Global Lens

Meric Gertler April 30, 2020 Global research partnerships vital to tackling COVID-19: U of T President Meric Gertler in the Globe and Mail
Photo of Ashley Mutasa, with her back against a mirror April 24, 2020 ‘The biggest resource we have is each other’: How U of T's international students are coping with COVID-19
Juliana Lee photographed at Oxford April 22, 2020 ‘The entire world coming together': U of T alumni's website highlights COVID-19 research, recoveries
Portrait of Tanya Sharpe April 15, 2020 U of T researcher’s COVID-19 social media broadcast to tackle questions of ‘race, place and class’
April 6, 2020 Vivek Goel's COVID-19 podcast (Ep. 4): Should you wear a mask?
April 2, 2020 Vivek Goel's COVID-19 podcast (Ep. 3): Why does the death rate appear so different across countries?
Portrait of Gimmy Chu April 1, 2020 Eco-lighting startup, built by U of T alumni, pivots to sourcing medical gear for hospitals
a man and a woman light an olympic cauldron together in tokyo March 27, 2020 How the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics could heal a post-coronavirus world: U of T's Bruce Kidd
a latex gloved hand of a lab tech handles a vial with coronavirus in it March 26, 2020 'We're right to be optimistic,' says U of T epidemiologist about search for COVID-19 vaccine
looking south down kings college road towards the cn tower March 24, 2020 U of T launches action fund to support high-impact research in battle against COVID-19
Michael Sabia stands at a lecturn March 23, 2020 COVID-19 poses unprecedented tests for governments, U of T's Michael Sabia writes in Globe and Mail
Photo of a closed sign on the window of a jazz club March 20, 2020 'Early and bold interventions are best': U of T researcher on simulating a pandemic response
U of T med students who organized volunteers to help frontline health-care workers during COVID-19 outbreak March 19, 2020 As COVID-19 battle escalates, U of T students offer busy health-care workers help on the home front
Covid-19 sign is taped to a wall March 19, 2020 COVID-19: ‘We want to control the burn as best we can,' U of T epidemiologists write in the Globe and Mail
Photo of cranes and construction workers at the site of two new hospitals in Wuhan, China March 18, 2020 Canada needs ‘wartime mentality’ to fight COVID-19: U of T researcher in Toronto Star
A pedestrian walks in front of an empty Ripley's Aquarium in downtown Toronto March 17, 2020 ‘The window for action is right now’: U of T epidemiologist on the effectiveness of social distancing
photo of a boy in a red jacket looking at a coronvirus sign hanging on a playground gate March 17, 2020 U of T child psychiatrists share tips with Globe and Mail on talking to children about COVID-19
Robert Kozak and Samira Mubareka stand in a hallway March 13, 2020 U of T and McMaster researchers at Sunnybrook Hospital isolate virus behind COVID-19
Photo of Mumbai skyline March 12, 2020 U of T and IIT Bombay to launch entrepreneurship program, shared innovation pipeline
U of T researchers Sachdev Sidhu, Wei Zhang and Jacky Chung sit around a table March 11, 2020 U of T researchers hunt for antivirals to treat COVID-19 patients