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Reminder | Monitoring and Absence Due to Illness

Dear Families,

We wish to remind families of UCC policy regarding illness at school.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a healthy school environment, we kindly ask that you keep your child at home if they are exhibiting any signs of illness. This not only supports your child's recovery but also helps protect our entire school community. For further information, you may review UCC’s Health Policy for Monitoring and Absence Due to Illness.

Your cooperation ensures a safer space for all students and staff. Thank you for your understanding and support in keeping our community healthy.

UCC Nursing Team

Register | Casey Fellows events 

The UCC Casey Fellows Program for Mental Health and Student Wellbeing brings experts in the field of wellbeing to UCC. We’re delighted to introduce Dr. Niobe Way as this year’s Casey Fellow. Dr. Way is an internationally recognized professor of developmental psychology, specializing in social and emotional development at New York University and the author and co-author of nearly a hundred journal articles and books.

Casey Fellows Community Reads Book Club

This fall, the PPO and PO are co-hosting our Community Reads Book Club, featuring one of Dr. Way’s books, Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection. In her book, Dr. Way delves into boys’ relationships with their friends and how these critical relationships can shift throughout childhood, adolescence and young adulthood.

Dr. Way will be with us at the Prep on Tuesday, Nov. 26 for a book signing, from 4:30 to 5 p.m., and an in-person discussion, from 5 to 6 p.m. Please click here to register.

Casey Fellows Speaker Series: The Science of Connection with Dr. Niobe Way

Join Dr. Niobe Way for a compelling talk grounded in discoveries from her book Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection. 

Drawing from hundreds of interviews with adolescents, Deep Secrets reveals the ways in which we have been telling ourselves a false story about boys, friendships, and human nature. Boys in fact do share their deepest secrets and feelings with their closest male friends — but as they become older, they can become distrustful, lose these friendships, and feel isolated and alone. 

Given what we know about links between friendships and health, this is an urgently relevant topic in the wellbeing sphere. Don't miss the chance to hear from Dr. Way, including her insights into fostering these critical relationships as well as fundamental human skills. 

Click here to learn more and register for Dr. Way's talk in Weston Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 26. 

Reception starts at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 6:30 p.m.

Save the date | Festive Marketplace

Save the date! This year's Festive Marketplace will be held on Friday, Dec. 13, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Hewitt Athletic Centre, hosted by the Prep Parents’ and Parents’ Organizations.

Kick-off the holiday season with the whole family and make plans to visit and experience everything Festive Marketplace has to offer, including:

▪ Over 50 unique local artisan vendors offering an incredible shopping experience

▪ Bake sale with a delicious variety of treats

▪ Snowball Grab

▪ Student artwork

▪ Musical performances by UCC students

▪ And so much more!

For more information, visit the Festive Marketplace website. We look forward to seeing you there!

Financial Assistance applications

Financial Assistance applications for the 2025–26 academic year will once again be processed by Financial Aid for Canadian Students (FACS). This third-party service provides an independent assessment of the application and makes confidential recommendations directly to the College’s Financial Assistance review committee. Awards are made to eligible families on the basis of assessed need and may vary from year to year. You can complete the application online at Apple Financial Services. The application fee is $137.50.

Current families must apply or reapply by the Nov. 15 deadline so the College can ensure that all returning student applications are assessed and decisions made prior to a re-registration decision is required early in 2025.

The College’s finance office has included current data in an at-a-glance table to help day families determine whether or not they may qualify, along with some frequently asked questions around the application process. There’s some very helpful guidance material on the FACS site as well.

Sincerely,

Colleen Papulkas