Day in the Life (DITL) is an immersive program for equity-deserving youth to participate in creative community-building sessions on campus, meet with current students and professors, and explore various careers and pathways to post-secondary education. It encourages students to see U of T as a viable pathway to post-secondary education. By coming onto campus and engaging with members of the community who reflect their perspectives, the program encourages them to see University differently; addressing anxieties and concerns they may have.
One iteration of DITL is offered in partnership with Africentric Program at Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute. The day may include activities like: a yoga class, a hands-on workshop in science lab, a panel with a Black faculty member, a current student and a student current in the SEE UofT program, and an Entrepreneurship workshop.
We began the day with Kemetic Yoga facilitated by Natasha Eck from Kemetic Flow, followed by a hands-on workshop in our Environmental Science labs, a panel with a Black faculty member, a current student and a student current in our SEE UofT program, and a workshop focused on Entrepreneurship and how university supports that. We were also very intentional in hosting these sessions across both our south and north parts of the campus to allow the students an unofficial tour of our grounds, and to experience some of our newer buildings as well.