UTMAGS Valentine’s Party!

UTMAGS is hosting a Valentine’s Party on Tuesday, February 13th from 6:30 to 8:30pm in the Blind Duck! 💕

For this event, we are extending an invitation so that each grad student can have 1 plus-one. 

There will be pasta dishes with vegetarian options, drink ticket, cookie decorating, and painting!

For those of you who would like to enter your beautiful painting into a competition, we will have prizes for the top 3 artists. Students attending the event will vote for their favourite masterpiece. 🎨🖌️

Painting prizes include:

1st place: $100 Amazon gift card

2nd place: $75 Amazon gift card

3rd place: $50 Amazon gift card

* Please note that while we will have enough supplies for plus-ones to participate in the painting activity, only UTM graduate students are eligible to win prizes.

We hope to see you there! 💘

UTMAGS

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UTMAGS Holiday Party!

Hey UTM Grad Students!

You are all invited to our Holiday Event on Thursday, December 14th from 6:30 to 8:30pm in the Blind Duck on campus 😊❄️⛄️

Please join our event for dinner (including drink ticket), fun and games including an Ugly Sweater Competition and a raffle, where winners will have the chance to win prizes like a Nintendo Switch, iPad Mini, AirPods, Amazon gift cards, and much more!! 💰🎁

*** RAFFLE TICKETS ***

Here is the link to purchase raffle tickets: https://rafflecreator.com/pages/67751/utmags-holiday-raffle-2023

Please note, you must be in attendance during the raffle draw. If your name is called during the raffle and you are not present, we will re-draw for a new name. Maximum 1 prize per person and we will re-draw if the same name is called more than once.

All proceeds from the raffle will be donate to SickKids after the event. 

Prizes include:

  • iPad Mini + Apple Pencil 
  • Apple Watch — Series 9
  • OLED Nintendo Switch + Mario Kart
  • Airpod Pros — 2nd gen
  • Nespresso + Coffee Pods
  • Cineplex Bundle 
  • Beverage Bundle — includes tumbler and a variety of gift cards
  • Polaroid Printer with Film

*** UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER COMPETITION ***

The Ugly Christmas Sweater competition will have prizes for the 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place winners! 👕

Ugly Christmas Sweater prizes include:

  •  1st place: $60 Amazon gift card
  •  2nd place: $40 Amazon gift card
  • 3rd place: $30 Amazon gift card

We hope you can make it! ⛄️

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Graduate Student Social Night!

UTMAGS is partnering with the Office of the Vice-Dean, Graduate to bring you a Graduate Student Social Night! Graduate students from all programs and post-docs are invited to this event happening on Wednesday, November 15th from 6:30 to 8:30pm on campus in the Blind Duck.

We hope you can join us for a fun evening, while getting to know your fellow grad students and post-docs on campus!

Snacks and drink tickets (for alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages) will be provided to all graduate students. 🎟️🥤

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UTMAGS Halloween Party

Hey Grad Students!

You are invited to our UTMAGS Halloween Event 👻

We will be hosting our event on Thursday, October 26th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in the Grad lounge (2068B in Davis Building). So please make sure to save the date and bring your appetite! 🍕

There will be pizza (with vegetarian options), candy, games, and we will also have a Halloween movie playing during our event as well. 🎬

Grad students in attendance will be entered into a raffle to win Amazon gift cards! We will also be giving away prizes for winners of our games at the event. 💸

Please RSVP so we can estimate how much food to order: https://forms.gle/BYRBSk4Pk9SKfhF4A

We hope to see you soon! 🎃

UTMAGS

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UTM Graduate Orientation + Welcome Back Event 2023

Welcome to / Welcome Back to Grad School at UTM!

Calling all incoming and returning graduate students!

Join us for an end-of-summer BBQ featuring garden games, a flower station, and other festivities. Come meet your fellow graduate students and staff, have some food, and win some prizes.

New graduate students are invited to join one of two graduate led campus tours, organized by the UTMAGS, the UTM Association of Graduate Students. 

First tour departs at 11:00am. Meet by the Tim Horton’s in the Meeting Place (i.e. the  cafeteria of the Davis Building). Second tour departs at 2:00pm from the CCT courtyard following the garden party.

Event Details:

Date: September 14, 2023

Time: 12-2pm

Location: CCT Courtyard

Register Here

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UTMAGS Holiday Party!

Our Holiday Event is on Thursday, December 15th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on held campus in the Blind Duck 😊❄️⛄️

Please join our in-person event for some fun games including an Ugly Sweater Competition and a raffle, where winners will have the chance to win prizes like a Ipad Mini, Apple Watch, Nintendo Switch, Amazon gift cards, and much more!! 💰🎁

If you haven’t already done so, please RSVP to the event: https://forms.gle/umhA8yQLGz6AexPx6

We will be serving up salad, garlic bread, chicken pasta, vegetarian pasta, cookies and you will also get 1 drink ticket!

Please continue reading below to find out how to win some of our great prizes!

*** RAFFLE TICKETS ***

Please check your email for the link to purchase raffle tickets.

Raffle prizes include:

  • Nintendo Switch
  • Apple Watch
  • AirPods
  • Nespresso
  • IPad Mini
  • Polaroid

Tickets are $0.50 or 15 tickets for $5 ($.033/ticket). All money collected will be donated after the raffle. We will be having a vote for which organization to send out donations so stay tuned!

*** UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER COMPETITION ***

The Ugly Christmas Sweater competition will have prizes for the 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place winners! Please wear your sweaters proudly to the event. Students will vote for their favourite sweater during the event and we will announce the winners at the end 👕

Ugly Christmas Sweater prizes include:

  • 1st place: $60 Amazon gift card
  • 2nd place: $40 Amazon gift card
  • 3rd place: $30 Amazon gift card

We hope you to see you all soon! ❄️⛄️

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UTMAGS Halloween Party!

Hey Grad Students!

You are invited to our UTMAGS Halloween Event 👻🎃

We will be hosting our event on Thursday, October 27th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in the Grad lounge (2068B in Davis Building). So please make sure to save the date and bring your appetite! 

There will be pizza (with vegetarian options), candy, games, and we will also have a Halloween movie playing during our event as well. 👻

Grad students in attendance will be entered into a raffle to win Amazon gift cards! We will also be giving away prizes for winners of our games at the event. 💸

If you haven’t already done so, please RSVP so we can estimate how much food to order: https://forms.gle/oDatyCzTxoXKxFZh8

We hope to see you soon! 😊

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2022 Graduate Research Colloquium (GRC)

In collaboration with the Vice-Dean Graduate Office, and the UTM Library, we are excited to invite you to this year’s UTM Graduate Student Research Colloquium which will be held in-person. This event will be held over two afternoons – Tuesday, May 3rd, from 3:00-5:00 pm will be the poster presentations and Wednesday, May 4th, from 2:00-4:00 pm will be the oral presentations.

At 4:00 pm, special guest speaker, Ron Deibert, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affair and Public Policy, UofT will give a talk titled ‘Tracking the Global Spread and Harms of Digital Espionage’. Please see the attached poster for further details.

Free poster printing will be available, sponsored by the Vice-Dean Graduate Office. IMPORTANT: Please read the attached printing parameters and award’s criteria that were shared by email.

When submitting your abstract please indicate whether you prefer an oral or poster presentation. There are a limited number of oral presentation slots; abstracts not selected for an oral presentation will be given a poster presentation.

All graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are welcome to participate.

The registration deadline is, Friday, April 22nd, by end of day.

Please access the following link to register, https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JsKqeAMvTUuQN7RtVsVSEPkn-BxJBoFJks_0U6vuuMRUNVRMTkdMRUJMUVIxNjlCMktFR1dVODlaVy4u

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UTMAGS Valentine’s Day Paint Nite

You’re invited to celebrate Valentine’s Day with UTMAGS! Join us for an online paint nite on Tuesday, February 15th from 6 to 7:30 PM. There are lots of prizes to be won! 

The deadline to register for the event is Friday, January 11th at 11:59 PM, and can be done on Eventbrite by clicking here.

All attendees who attend the entire event will receive an Amazon gift card ($15) to contribute towards supplies. There will be additional opportunities during the event to win additional gift cards! Affordable suppliers of paint supplies include: Walmart and Dollarama

Please bring the following to the event: Canvas (your choice of size), Paint (your choice of paint type), Brushes, Pot of water, Pencil


What will we be painting? You can choose to paint your own design, or if you would prefer a guided tutorial, we will be playing a painting tutorial over Zoom in the background. If you would rather have a guided tutorial, please choose your painting theme preference when signing up and we will play a painting tutorial that matches the majority vote.
Options include: Woodland scene, Sunset, Valentine’s Day Theme (heart/flowers), Your own suggestion

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UTMAGS Holiday Event!

Hey UTM Grad Students!

You’re invited to join us at the annual UTMAGS Holiday Event on Wednesday, December 15th from 5:00 to 6:30 pm 😊❄️⛄

Please join our virtual event for some fun games including Trivia, an Ugly Sweater Competition and a raffle, where winners will have the chance to win prizes like a PS5, AirPods, Amazon gift cards, and much more!! 💰🎁

Here is the Event Brite link to get your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/utmags-holiday-trivia-tickets-223077018367

Here is the Zoom information: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86939776862; Meeting ID: 869 3977 6862; Passcode: SNOW

Please continue reading below to find out how to win some of our great prizes!!

*** UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER COMPETITION ***

The Ugly Christmas Sweater competition will have prizes for the 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place winners! You must email us (utmags.utm@gmail.com) a picture of yourself in your favourite ugly Christmas sweater by Tuesday, December 14th, 11:59 pm👕

Ugly Christmas Sweater prizes include:

1st place: $60 Amazon gift card

2nd place: $40 Amazon gift card

3rd place: $30 Amazon gift card

*** RAFFLE TICKETS ***

Raffle tickets are $0.50 each and you can buy them here: https://rafflecreator.com/pages/54165/utmags-holiday-raffle

Raffle prizes include: ZERO WASTE KIT, FITBIT, BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS, AIRPODS, NINTENDO SWITCH, IPAD MINI, PS5

*** TRIVIA ***

Trivia rules will be explained at the beginning of the event before we get started. We will have 10 rounds of trivia with 8 questions each and a different topic for every round – anything from TV, sports, holidays, and more! The top 3 winners of each round will receive a $25, $20, $15 Amazon gift cards. That’s 30 prizes altogether — $600 dollars in giftcards!!! Please note that there is a limit of 3 prizes per student so more people can try to win.

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