University of Toronto Magazine’s Autumn 2025 issue is all about Canada! The cover story and feature package explores unapologetically bold solutions for a better Canada, including how to create more affordable housing, strengthen our health care, and protect the North.
Such complex ideas can be a challenge to art. We developed the concept of ‘Big Country, Big Ideas’ — taking every day objects that represent each of the topics and making them larger-than-life. Just as these topics impact all Canadians, these miniature worlds span the country, from cities, to prairies, to mountains, to the North.
The issue also features teaching in the age of AI, untold stories and achievements of African Canadians, how interracial couples handle unique social stresses, an alum’s impressive cricket achievements, and much more.
The spring 2025 issue of University of Toronto Magazine celebrates the departing President, Meric Gertler, and the legacy he leaves behind after his 12 year term. The feature package includes an overview of his impact on the university, reflections from esteemed collaborators and peers, new landmark campus buildings since he started his presidency, and a farewell conversation with Meric. We spent a morning on campus with photographer Wade Hudson, capturing Meric in the halls he knows so well as he looks back on the impact of his work.
The issue also covers stories like the attention span crisis (and what efforts we can make to curb it), a first year student making a big impact, how the university’s billion dollar Defy Gravity campaign is supporting discoveries, scholarships and cutting-edge facilities, and much more.
The winter digital issue of U of T Magazine centres around how language shapes us, from the age of digital communication to regional Canadian slang.
We photographed author Ian Williams on a busy city street, standing still as people rushed past. The image reflects themes from his book, which explores how digital communication and societal polarization have eroded meaningful conversation. It speaks to this disconnect — a sense of isolation amid constant noise.
We also decorate a professor with emojis to celebrate her one-of-a-kind emoji class, follow a young man with non-speaking autism as he collaborates with neuroscience researchers, and illustrate the various ways words are heard, felt, and communicated.
