September 1, 2023
Staff Name Tag Form
We will order a nametag for all staff to build community and foster greater interpersonal exchange at UTS. Nametags will have names and titles on them.
We will provide 'they/them, he/him and she/her' buttons available for staff who would like to wear them. P
Please indicate your name preference on the form here.
If you do not submit a response, we will use First Name Last Name and your title by default.
Please complete the form by Friday, September 8, 2023.
Zero-Waste Lunch Option
UTS will pilot a Zero-Waste Lunch option on Thursdays, starting on September 14, 2023. Please find general information here. If you would like to place an order, please click here. This program features restaurants from around Toronto that are interested in reducing our collective carbon footprint.
Child Appropriate Game Design (CAGD) Call for Participants
Know any young(er) children in your life? The Children and Age-Appropriate Game Design project (CAGD), led by Dr. Sara Grimes at UofT’s Faculty of Information, is seeking children age 6-12 interested in participating in a focus group. The aim is to find out more about children’s perspectives and experiences of issues related to “age appropriate" digital game design. Parents/guardians can relay their child’s interest by sending an email to Dr. Grimes (sara.grimes@utoronto.ca). Please see their call for participation for more information.
Would you like to conduct your professional inquiry via Cohort 21 in 2023-24?
Any teachers who might be interested in joining the CIS Cohort 21 professional learning community (PLC) to conduct a year-long action-oriented professional inquiry about trying something new in their practice, are invited to check out the webpage: Cohort 21 Express Your Interest.
As we’ve done in previous years, UTS can cover the registration fee for a small handful of interested and committed teachers (i.e. it wouldn’t come out of your Personal PD allocation). If this is something you’d like to do in 2023-24, please let Cresencia know. It could certainly dovetail with PGDM.
How is the concept of “teaching as a profession” advocated in Japan?
U of T Munk School’s Initiative for Education Policy and Innovation at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan is hosting Prof. Aki Sakuma (Keio University, Japan).
Prof. Sakuma is giving a talk about “Is the Professionalism of Teaching Hurting Teachers in Japan? - A historical analysis of the concept of ‘teaching as a profession’”. The talk will focus on how the Japanese version of the concept was imported from the West and subsequently transformed in a non-Christian setting in the 19th century.
When: Sept. 18, 2023 (12:00-1:30 pm)
Where: Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (1 Devonshire Place - Next door!)
For Prof. Sakuma’s bio, an abstract of this talk, and to register for FREE, check this out.
