Events

October is Cyber Security Month

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. At UofT, Central ITS hosts an annual series of events to raise awareness about how to protect ourselves against malicious cyber threats. These events include online conversations with UofT's Information Security team, presentations on subjects like Multi-Factor Authentication and Information Risk Self-Assessment, and weekly trivia with raffle prizes.

Visit the Security Matters website and events calendar throughout October for more information on how to participate in Cyber Security Awareness Month news and activities:

Mayors and Sheriffs of London Relaunched

As of 20 July 2020, MASL (Mayors and Sheriffs of London, https://masl.library.utoronto.ca) – the open-access, referenced, searchable database of London’s mayors and sheriffs – has been relaunched with the support of the Information Technology Services digital projects team at UTL. Searches can be made by name, office, year, range of years, and/or livery company (in early years, guild) membership.

Online learning module for COVID-19 research

Doing infectious disease research during a pandemic is a very different experience from researching other diseases.

If you're feeling overwhelmed and having trouble understanding all the different types of ever-evolving research on COVID-19, take our new online learning module, Navigating the COVID-19 Evidence Landscape.

Developed by librarians at the Gerstein Science Information Centre, this module will help you to better: