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IP Education Program: Ask Me Anything with U of T IPO

Join the U of T Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO) expert panel as they answer questions about working with IP rights and the IPO. This session is aimed at founders and employees of early-stage startups, students or faculty working on research with potential commercial applications.

Date: May 20, 2021, 12:30–2 pm

National AccessAbility Week 2021

Join the U of T AODA Office and its partners for a number of sessions that explore ways to reframe disability and embed intentional inclusivity, eliminate barriers to accessibility, and learn from experts and those with lived experience of disability in rich and dynamic ways.

Date: May 31–June 4, 2021

Project Management for Research Support Series

The Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS) in partnership with the Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS) at UTM will be hosting a series of supports for Research Project Management facilitated by trainer P. Alison Paprica, Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Program

The Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Program is now accepting faculty project submissions for Summer 2022. The program offers faculty an opportunity to host exceptional undergraduate students from a Mitacs partner country for a 12-week research project. Contact: Glaucia Lima.

Deadline: June 9, 2021

Reminder: A&S Online Learning Academy Summer Drop-In Sessions

Online Learning Academy Faculty Liaisons and members of the Teaching Technology Support team are available to answer any questions about teaching online — from considerations about course and assignment design to effectively using Quercus and integrating educational technologies. Join the drop-in sessions on Microsoft Teams.

Date: Tuesdays, 12–1 pm

Call for Nominations for Staff Seat — Committee on the Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainability (PDAD&C #71)

The committee is currently embarking on a phase of membership renewal and seeking nominations for one member of the administrative staff (full or part-time) for a two-year term, ending December 2022. Members of the administrative staff are invited to submit nominations or expressions of interest to serve on the committee by May 30, 2021.

Call for Nominations — SSHRC Impact Awards 2022 (PDAD&C #72)

The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation invites internal nominations for the 2022 SSHRC Impact Awards, which recognize outstanding researchers and celebrate their research achievements, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities funded partially or entirely by SSHRC.

Deadline: June 11, 2021

Automatic Deletion of Bb Collaborate & Zoom Cloud Recordings

Please be advised that all Bb Collaborate recordings created prior to May 1, 2021, will be automatically deleted on June 30, 2021. For more information on the Bb Collaborate recordings clean-up, visit ACT’s Collaborate Recordings Memo or follow this guide for backing up your Bb Collaborate recordings.

Also, the University of Toronto’s Zoom Education license has a 120-day retention period for cloud recordings and your Zoom recordings will automatically be deleted after 120 days. If you wish to retain your Zoom recordings, follow these steps for archiving your recordings.

If you require any support, please contact the IIT Teaching Technology Support team.

UTogether, COVID-19 Updates & FAQs

Visit U of T’s COVID-19 UTogether website for regular updates as new guidance, strategies and materials become available. Sign up for the Provost's Digest to stay informed. And refer to the following resources, which are updated frequently:

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