Ever wonder what benefits come from being a graduate student at the Mississauga campus? Check out the attached document to see what perks you receive, and how to officially change your campus affiliation to UTM.

The Perks of UTM Affiliation

Date: May 26 (last advising day of the year)
Time: Appointments are available between 10 am and 3pm.

If you are seeking support and advice on any personal family matters, a family care advisor will be available on the UTM Campus to meet with students, staff and faculty for individual confidential consultations. Book an appointment to discuss the following:

• Planning for a child, pregnancy, resources for new parents.
• The University’s maternity / parental / adoption/primary caregiver leave policies.
• Child care, schools & other programs for children.
• Services and supports for an aging family member.
• Balancing work, study & family.
• Parenting strategies.
• Bereavement resources.
• Separation & divorce resources.

To book an appointment, please email family.care@utoronto.ca with the following information: your student or staff number, UofT employee group and/or your union affiliation if applicable, and a brief explanation of your enquiry.

Need a Babysitter?

We can help! The Family Care Office created an online Babysitter Listing to assist UTM staff, faculty, and student parents in finding casual child care. The babysitters, who are University of Toronto students or partners of, have a wide array of training and experience with children and child care and are available to babysit in Mississauga and Toronto. To access a directory of available babysitters please email us with your student or employee number at: family.care@utoronto.ca.

Best wishes,

Magdalena Rydzy, M.Ed.

Education Advisor and Communications Project Coordinator

| magdalena.rydzy@utoronto.ca | www.familycare.utoronto.ca | www.facultyrelocation.utoronto.ca

In collaboration with VP-Research Office and UTM Library; UTMAGS and the Office of the Vice-Dean Graduate will be holding the inaugural UTM Graduate Research Colloquium. This special full-day event will provide the opportunity for graduate students to showcase their work to fellow students, post-docs, and faculty from all departments.

The Colloquium is scheduled on Monday, May 4^th, 2015 from 9:00 am – 5:40 pm in CCT Building, room 1080 and 1140. A dinner will follow at 6:00 pm in the Faculty Club, room 3140-DV.

Graduate students can choose to present either: a 15 minute oral presentation, a thrilling 2 minute thesis talk, or present a poster. As the Colloquium aims to promote a wide variety of academic research on campus, presentations should be geared toward a general academic audience.

A short abstract is required for a talk or poster. Deadline for abstract submissions is Friday, April 24^th, 2015.

The UTM Library is generously offering free poster printing. Please get in touch with Tanya at, tanya.kenesky@utoronto.ca for printing your poster.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the top two presenters in each category. Prizes:

Talk Presentation
1^st prize – $400
2^nd prize – $100

Poster Presentation (sponsored by the UTM Library)

2-Minute Thesis
Mystery prize!

Please access the link below for details and registration:

Information on poster printing can be found here:

It’s time to celebrate the end of another successful year at the annual UTMAGS End of Year party!  Food and drink tickets will be provided for free to all graduate students (guests are $5)

As the semester comes to a close, it is time for the Annual UTMAGS General Members meeting.  A hot, delicious, and FREE catered lunch will be provided!  So mark your calendars and join us on April 7 @ 12:00 pm in the grad lounge (DV1100).

It’s time to celebrate the end of another year at the UTMAGS annual Christmas party!

PLEASE RSVP to utmags@utoronto.ca BY DECEMBER 14