Original Communication – Information Security Website: June 02, 2023

Information Security is piloting a training program to deliver security awareness courses. The Security Awareness Training Program (SATP) aims to build a security-aware culture across the University and equip staff, faculty and students with knowledge, practices, and technologies needed to protect themselves and the University against security threats.

The University maintains an institutional registration in the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, which offers independent professional development, training, and a mentoring community for faculty members, postdocs, and graduate students. The Provost’s Office will contribute 50% of the cost associated with the Faculty Success Program or the Post-Tenure Pathfinders Program. The deadline to apply to this year’s Faculty Success Program is July 21 with an early-bird deadline of July 19.

Original Communication – Research Alerts: June 01, 2023

This new permit will allow U of T researchers to possess, examine and work with cannabis and cannabinoid products in U of T-controlled spaces under the University’s Health Canada research licenses. Applications can be submitted via the online Cannabis Research Permit Application. Once a permit is granted, researchers will be enrolled in the University’s online inventory program to assist with recordkeeping and inventory management.

Original Communication – Research Alerts: May 31, 2023

The Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO) is your first stop for research commercialization at U of T. IPO helps turn innovations into patents, licenses, and startups, and builds successful relationships between researchers, industry, and investors.

In 2021, U of T inventors made over 180 invention disclosures, with IPO managing over 75 priority patent applications, more than 40 licensing and option agreements, and 290 ongoing commercialization projects. In the last 5 years, companies based on U of T Research have secured more than $1.5 billion in investment and capital.