The 澳门六合彩开奖接口 (UTSC) Mentoring Excellence and Diversity Advisory Committee (MEAD) is a multidisciplinary group of faculty and librarians who advise the UTSC Vice-Dean Faculty Affairs, Equity, & Success (VDFAES) on strategic approaches to faculty and librarian career trajectories, mentorship and coaching, and professional development.
MEAD鈥檚 role includes:
- Advise the VDFAES on matters related to faculty and librarian career trajectories, mentorship and coaching, and professional development;
- Help ensure that VDFAES' efforts address the experiences of faculty and librarians who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ2S+, women, those with disabilities, and other members of equity-deserving groups;
- Support calls for and adjudication of proposals for VDFAES funding, including (but not only) Mentorship Initiative Fund proposals;
- Represent and advocate for faculty needs and interests at 澳门六合彩开奖接口 and the University of Toronto more broadly; and
- Support the VDFAES in their advocacy role.
MEAD鈥檚 membership comprises 10-21 faculty and librarians drawn equitably across academic units, tenure and teaching streams, disciplines, fields, and roles.
Read the for more information. Questions can be directed to Eileen Egan-Lee, Faculty Development Administrator.
MEAD Co-Chairs 2024-25
- Jessica Dere, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Psychology
- Matt Hoffman, Professor, Political Science
MEAD Membership 2024-25
- Maria Assif, Professor, Teaching Stream, English
- Leslie Chan, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Global Development Studies
- Jessica Dere, Associate Professor, Teaching, Psychology
- Matthew Hoffmann, Professor, Political Science
- Nancy Johnston, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Centre for Teaching & Learning
- Nicole Klenk, Associate Professor, Physical & Environmental Sciences
- Safieh Moghaddam, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Language Studies
- Natalie Rothman, Professor, Tenure, Historical & Cultural Studies
- Lola Rudin, Associate Librarian, User Services & Collections, UTSC Library
- Anthony Ruocco, Professor, Tenure, Psychology
- Mary Silcox, Professor, Anthropology
- Myrna Simpson, Professor, Physical & Environmental Sciences
- Kathleen Smith, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Computer & Mathematical Sciences
- Nirusha Thavarajah, Associate Professor, Teaching, Physical & Environmental Sciences
- Jason Weir, Professor, Biological Sciences
- Sherry Yu, Associate Professor, Arts, Culture & Media
Mentoring Excellence and Diversity (MEAD) events
2024-25 has been designated the Year Toward Restoration by the Vice-Dean Faculty Affairs, Equity, & Success. Restoration evokes the themes of rebuilding, repairing, relationality, and reconciliation; it suggests the need to slow down and to notice where more care is warranted.
Join colleagues on campus 15 October, 12-1:30 pm to kick off this year鈥檚 theme with a lunch discussion sponsored by the (MEAD) Advisory Committee to explore how university infrastructures are necessary for not just mentorship, but for how all our well-being might be 鈥渞epaired.鈥 Professor Leslie Chan will share insights from his co-authored paper . Lunch will be provided. Inquiries can be directed to Eileen Egan-Lee, Faculty Development Administrator.
The Mentorship Connections program aims to support Faculty and Librarians across the entire 澳门六合彩开奖接口 community. Mentorship models used in this program will include traditional mentor-mentee pairings, group mentoring and peer mentoring. More information.