Published: June 15, 2022
Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate
Three years ago, when many of you had just completed your first year at the University of Toronto, the Toronto Raptors basketball team won the NBA Championship. I remember the massive crowd that gathered at Nathan Phillips Square to celebrate the team’s victory. None of us knew what was coming: … 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 1, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM
Alex de Guzman, a specialist in UTM Philosophy and the president of its Academic Philosophy Society, is a 2021-22 Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) Undergraduate Fellow (Jukka-Pekka Saraste Undergraduate Award in the Humanities). Read more about his JHI project, titled “Aesthetic Experience: Heroic Higher Pleasure.”
Published: March 17, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, St. George, Undergraduate, UTSC
Marybel Menzies, a specialist in UTSC Philosophy and a major in Psychology, is a 2021-22 Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) Undergraduate Fellow (Zoltan D. Simo Undergraduate Award in the Humanities). Read more about her JHI project, titled “Subjectivity and the Aesthetic Experience.”
Published: December 1, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
Congratulations to the recipients of various tri-campus undergraduate awards! Your hard work and dedication to philosophy make us proud—and they bode well for the field. Prizes and scholarships have been awarded over the past months. St. George Andres Llano Scotia Capital Markets Bursary in Philosophy Hikmat Jamal Thomas J. … Read More
Published: April 16, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM
The department is saddened to announce the passing of a beloved sessional instructor, Donald (“Don”) E. Waterfall, at his Toronto home on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Waterfall, who had earned a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Toronto and a PhD in the same field from Princeton, had … Read More
Published: March 24, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, St. George, Undergraduate
Her graduation—in the summer of 2020—did not look quite as she had imagined: instead of stepping onto the stage in Convocation Hall under the applause of proud family, friends, and peers, Sophia Whicher stood at home, intensely watching a screen for her own name, whose appearance would mark her as … Read More
Published: March 18, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, St. George, Undergraduate
Molly Dea-Stephenson and Sanghoon Oh, two of our Philosophy undergraduates, have been awarded a University of Toronto Student Leadership (“Cressy”) Award for their sustained and enthusiastic efforts on behalf of the student community. Molly, who is in the final year of her bachelor’s degree, has become a well-known entity in … Read More
Published: November 21, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate
To our Philosophy Graduates today: Congratulations! You have not only shown your dedication, intelligence, and courage in studying philosophy here at the University for the past several years—you have also managed to get through our program under the extremely challenging circumstances of COVID-19, when courses magically shifted online and professorial … Read More
Published: October 26, 2020
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
The past six months have passed in a whirlwind, but they’ve been incredibly productive and successful for the department! Take a look at a recap of our biggest news since March in issue 12 of the Department of Philosophy e-News. Accidentally missing from the announcements in the e-bulletin is another … Read More
Published: July 20, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate
Looking for a way to build community and help your peers? This is your opportunity: The Department of Philosophy is hiring up to three (3) PHL Assistant Peer Mentors. What is PHL1? The PHL1 program is offered by the Department of Philosophy and created for the purpose of fostering an … Read More
Published: July 6, 2020
Posted In: Awards and Honours, St. George, Undergraduate
Congratulations to Amani Haskouri and Kate Kazimowicz, two recent Philosophy grads, for being honoured with awards from their home college, Vic. Kate, who graduated in the summer of 2019, received the John E. Engeland Award. This honour goes to the Victoria College graduating student with the highest overall A standing … Read More
