Staff – Page 3 – Student Life Strategic Plan

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Black Student Engagement (3.1)

Student Engagement has embarked on several initiatives to actively break down barriers for those affected by systemic exclusion and discrimination. At the forefront of this endeavor is the Coordinator, Black Student Engagement, a role established in August 2023. The impetus…

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nanda-gikendan room at Accessibility Services

New Spaces (3.2)

The team at Accessibility Services now has a larger space to offer events, programming and more. Re-named nanda-gikendan, an Ojibwe term that means “learning” or “seeking to learn”, the space is located on the fourth floor of 455 Spadina Ave.,…

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Beaded Version of painting at First Nations House

Clan Systems and 2SLGBTQ+ (3.3)

This talk, facilitated by EJ Kwandibens, featured discussions on Indigenous Clan systems and their relation to 2SLGBTQ+ identities. Kwandibens related this to his own experiences as a gay Indigenous man, and participants explored recognition of 2SLGBTQ+ peoples and how they…

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Identities at Work (3.4)

In 2022-23 “Identities @ Work” emerged as a space where students, alumni, career educators and campus partners convened to explore the personal intersections that shape their work and career journeys. With a commitment to dialogue and reflection, this initiative fostered…

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Student Leaders dinner at the Multi-Faith Centre

Student Leader Dinners (3.4)

The Multi-Faith Centre hosted two dinners for student faith leaders to help cultivate belonging and connection. The fall dinner asked student leaders and chaplains to reflect on the question “How do we, as multi-faith, spiritual and ethically based student leaders…

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Community Welcome Program Pilot (3.5)

In 2022-23, the Centre for International Experience (CIE) piloted the Community Welcome Program —a visionary project aimed at enhancing peer-to-peer and peer-to-alumni engagement to cultivate a sense of inclusion, growth and community across U of T’s global campus. Working in…

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The Career Peer Program (3.5)

In the summer of 2022, The Career Peer Program transitioned from the Peer Career Advisor Program to simplify access, expand capacity and enhance shared services. Over the course of 2022-23, the Career Peer Program supported nearly 1,400 students through one-to-one…

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Housing Student Peer Program (3.5)

In the fiscal year 2022–23, Housing Services made significant strides in enhancing student support at the University of Toronto by hiring and training Work Study students in peer advisor and outreach roles. With a focused mission to assist students navigating…

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Student Advisory Committees and Student Life Advisory Council (4.4)

Student feedback and input is critically important to Student Life services and programs. Several units, including Accessibility Services, Academic Success, TCard, Housing Services, the Multi Faith Centre, Health & Wellness, the Centre for International Experience, and the Centre for Community…

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Innovation Hub Team conducting sessions

Innovation Hub projects (4.4)

Each year the Innovation Hub’s student researchers use design thinking to conduct ethnographic interviews with students and make recommendations for a variety of projects. This year the made recommendation for nine projects across St. George campus, which included: Academic Integrity…

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Community partner stewardship (4.5)

Over the past year, the Centre for Community Partnerships (CCP) demonstrated its commitment to recognizing the contributions of community partners who provided student education, through strategic outreach efforts, research into opportunities for knowledge and resource sharing, and opportunities for professional…

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Global Classrooms (4.5)

The Centre for International Experience supported instructors across the University to develop and implement Global Classrooms as a part of the Global at Home programming, providing enriching global experiences for students without physical travel. Through the Global Classrooms program, instructors…

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Staff Online Refresh (4.6)

To modernize Student Life’s internal communication infrastructure, Student Life Communications, Student Life IT and Student Experience overhauled Staff Online, the intranet since the early 2000s, transforming it into a dynamic communication and news-sharing portal for Student Life staff. Following recommendations…

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Relocation to 700 and 800 Bay (4.6)

Informed by recommendations from the Student Mental Health Task Force, the relocation and renovation of the Health & Wellness Centre in the Koffler Student Services Centre began with a carefully orchestrated sequence of events. For the health and safety of…

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Gift of the Stars wall sculpture at Accessibility Services

Gift of the Stars (5.1)

Nyle Miigizi Johnston’s Gift of the Stars illuminates the entrance of Accessibility Services and is a collaboration between Accessibility Services and Indigenous Student Services within the Indigenization of Space Initiative at Accessibility Services. Unveiled in April 2023, this luminous wall…

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The University of Toronto/CAMH Acute Care Navigation Service (UTN) (5.3)

The University of Toronto and CAMH launched a new collaboration and partnered service in September 2022, to support post-secondary students at the University of Toronto with higher acuity and more complex mental health needs. The service supports the most vulnerable…

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Centre for Community Partnership Priorities: Community-engaged learning research and initiatives, connection and collaboration and knowledge, experience and resources

Centre of Excellence model (5.3)

In the past year, the Centre for Community Partnerships (CCP) successfully transitioned into a new model of operations as a “Centre of Excellence” in community-engaged learning and research (CEL/R). As a Centre of Excellence, the CCP will collaborate with community…

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Manager of EDIA Initiatives hired (5.3)

Following the report generated by the Student Life Staff EDIA Advisory Committee in 2021, senior leadership and staff felt it was critical to create a role to help guide the implementation of the highlighted recommendations and support EDIA advancement within…

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A year of professional development in Student Life (5.4)

With a commitment to continuous learning and innovation, Student Life’s units have engaged in professional development in myriad ways over the course of 2022-23. Academic Success’ professional development initiatives leveraged both in-house and external expertise, aligning with a carefully crafted…

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Hiring and Engaging Diverse Student Talent Initiative: Employer Toolkit (5.5)

As a result of obtaining a VLS eCampus Ontario grant, and in true collaborative fashion, the “Hiring and Engaging Diverse Student Talent: Employer Toolkit” was developed across all three campuses of the University of Toronto and in collaboration with seven…

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