African Black Caribbean, Latin American, Southeast Asian & First Generation Student Engagement is a mentorship program at UTSG. The Mentor Navigators are caring upper-year students who are African Black Caribbean, Latin American, Southeast Asian and First Generation with intersectional identities that include: racialized, international, English as a second language, religious or spiritual, 2SLGBTQIA+, mature, students […]
Several key initiatives are being implemented to enhance the recruitment, support, and success of Indigenous students in the Master of Social Work (MSW) program at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW). These initiatives will provide targeted recruitment, application support, mentorship, academic guidance, and professional development.
The Indigenous Peer Mentorship Group (IPMG) was created to build community among new to UTM Indigenous students while introducing them to supports and services around campus that foster their holistic well-being during a transitional time in their education journeys. Additionally, this program is designed to empower Indigenous Students in their identities and create a space […]
The Rehabilitation Sciences Sector DMP is open to MScOT, MScPT and MHScSLP students from social, cultural, and or economically diverse communities. Students can apply to be matched with a clinician mentor who is able to support in their educational and professional development. The Office of Learner Affairs is responsible for organizing the mentorship match between […]
The MED DMP aims to connect Temerty Faculty of Medicine undergraduate medical students or first year residents from minoritized groups to faculty mentors who are able to support and assist them in their educational and professional growth and development. The Office of Learner Affairs is responsible for organizing the mentorship match between learner mentee and […]
The project seeks to develop intentional pathways to attract future Black and Indigenous educators and provide multi-faceted supports to assure their success in OISE’s Master of Teaching (MT) Program. Research and policy indicate that teachers’ identities fail to reflect student diversity in K-12 schools and contribute to inequitable outcomes as students miss the benefits of […]
Field Research in Ecology and Evolution Diversified (FREED) is a grassroots organization that increases access to field research, outdoor and naturalist experiences, community building, and career mentorship for Indigenous, Black, and/or Racialized students. We achieve this by organizing a weeklong, overnight field course at a remote field station, where 15 undergraduate students learn field and naturalist […]
