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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Freedom to be sick leaves families feeling chained
Caregivers who can't get mentally ill loved ones to seek help grapple with laws designed to protect civil rights
ANDRE PICARD
From Friday's Globe and Mail
Vani Jain, manager of policy and community relations at the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, which runs the innovative Justice and Mental Health Program to support parents, says: “The No. 1 question we get here is, ‘How do I get help for my loved one who doesn't want it?' .....
http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081127.wmhcriminals1128/BNStory/mentalhealth/
November 27, 2008 at 10:03 PM EDT
ANDRE PICARD
From Friday's Globe and Mail
Vani Jain, manager of policy and community relations at the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, which runs the innovative Justice and Mental Health Program to support parents, says: “The No. 1 question we get here is, ‘How do I get help for my loved one who doesn't want it?' .....
http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081127.wmhcriminals1128/BNStory/mentalhealth/
November 27, 2008 at 10:03 PM EDT
Film peers into the mind of the mentally ill
Film peers into the mind of the mentally ill
Eyes Beyond based on filmmaker's bipolar experience
Daniel Reininghaus's new film lifts the veil on mental illness.
The charismatic twentysomething wrote, directed, produced and is the lead actor in Eyes Beyond, an award-winning 28-minute independent social drama/horror/thriller based on the Etobicoke man's personal experience with bipolar disorder....
http://www.insidetoronto.com/community/health/article/876230--film-peers-into-the-mind-of-the-mentally-ill
Monday, September 20, 2010
Reyal Jardine-Douglas
Why did mentally ill man have to die? - Published On Sun Sep 19 2010
Brendan Kennedy
The cases are strikingly similar: a man with mental illness who has stopped taking his medication wields a makeshift weapon, such as a hammer or kitchen knife, and is confronted by police.
He refuses to drop the weapon or threatens the officers and is shot dead.
The latest killing happened three weeks ago, when Reyal Jardine-Douglas was shot by police while fleeing a TTC bus allegedly armed with a knife. His death came virtually on the eve of a coroner’s inquest into Byron Debassige’s similarly deadly confrontation with Toronto police two years ago.
Starting Monday, a jury of five ordinary people will try to answer the same questions at Debassige’s inquest that were asked at the inquests for Lester Donaldson, Edmond Yu, Wayne Williams and seven other men with mental illness who were killed by Toronto police officers over the last two decades: Why was this person killed and what can be done to avoid similar deaths in the future?.....
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/857076--we-must-learn-from-shooting
Re: Police knew of mental illness before fatal shooting: Family, Sept. 1
Once again a mentally-ill man is gunned down by those whose job it is to protect public safety. Everyone can agree that no one should be allowed to harm the public and that officers have a right to defend themselves, especially when facing an armed assailant.
Nonetheless, we also need to recognize that the mentally ill must not be treated like criminals. Their condition is directing their actions. There is no intent to commit violence. The police should make every effort to defuse the situation, including avoiding the type of lethal confrontation that killed Reyal Jardine-Douglas.
Something broke down in the system that is supposed to prevent these incidents. Whether the officers were not properly apprised of Jardine-Douglas’s condition, whether they forgot some piece of their training, or whether their training was not adequate for this situation, a young man lies dead.
Jardine-Douglas could have been anyone’s brother — yours or mine. Please, let’s try to ensure this is the last time lethal force is used against the mentally ill.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/andre-picard/ontarios-mental-health-system-needs-to-be-fixed-now/article1692785/ - Sept 01
Ontario’s mental-health system needs to be fixed now
Andre Picard
Published on Wednesday, Sep. 01, 2010 2:25PM EDT
What a cruel juxtaposition of events.
Last Thursday, a committee of the Ontario Legislature released a hard-hitting report on the need to fundamentally transform the province’s mental-health and addictions system.
Then, on Sunday, as if to underscore the urgency of implementing their recommendations, Toronto Police shot to death 25-year-old Reyal Jensen Jardine-Douglas. The shooting is still under investigation, but his “crime” seems to have been to suffer from mental illness.
The scenario is depressingly familiar: Young man has a psychotic episode, police are called (usually by a concerned family member), the agitated individual (screaming threats and sometimes brandishing a weapon) refuses to obey police orders. Bullets fly. Another “crazy” person dies. Then we are all left to wonder why.
Invariably, police and families are put in this untenable situation because the sick individual was untreated. The shooter, the ill person and the grieving family are all victims – of a broken system.
Mr. Jardine-Douglas is a case in point. Suffering from severe paranoia, he was taken to the family doctor on Aug. 27. His condition worsened so, the next day, his family took him to a hospital, where he was turned away because no psychiatrist was available. Help was sought at a second hospital, but the man refused treatment (not unusual for people with severe mental illness) and fled. Police were called because the family feared for his life. Not long after, Mr. Jardine-Douglas was making a scene on a city bus, then he was shot. He is dead because he didn’t get timely, appropriate care.
“We are convinced that a radical transformation of mental-health and addictions care is necessary if Ontarians are to get the care they need and deserve,” the committee headed by MPP Kevin Flynn wrote in a report tabled a few days earlier.
The MPPs heard many heart-wrenching stories about families’ inability to get care for their loved ones in a byzantine system, and about the frustrations of caregivers who have one hand tied behind their backs by senseless laws. To their credit, the politicians proposed some sensible, no-nonsense solutions.
First and foremost, they called for the creation of a new umbrella organization, Mental Health and Addictions Ontario.
Hold on, you might say, the last thing we need is more bureaucracy. But the single biggest problem with the mental-health system is that there is no system, only a muddled patchwork of services.
MHAO would be modelled on Cancer Care Ontario, which has been revolutionary by organizing cancer care in the province. Mental health needs the same medicine.
Currently, getting medical treatment, particularly for acute problems such as psychotic episodes, is nearly impossible. Emergency-room protocols are uneven at best; 24/7 mobile crisis-intervention teams work marvellously, but they are few and far between. There is an acute lack of treatment beds, particularly in psychiatric hospitals. While these institutions have fallen out of favour, they are essential for the sickest of the sick.
Most people suffering from mental illness live in the community, but getting appropriate care in the real world is dizzyingly complex. They need housing as much as medication and they need income as much as counselling, but our social welfare system operates in silos.
Mental-health and addiction services are funded or provided by 10 different provincial ministries. Community care is delivered by 440 children’s mental-health agencies, 330 adult mental-health agencies, 150 substance-abuse treatment groups and 50 problem-gambling centres. There are many well-meaning programs, but there is no co-ordination and little collaboration.
The lack of leadership and accountability is disturbing, and sometimes deadly.
The legislature committee pointed out, quite astutely, that while mental illness and addictions are medical conditions, they have become criminalized to a troubling degree. More than one-third of people in custody in Ontario suffer from a diagnosed mental illness and substance abuse is a factor in half of all criminal offences.
“Far too many Ontarians experience their first contact with the mental-health system through the justice system,” the MPPs wrote.
Police need to be better trained to deal with people suffering from mental illness and these sick individuals need to be sentenced to care, not jail.
One of the most compelling aspects of the report – and one that will probably prove to be the most controversial – is the call to broaden the criteria for involuntary admission (and, by extension, limit the right of severely mentally ill people to refuse treatment.) “The right to autonomy must be balanced by the right to be well,” the committee wrote.
It is a travesty that families have trouble getting care for family members who are clearly very ill, yet refuse treatment or are too quickly discharged.
This is not freedom, it’s a death sentence.
Similarly, privacy laws create perverse situations where families are emotionally and financially invested in caring for a loved one but are denied even the most basic information about their condition.
The recommendations made by the all-party committee are not new, but they are stated plainly, concisely and with an appropriate sense of urgency. Given the unanimity, there should not be a moment’s hesitation to act.
As the MPPs said succinctly in the report’s conclusion: “The necessary changes have yet to be made and individuals continue to suffer.”
Implementing the recommendations would launch a new era of compassion, care and safety for mentally ill people and their families. Inaction will leave us all with blood on our hands.
Aug 31, 2010
Brendan Kennedy
Reyal Jardine-Douglas’s family called police to get him help. Later on, after a confrontation with officers, he was dead.
The family of the 25-year-old Pickering man fatally shot by police on Sunday says he suffered from mental illness, including paranoia, and that they had called police to get him admitted to hospital.
In a statement released Tuesday through their lawyer, Jardine-Douglas’s family said they phoned 911 early Sunday afternoon from Lawrence Ave. E. and Victoria Park Ave. to get him help. “He was not exhibiting any violent behaviours at the time,” the statement noted.
The family told 911 that Jardine-Douglas had boarded a southbound Victoria Park bus, informing the dispatcher of his mental state “on more than one occasion.” The family’s lawyer, Glenn Stuart, said they believed that message had been communicated to the attending officers.
Jardine-Douglas was shot by an officer after he fled from the bus when it was pulled over by police at about 3:10 p.m.
Witnesses said police cruisers boxed in the bus and a man bolted through the rear as officers boarded through the front door. According to one witness, three shots were fired in a confrontation.
A knife was recovered at the scene.
The revelation has reignited criticism of the police three weeks before a coroner’s inquest opens into a similar police shooting two years ago.
On Feb. 16, 2008, 28-year-old Byron Debassige, who had schizophrenia, was shot dead by police in Oriole Park after he stole lemons from a local grocery store armed with a 10-centimetre knife.
Officers were cleared of wrongdoing by the Special Investigations Unit, which said Debassige “advanced” toward them and ignored repeated commands to drop the knife. But Debassige’s family and Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto say the officers needlessly escalated the situation.
Police knew of mental illness before fatal shooting, family says - thestar.com
Friday, September 17, 2010
Josh's struggles resonate with readers - Parentcentral.ca
One mother's lonely journey to help a son struggling through school was, it turns out, not so lonely after all.
March 14, 2009
Josh's struggles resonate with readers - Parentcentral.ca
March 14, 2009
Josh's struggles resonate with readers - Parentcentral.ca
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Pearls of Wisdom
The eye of a small person makes small things look large. And the eye of a great person makes great calamities look small. [Mutanabbih]
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“It is astonishing how people can influence others, simply by keeping their company. Don’t take a companion unless their state elevates you, and that they take you closer to God. Don’t have friends that complain all the time. There’s nothing worse than to be around a complainer. Be around people that uplift you, that are positive, optimistic. Help people with their problems, but put yourself in environments that help you move forward. And don’t be of the people out there that don’t want to see others succeed.”
- Ustadh Yahya Rhodus
Aug
Eda LeShan:
Becoming responsible adults is no longer a matter of whether children hang up there pajamas or put dirty towels in the hamper, but whether they care about themselves and others -- and whether they see everyday chores as related to how we treat this planet.
Aug 22, 2010
"I focus on what's really important in life. Quality rather than appearance...ethics rather than rules...integrity rather than domination...knowledge rather than achievement...serenity rather than acquisitions." - Dr. Wayne Dyer
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Aug 22, 2010
'The loving, innocent world of animals serves as a good example for me.' The more you stop to observe animals and learn from them, the healthier and more peaceful your life will be. - Dr. Wayne Dyer
Aug 19, 2010
"The world is not
dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at
it without doing anything” Albert Einstein"
Aug 05, 2010
"It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad; and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent; but silence is better than idle words." (Bukhari)
July 17,2010
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death”
~ Thomas Paine
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July 12,2010
Imam Zaid Shakir - "True religion shines from the face of the believer and impresses itself on others without words. It is subsequently followed by words that are uplifting and beneficial."
July 12,2010
Prophet Muhammad (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “The most blessed nikah is the one with the least expenses.” [Bayhaqi]
Jul 08 , 2010
How to Be Curious?Cultivate a habit of asking good questions. Understand that we can experience miracles if we're inquisitive.
Realize that we know very little and there's discovery and adventure around every corner.
Inquire into new ideas, people, situations, places.
Open our minds to others' points of view. Unleash our inner child, who is naturally inquisitive.
Suspend judging and evaluating?there's always time for that later.
Jul 04 , 2010
The hypocrite looks for faults; the believer looks for excuses”- Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
Jul 01 2010
Friendship takes many years to establish; so do not fall out with a friend over a single disagreement.-Sadi, 'Gulistan
"I try to teach my children that being successful isn’t necessarily about performing a specific task, being in a certain occupation, or living in a particular location. It’s about sharing yourself in a creative, loving way using the skills and interests that are inherently part of you." - Dr. Wayne Dyer
Derision, ridiculing people, making jest at their expense, mocking them is a form of ignorance, whether it is lampooning, caricaturing, or name calling. Humour and levity are important in human life. But levity as a way of life harms the spiritual heart. And laughter and amusement at the expense of the dignity of others is wholly inappropriate.
Ali ibn Abi Talib said, "Do not belittle anyone, for he may be a saint of God." Imam al-Qurtubi once said, "When he was bowing down to idols in Makkah, Umar ibn al-Khattab was still beloved to God." Only God knows the seal of people and their destinies. A Moroccan proverb says, "Never mock any creature of God, for it might be beloved to He who created it."
Compiled From:
"Purification of The Heart" - Hamza Yusuf, pp. 141,142
"People with wisdom know that it is important to correct their own mistakes, while people without wisdom find it necessary to point out the mistakes of others. People with strong faith know that it is important to clear their own hearts, while those with unsteady faith seek to find fault in the hearts and prayers of others." M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Top 200 Universities in the World
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html
University of Toronto is Rank 19
THE World University Rankings 2010 World Rank Institution Country Overall score change Teaching change International mix change Industry income change Research change Citations change
1 Harvard University United States 96.1 99.7 72.4 34.5 98.7 98.8
2 California Institute of Technology United States 96.0 97.7 54.6 83.7 98.0 99.9
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 95.6 97.8 82.3 87.5 91.4 99.9
4 Stanford University United States 94.3 98.3 29.5 64.3 98.1 99.2
5 Princeton University United States 94.2 90.9 70.3 Data not supplied 95.4 99.9
6 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 91.2 90.5 77.7 57.0 94.1 94.0
6 University of Oxford United Kingdom 91.2 88.2 77.2 73.5 93.9 95.1
8 University of California Berkeley United States 91.1 84.2 39.6 Data not supplied 99.3 97.8
9 Imperial College London United Kingdom 90.6 89.2 90.0 92.9 94.5 88.3
10 Yale University United States 89.5 92.1 59.2 Data not supplied 89.7 91.5
11 University of California Los Angeles United States 87.7 83.0 48.1 Data not supplied 92.9 93.2
12 University of Chicago United States 86.9 79.1 62.8 Data not supplied 87.9 96.9
13 Johns Hopkins University United States 86.4 80.9 58.5 100.0 89.2 92.3
14 Cornell University United States 83.9 82.2 62.4 34.7 88.8 88.1
15 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland 83.4 77.5 93.7 Data not supplied 87.8 83.1
15 University of Michigan United States 83.4 83.9 53.3 59.6 89.1 84.1
17 University of Toronto Canada 82.0 75.8 Data not supplied Data not supplied 87.9 82.2
18 Columbia University United States 81.0 73.8 90.9 Data not supplied 73.8 92.6
19 University of Pennsylvania United States 79.5 71.8 32.9 43.7 82.7 93.6
20 Carnegie Mellon University United States 79.3 70.3 39.1 53.7 79.3 95.7
21 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 79.2 68.4 91.4 56.5 71.4 96.1
22 University College London United Kingdom 78.4 74.0 90.8 39.0 81.6 80.6
23 University of Washington United States 78.0 68.2 49.0 32.8 77.1 95.9
24 Duke University United States 76.5 66.8 49.4 100.0 71.5 92.3
25 Northwestern University United States 75.9 64.5 60.5 Data not supplied 68.8 95.3
26 University of Tokyo Japan 75.6 87.7 18.4 Data not supplied 91.9 58.1
27 Georgia Institute of Technology United States 75.3 67.9 73.2 95.1 72.6 83.2
28 Pohang University of Science and Technology Republic of Korea 75.1 69.5 32.6 100.0 62.5 96.5
29 University of California Santa Barbara United States 75.0 56.6 64.3 89.8 68.0 98.8
30 University of British Columbia Canada 73.8 65.1 93.3 42.6 74.8 80.3
30 University of North Carolina United States 73.8 70.9 21.5 50.2 75.1 85.0
32 University of California San Diego United States 73.2 59.8 31.6 51.8 76.3 90.8
33 University of Illinois - Urbana United States 73.0 68.1 55.9 Data not supplied 80.9 72.9
34 National University of Singapore Singapore 72.9 65.5 97.8 40.5 72.6 78.7
35 McGill University Canada 71.7 69.0 85.9 Data not supplied 74.9 69.0
36 University of Melbourne Australia 71.0 58.7 88.0 47.7 69.2 83.3
37 Peking University China 70.7 76.4 68.6 98.6 61.3 72.2
38 Washington University Saint Louis United States 69.9 58.9 56.4 Data not supplied 63.0 88.6
39 Ecole Polytechnic France 69.5 57.9 77.9 Data not supplied 56.1 91.4
40 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 69.2 59.9 67.3 42.2 61.9 86.8
41 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 69.0 50.4 97.4 64.1 51.8 98.2
42 Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris France 68.6 66.8 44.9 30.7 48.2 95.7
43 Australian National University Australia 67.0 51.9 93.9 Data not supplied 62.4 81.0
43 University of Göttingen Germany 67.0 57.3 44.5 31.7 55.9 92.5
43 Karolinska Institute Sweden 67.0 65.8 Data not supplied 73.3 72.7 62.3
43 University of Wisconsin United States 67.0 55.5 43.7 Data not supplied 64.6 83.4
47 Rice University United States 66.9 57.4 31.2 29.2 50.6 99.1
48 École Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne Switzerland 66.5 55.0 100.0 38.0 56.1 83.8
49 University of Science and Technology of China China 66.0 57.5 Data not supplied 30.3 48.6 92.7
49 University of California Irvine United States 66.0 49.4 66.3 Data not supplied 54.7 91.6
51 Vanderbilt University United States 65.9 64.9 22.1 84.2 59.5 78.1
52 University of Minnesota United States 65.6 57.6 23.0 Data not supplied 69.1 76.4
53 Tufts University United States 65.2 64.1 28.3 Data not supplied 52.3 83.9
54 University of California Davis United States 65.0 57.3 60.5 48.0 70.7 68.8
55 Brown University United States 64.9 59.7 60.5 Data not supplied 57.0 77.7
56 University of Massachusetts United States 64.7 61.3 22.6 53.9 72.6 67.9
57 Kyoto University Japan 64.6 78.9 18.4 67.1 77.7 46.3
58 Tsinghua University China 64.2 74.9 43.0 97.8 66.6 52.7
59 Boston University United States 64.0 53.6 38.1 29.6 51.9 91.4
60 New York University United States 63.9 62.0 31.8 Data not supplied 50.7 82.9
61 University of Munich Germany 63.0 59.1 43.1 40.4 57.5 76.4
61 Emory University United States 63.0 63.4 52.3 Data not supplied 48.4 77.8
63 University of Notre Dame United States 62.8 56.4 35.6 Data not supplied 45.1 89.1
64 University of Pittsburgh United States 62.7 58.5 25.2 37.9 58.3 78.3
65 Case Western Reserve University United States 62.2 67.2 56.5 Data not supplied 53.8 66.0
66 Ohio State University United States 62.1 63.5 64.0 Data not supplied 54.9 67.2
67 University of Colorado United States 61.6 46.4 31.7 Data not supplied 58.1 83.4
68 University of Bristol United Kingdom 61.4 49.6 67.2 36.2 53.1 80.9
68 University of California Santa Cruz United States 61.4 38.3 16.7 Data not supplied 50.4 99.6
68 Yeshiva University United States 61.4 63.5 53.3 Data not supplied 46.7 74.4
71 University of Sydney Australia 61.2 49.8 89.6 90.8 61.9 64.3
72 University of Virginia United States 61.1 62.0 42.2 Data not supplied 55.4 68.6
73 University of Adelaide Australia 60.7 46.5 87.5 52.7 38.8 90.5
73 University of Southern California United States 60.7 65.4 31.2 Data not supplied 48.7 71.9
75 William & Mary United States 60.4 53.1 20.9 Data not supplied 36.1 95.6
76 Trinity College Dublin Ireland 60.3 47.7 84.2 31.6 45.3 84.4
77 King's College London United Kingdom 59.7 48.5 85.9 44.1 54.5 72.1
78 Stony Brook University United States 59.6 48.5 52.2 Data not supplied 43.6 85.8
79 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Republic of Korea 59.5 71.3 36.7 100.0 63.4 45.5
79 University of Sussex United Kingdom 59.5 42.4 72.8 29.1 42.4 91.6
81 University of Queensland Australia Australia 59.1 51.8 74.2 57.1 53.4 69.0
81 University of York United Kingdom 59.1 47.9 66.6 36.2 46.2 81.9
83 Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg Germany 59.0 59.2 63.4 39.1 47.5 70.3
83 University of Utah United States 59.0 55.8 22.5 Data not supplied 54.2 72.0
85 Durham University United Kingdom 58.9 39.8 65.7 33.9 44.1 91.0
86 London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom 58.3 62.4 99.5 38.4 56.2 51.6
87 University of Manchester United Kingdom 58.0 56.5 79.1 39.0 56.2 59.2
88 Royal Holloway, University of London United Kingdom 57.9 37.7 92.9 30.5 36.2 93.2
89 Lund University Sweden 57.8 46.3 56.8 33.2 60.8 67.6
90 University of Zurich Switzerland 57.7 56.6 87.9 43.8 47.0 65.0
90 University of Southampton United Kingdom 57.7 50.8 69.0 37.7 47.8 72.9
90 Wake Forest University United States 57.7 54.6 24.4 Data not supplied 42.9 79.2
93 McMaster University Canada 57.6 44.7 Data not supplied Data not supplied 58.7 68.5
94 University College Dublin Ireland 57.5 42.4 87.0 Data not supplied 36.6 86.3
95 University of Basel Switzerland 57.3 50.2 91.3 45.8 37.1 78.3
95 George Washington University United States 57.3 60.6 39.6 Data not supplied 43.1 70.2
95 University of Arizona United States 57.3 52.4 21.9 84.2 52.2 70.1
98 University of Maryland College Park United States 57.2 45.4 35.4 Data not supplied 48.6 79.2
99 Dartmouth College United States 57.1 44.7 31.0 Data not supplied 49.2 79.7
100 ENS De Lyon France 57.0 51.1 37.6 26.1 34.4 88.8
101 Technical University of Munich Germany 56.9 50.4 85.3 Data not supplied 43.2 71.2
102 University of Helsinki Finland 56.6 49.0 24.2 30.2 51.4 75.4
103 University of St. Andrews United Kingdom 56.5 44.8 85.7 32.6 47.7 72.9
104 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute United States 56.4 50.5 48.0 Data not supplied 54.6 64.9
105 Rutgers the State University of New Jersey United States 56.3 53.4 26.8 Data not supplied 64.7 55.7
106 Purdue University United States 56.2 57.0 62.6 Data not supplied 67.8 43.9
107 University of Cape Town South Africa 56.1 36.6 83.3 Data not supplied 42.1 82.8
107 National Tsing Hua University Taiwan 56.1 52.2 34.1 50.2 52.6 66.9
109 Seoul National University Republic of Korea 56.0 62.3 44.9 43.0 54.1 54.6
109 Pennsylvania State University United States 56.0 46.3 19.9 44.0 49.2 77.6
111 Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong 55.6 32.9 71.8 26.7 32.5 97.6
112 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 55.4 62.9 24.8 60.5 63.4 45.5
112 Bilkent University Turkey 55.4 34.3 47.7 32.4 36.1 95.7
114 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 55.3 55.4 44.9 99.8 51.7 56.9
115 National Taiwan University Taiwan 55.2 50.3 29.2 35.7 59.0 61.6
115 University of Hawaii United States 55.2 38.3 34.2 Data not supplied 47.6 81.0
117 University of California Riverside United States 55.1 38.6 63.0 30.5 47.4 78.3
118 University of Geneva Switzerland 55.0 46.6 95.7 32.7 49.7 63.1
119 Catholic University of Leuven Belgium 54.8 57.7 29.6 97.7 62.9 45.2
120 Nanjing University China 54.6 52.2 50.2 43.4 46.2 66.0
120 Queen Mary, University of London United Kingdom 54.6 39.7 91.0 38.9 44.1 73.5
122 Technical University of Denmark Denmark 54.5 46.2 64.0 95.5 46.9 64.6
122 Michigan State University United States 54.5 50.4 30.4 Data not supplied 52.7 63.7
124 Ghent University Belgium 54.4 52.8 24.7 97.1 59.1 52.8
124 Leiden University Netherlands 54.4 47.3 40.0 100.0 54.9 59.3
124 Lancaster University United Kingdom 54.4 43.5 73.8 28.8 41.9 74.9
127 University of Alberta Canada 54.3 53.7 71.6 44.5 58.0 49.7
128 University of Glasgow United Kingdom 54.2 45.6 55.1 61.0 50.3 65.1
129 Stockholm University Sweden 54.0 36.9 Data not supplied 31.7 49.2 75.9
130 University of Victoria Canada 53.4 32.9 Data not supplied 27.4 48.3 79.1
130 Osaka University Japan 53.4 61.7 20.1 73.4 63.4 40.0
132 University of Freiburg Germany 53.3 52.4 46.2 79.8 41.4 64.3
132 Tohoku University Japan 53.3 60.3 20.1 82.3 62.5 41.2
132 University of Iowa United States 53.3 48.6 31.7 Data not supplied 59.8 54.8
135 University of Bergen Norway 52.7 39.9 66.6 41.5 42.1 73.1
136 University of Lausanne Switzerland 52.6 43.1 84.1 42.5 50.5 59.1
137 University of Sheffield United Kingdom 52.5 48.9 62.7 40.3 49.2 58.4
138 University of Montreal Canada 52.4 56.1 Data not supplied Data not supplied 49.4 51.9
139 VU University Amsterdam Netherlands 52.3 47.6 30.6 81.4 51.6 58.5
140 Pierre and Marie Curie University France 52.2 51.9 30.7 26.4 37.2 71.5
140 University of Dundee United Kingdom 52.2 34.1 54.4 49.3 41.0 79.3
142 University of Barcelona Spain 52.1 34.1 22.3 30.0 33.7 91.9
143 Utrecht University Netherlands 52.0 43.4 52.6 55.3 53.0 58.8
144 Wageningen University and Research Center Netherlands 51.9 58.5 24.3 Data not supplied 48.8 53.0
145 University of Auckland New Zealand 51.8 34.8 94.3 61.1 39.2 71.8
145 University of Birmingham United Kingdom 51.8 50.3 73.8 34.8 50.7 52.1
147 Alexandria University Egypt 51.6 29.5 19.3 36.0 28.0 99.8
147 Uppsala University Sweden 51.6 49.6 77.9 39.5 62.2 40.7
149 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 51.4 39.4 82.9 57.2 45.7 62.4
149 University of Aberdeen United Kingdom 51.4 37.8 86.1 47.0 45.2 64.6
151 Delft University of Technology Netherlands 51.3 55.5 47.4 99.4 67.7 29.0
152 University of New South Wales Australia 51.2 49.5 70.7 60.0 48.9 51.2
152 Birkbeck, University of London United Kingdom 51.2 41.2 88.5 27.4 35.8 70.6
152 Newcastle University United Kingdom 51.2 42.7 80.5 31.1 42.8 63.6
155 Pompeu Fabra University Spain 51.1 35.0 44.1 40.0 33.0 84.7
156 Indiana University United States 51.0 48.5 37.7 Data not supplied 42.5 63.2
156 Iowa State University United States 51.0 49.3 23.2 49.6 49.6 58.2
158 Medical College of Georgia United States 50.7 67.3 16.3 50.1 41.7 48.9
159 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands 50.4 39.4 58.6 Data not supplied 43.6 65.5
159 University of Delaware United States 50.4 38.4 16.8 100.0 51.9 61.3
161 Arizona State University United States 50.3 43.0 24.1 Data not supplied 44.1 66.9
161 Boston College United States 50.3 40.1 31.6 Data not supplied 33.6 78.0
163 National Sun Yat-Sen University Taiwan 50.2 46.1 21.3 37.5 50.6 58.9
164 Georgetown University United States 50.1 65.1 24.7 Data not supplied 44.7 45.0
165 University of Amsterdam Netherlands 50.0 42.5 38.2 38.8 49.2 60.2
165 University of Liverpool United Kingdom 50.0 40.8 59.8 40.6 47.8 59.6
167 Aarhus University Denmark 49.9 38.1 33.4 61.5 55.6 57.3
168 University of Würzburg Germany 49.8 48.7 40.3 Data not supplied 40.9 60.4
168 University of Leeds United Kingdom 49.8 46.2 50.0 38.3 48.0 55.6
170 University of Groningen Netherlands 49.7 41.7 35.5 34.2 56.4 54.1
171 Sun Yat-sen University China 49.6 46.2 29.3 41.2 34.7 70.2
172 Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany 49.4 39.2 56.1 41.6 37.3 69.5
173 Bielefeld University Germany 49.3 39.9 Data not supplied Data not supplied 35.7 70.4
174 Nanyang Technological University Singapore 49.0 43.6 96.3 40.0 51.7 45.0
174 University of East Anglia United Kingdom 49.0 42.1 62.8 29.7 40.4 62.8
174 University of Nottingham United Kingdom 49.0 46.8 74.8 38.4 44.1 52.5
177 University of Copenhagen Denmark 48.8 44.1 45.8 26.1 45.7 58.3
178 Monash University Australia 48.5 39.4 87.1 40.8 38.8 60.5
178 Humboldt University of Berlin Germany 48.5 50.9 46.1 27.8 44.5 52.0
178 University of Bonn Germany 48.5 46.8 46.8 29.4 33.8 65.3
181 National Chiao Tung University Taiwan 48.3 53.2 57.9 98.7 54.4 32.9
182 RWTH Aachen University Germany 48.2 50.0 63.8 56.6 42.5 48.9
183 Middle East Technical University Turkey 47.7 39.5 27.2 43.9 39.5 66.4
184 University of Exeter United Kingdom 47.6 40.4 62.8 32.2 42.5 57.9
185 University of Twente Netherlands 47.5 49.9 62.4 49.8 48.3 42.0
186 University of Konstanz Germany 47.3 42.7 93.6 Data not supplied 40.1 51.3
187 University of Innsbruck Austria 47.2 37.9 99.5 35.0 34.8 60.2
187 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 47.2 45.0 47.3 40.0 35.4 60.7
189 Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen Germany 47.0 45.9 57.8 32.3 36.3 57.3
190 Yonsei University Republic of Korea 46.9 43.0 28.0 40.4 48.7 52.2
190 Drexel University United States 46.9 45.0 60.6 27.4 35.9 58.2
190 University of Cincinnati United States 46.9 43.6 18.9 32.5 40.4 61.5
193 Dalhousie University Canada 46.8 41.6 44.9 Data not supplied 50.2 48.8
193 Royal Institute of Technology Sweden 46.8 49.1 64.2 100.0 56.2 29.2
195 University of Vienna Austria 46.7 47.6 63.2 27.0 45.7 45.6
196 Kent State University United States 46.5 33.5 15.9 26.3 33.3 76.8
197 Zhejiang University China 46.4 54.6 29.6 70.3 41.3 44.3
197 University of Illinois - Chicago United States 46.4 57.8 51.8 Data not supplied 46.8 34.7
199 Simon Fraser University Canada 46.2 32.9 51.9 37.9 44.2 60.2
199 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 46.2 43.3 Data not supplied 99.9 49.5 41.7
Times Higher Education's World University Rankings for iPhone and iPod touch
University of Toronto is Rank 19
THE World University Rankings 2010 World Rank Institution Country Overall score change Teaching change International mix change Industry income change Research change Citations change
1 Harvard University United States 96.1 99.7 72.4 34.5 98.7 98.8
2 California Institute of Technology United States 96.0 97.7 54.6 83.7 98.0 99.9
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 95.6 97.8 82.3 87.5 91.4 99.9
4 Stanford University United States 94.3 98.3 29.5 64.3 98.1 99.2
5 Princeton University United States 94.2 90.9 70.3 Data not supplied 95.4 99.9
6 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 91.2 90.5 77.7 57.0 94.1 94.0
6 University of Oxford United Kingdom 91.2 88.2 77.2 73.5 93.9 95.1
8 University of California Berkeley United States 91.1 84.2 39.6 Data not supplied 99.3 97.8
9 Imperial College London United Kingdom 90.6 89.2 90.0 92.9 94.5 88.3
10 Yale University United States 89.5 92.1 59.2 Data not supplied 89.7 91.5
11 University of California Los Angeles United States 87.7 83.0 48.1 Data not supplied 92.9 93.2
12 University of Chicago United States 86.9 79.1 62.8 Data not supplied 87.9 96.9
13 Johns Hopkins University United States 86.4 80.9 58.5 100.0 89.2 92.3
14 Cornell University United States 83.9 82.2 62.4 34.7 88.8 88.1
15 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland 83.4 77.5 93.7 Data not supplied 87.8 83.1
15 University of Michigan United States 83.4 83.9 53.3 59.6 89.1 84.1
17 University of Toronto Canada 82.0 75.8 Data not supplied Data not supplied 87.9 82.2
18 Columbia University United States 81.0 73.8 90.9 Data not supplied 73.8 92.6
19 University of Pennsylvania United States 79.5 71.8 32.9 43.7 82.7 93.6
20 Carnegie Mellon University United States 79.3 70.3 39.1 53.7 79.3 95.7
21 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 79.2 68.4 91.4 56.5 71.4 96.1
22 University College London United Kingdom 78.4 74.0 90.8 39.0 81.6 80.6
23 University of Washington United States 78.0 68.2 49.0 32.8 77.1 95.9
24 Duke University United States 76.5 66.8 49.4 100.0 71.5 92.3
25 Northwestern University United States 75.9 64.5 60.5 Data not supplied 68.8 95.3
26 University of Tokyo Japan 75.6 87.7 18.4 Data not supplied 91.9 58.1
27 Georgia Institute of Technology United States 75.3 67.9 73.2 95.1 72.6 83.2
28 Pohang University of Science and Technology Republic of Korea 75.1 69.5 32.6 100.0 62.5 96.5
29 University of California Santa Barbara United States 75.0 56.6 64.3 89.8 68.0 98.8
30 University of British Columbia Canada 73.8 65.1 93.3 42.6 74.8 80.3
30 University of North Carolina United States 73.8 70.9 21.5 50.2 75.1 85.0
32 University of California San Diego United States 73.2 59.8 31.6 51.8 76.3 90.8
33 University of Illinois - Urbana United States 73.0 68.1 55.9 Data not supplied 80.9 72.9
34 National University of Singapore Singapore 72.9 65.5 97.8 40.5 72.6 78.7
35 McGill University Canada 71.7 69.0 85.9 Data not supplied 74.9 69.0
36 University of Melbourne Australia 71.0 58.7 88.0 47.7 69.2 83.3
37 Peking University China 70.7 76.4 68.6 98.6 61.3 72.2
38 Washington University Saint Louis United States 69.9 58.9 56.4 Data not supplied 63.0 88.6
39 Ecole Polytechnic France 69.5 57.9 77.9 Data not supplied 56.1 91.4
40 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 69.2 59.9 67.3 42.2 61.9 86.8
41 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 69.0 50.4 97.4 64.1 51.8 98.2
42 Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris France 68.6 66.8 44.9 30.7 48.2 95.7
43 Australian National University Australia 67.0 51.9 93.9 Data not supplied 62.4 81.0
43 University of Göttingen Germany 67.0 57.3 44.5 31.7 55.9 92.5
43 Karolinska Institute Sweden 67.0 65.8 Data not supplied 73.3 72.7 62.3
43 University of Wisconsin United States 67.0 55.5 43.7 Data not supplied 64.6 83.4
47 Rice University United States 66.9 57.4 31.2 29.2 50.6 99.1
48 École Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne Switzerland 66.5 55.0 100.0 38.0 56.1 83.8
49 University of Science and Technology of China China 66.0 57.5 Data not supplied 30.3 48.6 92.7
49 University of California Irvine United States 66.0 49.4 66.3 Data not supplied 54.7 91.6
51 Vanderbilt University United States 65.9 64.9 22.1 84.2 59.5 78.1
52 University of Minnesota United States 65.6 57.6 23.0 Data not supplied 69.1 76.4
53 Tufts University United States 65.2 64.1 28.3 Data not supplied 52.3 83.9
54 University of California Davis United States 65.0 57.3 60.5 48.0 70.7 68.8
55 Brown University United States 64.9 59.7 60.5 Data not supplied 57.0 77.7
56 University of Massachusetts United States 64.7 61.3 22.6 53.9 72.6 67.9
57 Kyoto University Japan 64.6 78.9 18.4 67.1 77.7 46.3
58 Tsinghua University China 64.2 74.9 43.0 97.8 66.6 52.7
59 Boston University United States 64.0 53.6 38.1 29.6 51.9 91.4
60 New York University United States 63.9 62.0 31.8 Data not supplied 50.7 82.9
61 University of Munich Germany 63.0 59.1 43.1 40.4 57.5 76.4
61 Emory University United States 63.0 63.4 52.3 Data not supplied 48.4 77.8
63 University of Notre Dame United States 62.8 56.4 35.6 Data not supplied 45.1 89.1
64 University of Pittsburgh United States 62.7 58.5 25.2 37.9 58.3 78.3
65 Case Western Reserve University United States 62.2 67.2 56.5 Data not supplied 53.8 66.0
66 Ohio State University United States 62.1 63.5 64.0 Data not supplied 54.9 67.2
67 University of Colorado United States 61.6 46.4 31.7 Data not supplied 58.1 83.4
68 University of Bristol United Kingdom 61.4 49.6 67.2 36.2 53.1 80.9
68 University of California Santa Cruz United States 61.4 38.3 16.7 Data not supplied 50.4 99.6
68 Yeshiva University United States 61.4 63.5 53.3 Data not supplied 46.7 74.4
71 University of Sydney Australia 61.2 49.8 89.6 90.8 61.9 64.3
72 University of Virginia United States 61.1 62.0 42.2 Data not supplied 55.4 68.6
73 University of Adelaide Australia 60.7 46.5 87.5 52.7 38.8 90.5
73 University of Southern California United States 60.7 65.4 31.2 Data not supplied 48.7 71.9
75 William & Mary United States 60.4 53.1 20.9 Data not supplied 36.1 95.6
76 Trinity College Dublin Ireland 60.3 47.7 84.2 31.6 45.3 84.4
77 King's College London United Kingdom 59.7 48.5 85.9 44.1 54.5 72.1
78 Stony Brook University United States 59.6 48.5 52.2 Data not supplied 43.6 85.8
79 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Republic of Korea 59.5 71.3 36.7 100.0 63.4 45.5
79 University of Sussex United Kingdom 59.5 42.4 72.8 29.1 42.4 91.6
81 University of Queensland Australia Australia 59.1 51.8 74.2 57.1 53.4 69.0
81 University of York United Kingdom 59.1 47.9 66.6 36.2 46.2 81.9
83 Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg Germany 59.0 59.2 63.4 39.1 47.5 70.3
83 University of Utah United States 59.0 55.8 22.5 Data not supplied 54.2 72.0
85 Durham University United Kingdom 58.9 39.8 65.7 33.9 44.1 91.0
86 London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom 58.3 62.4 99.5 38.4 56.2 51.6
87 University of Manchester United Kingdom 58.0 56.5 79.1 39.0 56.2 59.2
88 Royal Holloway, University of London United Kingdom 57.9 37.7 92.9 30.5 36.2 93.2
89 Lund University Sweden 57.8 46.3 56.8 33.2 60.8 67.6
90 University of Zurich Switzerland 57.7 56.6 87.9 43.8 47.0 65.0
90 University of Southampton United Kingdom 57.7 50.8 69.0 37.7 47.8 72.9
90 Wake Forest University United States 57.7 54.6 24.4 Data not supplied 42.9 79.2
93 McMaster University Canada 57.6 44.7 Data not supplied Data not supplied 58.7 68.5
94 University College Dublin Ireland 57.5 42.4 87.0 Data not supplied 36.6 86.3
95 University of Basel Switzerland 57.3 50.2 91.3 45.8 37.1 78.3
95 George Washington University United States 57.3 60.6 39.6 Data not supplied 43.1 70.2
95 University of Arizona United States 57.3 52.4 21.9 84.2 52.2 70.1
98 University of Maryland College Park United States 57.2 45.4 35.4 Data not supplied 48.6 79.2
99 Dartmouth College United States 57.1 44.7 31.0 Data not supplied 49.2 79.7
100 ENS De Lyon France 57.0 51.1 37.6 26.1 34.4 88.8
101 Technical University of Munich Germany 56.9 50.4 85.3 Data not supplied 43.2 71.2
102 University of Helsinki Finland 56.6 49.0 24.2 30.2 51.4 75.4
103 University of St. Andrews United Kingdom 56.5 44.8 85.7 32.6 47.7 72.9
104 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute United States 56.4 50.5 48.0 Data not supplied 54.6 64.9
105 Rutgers the State University of New Jersey United States 56.3 53.4 26.8 Data not supplied 64.7 55.7
106 Purdue University United States 56.2 57.0 62.6 Data not supplied 67.8 43.9
107 University of Cape Town South Africa 56.1 36.6 83.3 Data not supplied 42.1 82.8
107 National Tsing Hua University Taiwan 56.1 52.2 34.1 50.2 52.6 66.9
109 Seoul National University Republic of Korea 56.0 62.3 44.9 43.0 54.1 54.6
109 Pennsylvania State University United States 56.0 46.3 19.9 44.0 49.2 77.6
111 Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong 55.6 32.9 71.8 26.7 32.5 97.6
112 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 55.4 62.9 24.8 60.5 63.4 45.5
112 Bilkent University Turkey 55.4 34.3 47.7 32.4 36.1 95.7
114 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 55.3 55.4 44.9 99.8 51.7 56.9
115 National Taiwan University Taiwan 55.2 50.3 29.2 35.7 59.0 61.6
115 University of Hawaii United States 55.2 38.3 34.2 Data not supplied 47.6 81.0
117 University of California Riverside United States 55.1 38.6 63.0 30.5 47.4 78.3
118 University of Geneva Switzerland 55.0 46.6 95.7 32.7 49.7 63.1
119 Catholic University of Leuven Belgium 54.8 57.7 29.6 97.7 62.9 45.2
120 Nanjing University China 54.6 52.2 50.2 43.4 46.2 66.0
120 Queen Mary, University of London United Kingdom 54.6 39.7 91.0 38.9 44.1 73.5
122 Technical University of Denmark Denmark 54.5 46.2 64.0 95.5 46.9 64.6
122 Michigan State University United States 54.5 50.4 30.4 Data not supplied 52.7 63.7
124 Ghent University Belgium 54.4 52.8 24.7 97.1 59.1 52.8
124 Leiden University Netherlands 54.4 47.3 40.0 100.0 54.9 59.3
124 Lancaster University United Kingdom 54.4 43.5 73.8 28.8 41.9 74.9
127 University of Alberta Canada 54.3 53.7 71.6 44.5 58.0 49.7
128 University of Glasgow United Kingdom 54.2 45.6 55.1 61.0 50.3 65.1
129 Stockholm University Sweden 54.0 36.9 Data not supplied 31.7 49.2 75.9
130 University of Victoria Canada 53.4 32.9 Data not supplied 27.4 48.3 79.1
130 Osaka University Japan 53.4 61.7 20.1 73.4 63.4 40.0
132 University of Freiburg Germany 53.3 52.4 46.2 79.8 41.4 64.3
132 Tohoku University Japan 53.3 60.3 20.1 82.3 62.5 41.2
132 University of Iowa United States 53.3 48.6 31.7 Data not supplied 59.8 54.8
135 University of Bergen Norway 52.7 39.9 66.6 41.5 42.1 73.1
136 University of Lausanne Switzerland 52.6 43.1 84.1 42.5 50.5 59.1
137 University of Sheffield United Kingdom 52.5 48.9 62.7 40.3 49.2 58.4
138 University of Montreal Canada 52.4 56.1 Data not supplied Data not supplied 49.4 51.9
139 VU University Amsterdam Netherlands 52.3 47.6 30.6 81.4 51.6 58.5
140 Pierre and Marie Curie University France 52.2 51.9 30.7 26.4 37.2 71.5
140 University of Dundee United Kingdom 52.2 34.1 54.4 49.3 41.0 79.3
142 University of Barcelona Spain 52.1 34.1 22.3 30.0 33.7 91.9
143 Utrecht University Netherlands 52.0 43.4 52.6 55.3 53.0 58.8
144 Wageningen University and Research Center Netherlands 51.9 58.5 24.3 Data not supplied 48.8 53.0
145 University of Auckland New Zealand 51.8 34.8 94.3 61.1 39.2 71.8
145 University of Birmingham United Kingdom 51.8 50.3 73.8 34.8 50.7 52.1
147 Alexandria University Egypt 51.6 29.5 19.3 36.0 28.0 99.8
147 Uppsala University Sweden 51.6 49.6 77.9 39.5 62.2 40.7
149 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 51.4 39.4 82.9 57.2 45.7 62.4
149 University of Aberdeen United Kingdom 51.4 37.8 86.1 47.0 45.2 64.6
151 Delft University of Technology Netherlands 51.3 55.5 47.4 99.4 67.7 29.0
152 University of New South Wales Australia 51.2 49.5 70.7 60.0 48.9 51.2
152 Birkbeck, University of London United Kingdom 51.2 41.2 88.5 27.4 35.8 70.6
152 Newcastle University United Kingdom 51.2 42.7 80.5 31.1 42.8 63.6
155 Pompeu Fabra University Spain 51.1 35.0 44.1 40.0 33.0 84.7
156 Indiana University United States 51.0 48.5 37.7 Data not supplied 42.5 63.2
156 Iowa State University United States 51.0 49.3 23.2 49.6 49.6 58.2
158 Medical College of Georgia United States 50.7 67.3 16.3 50.1 41.7 48.9
159 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands 50.4 39.4 58.6 Data not supplied 43.6 65.5
159 University of Delaware United States 50.4 38.4 16.8 100.0 51.9 61.3
161 Arizona State University United States 50.3 43.0 24.1 Data not supplied 44.1 66.9
161 Boston College United States 50.3 40.1 31.6 Data not supplied 33.6 78.0
163 National Sun Yat-Sen University Taiwan 50.2 46.1 21.3 37.5 50.6 58.9
164 Georgetown University United States 50.1 65.1 24.7 Data not supplied 44.7 45.0
165 University of Amsterdam Netherlands 50.0 42.5 38.2 38.8 49.2 60.2
165 University of Liverpool United Kingdom 50.0 40.8 59.8 40.6 47.8 59.6
167 Aarhus University Denmark 49.9 38.1 33.4 61.5 55.6 57.3
168 University of Würzburg Germany 49.8 48.7 40.3 Data not supplied 40.9 60.4
168 University of Leeds United Kingdom 49.8 46.2 50.0 38.3 48.0 55.6
170 University of Groningen Netherlands 49.7 41.7 35.5 34.2 56.4 54.1
171 Sun Yat-sen University China 49.6 46.2 29.3 41.2 34.7 70.2
172 Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany 49.4 39.2 56.1 41.6 37.3 69.5
173 Bielefeld University Germany 49.3 39.9 Data not supplied Data not supplied 35.7 70.4
174 Nanyang Technological University Singapore 49.0 43.6 96.3 40.0 51.7 45.0
174 University of East Anglia United Kingdom 49.0 42.1 62.8 29.7 40.4 62.8
174 University of Nottingham United Kingdom 49.0 46.8 74.8 38.4 44.1 52.5
177 University of Copenhagen Denmark 48.8 44.1 45.8 26.1 45.7 58.3
178 Monash University Australia 48.5 39.4 87.1 40.8 38.8 60.5
178 Humboldt University of Berlin Germany 48.5 50.9 46.1 27.8 44.5 52.0
178 University of Bonn Germany 48.5 46.8 46.8 29.4 33.8 65.3
181 National Chiao Tung University Taiwan 48.3 53.2 57.9 98.7 54.4 32.9
182 RWTH Aachen University Germany 48.2 50.0 63.8 56.6 42.5 48.9
183 Middle East Technical University Turkey 47.7 39.5 27.2 43.9 39.5 66.4
184 University of Exeter United Kingdom 47.6 40.4 62.8 32.2 42.5 57.9
185 University of Twente Netherlands 47.5 49.9 62.4 49.8 48.3 42.0
186 University of Konstanz Germany 47.3 42.7 93.6 Data not supplied 40.1 51.3
187 University of Innsbruck Austria 47.2 37.9 99.5 35.0 34.8 60.2
187 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 47.2 45.0 47.3 40.0 35.4 60.7
189 Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen Germany 47.0 45.9 57.8 32.3 36.3 57.3
190 Yonsei University Republic of Korea 46.9 43.0 28.0 40.4 48.7 52.2
190 Drexel University United States 46.9 45.0 60.6 27.4 35.9 58.2
190 University of Cincinnati United States 46.9 43.6 18.9 32.5 40.4 61.5
193 Dalhousie University Canada 46.8 41.6 44.9 Data not supplied 50.2 48.8
193 Royal Institute of Technology Sweden 46.8 49.1 64.2 100.0 56.2 29.2
195 University of Vienna Austria 46.7 47.6 63.2 27.0 45.7 45.6
196 Kent State University United States 46.5 33.5 15.9 26.3 33.3 76.8
197 Zhejiang University China 46.4 54.6 29.6 70.3 41.3 44.3
197 University of Illinois - Chicago United States 46.4 57.8 51.8 Data not supplied 46.8 34.7
199 Simon Fraser University Canada 46.2 32.9 51.9 37.9 44.2 60.2
199 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 46.2 43.3 Data not supplied 99.9 49.5 41.7
Times Higher Education's World University Rankings for iPhone and iPod touch
Saturday, September 4, 2010
After Salafeeyah, Dreams of Sheikh Gilani, and the Path to Sufism
http://umarlee.com/2010/07/27/after-salafeeyah-dreams-of-sheikh-gilani-and-the-path-to-sufism/
"So I recognized at the same time they offered a spiritual void and a social void for the community. They recruit to their flock but do not address spiritual needs or practice the science of Islamic spirituality. Sunnah is studied and followed but it is in the spirit of the hated Pharisees and not in the true spirit of the Sunnah. Love for the Prophet (s.a.s.) is claimed but no time is spent expressing your love. Love for Allah is claimed but little time is spent in dhikr..."
"From this day on I will seek to practice the Sunnah in a complete way and I am on a new path of knowledge today and I pray Allah blesses me to grow. I have no affiliation with any organization or group as of yet, but inshaAllah I pray that I am blessed to be in the future, I am just writing these words as a humble servant of Allah praying to make up for some of the misguidance I have shared over the years with readers...."
When Conversion goes awry: The strange case of Umar Lee
Nazim Baksh
"So I recognized at the same time they offered a spiritual void and a social void for the community. They recruit to their flock but do not address spiritual needs or practice the science of Islamic spirituality. Sunnah is studied and followed but it is in the spirit of the hated Pharisees and not in the true spirit of the Sunnah. Love for the Prophet (s.a.s.) is claimed but no time is spent expressing your love. Love for Allah is claimed but little time is spent in dhikr..."
"From this day on I will seek to practice the Sunnah in a complete way and I am on a new path of knowledge today and I pray Allah blesses me to grow. I have no affiliation with any organization or group as of yet, but inshaAllah I pray that I am blessed to be in the future, I am just writing these words as a humble servant of Allah praying to make up for some of the misguidance I have shared over the years with readers...."
When Conversion goes awry: The strange case of Umar Lee
Nazim Baksh
Friday, September 3, 2010
Stephen Hawking says universe not created by God•
Stephen Hawking says universe not created by God• Physics, not creator, made Big Bang, new book claims
Professor had previously referred to 'mind of God'
Chief rabbi challenges Stephen Hawking in row over origins of universe, Lord Sacks accuses astrophysicist of logical fallacy in book excluding possibility of supernatural creation
Stephen Hawking can't use physics to answer why we're here- Modern belief in God is not about covering the gaps in our knowledge, but about answering different types of questions
Rumi's Masnavi
Rumi's Masnavi guardian.co.uk
Rumi's Masnavi, part 1: World figure or new age fad?- Rumi's influence has long been felt throughout the Muslim world. Will his recent success in the west prove as long lasting?
Rumi's Masnavi, part 2: Under the surface - For Rumi, the reality accessible to our senses often obscures the true meaning that lies beneath
Rumi's Masnavi, part 3: Knowledge and certaintyCan learning lead to God? - For Rumi, knowledge is always
Rumi's Masnavi, part 4: Rumi's Sufism -Sharia and the external observance of religious rules are only the beginning for the seeker after truth
Rumi's Masnavi, part 5: On loveFor Rumi, - love is the astrolabe of God's mysteries and the animating force of creation
Rumi's Masnavi, part 6: Unity of being- In Rumi's theology of love, the 'death' of the baser self is the only way to achieve union with the divine
Rumi's Masnavi, part 7: God's graceFor Rumi, - God's grace allows us to be judged on our intentions, and to recognise our common dependence on him
Rumi's Masnavi, part 8: Echoes of celestial music -Rumi's teaching transcends the petty human squabbles that keep us divided. His words are a path to the divine
Rumi's Masnavi, part 1: World figure or new age fad?- Rumi's influence has long been felt throughout the Muslim world. Will his recent success in the west prove as long lasting?
Rumi's Masnavi, part 2: Under the surface - For Rumi, the reality accessible to our senses often obscures the true meaning that lies beneath
Rumi's Masnavi, part 3: Knowledge and certaintyCan learning lead to God? - For Rumi, knowledge is always
Rumi's Masnavi, part 4: Rumi's Sufism -Sharia and the external observance of religious rules are only the beginning for the seeker after truth
Rumi's Masnavi, part 5: On loveFor Rumi, - love is the astrolabe of God's mysteries and the animating force of creation
Rumi's Masnavi, part 6: Unity of being- In Rumi's theology of love, the 'death' of the baser self is the only way to achieve union with the divine
Rumi's Masnavi, part 7: God's graceFor Rumi, - God's grace allows us to be judged on our intentions, and to recognise our common dependence on him
Rumi's Masnavi, part 8: Echoes of celestial music -Rumi's teaching transcends the petty human squabbles that keep us divided. His words are a path to the divine
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