A Symbiotic Relationship

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2 A Symbiotic Relationship

3 Executive Summary 1. Universities impart dynamism and resilience to the economies of urban regions, helping their host cities to reinvent themselves over time.

4 Executive Summary 1. Universities impart dynamism and resilience to the economies of urban regions, helping their host cities to reinvent themselves over time. 2. At the same time, universities are tremendously important stabilizing forces on urban economies, and on the local neighbourhoods they inhabit.

5 Executive Summary 1. Universities impart dynamism and resilience to the economies of urban regions, helping their host cities to reinvent themselves over time. 2. At the same time, universities are tremendously important stabilizing forces on urban economies, and on the local neighbourhoods they inhabit. 3. Universities connect their host regions to the world, and vice versa.

6 Executive Summary 1. Universities impart dynamism and resilience to the economies of urban regions, helping their host cities to reinvent themselves over time. 2. At the same time, universities are tremendously important stabilizing forces on urban economies, and on the local neighbourhoods they inhabit. 3. Universities connect their host regions to the world, and vice versa. 4. The University of Toronto is a wonderful example.

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13 100 University of Toronto graduates: 45 from the Dynamic Graphics Project 20 from other Computer Science programs 35 from other disciplines NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation: University of Toronto and Autodesk, 2011

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15 of Canada s tech-sector R&D investment. Source: City of Toronto, Invest in Canada.

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17 Connecting to the World Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Collaborating countries

18 Connecting to the World Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Collaborating countries

19 Collaboration = Connectivity Well connected research cities are likely to be important cities in the global economy; nodality in research often corresponds to nodality in other parts of the economy. Matthiessen, Schwarz and Find (2011) Research nodes and networks in D. Andersson et al. Handbook of Creative Cities, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Arnold,

20 One of the World s Top Institutions

21 U15 Universities in World Rankings

22 Shanghai Jao Tong, ARWU U15 Universities, select disciplines 2014 Toronto UBC McGill Alberta McMaster U de M Calgary Waterloo Western Ottawa Queen s Laval Dalhousie Saskatchewan Manitoba Computer Science * Chemistry * Economics * Engineering/Technology & Computer Sciences Overall field ranking * Specific subject ranking

23 Humanities & Social Sciences Productivity Physical Sciences Engineering & Materials Science Health & Life Sciences Canadian Peers North American North American Public Peers Public & Private Peers Publications Citations Publications Citations Publications Citations All Fields Clinical Medicine Health & Life Sciences Nursing Pediatrics Pharmacology & Pharmacy Rehabilitation Rheumatology Cell & Tissue Engineering Biomedical Engineering Materials Sciences, Biomedical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Acoustics Biophysics Chemistry Mathematics Anthropology Behavioral Sciences Economics Education & Educational Research Language & Linguistics Philosophy InCitesTM, Thomson Reuters (2012). Report Created: Sep 14, Data Processed Dec 31, 2011 Source: Web of Science This data is reproduced under a license from Thomson Reuters.

24 Excellence and Productivity COU Share of the 100 most highly-cited papers with an author at a Canadian University, Source: Web of Science and the University of Toronto

25 Excellence and Productivity U15 COU Share of the 100 most highly-cited papers with an author at a Canadian University, Source: Web of Science and the University of Toronto

26 Connecting to the World Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Collaborating countries

27 Connecting to the World University of Toronto Collaborating municipalities, 25 or more citations, 2012

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31 U Toronto 63 MIT U Utah Columbia U U Illinois (Chicago Urbana) U Florida U Michigan Carnegie Mellon U Johns Hopkins U U Colorado Cornell U U Minnesota California Inst of Tech Harvard U U Pennsylvania A Remarkable Startup Culture Number of startup companies, top 15 single-reporting institutions in North America, three-year total 2009 to 2013, includes partner hospitals Two thirds of all U of T startups include a student or a post-doc as co-inventor. Source: AUTM October 2013

32 The University of Toronto directly employs more people on its three campuses than Chrysler and GM employ in all of Canada combined.

33 Image source: torontoist.com 2011

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