Welcome to the Events and Education Programs Calendar! This page includes EDIO events and assembles existing equity-related workshops at the university that are available to UTM faculty, librarians, staff, and students. Whether participating in person at UTM or a virtual workshop offered from across the University of Toronto, you will find opportunities to enhance your skills, stay informed, and get engaged.
For more information on events at UTM and Tri-campus, please visit the links below:
UTM Events Calendar
Date
Event
Target Audience
Friday
September 12, 2025
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Orange Shirt Pin Beading Workshop (In-person)
Register here
For Students, Staff, Faculty and Librarians
(hosted by:
UTM Office of Indigenous Initiatives and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Office)
Tuesday
September 16, 2025
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Trauma-Informed Pedagogy and Student Engagement: Strategies for Supportive and Safer Learning Environments (in-person)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Wednesday
September 17, 2025
11:00am – 1:00pm
Queer Orientation: Emoji Social and Photo Walk (In-person)
Register here
For Students, Staff, Faculty and Librarians
(hosted by:
UTM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office)
Thursday,
September 18, 2025
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Trauma-Informed Pedagogy and Student Engagement: Strategies for Supportive and Safer Learning Environments (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Friday,
September 26, 2025
11:00am – 1:00pm
Accessibility Services and the Accommodations Process (Online)
Register here
12:10 – 1:00PM
Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff (Orientation) (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Tuesday,
September 30, 2025
10:00am – 11:30am
2025 Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Commemoration (Hybrid)
Register here
For Students, Staff, Faculty, and Librarians.
(The commemoration is hosted by the UTM, UTSC and institutional Offices of Indigenous Initiatives, First Nations House Indigenous Student Services, and Hart House)
Date
Event
Target Audience
Friday,
October 3, 2025
1:30pm – 2:00pm
UDL Conversation with Shirley Yeung (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Saturday,
October 4, 2025
12:00pm – 5:00pm
All Nations Powwow (In person)
Learn more
For UTM and External Community
(Hosted by: UTM Office of Indigenous Initiatives and campus partners)
Monday,
October 6, 2025
10:00am – 12:00pm
Understanding your responsibility to preventing racial discrimination & harassment in the work environment (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office)
Wednesday,
October 8, 2025
3:00pm – 4:00pm
The Neuroinclusive Classroom: Supporting Executive Function to Address Disengagement, Procrastination, and Absenteeism (In-person)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Thursday,
October 9, 2025
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Decompression and Support Spaces (In-person)
Learn more
For Students, Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Student Affairs and Services and UTM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office)
Friday,
October 10, 2025
11:30am – 12:00pm
UDL in Practice: Designing Materials (Online)
Register here
4:00pm – 5:00pm
The Neuroinclusive Classroom: Supporting Executive Function to Address Disengagement, Procrastination, and Absenteeism (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Tuesday,
October 14, 2025
Anti-Racist Pedagogies Learning Series: From Intention to Meaningful Action (Hybrid)
Register here for Series
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre)
Thursday,
October 16, 2025
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Decompression and Support Spaces (In-person)
Learn more
For Students, Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Student Affairs and Services and UTM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office)
Thursday,
October 23, 2025
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Laugh, Cry, Cringe: Storytelling Series (Hybrid)
Register here
For Students, Staff, Faculty and Librarians
(hosted by: UTM Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Office and Hart House)
Friday,
October 31, 2025
12:10 – 1:00PM
Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff (Orientation) (Online)
Register here
For Students, Staff, Faculty and Librarians
(hosted by: UTM Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Office and Hart House)
Date
Event
Target Audience
Tuesday,
November 4, 2025
10:00am – 12:00pm
2SLGBTQ+ Concepts, Identities and Inclusion (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Sexual and Gender Diversity Office)
Wednesday,
November 5, 2025
2:30pm – 3:00pm
UDL Conversation with Deborah Tihanyi (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation
Thursday,
November 6, 2025
10:00am 2:00pm
Indigenous Lodge at UTM (In-person)
Register here
For Faculty, Students, Staff and Librarians
(hosted by: UTM Office of Indigenous Initiatives)
Monday,
November 10, 2025
12:00pm – 2:30pm
Intersectional Gaming: Critical Design for Radical Futures (In-person)
Register here
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Accessible People Leadership (Online)
Register here
5:00pm - 7:00pm
When Justice Shapes Health: Addressing Racial Inequities in Canada’s Criminal Justice System (Hybrid)
Register here
For Faculty, Staff, Students and Librarians
(hosted by: Collaborative Digital Research Space and Black Research Network)
For Staff
(hosted by: Accessibility for Ontarians Disabilities Act)
For Faculty, Staff, Students and Librarians
(hosted by: Alumni Relations
Tuesday,
November 11, 2025
1:00pm – 2:00pm
CTSI Equity Roundtable - Students-as-Partners in Action: Reflections on the Development of a Departmental Handbook for Inclusive Teaching and Mentorship (Online)
Register here
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Braided Paths: Exploring the Transformative Power of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Alumni Relations)
Wednesday,
November 12, 2025
10:00am – 12:00pm
Understanding and Addressing Antisemitism at U of T: Rights, Responsibilities, and Inclusive Practices (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office)
Friday,
November 14, 2025
11:30am – 12:00pm
UDL in Practice: Designing Methods (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Monday,
November 17, 2025
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Language, Ableism and Inclusion (Online) Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Accessibility for Ontarians Disabilities Act)
Wednesday,
November 19, 2025
9:30am – 12:00pm
Practical Strategies for a Gender Inclusive University (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Sexual and Gender Diversity Office)
For Student, Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by:
Black at University of Toronto Mississauga
Centre for Student Engagement
Connections & Conversations
Department of Management
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Office
Human Resources
Office of the Registrar)
For Staff
(hosted by: Accessibility for Ontarians Disabilities Act)
Friday,
November 21, 2025
12:00pm – 3:00pm
Learning Our Truths: Journey to Building Inclusive Spaces with our 2SLGBTQQIA+ Relations (in-person)
Register here
For Students, Staff, Faculty and Librarians
(hosted by: UTM Office of Indigenous Initiatives
UTM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office)
Monday,
November 24, 2025
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Accessible Events (Online)
Register here
For Staff, Faculty and Librarians
(hosted by: Accessibility for Ontarians Disabilities Act)
Tuesday,
November 25, 2025
9:30am – 11:00am
CEL Course Development Workshop 3: Respectful and Reciprocal Community Partner Stewardship (Online)
Register here
10:00am – 12:00pm
2SLGBTQ+ Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace (Online)
Register here
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Maintaining Effective Communication (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Sexual and Gender Diversity Office)
For Faculty
(hosted by: Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision)
Thursday,
November 27, 2025
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Navigating Job Searching as an International Student (with CIE) (Online)
Register here
For Students
(hosted by: U of T Student Life)
Friday,
November 28, 2025
12:10 – 1:00PM
Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff (Orientation) (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Date
Event
Target Audience
Wednesday,
December 3, 2025
10:00am – 11:30am
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Hybrid)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Accessibility for Ontarians Disabilities Act)
Thursday,
December 4, 2025
11:30am – 12:00pm
UDL Conversation with Will Heikoop (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Tuesday,
December 9, 2025
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Understanding and Addressing Antisemitism at U of T: Rights, Responsibilities, and Inclusive Practices (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office)
Wednesday,
December 10, 2025
9:00am – 12:00pm
Web Accessibility for Designers and Developers (Online)
Register here
For Staff, Faculty and Librarians
(hosted by: Accessibility for Ontarians Disabilities Act)
Date
Event
Target Audience
Monday,
January 12, 2026
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Understanding your responsibility to preventing racial discrimination & harassment in the work environment (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office)
Friday,
January 30, 2026
12:10 – 1:00PM
Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff (Orientation) (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
TBC
Laugh, Cry, Cringe: Storytelling Series (Hybrid)
For Students, Staff, Faculty and Librarians
(hosted by: UTM Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Office and Hart House)
Date
Event
Target Audience
Thursday,
February 12, 2026
10:00am – 12:00pm
Recognizing and Addressing Race, Place of Origin & Creed-Based Discriminations in our Work Environment (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office)
Friday,
February 27, 2026
12:10 – 1:00PM
Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff (Orientation) (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
Date
Event
Target Audience
Friday,
March 27, 2026
12:10 – 1:00PM
Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff (Orientation) (Online)
Register here
or Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
TBC
Laugh, Cry, Cringe: Storytelling Series (Hybrid)
For Students, Staff, Faculty and Librarians
(hosted by: UTM Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Office and Hart House)
Date
Event
Target Audience
Friday,
April 24, 2026
12:10 – 1:00PM
Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff (Orientation) (Online)
Register here
For Faculty, Librarians and Staff
(hosted by: Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation)
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Announcements
To view all equity-related announcements and news to UTM students, staff, faculty, and librarians, please visit the Office of the Vice-President and Principal website.