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The Registrar's Student Services
Visit our:
Academic Advising
assists you in making thoughtful decisions about adding or dropping
courses, program selection and course load. Advisors can help
you understand degree requirements and academic regulations and
are a good sounding board for any of your academic concerns. Advisors
are generalists who are often the best people to talk to when
you are uncertain about where to go for help.
Learning Strategies
Learning strategies
offers seminars, workshops and individual peer counselling to
help you attain academic excellence. Reference books are available.
Room S302, (416) 287-7561
The Career Centre
The Career Centre presents workshops and seminars
on career planning and employment searching. Listings for part-time,
summer, volunteer and post graduation positions are available.
The Career Center houses a library of career areas, employment
and education information. Room
S302, (416) 287-7561 http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/services/career
Financial Aid
Financial Aid presents seminars and guest speakers to inform you about financial aid programs, (OSAP, bursaries, graduate school funding) and to help you make sound financial decisions. An advisor is available to assist you on an individual basis. The office distributes OSAP applications and loan documents, bursary and emergency loan applications. Room S303, (416) 287-7001
Registrarial Services is the place to visit for help with registration, to request a student card, request letters or forms which confirm your status at the university, order copies of your examinations and answer many of your general questions about academic regulations and degree requirements. Room S303,
(416) 287-7001
We are your convenient and confidential medical clinic on campus - much like your family doctor's office.
The Health & Wellness Centre offers two free services:
1) Health Care: Is provided daily by physicians and nurses for the treatment of minor illnesses, first aid, pregnancy tests, annual check-ups, birth control prescriptions and sales, STD tests including HIV/AIDS, immunizations, and over-the-counter medications for colds and headaches.
2) Personal Counselling: Our staff includes a psychiatrist, social workers, and a physician-counsellor. Each of these counsellors can help with family problems, relationships, crisis counselling, anxiety, depression, stress management, sexuality, bereavement, and eating disorders.
Appointments are recommended and walk-ins are accommodated.
Hours: Monday - Friday
7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
You may have to go to classes during the day while you child goes to daycare but, you don't have to be separated from them. Have lunch with your child, read them a story, tuck them in for a nap, play with them in between classes or breast feed your infant. At N'sheemaehn (pronounced Nuh-shee-muh): your child is just as close as your next lecture hall.
Located on the campus' grounds, N'sheemaehn is a non-profit centre which has garnered praise for its high standard of excellence in programming, staff and its attentive design layout.
The centre is licensed for 54 children of students, staff, faculty and neighbourhood families. The centre also has a purchase-of-service agreement with the municipal government to assist with fees for low-income households. As there is a very long wait for these subsidies, it is strongly advised to apply well in advance of the time childcare is needed. A bursary for U of T students is also available.
Housed in a state of the art building which officially opened October 10, 1990, this non-profit centre is managed by a parent / university board of directors. The Centre's philosophy is that a warm, secure and loving environment be provided at all times to foster the development of each child's self-esteem, independence and self-control, while encouraging cooperation, negotiation consideration and empathy for others.
The sound of the chickadee "N'sheemaehn", also means "My little brother or sister" in the Ojibwe language. This folktale reminds us all to take good care of our little ones.
For more information about the centre, or to arrange for a visit, please contact the Director, Ms. Kathleen McElroy at
(416) 287-7624.
The University of Toronto at Scarborough residence system offers you a comfortable home away from home.
Our townhouses are designed to provide a balanced living and learning community. Students have the benefit of a living environment that encourages independence and growth through the co-operation needed to share the cooking, cleaning and rule development in a townhouse. Support and services are available from both peer and professional staff in the residence office and from the university in general.
Our mission is to provide residence students with a "living and learning" environment that supports the academic mission of the university and offers students a variety of opportunities to enhance their university experience both inside and outside the classroom. Our Residence Life Program is designed to assist students with the transition to university and to support their success throughout their university experience. We strive to foster a learning community committed to a high standard of mutual respect and understanding towards its members in spite of any difference in opinions, culture, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Leadership opportunities are available on many levels. Workshops, the academic mentoring program, the residence student government and our student mentoring program (LINKS) are only a few examples of support and opportunities available to all residence students.
Clustered in two attractively landscaped villages, our fully furnished townhouses with well-equipped kitchens, are located minutes from the academic buildings and steps away from the centre of residence life, our furnished common area. There are 114 self-contained townhouses, accommodating 534 students; with four to six students in each house. Five houses are specially designed to meet the needs of students with a disability.
The houses are self-contained with bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and living/dining room. Single and shared room accommodations are available. Houses are assigned as either all female or all male for new students. There are four laundry rooms located in the village.
The Dons, senior students, are front-line counsellors who look after the well-being of residents on a 24-hour basis by providing support for students and developing the quality of student life in residence.
Residence is guaranteed to all full-time first-year students who are offered admission by July 1, and who respond to all deadlines and meet all deposit requirements. Part-time students and those who receive late offers are advised to contact the Housing Office for further information.
Accommodation is available for winter and summer.
We encourage you to come and visit us during the summer to tour
the village and see a townhouse.
For more information, contact:
Student Housing and Residence Life
University of Toronto at Scarborough
1265 Military Trail
Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4
Telephone: (416) 287-7365
Fax: (416) 287-7667
Web site: http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/depts/residence/
The University of Toronto does not tolerate any form of sexual harassment and is actively endeavouring to provide an environment free of it. All forms of sexual harassment, from verbal abuse to inappropriate touching to sexual assault, are covered by the University's policy. The Sexual Harassment Education, Counselling and Complaint Office was established to educate the University community on this issue. The Sexual Harassment Officer also provides counselling to those people who are the object of unwanted sexual attention and to those who are alleged to have sexually harassed someone, as well as implements the formal complaint procedure. Contacting the Sexual Harassment Officer is not a commitment to file a complaint and at any point a complaint can be dropped.
The services of the Sexual Harassment Office are
available to all members of the University. All complaints and
requests for information will be kept completely confidential
unless the individuals involved approve otherwise. Members of
the University of Toronto at Scarborough may arrange an appointment
at Scarborough Campus with the Sexual Harassment Officer or may
go to the downtown office, whichever is more convenient. For an
appointment, information, to arrange educationals or to file a
complaint, contact:
Sexual Harassment Education, Counselling
and, Complaint Office,
University of Toronto,
455 Spadina Avenue (at College), Room 302, Toronto,
Ontario, M5S 2G7
(telephone (416) 978-3908).
University Commitment
The University will make every attempt to provide
reasonable and appropriate accommodations to persons who have
disabilities. Staff carries a responsibility for creating and
maintaining an inclusive environment in their teaching and work
setting and responding appropriately to requests for accommodation
of a disability.
Responsibility of Students Who have Disabilities
Students who have disabilities and wish to be accommodated
in their academic programmes and related activities at the University
have the responsibility to disclose their disabilities and present
requests for accommodations in a timely manner which will facilitate
the implementation of supports and services. Students are encouraged
to discuss their needs as early as possible with the Co-ordinator
of AccessAbility Services. Students must present appropriate and
up-to-date documentation of their disability when it is requested.
Responsibility of AccessAbility Services
Staff in AccessAbility Services are available to
provide services directly to students who have disabilities and
to support and advise staff of the University in providing appropriate
accommodation. AccessAbility Services will encourage students
to communicate with their department and discuss their problems
with appropriate staff. AccessAbility Services will act as a resource
centre for the University on disability issues, will assess documentation,
recommend appropriate accommodations, and provide ongoing consultation
and support.
Services Available at Scarborough
The Co-ordinator is available at (Voice/TTY): (416) 287-7553;
Voice: (416) 287-7560; drop by S302A/B, email: ability@scar.utoronto.ca.
We also have a page on the World Wide Web: (http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/depts/ability).
At the International Student Centre (ISC) all students
can take part in social and cultural programs with an international
focus, or just take a break from the pressures of studies. "Interchange",
ISC's work or study abroad resource centre, provides information
and counselling on overseas programs. ISC also offers special
services to international students: pre-arrival information (sent
with the admission offer), reception service and orientation events,
English language program, Newsletter and advice on non-academic
concerns. Contact: ISC, 33 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario,
M5S 2E3, (416) 978-2564.
The Ombudsperson assists in any way possible to resolve grievances or complaints, and can recommend changes in academic or administrative decisions where this seems justified. In handling a grievance or complaint, the Ombudsperson has access to all relevant files and information, and to all appropriate University officials. The Ombudsperson is independent of all administrative structures of the University, and is accountable only to the Governing Council.
For information, advice, or assistance, contact the Office of the University Ombudsperson, University of Toronto,
16 Hart House Circle, Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1A1 (Telephone (416) 978-4874).
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