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Welcome to UOIT
A brief history of UOIT
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Established by the Province of Ontario
in 2002;
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Opened doors to students in
September 2003;
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Accolades from students and employers
for providing market-driven programs
that are delivered in a technology-rich
learning environment; and
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Graduates emerge with real-world
skills and are prepared for success.
A brief history of UOIT
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UOIT’s seven faculties and Office of Graduate Studies
offer 68 programs overall, many of which
are unique in Ontario and Canada;
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Comprehensive university, offering
undergraduate, post-graduate (18
master’s level degrees) and doctoral
degrees (7 PhD programs);
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First university in Ontario to be
laptop-based;
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Full-time enrolment has grown to 7,400 (413 graduate students); and
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More than 5,000 alumni as of June 2011.
UOIT: Focusing on Research
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Strong national reputation for research excellence;
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State-of-the-art laboratories;
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Undergraduate opportunities for research
collaboration with faculty; and
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Research programs that pursue clean energy and green
technologies.
Prestigious Canada Research Chairs
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Advanced Energy Systems;
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Aquatic Toxicology;
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Decomposition Chemistry;
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Health Informatics;
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Robotics and Automation; and
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Four New CRCs:
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Digital Media;
Digital Technologies for Serious Gaming;
Mobile Learning and Educational
Informatics; and
Health Science.
Industrial Research Chairs
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Health Physics and Environmental Safety (2);
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Information Visualization;
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Innovative Design Engineering;
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Nuclear Fuels (2); and
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Natural Gas as
Transportation Fuel
UOIT’s Strategic Research Themes
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Community and
Social Wellness;
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Sustainable Energy;
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Applied Bioscience;
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Automotive, Materials
and Manufacturing; and
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Information and
Communication.
Growth and Future Plans
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Ontario leader in
percentage growth in
student applications for
2011-2012 academic year
(increase of 7.3 per cent);
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Expansion of facilities
with new infrastructure
at locations in north Oshawa
and in downtown Oshawa; and
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Officially opened multi-million dollar Clean
Energy Research Lab in September 2010.
New Facilities Opening in 2011
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Automotive Centre of Excellence
features one-of-a-kind climatic
wind tunnel with extreme weather
capabilities; and
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Energy Research Centre will house
many of UOIT’s unique-in-Canada
programs, including courses in: wind,
solar, hydrogen, hydraulic, nuclear
and geothermal energy.
International Students
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Substantial growth in international student population
since inception: students from more than 65 countries have
made UOIT their post-secondary studies destination since the
university opened in 2003.
UOIT International Relationships
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Proposed areas of co-operation can include: research
collaboration, faculty and student mobility, 2 + 2 degrees; and
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More than 15 agreements with institutions in Asia, Europe,
Caribbean and Latin America.
www.uoit.ca/international
Faculty of Business and Information Technology
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Dr. Carolyn McGregor, Canada Research Chair in Health Informatics, is collaborating with
universities and hospitals in other countries, including China and Australia, for the Artemis
Project. Dr. McGregor’s research could help save the lives of critically-ill newborns around the
world.
• The faculty offers International study opportunities through the:
• Summer Study Abroad Program; and
• Ontario Global Edge Program.
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Dr. Patrick Hung, in collaboration with former faculty member,
Dr. Jay Tashiro, established a research and development company
at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. Their work in
Hong Kong integrates theories of cognition and theories of health
behaviour, using research and development for e-Health outreach.
Faculty of Education
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Digital resources for students include use of Interactive Whiteboard
technologies such as SMART Boards;
Graduates teach not only in Ontario and Canada, but also help meet the
demand for teachers in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia
and other countries;
Developing plan to offer English for Academic Purposes program
to 200 students at school outside of Shanghai (some of these students
would later come to study at UOIT); and
Potential offering of professional
development courses to teachers
(Teaching English as a Second
Language; Computers in Education).
Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science
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Dr. Igor Pioro is working with Chinese researchers on supercritical fluid
reactors (Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Chinese Nuclear Society);
Future collaboration with Nuclear Power Institute and Xi’an
Jiaotong University;
Dr. Pioro, Dr. Glenn Harvel
along with eight students
represented UOIT at the
18th International Conference
on Nuclear Engineering
(ICONE) in May 2010; and
2 + 2 Agreements with three
Indian universities.
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
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Dr. Dan Zhang, collaborating with Yunjian Ge
(Chinese Academy of Sciences) on the Basic
Theory and Key Technology of Marmot-like
Robotics for Mine Safety Detection and
Rescuing; and
UOIT Automotive Engineering students among
elite group of 16 universities in North America
competing in EcoCAR and EcoCAR2, a vehicle
design competition sponsored by General
Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Faculty of Health Sciences
UOIT’s Bachelor of Health Science in Medical Laboratory Science is the
first of its kind in Ontario;
• Dr. Ellen Vogel has assumed a lead role in a study examining nutrition
policy in Canada, Costa Rica and Brazil (in collaboration with the Public
Health Agency of Canada and the Pan American Health Organization);
• Programs in Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science and Health Sciences
including Kinesiology, Health Information Management and Fitness and
Health Promotion;
• Faculty offers graduate courses in Health Informatics and Community
Health.
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Faculty of Science
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Interdisciplinary approach is core element to
all programs;
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Intensive undergraduate research
opportunities;
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Specialization offerings include Digital Media,
Energy and the Environment, Forensic Science,
Pharmaceutical Chemistry, among others;
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Two Canada Research Chairs (Aquatic
Toxicology and Decomposition Chemistry); and
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Signed MOU with Prague Institute of Chemical
Technology in Czech Republic on April 5, 2011.
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
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Programs in Communication, Criminology and Justice, Legal Studies
and Public Policy highlighted by 13 specialization options;
Many graduates accepted into Canada’s leading law and
graduate programs;
Dr. Nawal Ammar, dean, presented at United Nations Headquarters in New
York as part of Buddhist-Muslim dialogue series, an event that coincided
with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
Faculty research work has influenced policy reports by such organizations as
the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly,
the United Nations and the World Health Organization; and
Research grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, IBM,
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Ontario Victim Services
Secretariat, the U.S. Department of State, among others.
Thank You!
Thank you for visiting the
University of Ontario Institute of Technology.