{"id":2,"date":"2010-10-15T15:55:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T19:55:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-10-31T14:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:27:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Who We Are<\/h2>\n<p>The Family Care Office is guided by our:<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"values\" name=\"values\"><\/a><strong>Values<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Supporting<\/strong>: providing services and resources to meet diverse family needs<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Caring<\/strong>: listening and acting with concern for the wellbeing of every individual in the University of Toronto community<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Respect<\/strong>: treating people with dignity<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"vision\" name=\"vision\"><\/a><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>University of Toronto is a leader in supporting you in your family life as you learn and work<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"mission\" name=\"mission\"><\/a><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Family Care Office provides guidance, resources, referrals, educational programming and advocacy for the University of Toronto community and their families. We raise awareness of family care issues central to the achievement of education and employment equity at the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"whoweserve\" name=\"whoweserve\"><\/a><strong>Who We Serve<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Family Care Office supports current University of Toronto students, staff, faculty, post-doctoral fellows and their families with any family care related issue.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"listserv\" name=\"listserv\"><\/a><strong>Join Our E-Newsletter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Keep up-to-date on upcoming events, workshops and groups offered through the FCO. Sign-up to be part of our e-newsletter mailing list by contacting us by phone or email.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"contact\" name=\"contact\"><\/a><strong>Staff Contacts and Hours<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We are open Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm, with extended evening hours on Tuesdays until 6:00pm. Summer hours are Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 4:30pm, Tuesdays to 6:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>Telephone: 416.978.0951<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:family.care@utoronto.ca\">family.care@utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Francesca Dobbin, Director, Family Programs &amp; Services<br \/>\n416.978.3239<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:f.dobbin@utoronto.ca\">f.dobbin@utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kaye Francis, Manager<br \/>\n416.946.3899<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:kaye.francis@utoronto.ca\">kaye.francis@utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Helen Reddy Katz, Family Care Advisor (Student Focus)<br \/>\n416.946.5999<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:helen.reddykatz@utoronto.ca\">helen.reddykatz@utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dunya Mojadiddi, Education and Communications Coordinator<br \/>\n416.946.0687<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:d.mojadiddi@utoronto.ca\">d.mojadiddi@utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Natasja VanderBerg, Faculty Relocation and Family Caregiver Leave Specialist<br \/>\n416.946.0687<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:natasja.vanderberg@utoronto.ca\">natasja.vanderberg@utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meike Vangerwen, Information and Communications Officer<br \/>\n416.978.0951<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:family.care@utoronto.ca\">family.care@utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n215 Huron Street, Suite 603<br \/>\nToronto, Ontario<br \/>\nM5S 1A2<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 15px auto;font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,San Serif;font-size: 9px;text-align: center\">DISCLAIMER: The content of this web site is entirely the responsibility of a campus organization which is independent from the University of Toronto. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the University. The University of Toronto shall not be liable for any damage resulting from the use or misuse of the contents of this web site.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who We Are The Family Care Office is guided by our: Values Supporting: providing services and resources to meet diverse&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/about\/\" title=\"Read About Us\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7866,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/7866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/intersections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}