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The collections housed on this site include blogs, audiograms, and video shorts conceived and produced by members of our research team, as well as a selection of the oral history interviews that we have conducted over the years. These materials are searchable by format, theme, and tag, which can be filtered using the search tool in the left-hand sidebar below.
UTSC is currently undergoing a phase of unprecedented growth. This can largely be attributed to the various pressures exerted by the school’s ever-expanding student body: more students mean a need for more faculty, more programs, and, crucially, more space. On this last point, the university is making substantial progress, with several new instructional, research, and […]
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, Campus Growth, Community, Environment, Featured, Women
January 5, 2024
Will Kwan, an artist who studied in the Arts Management program at UTSC from 1997 to 2002, recounts his time at UTSC both as a student and later (2007) as an Associate Professor. Will identified first and foremost as an artist as he goes on to describe career trajectories in the art world and how […]
Tags: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arts, Buildings and Facilities, Campus Growth, Community, Diversity, Faculty, Safety, Students
December 12, 2023
Will Kwan, a UTSC alum who currently works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media, shares memories of his time working as an undergraduate student in the Fine Arts Studio, which was once housed in the space now occupied by the UTSC Bookstore.
Tags: 1990s, 2000s, Arts, Buildings and Facilities, Community, Faculty, Students
A lifelong resident of Scarborough, Kevin Wright, reflects upon UTSC theatre production and the larger campus. A theatre production manager in the Leigha Lee Browne Theatre and course instructor in the Arts, Culture, and Media Department since 1995, he discusses joining UTSC at a transitional time of technological change, as well as reflecting upon the […]
Tags: Buildings and Facilities, Campus Growth, Drama, Faculty, Technology, Television
December 11, 2023
Kevin Wright, former Production Manager of the Leigha Leigh Browne Theatre on campus, talks about the challenges associated with the original television studio and its eventual evolution into the theatre we know today.
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arts, Buildings and Facilities, Technology, Television
Adrian De Leon discusses his rationale for attending UTSC in 2012 and reflects upon his time as Vice President of Academics for the SCSU (Scarborough Campus Students’ Union) and as part of the tri-campus Governing Council. Prompted to speak on themes of community, inclusion, and exclusion, De Leon recounts staging a sit-in at the UTSC […]
Tags: 2010s, Activism, BIPOC, Diversity, Extracurricular, Racism, Students
December 10, 2023
Adrian De Leon, a UTSC alum, discusses perceptions of UTSC within the larger University of Toronto community, including the discrimination to which the campus is subject due to its largely racialized, working class student body.
Tags: 2010s, Activism, BIPOC, Community, Diversity, Extracurricular, Immigration, Racism, Students
Professor Franca Iacovetta joined the History program in the Division of Humanities at UTSC in 1990, the first hire in 13 years and the second woman in the program. Franca is now a retired preeminent scholar of immigration/ women’s history. She shares a bit of her earlier life history and her “calling” as a feminist […]
Tags: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Campus Growth, Feminism, Gender and Sexuality, Identity, Safety, Transportation
December 6, 2023
Tanya Mars, retired Senior Lecturer, discusses her less conventional road to becoming a performance artist and then senior lecturer and program director at UTSC. Her story begins in the 1960s in the American Midwest and from there to Montreal and university in 1967. She describes her work in the 70s and 80s as begin an […]
Tags: 1960s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Diversity, Faculty, Gender and Sexuality
Amorell Saunders N’Daw describes her work in administration at UTSC beginning in 2002 and living in Scarborough since 1994. She discusses her life journey, including growing up with fewer advantages and overcoming challenges while also trying to be a good parent to her kids. Amorell has held the positions of marketing and communications, public relations […]
Tags: 2000s, 2010s, Administration, Diversity, Equity, Family, Leadership, Mentorship
