2021–22 A&S Academic Calendar

The 2021–22 Arts & Science Academic Calendar is now available with a new URL — artsci.calendar.utoronto.ca. Please share this with your website administrators and update any calendar links on your unit's website. This year’s Academic Calendar includes almost 5,000 courses and more than 360 programs and program focuses for undergraduate students.

Mental Health Training Opportunity

The Faculty of Arts & Science is making an evidence-based suicide alertness training available for free to all faculty, staff and graduate students. The asynchronous training provides foundational skills to recognize and ask about potential thoughts of suicide and facilitate connections to helpful resources while a companion webinar facilitated by the A&S mental health team helps contextualize the learning within the U of T landscape.

Indo-Canadian Entrepreneurship Exchange (ICEE) Speaker Series

The ICEE is a joint initiative of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) and the University of Toronto that will introduce students and early stage startup founders to opportunities across Indian and Canadian entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. The program will support budding entrepreneurs, improve research collaboration, and establish a strong, two-way innovation talent pipeline. It will include an intro to the ecosystems in Mumbai and Toronto, panel discussions and more.

Date: May 28, 2021, 9–10:30 am

A&S Research Funding and Opportunities

• SSHRC Partnership Development Grants: Models and Strategies for Success Webinar. U of T contact: Steven Hermans. Date: May 19, 2021, 1–3:30 pm.
• SSHRC Partnership Grants: Models and Strategies for Success Webinar. U of T contact: Steven Hermans. Date: May 27, 2021, 1–3:30 pm.
• SSHRC Connection Grants: OVPI matching funds opportunity for U of T applicants. U of T contact: Anett Trifonov. Deadline: July 7, 2021.
• Access Instructions — REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) for Research: REDCap is a free and secure data-management web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. Access requires approval from Chairs/Directors. To facilitate this, A&S has developed a simple REDCap Access Form for faculty members and research trainees.

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:

• A&S UTogether: A&S-specific student FAQs, updates to academic policies and deadlines, mental health supports for faculty and staff, resources for instructors, and messages from Dean Woodin.
• Top 10 COVID-19 Research Updates: A&S round-up of COVID-19 related research information, resources, funding opportunities and supports.
• HR & Equity COVID-19 website: Guidance on topics such as telecommuting, flex-time arrangements and pay continuity.