TMU Resource Hub

The Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) serves as a collaborative hub at TMU for fostering transformative learning and teaching experiences that are student-centred, inclusive, applied, and that advance academic excellence. CELT provides a wealth of practical resources, educational technologies, and pedagogical expertise to support curricular innovation and excellence. You can browse the full range of teaching resources and programming on their website, including a full resource repository for quickly finding what you need.

Featured Resources:

• Best Practices: Explore evidence-based guides on a variety of educational topics tailored to enhance teaching effectiveness.

• Teaching Strategies: Access a range of strategies designed to support dynamic teaching.

• Faculty and Contract Lecturers: Find specialized resources and links that cater specifically to the needs of medical faculty.

  • Small Group Facilitation (+ some large group lecturing techniques)

  • Feedback

  • EDIA basics

CELT also hosts Podagogies: A Learning and Teaching Podcast that features discussions with a range of post-secondary educators who bring scholarship to students in innovative and surprising ways. Stay tuned for upcoming episodes focused specifically on medical education!

Want to learn more? Contact teachingcentre@torontomu.ca.

The Medical Library is part of Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries and works with the School of Medicine to ensure resources and services are available to support the research, teaching and study needs of the School of Medicine. 

Featured Resources:

• JAMA Evidence 

• Generative AI Guide

  • Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries' Generative AI Guide is a resource for understanding artificial intelligence. It offers clear definitions of AI and generative AI, explores different types of AI, and even provides a list of free AI tools you might find useful for text and image generation. The guide also crucially addresses academic integrity in the context of AI use, offering guidance on responsible and ethical practices, including when and how to cite AI tools. It's a current and evolving resource, reflecting the rapid changes in the field of AI.

Want to learn more? Contact medlibrary@torontomu.ca

The Office of the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion (OVPECI) can help you strategize ways to respond, build, adapt and enhance how you learn, teach and work to further reflect TMU’s values of equity, diversity and inclusion. We work in partnership to reduce barriers to access and inclusion for TMU students, faculty, staff and the broader community, while addressing systemic issues. The OVPECI is led by the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion, Dr. Tanya (Toni) De Mello.

The OVPECI is here to support you and can refer you to opportunities and resources that help you thrive at TMU. We aim to cultivate an environment in which all students, faculty and staff know that they belong. 

Our units

Research, Planning and Assessment

Equity data and diversity resources to help identify systemic barriers impacting faculty and staff from TMU’s six equity-deserving groups (women; First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples; Black people; racialized people; persons with disabilities; and 2SLGBTQ+ people) and make decisions with intention.

Human Rights Services

Coaching, advice and consultation to help respond to human rights concerns, as well as managing investigation and alternative resolutions of complaints.

Accessibility 

Identifying, removing and preventing barriers to inclusion for persons with disabilities and mental health challenges

Indigenous Initiatives

Culturally-supportive student support for First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Canadian Indigenous students and educational programming and the embedding of indigenous ways for all of our community.

Education, Awareness and Outreach

Educational programming, including community events and workshops, to engage with topics related to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Our events

The OVPECI hosts a variety of equity-related workshops and events throughout the academic year. Our Soup and Substance series invites TMU community members to enjoy a warm bowl of soup over open conversation on a range of diversity-related topics. Recent sessions have included: 

• Black History in the Making: The Federal Black Class Action Lawsuit 

• Innovations in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion across TMU

• Indigenous Women’s Leadership and Voices 

Equitable research

The Dimensions Program aims to increase EDI in scholarly, research and creative activities at the university. Each Faculty across TMU has a Dimensions team dedicated to increasing equitable access to research funding opportunities, promoting inclusive participation and embedding EDI considerations into research design and practices. 

The Presidential Implementation Committee to Confront Anti-Black Racism (PICCABR)

The PICCABR is a group of individuals and teams across the university leading the implementation of the 14 recommendations from the Anti-Black Racism Campus Climate Review published by the OVPECI in 2020. Some initiatives from the PICCABR include the Black Student Lounge, the Black Scholarship Institute, Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black Scholars and much more.

Gdoo-maawnjidimi Mompii Indigenous Student Services

Gdoo-maawnjidimi Mompii (“we gather here”) Indigenous Student Services offers culturally supportive programs and initiatives to Indigenous students ensuring access to specialized services that strike a balance between academic excellence and traditional teachings and culture.

Community networks

TMU is also home to a community of individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Our community networks and committees bring together students, faculty and staff from across the campus to foster community, create more inclusive spaces and address barriers on campus. Community networks at TMU include: 

• Asian Faculty and Staff Community Network 

• Black Faculty and Staff Community Network 

• Employees with Disabilities Community Network 

• First Nations, Métis and Inuit Community Group 

• Immigrant Employees Community Network 

• Jewish Employee Community Network 

• Latinx Employee Community Network 

• Muslim Employee Community Network 

• Parent Network 

• Positive Space Faculty and Staff Network 

• Sikh Employee Community Network

TMU is also home to over 600 student-led clubs and groups which bring together students with shared interests and experiences.

Get in touch

• Website: torontomu.ca/equity

• X/Twitter: @ECITorontoMet

• Instagram: @ECITorontoMet

• Email: equity@torontomu.ca

Key reports 

• Truth and Reconciliation Community Consultation Report (2018)

• Anti-Black Racism Campus Climate Review Report (2020)

• The Standing Strong (Mash Koh Wee Kah Pooh Win) Task Force (2021)

• Cultivating Black Flourishing Report (2024)

Policies and statements of commitment

• Academic Accommodation of Students with Disabilities (Policy 159) (2023)

• Accessibility Statement of Commitment (2021)

• Accommodation for Person with Disabilities Policy (2018)

• Accommodation of Religious Observances Policy (2018)

• Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Policy (2018) 

• Employment Equity Policy (2007)

• Student Wellbeing Health Equity Commitment Statement (2021)

• Sexual Violence Policy (to be updated in 2024)

• Student Code of Non-academic Conduct (Policy 61) (2021)

• Workplace Civility and Respect Policy (2016)

Accessibility guides

• Accessibility guides to creating inclusive environments

Teaching resources

• Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching | Learning and Teaching Resources

• Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching | Managing Difficult Conversations

Click here to learn more about the OVPFA.

The Office of the Vice-Provost, Research and Innovation (OVPRI) at TMU spearheads initiatives to address real-world challenges through scholarly, research, and creative (SRC) activities. The OVPRI is committed to fostering collaborations between faculty and industry partners, facilitating opportunities for students, and turning research into practical solutions.

Key Resources:

• Researcher Resources: Access essential tools and information to support your research endeavors.

• Departments and Units: Explore the various departments within OVPRI that contribute to our research excellence.

• Publications: Discover the latest research outputs and innovations from our community. 

Want to learn more? Contact OVPRI here.