Culture of Caring and Excellence
Action Items & Current Status
Administrative Response on Student Mental Health
- Completed — Appoint Special Advisor on the Healthy Labs Initiative
- Completed — Make public our approach to communications in the event of the death of a U of T student (Communicating the Death of a Current Student)
- Completed — Establish a standing advisory body on graduate mental health to address relevant academic policies and processes
- Completed — Launch a new Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision
- Completed — Collaborate with students to establish an advisory board on mental health and wellness
- Completed — Identify and promote best practices in lab management through the new Healthy Labs Initiative
- Completed — Conduct a review of the University-Mandated Leave of Absence Policy as required in the policy
- Completed — Improve understanding of the University-Mandated Leave of Absence Policy (now the Supportive Leaves Policy)
- Ongoing — Engage with those responsible for the development and revision of academic programs on best practices in assessment, academic support services and mental health accommodations
- Ongoing — Address concerns about institutional policies and systems that can sometimes act as barriers to student success
- Ongoing — Raise awareness of programming designed to foster student mental health and wellness and promote health literacy
- In Progress — Implement a new vision for undergraduate experience at U of T, based on the work of the Expert Panel on Undergraduate Student Educational Experience