Campaigns & Advocacy
Your Students' Union is here to work for you. There are many issues that concern us as students, and we want to hear what issues concern YOU the most. Select one of the issues to the left for more information, OR contact one of our Commissions to get involved!
U.T.S.U. Commissions are your chance to get involved with the your students' union. If you want to make a difference, if you have concerns about the student experience at UofT, if you want us to organise an event or campaign or if you just want your voice to be heard, become part of a Commission.
Membership is open to all full-time undergraduate students!
Community Action
Do you think education is a right and not a privilege? Concerned about corporate attacks on the right to affordable and quality education, health, transit and other public services? Join the Community Action Commission to meet like-minded students. Be the change you want to see in the world.
Contact: vpexternal@utsu.ca
Campus Life
As a Commission trying to build a social community, Campus Life aims to create a safe and inclusive atmosphere for all students. The Campus Life Commission organizes events and campaigns addressing diverse interests and student life issues. Join us for this opportunity to shape the social calendar.
Contact: vpcampuslife@utsu.ca
Social Justice and Equity
This Commission advocates on issues of ableism, ageism, racism, sexism, queerphobia, transphobia, islamophobia, classism, and eurocentrism; advocates for the rights of marginalized members of our community; and ensures the University addresses discrimination and oppression in their overt, subvert, systemtemic and individual forms.
Contact: vpequity@utsu.ca
Sustainability
Help reduce the size of UofT’s environmental footprint! We’re working to ban bottled water on campus, support campus agriculture, encourage the University to invest its money ethically, and help UofT set real targets for emissions reductions.
Contact: sustainability@utsu.ca
Academic and Student Rights
Do you care about the quality of your in-class experience? Think that students’ rights are important? This group is the one to get involved with if you want to make a difference on campus and help to build a stronger, empowered community. We’re especially looking for researchers, committee reps, writers, and designers, but everyone is needed!
Contact: vpua@utsu.ca
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Student Rights
Here is a quick list of our student rights for your reference. If you have any questions about your rights, please contact U.T.S.U. Vice-President University Affairs at vpua@utsu.ca.
U.T.S.U. Commissions are your chance to get involved with the your students' union. If you want to make a difference, if you have concerns about the student experience at UofT, if you want us to organise an event or campaign or if you just want your voice to be heard, become part of a Commission.
Membership is open to all full-time undergraduate students!
Community Action
Do you think education is a right and not a privilege? Concerned about corporate attacks on the right to affordable and quality education, health, transit and other public services? Join the Community Action Commission to meet like-minded students. Be the change you want to see in the world.
Contact: vpexternal@utsu.ca
Campus Life
As a Commission trying to build a social community, Campus Life aims to create a safe and inclusive atmosphere for all students. The Campus Life Commission organizes events and campaigns addressing diverse interests and student life issues. Join us for this opportunity to shape the social calendar.
Contact: vpcampuslife@utsu.ca
Social Justice and Equity
This Commission advocates on issues of ableism, ageism, racism, sexism, queerphobia, transphobia, islamophobia, classism, and eurocentrism; advocates for the rights of marginalized members of our community; and ensures the University addresses discrimination and oppression in their overt, subvert, systemtemic and individual forms.
Contact: vpequity@utsu.ca
Sustainability
Help reduce the size of UofT’s environmental footprint! We’re working to ban bottled water on campus, support campus agriculture, encourage the University to invest its money ethically, and help UofT set real targets for emissions reductions.
Contact: sustainability@utsu.ca
Academic and Student Rights
Do you care about the quality of your in-class experience? Think that students’ rights are important? This group is the one to get involved with if you want to make a difference on campus and help to build a stronger, empowered community. We’re especially looking for researchers, committee reps, writers, and designers, but everyone is needed!
Contact: vpua@utsu.ca
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Student Rights
Here is a quick list of our student rights for your reference. If you have any questions about your rights, please contact U.T.S.U. Vice-President University Affairs at vpua@utsu.ca.
- I have the right to own my work and refuse to use turnitin.com
- I have the right to a fair process and representation if accused of academic misconduct
- I have the right to study and work on assignments with others in my classes
- I have the right to submit hand-written essays and assignments
- I have the right to have reasonable access to my professors for consultation
- I have the right to practice my faith without academic penalty and with reasonable accommodation from my professors
- I have the right to have no assignment worth 100% of my final grade
- I have the right to privacy of my grades
- I have the right to petition any mark for any test or assignment if I think that it was marked unfairly or incorrectly
- I have the right to challenge racist, sexist, Eurocentric, or otherwise offensive teaching and behaviour in my classes
- I have the right to a safe classroom space
- I have the right to express my thoughts about activities of the University without reprisal
- I have the right to join and participate in extra-curricular groups