Discover U of T Engineering at this year’s Ontario Universities’ Fair (OUF)!
At this event, high school students can gather information and chat with staff and current students from our program.
Our Faculty will have a booth at the fair with representatives from all of our programs, including Engineering Science.
OUF runs from 9:30 am to 5 pm daily. Find full details and get your OUF Pass here.
Care, Healing, and Justice: Addressing Transmisogyny and Ending Gender-Based Violence for All
On December 6, U of T joins communities across Canada in remembering the 14 women killed in a devastating act of misogyny at the engineering school at Montreal’s École Polytechnique in 1989.
AGENDA
All students, staff, faculty, and librarians are welcome to attend this tri-campus event to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Our program includes:
- In-Person Only: Sign-In Opens at 11:30 a.m.
- Please arrive between 11:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. to facilitate sign-in (registration for the in-person event is required in advance)
- In-Person Only: Welcome Lunch, 12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- In-Person and Virtual: Opening Remarks and Welcome, 12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
- In-Person and Virtual: Awards Presentation and Memorial, 12:50 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
- In-Person and Virtual: Keynote Presentation, 1:20 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
- In-Person and Virtual: Closing Reflections, 2:10 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
- In-Person: Optional Decompression Activity, 2:20 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Register to attend in person in the Great Hall at Hart House or join virtually on YouTube.
MEMORIAL
This memorial, led by the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, will honour the lives of women impacted by gender-based violence. It will include a musical performance.
Keynote Presentation: care, healing, and justice: addressing transmisogyny and ending gender-based violence for all
This event will include a keynote presentation from a Toronto-based writer and performer on the rise in transmisogyny and violence against queer and trans women globally. Together, we will co-create a space for healing, and move towards meaningful, intersectional action that prioritizes an end to gender-based violence for all.