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Life as a University Student
This week's issue of "My New Roots" is about Life as a University Student! There are many factors that make a student's experience during their time in university. This includes social life, academics, extra-curricular activities, and most importantly, their overall well-being!
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Life as a University Student
Student Organization Portal (SOP)
There are hundreds or student groups and organizations to get involved with at U of T! Joining clubs is a great way to meet some new friends and build community!
You can use SOP to search for some student groups to join, but is also a great resource for when you want to start a new club or group!
Student Organization Portal: https://sop.utoronto.ca/
U of T Gyms
U of T - St. George is home to three gyms: Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport (a.k.a. AC), Hart House Fitness Centre, and New College's personal favourite, the Athletic Centre (a.k.a. AC). We love AC because it's right beside New College!
For more information:
Goldring Centre & Athletic Centre: https://kpe.utoronto.ca/facilities-memberships
Hart House Fitness Centre: https://harthouse.ca/fitness
New College Student Centre
The ORSL Student Life and Leadership team plays a role in supporting and advising student organizations. Specifically, we coordinate the Student Centre and provide office space and meeting space for its 17 organizations.
Within the Student Centre, you can find a variety of student groups, clubs, associations and unions to get involved with. See below for a current list of the Student Centre groups at New College:
- African Studies Course Union
- Black Students Association
- Buddhism and Psychology Students’ Union
- Caribbean Studies Student Union
- Equity Studies Student Union
- Filipino Students’ Association of Toronto
- Human Biology Student’s Union
- New College Residence Council
- New Dragons
- New Resonance
- Organization of Latin American Students
- Somali Students Association
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SPROUT Mentorship Mentee Registration NOW OPEN!
Registration for SPROUT Mentorship is NOW OPEN! This program consists of monthly 1-1 mentorship with an upper-year New College student and runs from September to April. Your mentor will answer all your questions about navigating through your first year and can point you to the right resources. The program also offers opportunities to meet other mentees in the program.
For more information: https://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/student-experience/first-year-experience/sprout/
If you have any questions, email us at new.mentorship@utoronto.ca
Welcome BBQ
Continue your Welcome Day experience at our Welcome BBQ! Join us on campus for an afternoon of fun, connection, and community. Meet other incoming New College students, enjoy free activities and food, explore the college, connect with student leaders, and get a head start on building your New College experience and friendships before Orientation begins. You are welcome to bring up to 2 guests!
Time & Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm EST
Location: Fully in person event at New College.
The New Crew
Join The New Crew as a Student Engagement Ambassador and make a meaningful impact on campus while building valuable leadership and professional skills. With flexible opportunities across a range of initiatives, you can get involved in ways that fit your interests and availability.
For more information, visit the Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities page (and scroll down)
New College Orientation
CLICK the photos below to check out the different Orientation Programs
Course Shoutouts
WGSI130H1: AI, Gender, and the Politics of Inclusion
What does AI make visible, what does it render invisible, and whose lives are at stake in the difference? This course introduces students to feminist, anti-racist, and anti-colonial approaches to AI and algorithmic systems. Through cases including facial recognition, automated welfare, hiring technologies, platform recommendations, smart cities, environmental extraction and institutional equity work, students will examine how technologies reproduce and reshape relations of gender, race, class, and colonial power.
CAR131H1: Decolonizing Mental Health in Caribbean Contexts: Science, Systems, and Social Justice
An interdisciplinary introduction to mental health in Caribbean and diasporic contexts, examining how colonial histories, diagnostic systems, and structural inequities shape who receives care, and what more equitable futures might look like.
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