Faculty and librarians can find information pertaining to funding programs offered by the Office of the Vice-Principal Academic & Dean, as well as funding programs from other offices at U of T Scarborough and the University of Toronto.
Internal Funding Programs
The Professional Academic Coaching Fund (PACF) supports pedagogical and professional achievement, and the success of faculty at U of T Scarborough across a range of career stages, by providing access to coaching services to support them in their academic roles. Coaches provide personalized support in various areas including goal setting, work-life balance, productivity, leadership, network building, career planning, and working with personal neurodiverse needs, etc. The practice of working with a coach to support personal career goals, common in other professions, is starting to catch on in academia. Faculty at U of T Scarborough who are full time, or have a part-time continuous appointment, are eligible to apply for an award of up to $3,000.
The Mid-Career and Promotion (MidPro) Fund aims to support mid-career UTSC teaching and tenure stream faculty pursuing professional opportunities that advance their progress toward promotion to Professor or Professor, Teaching Stream. Deadline: February 8, 2024. Questions? Contact deanhr.utsc@utoronto.ca.
Congratulations to the following award winners:
Racial Futurity: Family, Slavery, and the Invention of White Womanhood in Early Modernity
Urvashi Chakravarty, Department of English, Associate Professor
Publishing SoTL Articles on New Teaching and Learning Initiatives and Alternative Assessments in Chemistry Education
Shadi Dalili, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Belongings: On the Virtues and Values of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies Education in Canada
Barry Freeman, Department of Arts, Culture & Media, Associate Professor
Globalizing Africana Feminist Economics: A Research Agenda in the US, Ghana and the UK
Caroline Hossein, Department of Global Development Studies, Associate Professor
Cold War Allegory: Prisons and Terror in Latin America
Christopher Krupa, Department of Anthropology, Associate Professor
The Question of Treason: Just Rebellion, State Violence and Colonial Law
Bhavani Raman, Department of Historical & Cultural Studies, Associate Professor
Professional Wrestling in the Ring, on the Page, and in the Classroom
Daniel Tysdal, Department of English, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Public Broadcasting, Diversity, and Discourse
Sherry Yu, Department of Arts, Culture & Media, Associate Professor
As part of the 2023-24 Year of Mentorship, the Office of the Vice-Principal Academic & Dean (OVPD) will pilot a Mentoring Partnership Fund to support a culture of mentorship at UTSC amongst teaching and tenure stream faculty and librarians. This pilot will draw on funds previously administered through the Mentorship Initiatives Fund (MIF). Deadline: February 22, 2024. Questions? Contact deanhr.utsc@utoronto.ca
Congratulations to the following recipients:
Establishing department-wide and inter-departmental professional learning communities that promote student-centred, inclusive teaching practices while fostering social connectivity and belonging for faculty
- Aarthi Ashok, Department of Biological Sciences, Professor, Teaching Stream
- Eliana Gonzales-Vigil, Department of Biological Sciences, Assistant Professor
- Shelley Brunt, Department of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
- Eyal Gruntman, Department of Biological Sciences, Assistant Professor
Collaborative partners
- Christine Wong, Department of Health & Society, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
- Marcelo Ponce, Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
- Nicholas Spence, Department of Health & Society, Assistant Professor
- Karen Smith, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
- Stuart Livingstone, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
- Sarah Shujah, Liaison Librarian, Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Human Geography, UTSC Library
Peer Mentorship: Forming an Equity-Based Community of Research, Pedagogy & Care
- Nicole Bernhardt, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor
Collaborative partners
- Erica Cardwell, Department of English, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
- Bahar Hashemi, Department of Sociology, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
One Dish, One Spoon Retreat - Shared Indigenous Knowledge in Higher Education Curriculum Design
- Heidi Daxberger, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Collaborative partners
- Tanzina Mohsin, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
- Donald Butler, Department of Anthropology, Assistant Professor
- Elizabeth O'Brien, Liason Librarian, UTSC Library
Creating a UTSC Faculty and Librarian EDI Community of Practice
- Jessica Dere, Department of Psychology, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
- Joanna Heathcote, Department of Management, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Collaborative partners
- Kosha Bramesfeld, Department of Psychology, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
- Juvénal Ndayiragije, Department of Language Studies, Associate Professor
- George Quan Fun, Department of Management, Professor, Teaching Stream
- Bebhinn Treanor, Department of Biological Sciences, Professor
- Andre Wang, Department of Psychology, Assistant Professor
Harambee - The Black & Muslim Feminist Collective
- Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Department of Global Development Studies, Associate Professor
Collaborative partners
- Afua Cooper, Department of Historical & Cultural Studies, Professor
- Husseina Dinani, Department of Historical & Cultural Studies, Department of Global Development Studies, Assistant Professor
- Notisha Massaquoi, Department of Health & Society, Assistant Professor
Peer Mentorship Network for Neurodivergent and Autistic Educators
- Nancy Johnston, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Collaborative partners
- Sarah Fedko, Liaison Librarian, Centre for Teaching and Learning, UTSC Library
- Andrew Cooper, Department of Psychology, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
Sensory, affective, imaginative and land-based pedagogy mentoring circle
- Nicole Klenk, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor
- Erin Webster, Department of Arts, Culture & Media, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
- Danielle Kwan-Lafond, Department of Sociology, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Collaborative partners
- Alen Hadzovic, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, Professor, Teaching Stream
- Eliana Gonzales-Vigil, Department of Biological Sciences, Assistant Professor
- Paulina Rousseau, Liason Librarian, UTSC Library
- Ann MacDonald, Department of Arts, Culture & Media, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
The Transformative Teaching & Learning Funds (TTLF) aim to strengthen collaborative, research-informed curriculum and teaching innovation and communities of practice; enhance our capacity to deliver high quality education both in person and online; advance institutional commitments to inclusive teaching and learning; and facilitate initiatives related to experiential learning and global classrooms.
The TTLF consists of three pillars: Teaching Enhancement Grants, Experiential Learning Fund, and Pedagogies of Inclusive Excellence.
The Professional/Pedagogical Development Support Fund (PPF) was established by the Office of the VicePrincipal Academic & Dean in 2018 to support Professional or Pedagogical Development by continuing track Teaching Stream faculty of all ranks at U of T Scarborough. For the 2022-23 academic year, each U of T Scarborough full-time and part-time, continuing track Teaching Stream faculty member is eligible to receive up to $1,000, pro-rated based on percentage appointment, to support Professional or Pedagogical Development activities that have or will take place between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023. The VDFAES expects that this is the last year that the PPF fund will be offered, and that it will be replaced with other mechanisms of comparable amounts beginning in the 2023-24 academic year.
The Office of the Vice-Principal Academic & Dean has established a Pedagogical/Professional Development Grant (PPG) to support teaching innovation and leadership by continuing track Teaching Stream faculty. This competitive grant may be used by full-time and part-time Teaching Stream faculty with pedagogical/professional development expenses that outstrip the supplement provided through the Professional/Pedagogical Development Support Fund (PPF).
The Mentorship Initiatives Fund (MIF) supports grass-roots initiatives of U of T Scarborough Faculty or Librarians aimed at supporting career development through mentorship. The VDFAES expects that this is the last year that this fund will be offered, and that it will be replaced with other mechanisms of comparable amounts beginning in the 2023-24 academic year.
Check out the list of previously funded projects.
The Indigenous Course Development Grant supports permanent, full-time faculty members who wish to develop a new course or courses or new content in an existing course on indigenous topics. The grant is intended to provide faculty members with time and resources to build a constructive, on-going relationship with Indigenous communities and/or organizations.
