About OVPS

Dedicated to student experience and success, the division of Student Life Programs & Services on the St. George Campus provides the support, opportunities, and infrastructure students need to reach their full potential. The division is comprised of 12 student-facing units that provide programs, services and resources with various tri-campus relationships and responsibilities (see a listing of these offices below); Hart House, the campus’s hub of contemporary culture and recreation; and central team of program, communications, and information technology professionals who pull it all together.

The division also includes associations with the Family Care Office, and the Sexual & Gender Diversity Office which are shared resources and cross-portfolio initiatives with the Office of Human Resources & Equity at U of T.

St. George Campus Student Life Programs and Services include:

1. Academic Success
2. Accessibility Services
3. Assessment & Analysis
4. Career Exploration and Education
5. Centre for Community Partnerships (CCP)
6. Centre for International Experience
7. Graduate Conflict Resolution Centre
8. Health & Wellness Centre
9. Housing Services
10. Indigenous Student Services/First Nations House
11. Innovation Hub
12. Multi-Faith Centre
13. Student and Campus Community Development (Clubs & Leadership, orientation & transition, and mentorship & peer programs)
14. T-Card Office

Student Life Programs & Services Across the University

Links are provided here for the websites of student affairs and services divisions on each campus:

• St. George Division of Student Life Services and Programs
  https://www.studentlife.utoronto.ca
• UTM Student Affairs and Serivces
  https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/sas/
• UTSC Student Affairs and Services
  https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/studentaffairs/

Hart House has been recognized as the centre for the re-imagination and reinvention of the undergraduate student experience at the University of Toronto. It’s a place that welcomes both campus and community to explore cultural, intellectual and recreational activities. Aside from a wide array of events, lectures, live music and performances, Hart House offers classes for every interest from filmmaking and acting to archery and dance.

Open 365 days a year, our facilities include a range of impressive rooms for study, dining, recreation and socializing, a modern athletics and aquatics facility, a satellite farm location, the acclaimed Justina M. Barnicke Art Gallery (part of the Art Museum at the University of Toronto), a dynamic theatre, complete wedding, meeting and event services as well as the top-rated Gallery Grill restaurant all housed within a stunning, neo-Gothic building.

Commissioned in 1911 by Vincent Massey, Hart House was completed in 1919 and gifted to the University of Toronto as a gathering place for students. Learn more about Hart House History. Learn more about Hart House history.

Please note that above description is taken from the ‘About Us’ section of the Hart House website.

General Contact Information

Hart House, University of Toronto
7 Hart House Circle
Toronto, ON M5S 3H3

Main desk:
Tel: 416.978.2452
Email: inquiries@harthouse.ca

Please see the Hart House website for a full listing of department staff contacts: http://harthouse.ca/contacts/

Enrolment Services works to ensure the University takes a strategic approach to enrolment management, supporting both divisional and central efforts to recruit and retain the best possible students. The division is comprised of four functional areas — Student Recruitment, Admissions, Financial Aid and Awards, and Technical and Administrative Services — all under the leadership of the Executive Director, Enrolment Services and University Registrar.

Student Recruitment

The Office of Student Recruitment represents the University of Toronto locally, nationally, and internationally, ensuring the University’s reputation is communicated to a variety of stakeholders, and encouraging top prospective students to apply for undergraduate programs. In addition to creating and organizing on-and off-campus events and programs to support the recruitment goals of the University, the Office of Student Recruitment also oversees the operation of the Nona Macdonald Visitors Centre.

Office Address and Contacts

Office of Student Recruitment
University of Toronto
25 King’s College Circle
Toronto, ON M5S 1A1

Tel: 416-978-5000
Fax: 416-978-0830

Admissions

Admissions is responsible for the assessment and processing of applications to undergraduate, first-entry divisions. Detailed admission information for prospective applicants from educational systems worldwide can be found at www.future.utoronto.ca/apply.

Questions about applying to U of T? Connect with our admissions team.

Financial Aid and Awards

Financial Aid and Awards is responsible for the on-campus oversight of the Provincial Financial Aid Programs (i.e. OSAP), management of the University’s merit-based awards program, and the need-based student aid program for the University. Learn more about Financial Aid and Awards by visiting www.future.utoronto.ca/finances.

Technical and Administrative Services

Technical and Administrative Services works to ensure the functioning of all online and in-office recruitment and admissions services for prospective students, applicants, faculty, and staff. This office provides back-end support for the division.

Office Address and Contacts

Admissions, Financial Aid and Awards and Technical and Administrative Services are located at:

Enrolment Services
University of Toronto
172 St. George St
Toronto, ON M5R 0A3

Tel: 416-978-2190
Fax: 416-978-7022

Email:
Admissions: admissions.help@utoronto.ca
Financial Aid: osap.staff@utoronto.ca
Scholarships & Awards: awards.uoft@utoronto.ca

In response to the increasing demand in all academic disciplines for world-wide collaboration and communication, the Centre for International Experience (CIE) seeks to provide U of T students with international and Canadian exchange opportunities, to help students gain a better understanding of the cultures, values, and lifestyles found across borders. Our exchange programs offer students a variety of opportunities to study at our partner institutions, through which students will be better equipped to function personally and professionally in the growing global culture in which we live.

General Contact Information

Cumberland House
33 St. George St
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2E3

Email: cie.information@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-946-3138
Fax: 416-978-4090
Web: www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/cie

Established in 2008 and chaired by the Vice-Provost, Students, the Student Recruitment Advisory Committee builds and supports strategic recruitment through the review of recruitment data, the approval of communications materials, and the development of strategic institutional recruitment initiatives. In recent years, the committee has approved a range of new recruitment materials, including the domestic and international viewbooks, and a new U of T booth for the Ontario Universities Fair.

This committee’s membership is comprised of representation from each Division of the University, and includes a senior academic leader (dean or principal or designate) and one further member (e.g. registrar or recruitment officer). The Executive Director, Enrolment Services & University Registrar, the Director of the Office of Student Recruitment, and representatives from University of Toronto Communications, the Division of University Advancement and the Vice-President International portfolio are also members.

For more information on this committee, please contact:

Richard Levin
Executive Director, Enrolment Services and University Registrar
richard.levin@utoronto.ca

Chaired by the Vice-Provost, Students, the Forum on Student Experience was established in 2006 as a forum for discussion and exchange among people directly involved in delivering academic programs and those working in student life. The Forum mission is to develop ways to enhance and improve the student experience at U of T.

This membership is comprised of tri-campus student services leadership, including Deans of Students, Registrars, and various administrative, and academic staff members.

For more information on this committee, please contact:
Jessie Metcalfe
Assistant Director, Office of the Vice-Provost, Students
jessie.metcalfe@utoronto.ca

Supported administratively by the Office of the Vice-Provost, Students, the Council of First-Entry Deans, established in 2006, brings together Deans from Arts and Science, Engineering, Kinesiology and Physical Education, Music, UTM and UTSC to discuss issues of mutual interest and concern. It also serves to develop coherent approaches to issues such as undergraduate degree expectations, enrolment planning, recruitment and assessment of student experience.

This committee’s membership is comprised of academic deans of all first-entry divisions at the University of Toronto.

For more information on this committee, please contact:
Meredith Strong
Director, Office of the Vice-Provost, Students and Student Policy Advisor
meredith.strong@utoronto.ca