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Changes in Student Life


Partners and colleagues,
 
As we settle in to the new academic year, I want to share with you some of the significant changes in the Division of Student Life.  These changes were planned to improve our level of service and access for students, and, of equal importance, our ability to support and provide timely advice to faculty and staff. 
 
1.  Academic Success & Accessibility Services
I hope many of you have already had the opportunity to meet the new Director of Academic Success and Accessibility Services, Tanya Lewis.
 
Later this fall, the new Academic Success Centre (replacing the previous Learning Skills Service) will open in the former Career Centre library space in the Koffler Student Services Centre. The Centre, under the continued leadership of Nellie Perret, welcomes partnership opportunities with faculty and staff to develop programming tailored to students’ needs.  As well, students may drop-in, or arrange to attend individual appointments and group workshops and seminars on a wide range of academic skill areas.
Academic Success Centre: www.asc.utoronto.ca 
Accessibility Services: www.accessibility.utoronto.ca
 
2.  Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
We have completed the integration of counselling services (merging the counselling component of the former Counselling and Learning Skills Services with the former Psychiatric Service) with the creation of CAPS.
 
Our intake and assessment processes have changed. Student wishing to see a counsellor or clinician should call 416-978-8070 to set up a 20-minute phone evaluation. This process allows us to quickly assess the situation and recommend the type of service most appropriate for the student. *Note: students accessing the Assault Counselling service are excluded from the 20-minute phone intake process. Staff and students can contact the Assault Counsellor directly.
Counselling and Psychological Services: www.caps.utoronto.ca
 
3.  Career Centre
Renovations to the Career Centre in the Koffler Centre will be complete this fall, allowing us to focus on career development, employment preparation and employment coaching in a flexible, dynamic space open to students for casual use.
Career Centre: www.careers.utoronto.ca
 
4.  Office of Student Life
We have consolidated a number of key functions and strategic initiatives under a central Office of Student Life led by Deanne Fisher. Key areas of responsibility include:

  • Communications: Including management of major components of the newly launched suite of sites at www.students.utoronto.ca, the Parent & Family website, www.family.utoronto.ca and e-newsletter, Ulife and several other projects including e-newsletter partnerships with the Faculty of Arts and Science and the School of Graduate Studies.
  • Leadership & Campus Community Development: responsible for recognition, policy and support for campus organizations as well as implementing strategic initiatives to develop community on campus, build capacity of student groups and enhance the leadership skills of undergraduate and graduate students.
  • Assessment: building on our work in developing learning outcomes for the division, we will embark on a plan to assess our effectiveness, as well as coordinate assessment activities for the wider student life community.
  • Training, Development & Special Projects: the Office continues to coordinate central training, development and community-building initiatives for key constituencies, including student leaders, residence life staff, orientation coordinators and student life professionals.

 
Members of the Office of Student Life are located at three strategic locations: 21 Sussex Ave., Room 307 in the Koffler Student Services Centre, and the newly renovated mezzanine area of the Career Centre.
 
Office of Student Life: www.studentlife.utoronto.ca
 
 
All of our other services remain in their present locations with an ongoing commitment to carry out our mission of supporting, engaging and challenging students to reach their full potential.
 
Reference documents:
Student Life Programs and Services Organizational Chart
2009/10 Student Life Programs and Services Annual Report and Operating Plan

______________________________
Lucy Fromowitz
Assistant Vice President, Student Life
University of Toronto
Koffler Student Services Centre
214 College Street, 1st Floor
Toronto, ON M5T 2Z9 Canada
 
lucy.fromowitz@utoronto.ca
www.utoronto.ca