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SUMMARY:Managing Teaching Assistants and Sessional Lecturers
DESCRIPTION:Audience:\nChairs\, Directors\, Associate Chairs\, Vice/Associate Deans\, TA Coordinators\, and Administrative Staff responsible for the administration of CUPE 3902 appointments  \nSession Lead: \nLabour Relations   \n\nOverview:\nThis session\, offered by Labour Relations will provide Chairs\, Directors\, Associate Chairs\, Vice/Associate Deans\, TA Coordinators\, and Administrative Staff responsible for the administration of CUPE 3902 appointments with the tools and information necessary for managing employees under the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 and Unit 3 Collective Agreements.   \nTopics will include performance management\, accommodation\, workload\, leaves\, and all other relevant processes under the Collective Agreements for the duration of an employee’s contract.  \n➡️Register here
URL:https://faculty.utoronto.ca/event/managing-teaching-assistants-and-sessional-lecturers-8-oct-2026/
CATEGORIES:Academic Administrators,Staff
LOCATION:https://faculty.utoronto.ca/event/managing-teaching-assistants-and-sessional-lecturers-8-oct-2026/
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SUMMARY:Bias in the Context of Academic Reviews
DESCRIPTION:Audiene: AAAs\, Assessors\, and Members of Committees \n\nCohosted by:\n\nOffice of the Vice-Provost\, Faculty & Academic Life (VPFAL)\nToronto Initiative for Diversity & Excellence (TIDE)Toronto Initiative for Diversity & Excellence (TIDE)\n\nSession Leaders:\n\nBojana Stefanovic\, Director of Engagement\, TIDE; Professor\, Dept of Medical Biophysics\, Temerty Faculty of Medicine; Senior Scientist\, Sunnybrook Research Institute\nAlison Keith\, University Professor\, Dept of Classics and Women’s Studies\n\n\n\n\nAudience:\nThis workshop is intended for Provostial\, SGS\, and Decanal assessors; members of any committee that involves peer assessment (e.g.\, search\, PTR\, tenure\, continuing status); as well as Deans\, Principals\, Chairs\, and Directors. \nPlease note that we are unable to accommodate staff\, students\, post-docs\, sessional lecturers\, or clinical faculty not serving on a faculty search committee\, at this session. \nSession Goals:\n\n\n\n\nProvide you with the tools to identify bias\nIntroduce you to some practical strategies to help you interrupt bias in the moment\nDiscuss what a unit might consider/discuss/put in place to help mitigate bias in academic review processes and assessments\n\n\n\n\nPre-work: \nThe VPFAL Office recommends that all search\, tenure\, continuing status review\, and promotion committee members\, faculty on PTR committees\, and assessors review these the online Unconscious Bias Modules before attending this session (unless you have previously attended TIDE’s Unconscious Bias 101 and 102 talks). \nPlease note:\n\nRegistered attendees will receive the virtual meeting link a day or two prior to the session.\nIf your plans change after you register\, please email vpfal.prof.dev@utoronto.ca. \n\n➡️ Register here\n 
URL:https://faculty.utoronto.ca/event/bias-in-the-context-of-academi-reviews-21oct2026/
CATEGORIES:Academic Administrators,Faculty
LOCATION:https://faculty.utoronto.ca/event/bias-in-the-context-of-academi-reviews-21oct2026/
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SUMMARY:Hosting International Collaborators | Special Session
DESCRIPTION:Audience:\nAcademic administrators\, Dean’s office staff and unit support staff whose units may host international collaborators in the near future. Faculty members and Principal Investigators may also attend. \nPresenters:\n\nHisani Kreiser\, Senior Lead\, Academic Immigration & Recruitment\, Office of the Vice-Provost\, Faculty & Academic Life\nSophia Martins\, Recruitment and Immigration Advisor\, Office of the Vice-Provost\, Faculty & Academic Life\nWith representation from the Division of People\, Finance\, and Digital Services\n\n\nOverview:\nHosting international colleagues\, researchers\, expert knowledge holders\, students\, or visitors to campus requires advance planning and must include University policy and Canadian immigration considerations. This session will guide participants on matters that must be considered before the invitation letter is issued and where to seek assistance. \nWe will provide an overview of the Canadian immigration system\, offer information on ways to invite and host international collaborators\, and answer general questions about immigration processes and options. \nPlease note:\n\nThis session will not be recorded\, and the slides will not be shared.\nIf your plans change after you register\, please email vpfal.prof.dev@utoronto.ca.\n\n➡️ Register here
URL:https://faculty.utoronto.ca/event/hosting-international-collaborators-special-session-28-oct-2026/
CATEGORIES:Academic Administrators,Staff
LOCATION:https://faculty.utoronto.ca/event/hosting-international-collaborators-special-session-28-oct-2026/
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