United Way Greater Toronto invests approximately $6 million each month in more than 300 community agencies, to drive lasting solutions to poverty. Faculty members, librarians, and staff have received a personalized donation link to their U of T email. Contact assistance@uwgt.org to have your link resent.

Parking Pass raffle:

The UTM Parking office has donated an annual pass (valued at $837.60) for raffle, with all proceeds going to the UW. Purchase tickets ($5 each, three for $10 or seven for $20) here. Deadline is Nov. 15.  

Call for In-Kind Donations:

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• Christine H. Tran, Doctoral Candidate, U of T Faculty of Information
• Larry Switzky, Associate Chair, Research and Associate Professor UTM English & Drama
• Kadeem Dunn, Founder of Diaspora Games
• Stephanie Fisher, Co-Director of Pixelles
• Victor Lucas, Creator and Host of The Electric Playground

Visitors to the in-person event can interact with the games and interactive media from the Syd Bolton Collection. Virtual attendees will be able to participate in the hybrid portion of the launch on Zoom from 3:30-5 p.m. The launch will be held on the first floor of the UTM Library. Learn more and register  
 

After in-person ceremonies were postponed by the pandemic, five years of Principal's Staff Award winners were finally able to gather to be recognized on Oct. 24.
Categories recognize service excellence, community engagement, creativity and innovation, advancing diversity, equity and inclusion, sustainability, leadership and enhancing the UTM experience.
Human Resources Director Nader Boutros said they received more than 170 pages of nominations this year, and the choice was difficult.
"Every nomination tells a story of a wonderful individual or group doing something positive, it's heartfelt and heart-warming and tells a great story of UTM," said Boutros. "We have amazing people who wake up every day to not just work a 9-5 but who really want to make this a better place."
Winners were nominated by their peers, who wrote letters and collected supporting testimonials. 
"You keep us motivated," said Boutros. "Getting to read the submissions, and learning more about you and all you do, it's very inspiring."
CAO Deborah Brown praised the winners for persevering through a particularly challenging stage of UTM's history.
"It's noteworthy that some of the individuals and teams are being awarded for work that was done during the pandemic and that added a certain degree of complexity, during a time of very much uncertainty," said Brown. "So not only did you deliver your work, you also went over and above than that is just incredible."
A full list of winners and their profiles, from 2019-2023, is available here.