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09/01/2026

Are you interested in storytelling? Have you ever been to an art exhibition and been captivated by a work of video, film, sound, or interactive digital media? Visual Studies at Daniels offers a full suite of courses that will meet your interests. Undergraduate enrolment open to all University of Toronto students.

01.09.26 - Explore storytelling, time, movement and space through Visual Studies courses at Daniels Student work image credits: Elaiza Palaypay (left), Three is the Rest assignment (2026), VIS303: Time-Based Installation II; Sergio Serrano (right), Two is Duality assignment (2026), VIS303: Time-Base...

08/18/2026

Professor Peter Sealy for Canadian Architect magazine: "Entre chien et loup, artist Abbas Akhavan’s installation at this year’s Venice Art Biennale, transforms the Canada Pavilion into a protective enclosure for growing water lilies. Akhavan balances a complex yet clear concept with the promise of a powerful image."

This year’s exhibition at the Venice Art Biennale explores the relationship of buildings to the natural world.

08/17/2026

Women in Housing Design History (Routledge, 2026) by Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream Katy Chey examines the women whose contributions significantly shaped housing management, policy and design.

14.08.26 - Katy Chey: Women in Housing Design History Women in Housing Design History (Routledge, 2026) by Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream Katy Chey examines the women whose contributions significantly shaped housing management, policy and design. Women in Housing Design History highlights ho...

08/10/2026

Toronto doesn’t need to pare down festivals, says Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Fadi Masoud. The real challenge is to create more "permanent, high-quality public space" to accommodate them.

Planners and business groups are proposing ways to make festivals sustainable in the city.

07/27/2026

Studies on the Daniel's GRIT Lab show promising results for their study on the use of Biochar in helping green roofs.

20.07.26 - Study shows how biochar helps green roofs remove methane from the atmosphere Researchers from the Institute of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design have shown that adding biochar — a charcoal-like materia...

07/24/2026

The Bioeconomy and Sustainable Materials Institute, led by associate professor of forestry Rasoul Yousefpour, was recently awarded funding through U of T's Institutional Strategic Initiatives to advance research into Canada's bioeconomy.

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17.07.26 - Bioeconomy and Sustainable Materials Institute (BSMI) awarded Institutional Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Stage II Funding The Bioeconomy and Sustainable Materials Institute (BSMI) has been awarded five years of funding from the Institutional Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Stage II Funding Pr...

07/15/2026

🚨 Extension notice: Applications for the 2026 Daniels Filmmaker-in-Residence opportunity have been extended to July 20, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET.

This innovative residency explores how film and video can support community-building while fostering engagement across our programs in architecture, forestry, landscape architecture, urban design, and visual studies. Applications are now open until July 20, 2026.

08.06.26 - Call for applications: 2026 Daniels Filmmaker-in-Residence (Deadline: 15 July) Public lecture by Isabel Okoro, inaugural Daniels Filmmaker-in-Residence, 2024. Daniels is pleased to announce the 2026 Daniels Filmmaker-in-Residence. This residency explores how cultural representations in fi...

07/09/2026

Writing for Flipping the Line, architectural historian and assistant professor Peter Sealy argues that criticism of the planned architectural competition for 24 Sussex is misplaced..

Peter Sealy argues that Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson's dismissal of a planned architectural competition is misplaced.

07/08/2026

Reminder: Applications for the 2026 Daniels Filmmaker-in-Residence opportunity close in one week!

This residency explores how film and video can support community-building while fostering engagement across our programs in architecture, forestry, landscape architecture, urban design, and visual studies. Applications are open until July 15, 2026.

07/07/2026

Five Daniels initiatives have been highlighted in the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives’ Annual Progress Report, recognizing efforts that advance Indigenous spaces, curriculum, research, student outreach, and public engagement across the faculty.

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18.06.26 - Five Daniels initiatives highlighted in the Office of Indigenous Initiatives Annual Progress Report Organized around two panels, the Sikumit Aisimajugut - At Home on Ice - ᓯᑯᒥᑦ ᐊᐃᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ roundtable examined the idea of the home from the inside-out and outside-in in A...

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