Our year Our year in partnerships

Across the city and around the world, UTS forges partnerships to enrich the lives of our students and to connect with our community. Our official affiliation with the University of Toronto is our most vital partnership. The University is our inspiration and partner in education and also our home on the St. George Campus.

Our U of T partners include:

▶ Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)

▶ Enrolment Services

▶ Rotman School of Management and the I-Think Team

▶ Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and the Global Ideas Institute

▶ Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

▶ Departments of psychology, Germanic languages, kinesiology, pharmacy and more

Our ongoing partnership with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) helps foster the next generation of teachers as well as conducting codesigned research through our in-house research hub, the Eureka! Institute at UTS.

Every year a cohort of approximately 30 master of teaching students enjoy some of their first classroom experiences alongside our exceptional teaching staff at UTS. UTS also builds partnerships with many local organizations and international institutions, to promote exchange of students and knowledge.

Therapy dogs and One Health Partners

Can therapy dogs encourage F1 (grade 7) students to access mental health services?

A new research collaboration with One Health Partners and its therapy dogs, founded by Heidi Libesman P ’27, aims to determine if small group therapy dog sessions can increase the likelihood that F1 students will use mental health services at UTS.

“The dogs are an icebreaker to demystify who we are and what we do, getting students more comfortable with us so that they access services when they need to,” says School Nurse Adi Sood , who is overseeing the project with UTS Social Worker Marleen Constantin . The project is also supported by the Eureka! Institute at UTS. The therapy dogs also come for optional visits with students and staff.