03-14-heritage-scarborough-resized.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=hVNEJThJ 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2018-03-14-heritage-scarborough-resized.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=MOSV5PUa" alt="Photo of Scarborough class receiving award"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>noreen.rasbach</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2018-03-14T00:00:00-04:00" title="Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 00:00" class="datetime">Wed, 03/14/2018 - 00:00</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">ֱ Scarborough students receive their heritage award from Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell and Ontario Heritage Trust chair Harvey McCue (courtesy of the Ontario Heritage Trust)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/joseph-burrell" hreflang="en">Joseph Burrell</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/sean-bettam" hreflang="en">Sean Bettam</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/canadian-studies" hreflang="en">Canadian Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/humanities" hreflang="en">Humanities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/sociology" hreflang="en">Sociology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">ֱ Scarborough</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/undergraduate-students" hreflang="en">Undergraduate Students</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>An augmented reality app that guides users&nbsp;through a dynamic tour of 12 locations in Toronto’s historic Kensington Market.</p> <p>A podcast that explores the experiences of Indigenous and immigrant communities living in Scarborough.</p> <p>The two projects developed by students as part of University of Toronto courses were honoured recently with&nbsp;the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Youth Achievement from the Ontario Heritage Trust.&nbsp;</p> <p>Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell and Ontario Heritage Trust chair Harvey McCue presented the awards&nbsp;to some of the students behind the projects at a ceremony recently at Queen’s Park, an annual event that recognizes contributions to cultural and natural heritage conservation, environmental sustainability and biodiversity by individuals and groups from across Ontario.</p> <p><a href="https://kensingtondeepdive.wordpress.com/">The&nbsp;Kensington Market: Hidden Histories app</a>, which brings to life the layers of stories embedded in the area, was made possible by students in University College’s&nbsp;Digital Tools in a Canadian Context&nbsp;course. A companion&nbsp;<a href="http://uoft.me/CDN355map">online interactive map</a>&nbsp;archives histories of&nbsp;32 locations.</p> <h3><a href="/news/uncover-hidden-histories-toronto-s-kensington-market-augmented-reality-app-u-t-students">Read more about the app</a></h3> <p>“Receiving this award felt like it wasn’t just recognizing us students, but also the sites and locations in Kensington Market featured in our project,” said fourth-year student <strong>Arabhi Ratnajothy</strong>. “It is a reminder that so much of this city was built by immigrants who engrained themselves and their stories into the paths walked by today’s generations. We move towards the future by remembering the past.”</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__7838 img__view_mode__media_large attr__format__media_large" height="453" src="/sites/default/files/2018-03-14-heritage-downtown-resized.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="680" loading="lazy"></p> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(21, 27, 38); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="color: rgb(21, 27, 38); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>(From left) Arabhi Ratnajothy, Natalie Simonian, Chris Lemire, Sally Zeng, Nicole Paroyan, Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Harvey McCue, chair of the Ontario Heritage Trust (photo by Ian Crysler, courtesy of the Ontario Heritage Trust<br> &nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(21, 27, 38); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="color: rgb(21, 27, 38); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="color: rgb(21, 27, 38); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></em></p> <p><em><span style="color: rgb(21, 27, 38); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></em>“Being selected for this award is such a terrific boost and affirmation for each of the students,” said course instructor <a href="http://www.uc.utoronto.ca/contacts/siobhan_oflynn">Siobhan O’Flynn</a>. “Having the opportunity to work on a project, be engaged in original research and contribute to the safeguarding of our city's intangible cultural heritage as undergraduates is remarkable.”</p> <p>Students worked with local tech developer No Campfire Required conducting extensive research in the City of Toronto and the Ontario Jewish archives, as well as interviews with Kensington Market residents and business owners.</p> <p>Sixteen students of the <a href="http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/immigrantscarborough/socd15-migration-and-ethnicity">Migration and Ethnicity (SOCD15)</a>&nbsp;course at ֱ Scarborough focused on amplifying the voices of marginalized Scarborough communities by developing the “Negotiating Multiple Worlds” podcast.</p> <p>The course sets out to contextualize contemporary Scarborough by tracing its development from a site utilized and cared for by Indigenous Peoples to a white, middle-class suburb and now an emerging “immigrant gateway.” It acknowledges&nbsp;Indigenous struggles and dispossession of land, and focuses on social barriers encountered by immigrants in Scarborough.</p> <p><strong>Paloma Villegas</strong>, an assistant professor in the department of sociology,&nbsp;said she hopes students will leave the course with an adept understanding of “migration-related content [pertaining] to Scarborough, qualitative research skills, and alternative modes of presenting information.”</p> <p>Villegas believes that by designing the course around podcasts&nbsp;and&nbsp;digital media&nbsp;production, students will leave with more varied skills.&nbsp;“Usually in sociology we write papers and reports. This allows students to learn skills that will hopefully make them better candidates for the job market and/or graduate school,” she said.</p> <p><strong>Hiba Ibrahim</strong> is one of the students who contributed to “Negotiating Multiple Worlds.” With three other classmates, Ibrahim conducted a series of interviews with South Asian women of different age groups, asking them about their experiences as immigrants in Scarborough.&nbsp;</p> <p>“We found that the struggles encountered by immigrant women were more similar than not across each age group, particularly when adopting a new language. One woman arrived when she was four and took ESL classes but still struggled because she didn’t speak it at home,” said Ibrahim.</p> <p>“There are also very few programs designed to help newcomers learn the language and continue careers. Many of them arrived with degrees that aren’t valid here,” she added. “In that sense, younger arrivals had some advantage being raised in a Canadian school system.”</p> <p>Ibrahim's group did not end up releasing its podcast episode because a participant chose not to have their interview made public.</p> <p>Other groups produced segments on <a href="http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/immigrantscarborough/podcast-food-entrepreneurs">immigrant food-industry entrepreneurs</a> in Scarborough and <a href="http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/immigrantscarborough/podcast-schooling-and-youth">schooling opportunities for immigrants aged 13 to 18</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 04:00:00 +0000 noreen.rasbach 130590 at Gathering celebrates Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, mathematics professor who taught at ֱ for 30 years /news/gathering-celebrates-ragnar-olaf-buchweitz-mathematics-professor-who-taught-u-t-30-years <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Gathering celebrates Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, mathematics professor who taught at ֱ for 30 years</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2018-02-09-buchweitz-horizontal-resized.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=B-RayLCS 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2018-02-09-buchweitz-horizontal-resized.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=Y4EYUE_5 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2018-02-09-buchweitz-horizontal-resized.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=MrU0ii80 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2018-02-09-buchweitz-horizontal-resized.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=B-RayLCS" alt="Photo of Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>noreen.rasbach</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2018-02-09T00:00:00-05:00" title="Friday, February 9, 2018 - 00:00" class="datetime">Fri, 02/09/2018 - 00:00</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Professor Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz was remembered as a professor who shared his passion for mathematics with his colleagues and students (photos by Ken Jones)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/joseph-burrell" hreflang="en">Joseph Burrell</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-staff" hreflang="en">Faculty &amp; Staff</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/mathematics" hreflang="en">Mathematics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">ֱ Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The University of Toronto community gathered recently to celebrate the life of mathematics Professor&nbsp;<strong>Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz</strong>, who died in November at the age of 65.</p> <p>Buchweitz also served as&nbsp;vice-principal (academic) and dean at ֱ Scarborough.</p> <p>At the celebration of life ceremony, held at Miller Lash House on Jan. 26, <strong>Bruce Kidd</strong>, ֱ vice-president and principal of ֱ Scarborough,&nbsp;recalled first meeting Buchweitz at an assembly with the Ministry of Education where he gave an impassioned speech on improving curricula for university-bound students.</p> <p>“He began by tearing strips off of the high schools and ministry for their irregular and inconsistent preparation of students, with a long litany of examples. It was one of the fiercest speeches I’d ever seen,” Kidd said. “But he didn’t stop there. He shared a remarkably prepared and outlined plan as to how the boards and ministry could achieve what he suggested and offered his support. That was classic Ragnar.”</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__7541 img__view_mode__media_large attr__format__media_large" src="/sites/default/files/2018-02-09-buchweitz-vertical-resized_1.jpg" style="width: 303px; height: 453px; margin: 10px; float: left;" typeof="foaf:Image">Buchweitz (left) was born in the small Prussian town of Neuruppin, Germany on March 18, 1952. He enrolled at the University of Hannover in 1969 and earned his PhD six years later. He started teaching at the University of Toronto in 1987.</p> <p>He was celebrated&nbsp;for his contributions to mathematics not only in Toronto but in his home country as well. In 2010, Buchweitz received the Humboldt Research Award – a lifetime achievement award to experts who have made noteworthy advancements in their field – from his fellow researchers in Germany.</p> <p>Buchweitz’s wife Ruth spoke at the gathering, commenting on his love for his field of research and his job.&nbsp;“As I learned this morning, today is the international day of fun at work. Ragnar did not need a special day like this. Whether it was for his lessons or for his students, he always left the house with enthusiasm,” she said.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;“Sometimes there were frustrating days when he’d be working on a problem, with his head making almost as much smoke as his cigarillos,” she added. “Finally he’d come to me with sparkling eyes and a smile on his face, which told me before he spoke a single word, ‘I did it.’”</p> <h3><a href="http://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/faculty-and-staff/ragnar-olaf-buchweitz-mathematics-mastermind-inspired-students-and-staff-u-t">Read the full story about the celebration of life ceremony</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 09 Feb 2018 05:00:00 +0000 noreen.rasbach 128664 at