- Providing Chemical Analyses for Community Partners
- With the support of the LEAF Seed Grant, we built a partnership with the Toronto Zoo’s Nutrition Science team by co-creating community-engaged learning and research opportunities within and beyond a […]
- EPIC Forestry – Experiential Learning in Forest Conservation
- EPIC Forestry was a pilot program to develop and deliver a new undergraduate field course (FOR301: Field Methods in Forest Conservation) that blends knowledge of conservation science with hands-on experiential […]
- Language is Material: Experiential Learning in Book Making and Creative Writing
- Toronto’s literary and cultural scene is full of independent organizations making creative work that reflects the diversity and energy of our city. From local publishing houses such as Coach House […]
- Canada Constructed: Architecture, Landscape, History
- The purpose of the initiative was to transform teaching and learning about the Canadian built environment through a cluster of new courses at various curricular levels in the Department of […]
- Reimagining computer science education through digital storytelling with tangible objects
- Instructors in computer science (CS) often adopt mathematical abstractions and entities when explaining concepts. As the academic preparation of learners has become more diverse, the low retention rate of students […]
- Design Research Internship Project (DRIP)
- The Design Research Internship Project (DRIP) is a curricular initiative that is designed to provide undergraduate students with a critical educational experience outside the classroom/studio while continuing to call on […]
- Interdisciplinary Curriculum Alignment and Pedagogical Collaboration Through Communities of Practice and Learning
- Our project aimed to bring the three disciplines of our department – Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics closer together in terms of curriculum and pedagogy. By comparing detailed curriculum maps […]
- Digital Tools for Enhanced Music Pedagogy: Creating, Developing, and Implementing Online Learning Modules for Music & Culture
- This project supported the creation, development, and implementation of digital learning modules for the A-level course “Foundations in Musicianship,” which is a prerequisite to virtually all courses in the UTSC […]
- Revamping a first-year writing course curriculum (English A02) – The Peer Support Model as a path to student academic success, resilience, and well-being
- This two-year LEAF project entails a robust, embedded mental health, accessibility, community building, and academic peer support system in each of the 13/15 sections of English A02—a multi-sectional, first-year, English […]
- Scaffolding Computation and Data Science Throughout the Chemistry Curriculum
- Over a three-year period, we developed and integrated computing and data science (CDS) materials into five chemistry courses: a large-enrollment first-year life science course (CHM135H1); a first-year course for physical […]
- Undergraduate Tutoring – Foundational Computer Science and Statistics
- Victoria College, in partnership with the Faculty of Arts & Science, is expanding its peer-led Undergraduate Tutoring program to support core first-year Computer Science and second-year Statistical Sciences courses. Building […]
- Retuning! A Refreshed Learning Strategy Support Program for First-Year Faculty of Music Students
- The Faculty of Music is enhancing its first-year learning strategy supports by building on the “Tuning Up!” pilot launched in 2025–26 academic year. Based on early pilot results showing improved […]
- First Year Academic Peer Mentorship Program
- The Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering is launching a peer mentorship program to support first-year students who may be experiencing academic difficulty following early-term assessments. Beginning mid-way through the […]
- Proactive, Holistic Advising for Lower Admission Average Year One Students
- UTM is piloting an advising model for incoming first-year students whose high school admission average falls at the lower end of the admissible range: an identified group typically linked to […]
- Learning Strategy Mentorship Project for Students Returning from Suspension
- The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (RGASC) at UTM is enhancing support for students returning from suspension by adding learning strategy mentorship to support academic re-entry and progression. The project […]
- Connected from Day One: An International Peer Support Pilot for Year 1 Students
- The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design is piloting a peer support initiative for first-year international students to help them find connections and develop help-seeking skills at the start […]
- Quantitative Skills using R in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Quantitative skills (statistics, mathematics, and computing) are essential parts of an academic and professional portfolio across ecology and evolutionary biology (EEB). Quantitative Reasoning is also identified as one of five […]
- Failure Learning in Progress
- The Failure: Learning in Progress (FLIP) project examines pedagogical struggle and failure using an equity-focused approach. With students-as-partners, the FLIP team has developed discipline agnostic teaching and learning resources and […]
- Canada Constructed: Architecture, Landscape, History
- Canada Constructed aimed to transform how the Canadian built environment is taught and studied through a cluster of newly developed courses in the Department of Art History. Designed to be […]
- The Peer Support Model as a Path to Student Academic Success, Resilience, and Well-Being
- This two-year LEAF-funded initiative integrates robust mental health, accessibility, community-building, and academic peer support directly into English A02—a large, multi-section, first-year writing course that serves as a prerequisite for further […]
- Collaborating Across Biology Programs to Enhance Communication Skills
- This project aimed to strengthen undergraduate students’ science literacy, communication, and critical thinking skills through a coordinated and scaffolded series of assignments across large first- and second-year life sciences courses (BIO120, […]
- Animated Interactive Storylines for Global Health
- The Animated Interactive Storylines for Global Health project leverages digital storytelling to engage undergraduate students with key concepts in global health through immersive, web-based learning modules. The project centres on […]
- Promoting Engagement with Anti-Racist University Pedagogy
- The Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP) at UTM, with its skilled staff and faculty expertise, is leading an initiative to create programming and resources supporting anti-racist curricular […]
- UTSC Campus Curriculum Review Resource Hub
- The University of Toronto Scarborough’s the UTSC Curriculum Resource Hub is an inclusive hub developed in response to curriculum review recommendations and in partnership with the UTSC Campus Curriculum Review […]
- Weaving EDIIA into Basic Medical Science Research and Program Curricula
- This multi-pronged project integrates Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity and Accessibility (EDIIA) principles across undergraduate health science education programs within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, enhancing diversity, equity and cultural competence. […]
- Beyond Reconciliation in English Language Arts: Indigenous Literatures Lab
- Beyond Reconciliation in English Language Arts responds to the critical need for teacher preparedness to support ethical engagement with Indigenous literatures in secondary level English Language Arts (ELA) courses, comprised […]
- New Respect Cultural Safety Program Revisions
- The New Respect Indigenous Cultural Safety (CS) Program aims to deliver effective online, Indigenous-led cultural safety training to health service professionals including nurses, physicians and social service providers, as well […]
- Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenous Engagement Student Fellows
- Three student fellows at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy (two undergraduate PharmD students and one graduate student) have been hired to contribute to EDI and Indigenous Engagement teaching and […]
- Students-as-Partners Approach in Development of Inclusive and Equitable Resources
- We used a students-as-partners approach to enrich and strengthen EDI in the Department of Biology curriculum at UTM. Student fellows built an initial set of equitable and inclusive activities and […]
- Indigenous Research Ethics Webinars
- This series of films and related curricular resources will welcome audiences to develop a deeper understanding of ethical engagement with Indigenous peoples and communities. Using exemplars and case studies drawn […]
- The Social Justice Classroom: Dismantling Racism and Destabilizing Power Structures in Curriculum with Students as Partners
- This project drives social justice change in curriculum design by leveraging students as partners to co-create anti-racist curriculum while dismantling structural inequities and destabilizing power structures in the classroom. The […]
- Embedding Inclusive Excellence Strategies and Resources for a Video Assignment in a Large First-Year Life Science Breadth Course
- The context for this project is a large 500-student first year science breadth course that focuses on drug discovery from science in the laboratory to human testing in clinical trials. […]
- Fostering Science Identity for STEM Students: Developing Curricular Resources for First-Year STEM Courses to Promote Contributions of Underrepresented Scientists
- This project aimed to create an on-line, open-access database of PowerPoint slides featuring STEM scientists from underrepresented groups whose work connects directly to topics in the curriculum of first-year STEM […]
- Using Generative AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation for Accessibility Services Note Taking Requests
- Students requesting note taking as part of their accessibility accommodations experience many barriers in being able to fulfill their needs. Such barriers include (but not limited to): no available note […]
- Understanding Psychology in Context: Taking a Students-as-Partners Approach to Support the Development of a New Breadth Course in Psychology
- This project took a ‘students-as-partners’ approach to support the development of a newsecond-year breadth course titled “Psychology in Context” (PSYB80), which was taught for thefirst time in Winter 2025. Guided […]
- Writing for University and Beyond Undergraduate Editorial Experience
- This project transformed a student journal volunteer experience into an internship curriculum for student volunteers. The journal, Writing for University and Beyond, is closely associated with UTM’s first-year writing course, ISP100. […]
- First Assessment, First Feedback
- A&S is aiming to provide enhanced academic skill-building and peer support opportunities for students in identified first-year courses with high DFW rates. Through First Assessment, First Feedback (FAFF), students will […]
- Enrolment Research Project
- UTM is facilitating a comprehensive review of available data, and collecting additional information via focus groups, related to the decisions of applicants/students who a) accepted an offer to UTM but […]
- Get Finished Scholarship Program Project
- We would like to further develop the Get Finished (GF) Scholarship Program by focusing on three current areas of the incentivized program for students who are working towards the “finish […]
- Implementing Psychologically Attuned Communications
- UTM is implementing a variation of the ‘Ideal PAC Development Process’ (Fricker, 2024) to redevelop communications we sent to students, related to academic standing and POSt-refusal. Specifically, drafts of “attuned” […]
- Integrating EDI Principles into the Arts & Science Co-op Curriculum
- The Arts & Science Co-op program is committed to integrating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) principles into every aspect of our curriculum. Our goal is to make EDI central to […]
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office (EDIO) Curricula Enhancement Initiative
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) aims to nurture academic excellence by understanding and responding to the root causes of inequity and exclusion. The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office’s […]
- Master of Public Health – Black Health Program Development
- Evidence suggests that experiences of anti-Black racism in the healthcare system led to higher rates of chronic health outcomes, including increased morbidity and mortality among Black community members. Dalla Lana […]
- Scaffolding an EDI Explicit Curricula across Orientation, Foundation and Advanced Years
- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW) aims to ensure the MSW curriculum represents the lived experiences and learning goals of our diverse student group while preparing students with the EDI […]
- Decolonizing Curriculum Faculty Fellows Program
- The Decolonizing Curriculum Faculty Fellows Program, launched in collaboration with the Faculty of Information and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, is a key initiative aimed at empowering faculty to […]
- Enhance Faculty Capacity to Continuously Seek and Include Multiple Divergent Voices in Curricular Content and Pedagogical Practices
- Anticolonial Curriculum and Pedagogy Project Aspirations Noting that the Daniels Faculty already has resources in place to advance anti-colonial, Indigenous-centred and anti-racist pedagogical practices through their more traditional course delivery […]
- Foundations of Equity in Music Studies: A Multimodal Pedagogical Resource
- This Faculty of Music project responds to the need for a comprehensive and accessible resource on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in music, building on existing text-based Quercus modules. This […]
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Law Resource Centre
- In response to the demand for centralized resources on anti-racism, allyship and inclusive teaching practices, the EDI Law Resource Centre project within the Faculty of Law seeks to establish a […]
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Speakers Series
- Amidst the evolving discourse on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within the Faculty of Law, the EDI Speakers Series addresses the critical need for targeted training sessions, engaging legal experts […]