Updates

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Office is working with the Facilities & Services (F&S) department at the St. George campus to integrate accessibility features in service alerts. To facilitate this integration, F&S is conducting interviews to better understand the needs of the accessibility community and issuing a call for participants to share their experience about building access notices.

Universities are exploring ways to build more student accommodations of all kinds amid a worsening shortage. You can read more about UofT's plans and comments on the University Affairs site.

As pandemic-related health measures are relaxed across Canada, the University of Toronto envisions a steady return to more normal operations in its 2022-23 budget amid high vaccination rates and strong demand for its programs. Read more at UofT News.

Dispensers providing free sanitary pads and tampons have been installed in 75 female, male and gender-inclusive washrooms in seven buildings on U of T's St. George campus (photo by Skylar Huang) Students and other members of the University of Toronto community on the St. George campus now have free access to menstrual hygiene products in a growing number of high-traffic washrooms. The Office of the Vice-Provost, Students and Facilities & Services have collaborated to install menstrual hygiene product dispensers in 75 female, male and gender-inclusive washrooms in seven buildings. The dispensers will provide free sanitary pads and tampons. The pilot project, [...]

You can read more on blogTO about the new Harbord Residence.

(Photo by Nick Iwanyshyn) The University of Toronto is advancing Canada’s goals of transitioning to a low-carbon future and strengthening its economy through each of its research, innovation and teaching missions – with students playing a key role. Scott Mabury, U of T’s vice-president, operations and real estate partnerships, delivered the message at the recent Canada 360° Economic Summit 2022, which was hosted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and included appearances by Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem – a former dean of the Rotman School of Management – and François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s minister of innovation, science and industry. Read more at [...]

Master's candidate Yazminv Aboelzahab (centre, right) is pictured with her husband Samir, as well as their children Salma and Adam, outside of U of T's family housing at 30 and 35 Charles Street West (photo by Johnny Guatto) Raising a young family while pursuing a graduate degree isn’t easy. Doing it in a new country far from home – and in a city with sky-high housing prices – is even more complicated. For Yasmin Aboelzahab, a mother of two and master of health sciences candidate at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, the challenges have been alleviated by living [...]

With Ontario beginning to lift COVID-19 restrictions as experts predict we’re past the peak of the latest Omicron-driven wave, universities and colleges across the country are preparing to return to in-person learning activities with appropriate safety measures in place. That includes the University of Toronto, which will resume some in-person learning and activities across its three campuses on Feb. 7. Read more at UofT News.

Ron Saporta, chief operating officer, property services & sustainability, discusses the construction of the system, which is part of the Landmark Project. Read more on BlogTO.

U of T is constructing Canada's largest urban geoexchange field under King's College Circle – a technology built in part on the pioneering work of Engineering's Frank Hooper (photo courtesy of U of T Facilities & Services). You can read more at UofT News.