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Student Life creates new website for incoming U of T students
June 3, 2025 – Student Life has created a new website for incoming undergraduate students that makes preparing for university life more accessible than ever. When newly admitted students visit start.studentlife.utoronto.ca, they’ll find Student Life resources, services and events tailored specifically to first-year students on the St. George campus. Using filters on the site, students […]
June 9, 2025
Kimberly Elias-Cartwright named 2025 Jill Matus Award for Excellence recipient
Posted on March 21, 2025 By Sarah Ryeland-Etienne Kimberly Elias-Cartwright has been awarded with the Jill Matus Award for Excellence in Student Services. As Student Life’s manager of strategic initiatives, Elias-Cartwright provides the division with strategic vision – enhancing the design, development and implementation of projects across the St. George campus and beyond. Through initiatives […]
March 21, 2025
Well-being survey helps U of T foster healthy student experiences
Posted on February 12, 2025Updated on February 24, 2025 By Sarah Ryeland-Etienne In April 2025, undergraduate students will begin receiving emails inviting them to participate in the Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS), an important survey about mental health, well-being and the U of T student experience. This confidential survey gathers information about students’ health behaviours, […]
February 12, 2025
From CLNx to Folio: A new system for Student Life
Posted on May 6, 2024 By Sarah Ryeland-Etienne Student Life has moved to a new online registration platform called Folio – a system that allows students to search, browse and register for and track engagement with events, services, programs and appointments. Integrated with digital systems across the University of Toronto, Folio provides users with a […]
May 6, 2024
ASKme booths already helping record number of students
Posted August 30, 2023 By Sarah Ryeland-Etienne ASKme ambassadors are back, answering questions from both new and returning students at booths in key locations all over the St. George campus. In the first six days of the program, ambassadors helped more than 1,000 students, surpassing last year’s numbers by more than 200. The booths, which […]
August 30, 2023
U of T joins Canadian universities in measuring student engagement
Posted February 27, 2023 By Sarah Ryeland-Etienne Beginning March first, all first- and senior-year undergraduate students will be asked to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). This is the eighth time U of T has participated in NSSE – a survey used by all Ontario universities and Canadian peer universities to measure […]
February 27, 2023
Navi mental health wayfinder wins CACUSS Innovation Award exemplifying excellence
Posted on April 29, 2022 By Kirsty Clarke Navi, U of T’s student mental health wayfinding virtual assistant (chatbot) is the winner of this year’s Canadian Association of College and University Services (CACUSS) Innovation Award. Navi uses IBM’s Watson Assistant, a virtual assistant using natural language processing to understand questions and provide relevant answers. A […]
April 29, 2022
