Published: September 8, 2025
Posted In: Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate
We are saddened to announce the passing of Professor Emeritus Brian Cantwell Smith on September 6, 2025. Although he held his main appointment in the Faculty of Information, Cantwell Smith had been cross-appointed in Philosophy since his arrival at the University of Toronto in 2003, and he regularly taught courses … Read More
Published: May 28, 2025
Posted In: Faculty, General, Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate
Mark Kingwell’s latest book, Question Authority: A Polemic about Trust in Five Meditations (Biblioasis 2025), examines what he perceives as an immense crisis of trust in institutions of democratic authority and knowledge production. Kingwell asks readers to reassess how they think for themselves, also offering suggestions for restoring a healthy … Read More
Published: October 3, 2024
Posted In: Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
As part of the Landmark Project on King’s College Circle, a tree and paver have been installed to honour the memory of two respected and beloved department members—André Gombay (1943-2014) and Joseph Boyle (1942-2016). This public recognition at the centre of the University of Toronto’s St. George campus became possible … Read More
Published: December 19, 2023
Posted In: General
All of us at the Department of Philosophy wish our community a safe, happy, and restful holiday season, as well as a peaceful, inspiring, and fruitful new year 2024. In line with the University of Toronto’s winter closure, the department’s administrative offices will close their doors at noon on Wednesday, … Read More
Published: March 28, 2023
Posted In: Alumni, Faculty, General, Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
By Petra Dreiser A lone, forest-green banner fluttered in the breeze outside the University of Toronto Mississauga’s (UTM) Instructional Building on the morning of Saturday, March 4, 2023. It offered a rare flash of colour in a landscape blanketed in layers of frosty white by the season’s most intense … Read More
Published: March 16, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate
The department extends a warm welcome to visiting professor Taras Lyutyi from Ukraine. An expert in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, he hails from the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA). His academic interests further extend to philosophical anthropology and the philosophy … Read More
Published: February 13, 2023
Posted In: Alumni, Awards and Honours, General, Graduate, St. George
We are delighted to see included in the latest issue of Dialogue (61.3), a special issue on the Prizes of the Canadian Philosophical Association, three names associated with our program. Caitlin Hamblin-Yule, one of our current PhD students, won a prestigious Congress Graduate Merit Award (CGMA) for her essay “The Gallows … Read More
Published: February 2, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, General, Graduate, St. George
January 31, 2023, marked a day of mixed feelings at the Department of Philosophy: After almost two decades of exemplary service and unwavering dedication, our graduate administrator Margaret Opoku-Pare for the last time closed her door in the Department of Philosophy to begin her well-deserved retirement. Margaret had joined the … Read More
Published: January 13, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy is deeply saddened by the death of our colleague, Professor Emeritus FRSC Fred F. Wilson, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Wilson—an indefatigable scholar and dedicated teacher who also found time for a series of active service roles—worked in, and helped shape, … Read More
Published: September 1, 2022
Posted In: Alumni, Awards and Honours, Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
A few months ahead of his 90th birthday, in May 2022, David Gauthier, professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Philosophy at U of T, published not one but two volumes of collected writings with Oxford University Press. The achievement reflects perfectly Gauthier’s eminence in philosophy and the … Read More
Published: April 8, 2022
Posted In: Faculty, General, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM
Based on their experience helping Afghani UTM student and women’s rights advocate Sana Hashim escape her home country while continuing her studies at the University of Toronto, Jennifer Nagel and Sergio Tenenbaum consider what Canada might do to help vulnerable students living as refugees continue their higher education. Read the Toronto … Read More
Published: April 5, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, General, Graduate, St. George
The past few months have proven a period of success and recognition for Felix Lambrecht, a Vanier Scholar and PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy with primary research interests in political philosophy, legal philosophy, and ethics. Not only did the School of Cities name him one of its 2022 … Read More
