ISTEP Speaker Series: UBelong! Stories as a Promising Intervention to Address Equity Gaps in First-Year Engineering with Allison Godwin

Engineering Council Room, Galbraith Building, Room 202 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This talk describes an ongoing multi-institutional project focused on developing and implementing an ecological belonging intervention in engineering using stories developed through focus groups with previous students of a first-year engineering programming course. The ecological belonging intervention is a one-time 45-minute intervention delivered in class that conveys the message that typical struggle is normal and […]

Creating & Using Case Studies to Teach Computing & Engineering Ethics

Engineering Council Room, Galbraith Building, Room 202 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

ISTEP Speaker Series returns Tuesday February 13 at 12 p.m.! The ethical impact of emerging technologies on society has become a critical concern for engineers as well as users. In particular, the effects of computing-based decision-making are being felt across domains including policing, financing, health, and education. How can we train future engineering professionals as […]

The Cognitive Costs of Design: Exploring the interactions between people, product and process: Dr. Jessica Menold, Penn State

Engineering Council Room, Galbraith Building, Room 202 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Jessica Menold will share and discuss her insights into re-imagining design in a more humanized approach, in her talk. This event, part of the ISTEP Engineering Education Seminar Series, will be of interest to all FASE faculty members graduate students and undergrad students whose academic activities and interests touch on this topic. About the […]

Coffee With Chris

Engineering Council Room, Galbraith Building, Room 202 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join Dean Chris Yip for coffee and a light lunch on February 3, 2020, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in GB202 to have your voice heard on the following topics: PEY Co-op and the Engineering Career Centre, active learning,building an inclusive culture within the U of T Engineering community, workload and the student experience. RSVP […]

Open Discussion on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Engineering Council Room, Galbraith Building, Room 202 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The First Year Office invites you to save the date email to the next Open Discussion on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for this academic year on Thursday, November 14 from 12-2pm in GB202.  Lunch will be provided so if you plan to attend please register here.  If you are not able to attend for the full two hours, that is […]

Undergraduate Engineering Research Day Info Session

Engineering Council Room, Galbraith Building, Room 202 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Enjoy event planning? Want to support undergrad research? Volunteer for the Undergraduate Engineering Research Day (UnERD) Planning Committee! UnERD is a one day research conference, for undergraduate engineers to present on their summer research. Each year UnERD is run by a dedicated group of student volunteers with the support of the Vice Dean Undergraduate Office. […]