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14:58" class="datetime">Tue, 09/05/2017 - 14:58</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Incoming student Mahaksh Malhodra and his sister chat with members of the 麻豆直播app's Pearson airport welcome team (photo by Romi Levine)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/romi-levine" hreflang="en">Romi Levine</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Romi Levine</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/global" hreflang="en">Global</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/international-students" hreflang="en">International Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/centre-international-experience" hreflang="en">Centre for International Experience</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rotman-commerce" hreflang="en">Rotman Commerce</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/utsc" hreflang="en">UTSC</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/utm" hreflang="en">UTM</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>It鈥檚 a 20-hour journey from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Toronto <span style="font-size: 13px;">鈥&nbsp;</span>the longest trip <strong>Moksha Antani</strong> has ever taken, but also the most exciting.</p> <p>She鈥檚 about to begin her first year at the University of Toronto鈥檚 Rotman Commerce program, and, even after an exhausting day of travel, she finds it hard to contain her enthusiasm.</p> <p>鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to new people, new culture 鈥 everything!鈥 she says.</p> <p>Thousands of international students pass through Toronto Pearson International Airport鈥檚 Terminal 1 and 3 on their way to 麻豆直播app.&nbsp;While they share first-day jitters with domestic students, they also have the hefty task of navigating their way around an unfamiliar city.</p> <p>That's why&nbsp;<a href="https://www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/cie/airport#node-1771">麻豆直播app airport welcome teams</a>&nbsp;are there. The teams, made up of students from 麻豆直播app Mississauga, 麻豆直播app Scarborough and the downtown Toronto campus, help&nbsp;new international students with anything they need, from directions to residences to advice on the best place to&nbsp;exchange money.</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__5887 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/17-09-05%20Pearson%20Moksha.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>Moksha Antani was glad to see some friendly 麻豆直播app faces at the Pearson welcome booth (photo by Romi Levine)</em></p> <p>So far this year, students from 41 different countries 鈥 from the tiny island of Mauritius to the Baltic nation of Estonia 鈥 have come by the welcome booths.</p> <p>People also visit the booth to ask for everything from directions to the nearest washroom to information about 麻豆直播app鈥檚 engineering programs.</p> <p>The welcome team has witnessed some amazing moments too, from tearful reunions to a hoard of fans waiting to greet the 13-member Korean Pop boy band Seventeen&nbsp;鈥 as seen in the video below.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"> <div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;">&nbsp;</div> </div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYMlw3zlNVI/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">@saythename_17 at #torontopearson today! #somanyscreamingteens #seventeen #kpop #whatathrill #korea #seventeentour #seventeentoronto #6ix #416 #tdot #kpoplife</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by UofT Airport Welcome Team (@yyzaws) on <time datetime="2017-08-25T00:30:34+00:00" style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;">Aug 24, 2017 at 5:30pm PDT</time></p> </div> </blockquote> <script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script> <p>Like the incoming first-years, the welcome team comes from all over the world, with 19 students who speak over 22 different languages.</p> <p>鈥淚'm an international student so I understand the importance of this for having a good first impression and getting help,鈥 says&nbsp;<strong>Salman Khan</strong>, a management student at 麻豆直播app Scarborough, who came to study in Toronto from Bangladesh.</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__5888 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/2017-09-05%20Pearson%20Mastercard%20scholars.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>麻豆直播app's MasterCard Scholars were given a warm welcome in Terminal 3 (photo by Romi Levine)</em></p> <p>Khan鈥檚 booth-mate, <strong>Ingrid Llambi</strong>, is an English and cinema studies student at 麻豆直播app鈥檚 downtown Toronto campus. Llambi&nbsp;says when she sees the relief in students鈥 faces, it drives home how meaningful 鈥 and necessary 鈥 &nbsp;the welcome booth is.</p> <p>鈥淕etting to do that is really great and they really need it in that moment,鈥 she says. 鈥淭hey're super grateful, excited and happy.鈥</p> <p><img alt="Ingrid and Salman" class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__5889 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/17-09-05%20Pearson%20booth.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>Ingrid Llambi and Salman Khan are two of the 19 student greeters at Pearson airport (photo by Romi Levine)&nbsp;</em></p> <p><strong>Mahaksh Malhodra</strong>&nbsp;says he was thankful for the 麻豆直播app presence at the airport 鈥 it helped to calm his nerves.</p> <p>Coming from Varanasi, India, Malhodra decided to study computer science at 麻豆直播app 鈥渂ecause it鈥檚 the best,鈥 he says.</p> <p>He鈥檚 looking forward to exploring his new city and can鈥檛 wait to make his way up the CN Tower and take a photo with the Toronto sign at Nathan Phillips Square.</p> <p>The welcome booths will continue to greet students until Sept. 10.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:58:06 +0000 Romi Levine 114768 at 麻豆直播app study finds link between spike in cost of living and tuberculosis death rates /news/u-t-study-finds-link-between-spike-cost-living-and-tuberculosis-death-rates <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">麻豆直播app study finds link between spike in cost of living and tuberculosis death rates </span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-08-21-sawchuk-research-resized2_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=H1dieyuy 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2017-08-21-sawchuk-research-resized2_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=wJvD4541 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2017-08-21-sawchuk-research-resized2_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=JCeQ5pj0 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-08-21-sawchuk-research-resized2_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=H1dieyuy" alt> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rasbachn</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2017-08-21T10:19:24-04:00" title="Monday, August 21, 2017 - 10:19" class="datetime">Mon, 08/21/2017 - 10:19</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"> Lianne Tripp and Larry Sawchuk: Their research found a noticeable relationship between a rise in cost of living and increased TB death rates (photo by Ken Jones)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/don-campbell" hreflang="en">Don Campbell</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Don Campbell</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/utsc" hreflang="en">UTSC</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/health" hreflang="en">Health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/anthropology" hreflang="en">Anthropology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/research" hreflang="en">Research</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item"> Women especially vulnerable, likely because of traditional gender roles </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>New 麻豆直播app research finds that a rise in the cost of living experienced during times of crisis 鈥 like war, outbreaks of disease and food shortages 鈥 can lead to a spike in tuberculosis mortality rates, with women the most vulnerable.</p> <p>鈥淒uring times of great stress, women were at greater risk, and the likely reason is because of traditional gender roles,鈥 says <strong>Lianne Tripp</strong>, an assistant professor at University of Northern British Columbia and former PhD student in 麻豆直播app Scarborough鈥檚 department of anthropology.</p> <p>Using 20th century economic and demographic data from Malta and the nearby island of Gozo, Tripp and former supervisor Professor<strong> Larry Sawchuk</strong> of 麻豆直播app Scarborough found a noticeable relationship between a rise in the cost of living and increased rates in deaths from tuberculosis (TB).</p> <p>鈥淚n Malta during the First World War, the 1918 influenza pandemic and the end of the Second World War, variations in the cost of living explains about 61 per cent of the variation in TB death rates,鈥 Tripp says.</p> <p>While female TB death rates were higher in general, they were especially elevated during times of extreme hardship.</p> <p>鈥淲omen were the ones taking care of the sick, were more likely to be spending time indoors in confined spaces, and more likely to be immunocompromised by sacrificing their diets,鈥 Tripp&nbsp;says. &nbsp;</p> <p>TB is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium spread through the air. It kills almost two&nbsp;million people annually across the globe 鈥 about 95 per cent of fatal cases occur in developing countries 鈥 making it the world鈥檚 deadliest infectious disease.</p> <p>As Sawchuk notes, TB is an opportunistic disease that often surfaces in poor living conditions, such as overcrowded housing, poor nutrition or lack of food.</p> <p>鈥淢alta during the First World War and at the end of the Second World War were full of these types of population stressors,鈥 he says. &nbsp;</p> <p>Not only did the small island have some of the highest rates of urban density and overcrowding in Europe at the time, it was also heavily reliant on imports to feed its population, notes Tripp. When imports dropped dramatically during the war and the cost of housing shot up, it created a perfect storm of conditions that put its already precarious population in a very vulnerable position.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Interestingly, Gozo did not experience the same spike in TB mortality rates despite being close to Malta. This was likely due to its relative independence compared to Malta.</p> <p>鈥淕ozo was more isolated than Malta, had a mostly agrarian and self-sufficient economy and had no involvement in the war, so this meant they had limited exposure to TB,鈥 Tripp says.&nbsp;</p> <p>The study, which is published in the journal PLOS ONE, also uncovered evidence of the harvesting effect that occurred following TB outbreaks when the mortality rates dropped to lower rates than normal. Sawchuk鈥檚 past research explored the phenomenon, which occurs when those who are vulnerable, such as the sick, weak or elderly, die during a disease outbreak.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sawchuk adds the research may be of interest not only to anthropologists but also those interested in how diseases wax and wane over time.</p> <p>鈥淵ou鈥檙e seeing this more in medical literature and that is a realization diseases don鈥檛 exist in a vacuum, that they can simply be explained as a microorganism in humans,鈥 Sawchuk says.</p> <p>鈥淭he cultural, economic and ecological factors that affect disease mortality rates also need to be carefully considered.鈥&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:19:24 +0000 rasbachn 113186 at