UTSC offers a range of support and services for staff and faculty members. These services and supports are available to ensure that our staff and faculty’s mental and physical well-being are maintained. Please see below for a list of available services and resources:
Provides free, 24-hour access to short-term confidential counseling and referrals for employees and their dependants who may have personal, family, and work-related concerns.
Brochure: UofT EFAP Brochure_TELUS Health
A not-for-profit childcare centre established in 1990, located at the northeastern corner of the U of T Scarborough campus. Provides care for infants and children up to the age of 5.
Supports students, staff, and faculty affected by sexual violence and sexual harassment regardless of who was involved and when or where the sexual violence took place.
Offers information, referrals, educational programming, and counselling. Also advocates family issues such as child and elder care, maternity/parental leave, flexible work arrangements, schools, and children’s programs.
Strategic partners and trusted advisors to the campus leadership, staff, faculty and librarians. Provides a full range of Human Resources and Payroll services for all employees at the Scarborough campus.
Single source of all wellness services, supports, and resources available to employees across all three campuses. Employees can access the Wellness/EDI initiatives events calendar for more details.
Offers information, courses, and programs that support an employee’s work/life experiences and development. Individual consultations are available to employees and managers.
Mentorship Opportunities:
- UTSC Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Program: Offers managers/supervisors the opportunity to engage in leadership training and workshops.
- Rose Patten Mentorship Learning Partnership- The Centre for Learning, Leadership and Culture Group Mentoring: Provides employees with valuable insights on UofT culture, mentorship, networking, and various other opportunities to build upon their skills.
Holiday Wellness Support:
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Managing your Anxiety Resources:
- Return to work during COVID-19
- Managing-Anxiety-Around-Returning-to-Campus-Resources-Dec2021.pdf (utoronto.ca)
- How to manage return anxiety as the lockdown lifts - Mental Health Commission of Canada
Resources for Traumatic Events:
- Coping After a Critical Incident or Traumatic Event
- Coping with Feelings of Fear and Anxiety About Violence
- Taking Care After a Traumatic Event
- Coping with Fears Following a Traumatic Event
- How a Traumatic Event Can Affect You
- Tips for Helping Your Child Through a Traumatic Event
Grief Support Resources:
- Ten Facts About Grief and Grieving - Support & Resources - UofT (lifeworks.com)
- Coping with Loss and Grief - Support & Resources - UofT (lifeworks.com)
- Coping with Loss and Grief Toolkit- UofT (lifeworks.com)
- Helping Employees Cope with Grief and Loss in the Workplace: Helping your staff grieve - Support & Resources - UofT (lifeworks.com)
- Understanding a co-worker’s grief or illness - Support & Resources - UofT (lifeworks.com)
Recorded Webinars on Grief Support:
- Grief and Loss (Passcode: PXV5ZKWa+7)
Additional Health & Well-being supports:
- Mental Well-being – The Division of People Strategy, Equity & Culture (utoronto.ca)
- Anxiety and Depression – The Division of People Strategy, Equity & Culture (utoronto.ca)
- Stress and Resilience – The Division of People Strategy, Equity & Culture (utoronto.ca)
- Social Well-Being – The Division of People Strategy, Equity & Culture (utoronto.ca)
- Physical Well-Being – The Division of People Strategy, Equity & Culture (utoronto.ca)
- Wellness and Work from Home Toolkit – The Division of People Strategy, Equity & Culture (utoronto.ca)
- Hearing Our Voices- Indigenous Women's Reproductive Health Curriculum: Online modules available that aim to improve your ability to care for Indigenous women in Canada by increasing your cultural intelligence and knowledge of Indigenous women's social determinants of health and by learning how to incorporate culturally appropriate care into your practice.
Workshops:
Newsletters:
- https://campusmentalhealth.ca/- Sign up at the bottom!
Mental Health Training:
- Identify, Assist, Refer: Identify, Assist, Refer Education Module (utoronto.ca)
- More Feet on the Ground: https://morefeetontheground.ca/
Webinars:
- Wellness Webinars – The Division of People Strategy, Equity & Culture (utoronto.ca)
- Establishing Healthy Habits
- Emotional Intelligence A Guide to How it Works
- Returning to the Workplace Managing stress and anxiety
- Seasonal Stress
- Stress Relaxation Techniques
- Trauma-informed Practices for the Workplace
Employee COVID-19 Supports:
Infographics/Tip-sheets:
- Staying Healthy while working remotely
- Resilience and Burnout Prevention
- Mental Health/ Well-being Support
- The art of listening in six simple steps
- The power of empathy
- Empathy: A skill you can learn
- Empathy: the key to peer support
- Listen to understand, not to judge