U of T, CUPE indicate all former Aramark food workers offered jobs
University takeover of St. George food services occurred August 1 By Cathlin Sullivan, The Varsity With the university takeover of food services from Aramark occurring at the St. George campus on August 1, the university and CUPE have indicated that all former Aramark employees have been offered employment with the university. “All Aramark employees were offered a new job with the university at a substantively higher rate of pay with a pension plan and benefits that they did not have before and the ability for them and their children to attend U of T for free,” said Sarah Jordison from [...]
New food options coming to UTSG
Robarts Subway, Athletic Centre Starbucks, among St. George dining locations to be replaced By Sheridan Cunningham Pasta Pappardelle at the Robarts Food Court. ANISHA ROHRA/THE VARSITY As the university transitions to in-house food services on the St. George campus, significant changes are coming to the available food options for students. The changes come after the university’s contract with Aramark expired on July 31. The contract expiry sparked rallies led by UNITE HERE members, the union which represented food services workers under the Aramark contract.While some franchises, such as most of the Starbucks and Tim Hortons locations, will stay open under [...]
2016 University Operations Award Winners announced at the 2nd Annual UO Than-Q BBQ!
[easy-image-collage id=2719] The second annual Than-Q BBQ: For the second year, 500 University Operations members enjoyed great food - supplied by our very own Food Services culinary team, and cooked up by leads from all UO units - as well the music of Loco Zydeco, great company, and great prizes...not to mention wonderful weather in a wonderful setting. Our thanks to Mother Nature and toUniversity College! This was our chance to honour our incredible staff - often the unsung heroes who, day after day, and year after year, provide out of the box thinking using off the shelf resource to produce AMAZING results. We received [...]
Distinguished Service Award Winners 2016
Michelle Broderick, Senior Academic Research Analyst, Planning & Budget Michelle joined the University in 2000 and has held a number of key analytical positions in central planning departments. She joined VPUO in late 2014 when her position with the Vice Provost Faculty & Academic Life was transferred to Planning & Budget. During her career with the University, Michelle has become the “go to” person for analytics on faculty complement. She has developed an expert level knowledge of HRIS and academic appointment data which is key to her success in overcoming the significant challenges with pulling analytical data together from a system [...]
Outstanding Individual Award Winners 2016
Brian Szuberwood, Associate Director, Capital Projects, UPDC Brian manages high profile complex projects as well as providing leadership to new staff and continued support to all staff. Over the past year he has managed the most difficult and problematic project in collective memory. While dealing with complex construction issues, mounting claims for additional costs and conflicting project objectives, he has maintained a leadership role as Associate Director providing coaching, support and direction to department staff. He does all this with an even and collegial disposition. Congratulations, Brian! Aris Manousos, Property Manager, Facilities and Services One of Aris’ two nominators, Heather Taylor [...]
Outstanding Team Award Winners 2016
Electrician Team Thanksgiving 2015 The nomination reads simply: “It was Thanksgiving Weekend 2015. Contractors cut the High Voltage line that feeds Fitzgerald. Our Electricians got the power restored.” But there’s much more to this story. Our trades are often the unsung heroes on campus; this is yet another example of the team pulling together to get us back on track again. Not only was the cut unexpected, it was as a result of non-U of T work on-going in the area AND on a long weekend. Lack of power put research at Fitzgerald at risk, but Blair and his team [...]
Cutting edge labs for cutting edge research
The Lab Innovation for Toronto project is a government grant designed to make our labs as world-class as our research By Connie Liu for the Varsity WILLIAM SUAREZ/COURTESY OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE The Lab Innovation for Toronto (LIFT) project announced on July 28 is a $190 million investment in research infrastructure, nine faculties, three campuses, 11,000 researchers, and at least 5,000 students. “Half of our research space, 47 per cent to be precise, is 50-years-old and is not in great shape,” said Scott Mabury, Vice-President of University Operations. “[LIFT] will fundamentally alter how some of these buildings operate.” [...]
U of T lab retrofit “a historic investment in Canadian science and innovation”: Meric Gertler
Photo courtesy of Johnny Guatto/University of Toronto In what University of Toronto President Meric Gertler called “a historic investment in Canadian science and innovation,” the federal and provincial governments are joining with the university to provide almost $190 million to upgrade almost half of U of T’s research labs over the next two years. The announcement of the Lab Innovation for Toronto (LIFT) project was made this morning at U of T’s Medical Sciences Building by Gertler, federal innovation, science and economic development minister Navdeep Bains and science minister Kirsty Duncan, and provincial higher education minister Deb Matthews. The university will [...]
Mark Ford of Facilities & Services is our Than-Q BBQ Early Bird winner!
Over 360 University Operations staff RSVP'd for the 2nd Annual University Than-Q BBQ before the July 25th deadline to guarantee eligibility for the early bird prize....and Mark Ford , Trades Machinist in Facilities and Services, is the winner! Mark has won either 1 month's free on campus parking or a free metro pass for a month, care of Transportation Services. It's not too late to confirm your attendance at the Than-Q BBQ! Just go to the BBQ form to register! See you on August 17th!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the 2ND ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS THAN-Q BBQ ON AUGUST 17TH!
RSVP HERE BY MONDAY, JULY 25TH TO HAVE YOUR NAME ENTERED IN THE EARLY BIRD PRIZE DRAW FOR EITHER 1 MONTH OF FREE PARKING OR A FREE METROPASS FOR A MONTH, COURTESY OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES!