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Portrait of Sandra Sualim.

Faculty’s Grant for Black or Indigenous students attracts a wide range of donors

When UofT’s fundraising team contacted alumna Sandra Sualim for a donation to their 2022 annual campaign, she told them the initiatives they were promoting were important but not for her. Instead, she asked, “Do you have any bursaries for Black or Indigenous youth? Not a scholarship but a bursary, not grade-based but more financial need […]

Photo of Emily Berg standing in front of artwork.

Museum Studies alumna wins fellowship at Smithsonian

Having been encouraged to think big by her Museum Studies professors, Emily Berg (class of 2018) decided to take a chance earlier this year and apply for the competitive Kress Interpretive Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.   She was not only granted an initial interview, but made it to the […]

Elizabeth Reid (left) and Marilyn Hernandez with former Faculty of Information Dean Seamus Ross at an Alumni Reunion event in 2015.

Alumnae fund timely new scholarship in health and biomedical information

Twin sisters with a lifelong interest in health and science give back to inspire future leaders in health information While the timing may make it look like the Faculty of Information’s newest scholarship, the Elizabeth Reid and Marilyn Hernandez Graduate Scholarship in Biomedical/Health Information, was inspired by the global pandemic, the award was actually in […]