Dear UCC Community,

I’m writing to share that Dr. Alejandro Adler has resigned as the dean of student life and wellbeing. Alejandro shared his decision to return to Mexico City to manage a personal situation with me earlier this week. I’m grateful to Alejandro for the support and passion he brought to the College’s wellbeing vision and for broadening our connections and learning in this area. We wish him all the best as he returns home.

I’m pleased to share that Tina Jagdeo assumes the role of interim director of wellbeing for the remainder of this academic year. This is an extension of Tina’s current wellbeing coordinator responsibilities, supporting student learning and connecting with families and the broader community. Over the past two years, Tina has had oversight of our day-to-day wellbeing programming and was deeply involved in the planning and execution of our recent Broaden and Build Wellbeing Summit, as well as the related reporting and analysis. Tina will continue to work across the College to deliver exceptional programming to students and to further our wellbeing value. 

Our health centre team including counselling and student support staff will continue to work in conjunction with their respective heads of school. The high level of attention and individualized care they offer remains in place and accessible to all students and their families. Additionally, colleagues delivering student life programming including our Norval, athletics, community service and Horizons teams continue to work with the heads of school to offer exceptional learning opportunities to students. 

In the new year, we’ll review the student life and wellbeing portfolio and consider how we can best resource this area to offer optimum experiences, support and learning to our students and community. 

Sincerely, 

Sam McKinney
Principal

Registration for UCC Summer Day Camps is now open! A fun and engaging way to spend summer, UCC offers 23 diverse summer programs, including technology, sports, arts, and leadership camps for children aged 4 to 16. 

To learn more, see the brochure. For further details and to register, click here. 

Don't miss out on this awesome opportunity!

A reminder that the final day of classes is Thursday, Dec. 21. The College will be closed from Friday, Dec. 22 to Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Classes resume on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.

Please note that the weekly Association Family Skate at the William P. Wilder ’40 Arena & Sports Complex will be cancelled on Sunday, Dec. 17, Sunday, Dec. 24 and Sunday, Dec. 31. The family skate will resume on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.

We are proud to announce that UCC’s annual Mother’s Day Drive is back!  

Last year your donations meant more than 170 women at Ernestine's Women's Shelter and Women's Habitat received much loved gift bags of toiletries from their children on Mother’s Day. On behalf of these families living at the shelters and being supported in the outreach programs, as well as the staff at the shelters, we want to say how grateful we are for your generous donations that brought joy to so many moms!  

In Canada, on any given night, over 6,000 women and children sleep in a shelter because it isn’t safe at home. The pandemic saw dramatic increases in women seeking support from shelters, and with the current steep rise in the cost of food, items like toiletries are often the first to be cut from the shopping list.