Rowena Alfonso, a University of Toronto alumna, speaks about the differences between the university’s St. George and Scarborough campuses, describing UTSC’s sense of community as a quality that makes the school truly unique.
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Teaching at UTSC has been the best experience. I’ve taught at St. George for two years, and it can’t even compare.
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Primarily because there are more people of colour here, there are working class students. And they reflect my own background.
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And I see them in community. I see them at church near my home, where I didn’t expect to see anybody. I’ve seen them at the mall. So that feeling that I am part of a community has been really fulfilling.
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I think the student groups, they really try to foster that sense of community. I’ve never seen a place where the student groups are so engaged to move forward in the same direction [as] the community.
