The BAEE@UTM (Black Access to Educational Excellence) initiative provides prospective Black high school students with supports at UTM to assist them in their university decision-making process. Prospective Black students will be are personally introduced to current UTM Black students, faculty, and a robust network of resources, dedicated to continually supporting them throughout their post-secondary studies.

Engage-Design-Build is an experiential learning program for racialized secondary school youths in the TDSB. The program’s goal is to open pathways for underrepresented youths to a careers in architecture and design by applying technical design skills from their curriculum to a project that engages current events in their school’s neighborhood, i.e. helping youths see design in their daily lives. Engage-Design-Build connects with multiple curriculum streams. Students in the Visual Arts program engage the community partners and make art about these experiences, Design Technology students develop a design scheme for an installation to display these representations on the high school grounds; and Construction Curriculum students build it.

Established with Centennial and Seneca and emerging with Loyalist/Fleming/Durham​. Allow college students to transfer to UTSC with more transfer credit than they would receive under regular college transfer policies. Programs also allow students to take a UTSC course as a visiting student before the completion of their college diploma. ​​

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.

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 with Boys & Girls Club of East Scarborough (BCGES) and the City of Toronto, Community Housing. Participating students and family may participate in activities like: a campus tour, African drumming, workshops, mini open-house introducing Black faculty and representatives from academic departments and wraparound supports, a financial resources workshop, a panel discussion with UTSC students, and sessions organized by the City of Toronto on employment & social services, and resources and programs.

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, we hope we can encourage them to see University differently; addressing anxieties and concerns they may have.
One iteration of DITL is offered in collaboration with two community partners: Black E.S.T.E.E.M., a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing Black girls’ interest and confidence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); and Global Kingdom Ministries (GKM), a nearby church and community pillar that hosts a STEM summer camp for residents. Youth may participate in interactive STEM-related activities on campus, such as: a campus farm scavenger hunt; a wellness and tea making workshop; and African drumming and movement exercises.

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 Visions of Science (VOS), a program based in Regent Park that advances STEM equity by engaging Black and other racialized youth from low-income communities across the Greater Toronto Area who experience significant barriers to participation. The two-day, overnight DITL visit may include: a drumming circle with community partners, a chemistry lab, games, a movie night, a campus farm visit, a Lego building session, and a Makerspace data mining activity.

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, we hope we can encourage them to see University differently; addressing anxieties and concerns they may have.
One iteration of DITL is offered to students from Sir Robert L. Borden Business and Technical Institute. The half-day visit to UTSC may include: a computer lab session, a campus tour, and a presentation with current UTSC students.

UTSC is proud to partner with 100 Strong to host the 100 Strong Academy on campus. 100 Strong is a summer camp for Black boys in grades 7 and 8. UTSC has collaborated with 100 Strong to host the summer camp since 2022––offering space, programming, facilitation and in-kind donations to support participants’ learning and engagement, throughout the month of July. 100 Strong, is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that is based in Durham and empowers young African-Canadian black boys and builds strong, ambitious leaders. Youth participate in a range of thoughtfully curated activities and experiences meant to enhance their awareness and internalization of principles surrounding Black excellence.

Pumped for Post Sec brings a group of approx. 20 local high school students to campus to encourage their passions, challenge barriers to accessing post-secondary education, and create a sense of belonging and community amongst high school students interested in attending university or college.