Resources

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On This Page

• University of Toronto
• Department Links
  • Official Guidelines on Program Requirements
• Financial Assistance
  • Emergency Financial Resources
  • Tax Form Information Pages
• Resources to Help with Food Insecurity and Related Needs
• CUPE 3902
• UTGSU
• Advocacy Resources
• Support and Community Resources
• Writing and Teaching Resources
• Research and Ethics Resources
  • Research During COVID-19
• COVID-19
• Health

University of Toronto

• University of Toronto

• School of Graduate Studies

• SGS Leave of Absence Policy

• SGS Leave of Absence Form

• SGS Grad Hub

• Employee Self-Service

• ACORN (U of T’s student information service hub)

• TravelSafer (Campus Police Program that offers escorts between campus buildings, parking lots, and TTC Transit stops near campus): 416-978-7233 (SAFE)

Department Links

• Department of Linguistics

• Graduate Handbook 2020-21

• Personnel Forms Page

• Graduate Forms Page

Official Guidelines on Program Requirements

• PhD Generals Papers Guidelines

• PhD Thesis Proposal Guidelines

• May Monitoring Guidelines

Financial Assistance

Emergency Financial Resources

• SGS Emergency Loan

• SGS Emergency Grant

• Email the SGS Financial Advising Team(Provides resources on various emergency and financial aid programs and the necessary applications)

• Financial Support and Funding Opportunities Overview Page

Tax Form Information Pages

Check out the LGCU website How-to page for more details about downloading your tax forms, and what deductions to check out.

• T2202 FAQ

• T4A FAQ

• Claiming Work From Home Expense Deductions FAQ

Resources to Help with Food Insecurity and Related Needs

• U of T Emergency Food Bank (Provides free food boxes to students; first-come, first-served; sign up opens on Sundays at noon)

• University of Toronto Environmental Student Resource Network (Provides free food boxes or grocery gift cards for students; sign up forms go live Mondays at noon; may require following on facebook or instagram to sign up)

CUPE 3902

For more information on CUPE 3902 (our labour union), see the cupe 3902 page of this site.

• CUPE 3902

• CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement \ Note: Bargaining is currently ongoing for the union (as of January 2021)

• Leave provisions in the CUPE3902 Unit 1 collective agreement

• CUPE Member Portal

• CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Job Postings

UTGSU

• UTGSU Main page

• UTGSU Health and dental inquiries and contact information

Advocacy Resources

• UTGSU Advocacy Services

• Downtown Legal Services

• Ombudsperson

• Sexual Violence Prevention and Support Centre

• Accessibility Services

• Supervision Guidelines

Support and Community Resources

• First Nations House Indigenous Student Services

• Multi-Faith Centre

• Hart House

• Digital Connections Toolkit

• Ulife Campus Groups

• Virtual Hub for U of T Alumni

• OISE Library Care Package

• LGCU Zulip chat server (similar to Discord etc.; email Tim Gadanidis for an invite)

Writing and Teaching Resources

• Library Thesis Formatting Guidelines and Templates

• LGCU writing support committee

• Teaching Assistants’ Training Program \ Teaching Fundamentals Certificate \ Advanced University Teaching Preparation Certificate

• SGS Centre for Graduate Professional Development

Research and Ethics Resources

• My Research Portal Login

• Human Participant Ethics Protocol Worksheet (for Drafting)

• Centre for Research and Innovation Support

Research During COVID-19

• Guidance for the Recovery of Human Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Guidelines for Graduate Students

COVID-19

For information about COVID-19 guidelines and resources, see the COVID-19 section of the Health page on this site.

Health

For information about LGCU health care, see the health page on this site.