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Synergistic effects of LC3 and fly ash on engineering performance and self-healing of engineered cementitious composites
Abstract Limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) offers a low-carbon alternative to Portland cement, while its combination with fly ash (FA) provides further opportunities for developing sustainable engineered cementitious composites (ECCs).
How Canada's Future-Ready Universities Shape Adaptable Careers
We live in a world that seems to change almost daily. In this fast-moving time, higher education must offer more than just academic knowledge. A university education should also help students grow in other ways, such as developing confidence, creativity, and problem-solving skills. Students should seek out an education that will help them develop adaptable skills and a global mindset to help them successfully navigate the future of work.
Mohamed Lachemi: Chaotic policy changes for foreign students are threatening Canada's future
Advertisement 1 The government's poorly communicated regulatory changes and permit processing delays are making it harder to compete for international talent • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article content Recently, the National Post reported on new data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that suggested international student visa approvals were surging higher than the historic highs of 2023.
Structural Geopolymer Mortars with Maximum Amounts of Construction and Demolition Wastes
Title: Structural Geopolymer Mortars with Maximum Amounts of Construction and Demolition Wastes Author(s): Publication: Symposium Paper Volume: 362 Issue: Appears on pages(s): 81-96 Keywords: geopolymer mortars; construction and demolition wastes; recycled aggregates; dimensional stability; mechanical strengths DOI: Date: Abstract:
Engineered Cementitious Composites with Super-Sulfated Cement: Mechanical, Physical, and Durability Performance
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Caring for our community in a time of crisis
Toronto Metropolitan University continues to grieve for those impacted and for the immense loss of life in the Middle East. We extend our deepest sympathies to everyone affected and stand with the international community in the call for a peaceful resolution. As we return from our fall reading break, some students, faculty, and staff may feel hesitant or unsure about coming to campus to resume learning, teaching, research and work.
Opinion | How Toronto Metropolitian University made the name change
This year our university is celebrating three important milestones. Seventy-five years ago Ryerson Institute of Technology was founded. Thirty years ago, we were granted full university status. Last year, on April 26, 2022, we moved forward with our new name: Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), and became the first post-secondary institution in North America to change its name to address its colonial history. While we were the first, we will not be the last.
Opinion | Bloc leader Blanchet is the one who should resign
After receiving an apology from Amira Elghawaby for her comments made in a 2019 newspaper column about racism in Quebec, Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet declared that the apology was not enough and that the federal government’s new position of special representative on combating Islamophobia should be scrapped.
Opinion | Why the name ‘Toronto Metropolitan University’ reflects our school’s values and aspirations Original
Toronto Metropolitan University is more than just a new name for our school, it is a new chapter focused on growth, transformation and aspirations for our community, our city and beyond. It is a name that describes not only who we are but who we want to become. Being a university named after Egerton Ryerson, with his linkages to the colonial administration of 19th century Ontario, was troubling to many in our community.
Pandemic inspires innovation, easing transition to university life
Starting university during a global pandemic adds another level of uncertainty without the comfort of personal connection to help assuage fears and build confidence.
Pandemic inspires innovation, easing transition to university life
Starting university during a global pandemic adds another level of uncertainty without the comfort of personal connection to help assuage fears and build confidence.
Pandemic inspires innovation, easing transition to university life
Starting university during a global pandemic adds another level of uncertainty without the comfort of personal connection to help assuage fears and build confidence.
Pandemic inspires innovation, easing transition to university life
Starting university during a global pandemic adds another level of uncertainty without the comfort of personal connection to help assuage fears and build confidence.
Pandemic inspires innovation, easing transition to university life
Starting university during a global pandemic adds another level of uncertainty without the comfort of personal connection to help assuage fears and build confidence.
Pandemic inspires innovation, easing transition to university life
Starting university during a global pandemic adds another level of uncertainty without the comfort of personal connection to help assuage fears and build confidence.
Opinion | OUR CHANGED WORLD: Pandemic inspires innovation, easing transition to university life
Starting university during a global pandemic adds another level of uncertainty without the comfort of personal connection to help assuage fears and build confidence.
OUR CHANGED WORLD: Pandemic inspires innovation, easing transition to university life
Opinion Program an important tool to support students, says Lachemi Flamborough Review Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Canada's leading thinkers reflect on how COVID-19 has changed our community, Canada and the world, and forever altered the future. Starting university is one of life’s big milestones. It’s a time when young people begin to understand who they are, become more independent, meet new people and build community. The experience is often equal parts exciting and anxiety-inducing.
OUR CHANGED WORLD: Pandemic inspires innovation, easing transition to university life
Opinion Program an important tool to support students, says Lachemi Flamborough Review Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Canada's leading thinkers reflect on how COVID-19 has changed our community, Canada and the world, and forever altered the future. Starting university is one of life’s big milestones. It’s a time when young people begin to understand who they are, become more independent, meet new people and build community. The experience is often equal parts exciting and anxiety-inducing.
Opinion | Lachemi: A new name among many changes coming to Ryerson University Original
While understandably the name change continues to receive most of the attention and interest, the other recommendations should not be overlooked. By Mohamed LachemiContributor Mon., Feb. 7, 2022timer3 min. read Last August, when Ryerson University announced it would be changing its name, there was a wave of public interest and discussion.
Opinion | Mohamed Lachemi: Changing name of Ryerson University is a way ‘to help address a national wrong’
By Mohamed LachemiContributor Fri., Aug. 27, 2021timer3 min. read Universities play a critical role in society by encouraging dialogue, debate, and learning on some of the most challenging and difficult issues of our time. Universities help to challenge assumptions and contribute to expanding our knowledge and understanding in ways that benefit the public good. This role is particularly challenging when it requires universities to turn a critical eye upon ourselves.
Opinion | Bloc Québécois attack on Omar Alghabra need to be called out for what it is: racism Original
By Mohamed LachemiContributor Mon., Jan. 18, 2021timer3 min. read This isn’t the first time Omar Alghabra has faced bigotry, and it likely won’t be the last. But the recent outrageous attempt by the Bloc Québécois to smear the new federal minister of transport, Omar Alghabra, based on his Arab Canadian background has to be called out for what it is: racism. Alghabra is the first Canadian of Syrian background to hold a federal cabinet position.
A big city needs to take big risks
A big city needs to take big risks By Mohamed Lachemi | September 4, 2019 By Mohamed Lachemi | 09/04/2019 Mohamed Lachemi is the president of Ryerson University and is an unpaid member of the Sidewalk Labs Advisory Council Imagine if the Raptors had kept DeMar DeRozan in 2018. Imagine if fans, sponsors and pundits all saw trading for an injured Kawhi Leonard as too risky, as having too much downside, as jeopardizing the future of the team. We’d never have clinched the NBA championship.
Ryerson Brampton Campus: Update After Province Pulls Funding
Ryerson University has been informed that the government of Ontario is cancelling funding for all three university expansion campuses, including Ryerson’s planned campus in Brampton. We recognize that this was a difficult decision for the provincial government. We will continue to work with the government and all of our partners to provide innovative academic programs that offer the critical thinking and problem solving skills needed to succeed and thrive in the modern economy.
President Mohamed Lachemi reflects on his first two years in office
April 4th marks the second anniversary of my appointment as the President and Vice-Chancellor of Ryerson University. I wanted to take this opportunity to write to students, faculty, staff and alumni to highlight what we have accomplished together over the past two years and to encourage all of us to look towards the future.
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