Annual Review - University of Toronto Scarborough

Utsc
HIgHLIgHTS
291
FACUlTy MeMbeRS
wITh 24 New FACUlTy
hIReS IN 2010,
which represents a 10-per-cent
year-over-year increase. UTSC is
expanding its faculty, and we’re
attracting top professors from
across the country and the globe.
best of all Worlds
UTSC launches a new identity based on a dual commitment
to academic excellence and meaningful engagement with
the world-at-large. The UTSC community is made up of active
learners drawn from all over the globe, determined to use
what we discover – through investigation, collaboration and
experience – to make our world a better place. At UTSC,
faculty contribute to cutting-edge knowledge in their fields,
where the finest students are taught by the finest professors.
But it is also a place where the young leaders of tomorrow
get a head-start on their careers through innovative programs
that include experiential learning opportunities.
25%
will result when the new Instructional Centre opens
at the corner of Military Trail and ellesmere Road.
increase in
Academic Space
two new academic departments
of english and Philosophy have been created to enhance teaching, learning and
research. The new academic structure of nine departments reflects the maturation
of UTSC’s academic programs in both complexity and scale.
350,000 sq ft
oF woRlD-ClASS FITNeSS SPACe
is planned for the UTSC campus as a result of its partnership for the 2015
Pan Am games. The new Aquatic Centre & Field House Complex will be ready for
the Toronto games and will be jointly owned and operated by the City of Toronto
and UTSC in perpetuity.
New state-ofthe-art
Data Centre
represents the single largest investment in information
technology in our history and positions UTSC at the
forefront of the digital world.
$7,641,000
has been invested in campus renewal, including study spaces,
classrooms and laboratories. Improved technical infrastructure
has enabled UTSC labs to reach a new level of complexity
in their ability to support leading research.
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