Events
The University of Toronto is a busy place – every day offers new opportunities to explore, experience and learn about what makes U of T special. Here are just some of the upcoming events happening across our community.
Upcoming U of T events
| Events | Date | Faculty / Department |
|---|---|---|
| ChemE Master of Engineering (MEng) Online Application Support Drop-In | September 29, 2026 | Engineering |
| University of Toronto at Mississauga Graduate & Professional Schools Fair2026 | September 29, 2026 | Munk |
| Finn Parks, Horn | September 29, 2026 | Music |
| AI and Your Learning: Getting Started with Research and Brainstorming | September 29, 2026 | OISE |
| The Hart House Sketchbook | September 29, 2026 | Harthouse |
Alumni
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Public History Lab: Hitler and Stalin Today by Professor Timothy Snyder | July 20 to December 18, 2026 |
| U of T Alumni Virtual Book Club — The Glass Chateau | July 31 to October 2, 2026 |
| What's so vanilla about vanilla? Find out how it made history as more than a spice. | September 16 to October 31, 2026 |
| Things Fall Apart | September 26 to December 20, 2026 |
| Graduate & Professional Schools Fair at UTM Campus | September 29, 2026 |
Black Research Network
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Beyond Inclusion: Afro-Can and the Making of Black Student Life | October 1, 2026 |
| BRN 5th Anniversary Social | October 2, 2026 |
| Community-Engaged Research from Principles to Practice 1: Cultivating Community Engagement and Communication | October 6, 2026 |
| BRN Academic Practice Lab: Navigating Workload, Well-Being and Research Momentum | October 15, 2026 |
| 2026 EPIC Symposium | October 16, 2026 |
CANSSI Ontario
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| 2026 Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistical Sciences: Daniela Witten | October 1, 2026 |
| 2026 Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistical Sciences: Daniela Witten | October 1 to October 2, 2026 |
| 2026 Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistical Sciences: Daniela Witten | October 2, 2026 |
| STAGE ISSS: Francesca Chiaromonte | October 9, 2026 |
| STAGE ISSS: Kevin Lin | November 6, 2026 |
Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| BMO Lab Open Studios | September 25 to December 4, 2026 |
| Fall 2026 BMO Lab Lectures: Fabian Offert | September 30, 2026 |
| BMO Lab Fall 2026 Lectures: Fabian Offert | September 30, 2026 |
| Fall 2026 BMO Lab Lectures: Elizabeth Hunter | October 6, 2026 |
| BMO Lab Fall 2026 Lectures: Elizabeth Hunter | October 6, 2026 |
Centre for Entrepreneurship
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| CfE Connects Lunch & Launch: Spooky Startup Stories | October 28, 2026 |
Centre for Research & Innovation Support
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| MPH in Black Health Information Sessions | September 24 to December 26, 2026 |
| MPH in Black Health Information Sessions | September 25 to December 25, 2026 |
| SharePoint for Research: What Every Researcher Should Know | September 29, 2026 |
| The future of Influenza & COVID-19 vaccines in publicly funded Canadian vaccination programs | September 29, 2026 |
| MPH: Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH) Information Session | September 30, 2026 |
Department of Philosophy
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Martin Adam, University of Victoria) | October 2, 2026 |
| Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Research Interest Group (Adam Pautz, Brown) | October 2, 2026 |
| Linguistic Internalism and Externalism: Bridging Medieval and Contemporary Thought | October 3, 2026 |
| History of Philosophy Research Group Talk (Bridger Ehli, IU-Bloomington) | October 15, 2026 |
| 2026 Annual Toronto Graduate Philosophy Conference | October 16 to October 17, 2026 |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Tech@RBC Insider Series — Debug, design, deliver: Real-world problem solving | September 29, 2026 |
| Indigenous Film Collective Presents: If an Owl Calls Your Name | September 29, 2026 |
| ChemE Master of Engineering (MEng) Online Application Support Drop-In | September 29, 2026 |
| 2026 Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | September 30, 2026 |
| Graduate Studies in CivMin: Info Session & Admissions Q&A | October 1, 2026 |
Faculty of Arts & Science
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Distinguished Lecture Series: Determinations: Theory and Practice | September 29, 2026 |
| Venture Creation Series: Patent Strategy for Entrepreneurs | September 29, 2026 |
| 2026-27 R. K. Teetzel Lecture in Architecture | September 29, 2026 |
| As Loud as Freedom: Curatorial Dialogue on Post-Independence Nigerian Artist Practices | September 30, 2026 |
| Mooktie's Story: A Transnational Microhistory of Deafness/Disability, 1894–1916 — IHPST Colloquium | September 30, 2026 |
Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Music Garden to Trillium Park Urban Hike | September 30, 2026 |
| MoveU Refresh & Recharge | October 28, 2026 |
Faculty of Music
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Finn Parks, Horn | September 29, 2026 |
| Carmine Coccimiglio, Guitar | October 1, 2026 |
Fields Institute
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Annual Meeting for the a Quantum Alliance Project on Sensing | October 6, 2026 |
| 2026 Fields Medal Symposium: Hugo Duminil-Copin | October 13 to October 16, 2026 |
| NSERC CREATE-MIPPH Professional Development Event | October 16, 2026 |
| Optimal Transport Workshop | October 19 to October 23, 2026 |
| Workshop on Foundation Models for Cosmology and Particle Physics | October 20 to October 22, 2026 |
Hart House
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| The Weekly Social Stop | September 29, 2026 |
| Hart House Orchestra Auditions | September 29, 2026 |
| Darkroom Artist-in-Residence Open Hours | September 29, 2026 |
| The Hart House Sketchbook | September 29, 2026 |
| Hart House Hubs | September 29, 2026 |
Jackman Humanities Institute
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| 2026 JHI New Faculty Salon | October 1, 2026 |
| Varieties of Uniqueness: Defying Duplication | October 8, 2026 |
| Defending the Intellectual: Lessons from Ancient Greece | October 20, 2026 |
| Queer & Trans Negativity Working Group: Meeting 2 | October 21, 2026 |
| Queer & Trans Negativity Working Group: Meeting 3 | November 18, 2026 |
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| What might it mean to ‘dig where you stand’? | September 29, 2026 |
| Visual Studies Public Lecture: Harlan Levey | September 29, 2026 |
| Community for Belonging Reading Group — Water, Trees, Land: Communal Agency in a Grand Ecological Narrative | October 1, 2026 |
| Leading with Landscape: Toronto's Waterfront Transformation | October 1, 2026 |
| Film screening – “Aurand / Beavers: Architecture and Dwelling” | October 5, 2026 |
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Mental Health First Aid Training for Pharmacists | October 1, 2026 |
| Discovery and Development of M4K2009 for the Treatment of Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG): An Open Science Approach | October 2, 2026 |
| Open House: Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences | October 15, 2026 |
| Virtual Open House: PharmD for Pharmacists Program | November 26, 2026 |
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| AI and Your Learning: Getting Started with Research and Brainstorming | September 29, 2026 |
| From "EDI" to Community and Belonging: Intersectional Praxis, Relational Leadership, and the Co-Creation of Just Communities | September 30, 2026 |
| Canadian Contexts of Critical AI Literacy | September 30, 2026 |
| Save the date: OISE Mentorship Program Launch Event | October 1, 2026 |
| JICS Centennial Golf Championship — Fore the Future! | October 2, 2026 |
Rotman School of Management
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Jill Lepore on "The Rise of the Artificial State" | September 30, 2026 |
| Harvard’s Ranjay Gulati on “How to Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage” | November 11, 2026 |
St. Michael’s College
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| St. Mike’s Annual Book Sale 2026 | September 30, 2026 |
| The Qur’anic Mary as a Bridgebuilder between Religions: A Lecture and Discussion with Prof Klaus von Stosch | October 6, 2026 |
| Collegium Annual General Meeting | October 7, 2026 |
| Fall 2026 Senate Meeting | October 19, 2026 |
School of Cities
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Leading with Landscape: Symposium & Exhibition | October 1, 2026 |
| Smart as a City: The politics of test-bed urbanism | October 5, 2026 |
| Voice the Vote: Film screening | October 6, 2026 |
| City Politics in Canada: Forty years of continuity and change | October 15, 2026 |
| Knowledge Café: Data, belonging, and the algorithmic city | October 21, 2026 |
School of the Environment
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Chemical Pollution and Sustainability: International Perspectives | September 30, 2026 |
| Environment Seminar Series: Repowering the Global Economy with Kirsty Gogan | September 30, 2026 |
| Karuara: People of the River (Film Screening & Presentation) | October 1, 2026 |
| MES Virtual Open House 2026 | October 7, 2026 |
| MES In-Person Open House 2026 | October 7, 2026 |
Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| SRI Seminar Series: Onur Bakiner, “Governing AI: The state of play” | October 7, 2026 |
| SRI Seminar Series: Huili Chen, “Understanding in intelligent machines” | October 21, 2026 |
| The Human Variable: Psychology for the AI Age | October 28, 2026 |
| SRI Seminar Series: Thomas Ristenpart, “For all tomorrow’s survivors: Computer security in interpersonal threat models” | November 4, 2026 |
| SRI Seminar Series: Lydia T. Liu, “Expertise in age of human-AI collaboration” | November 18, 2026 |
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Get Talking! Where can translational research take you? Career paths and perspectives from TRP | September 30, 2026 |
| 2026 Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth & | September 30, 2026 |
| 2026 Distinguished Lecture in Statistical Sciences with Daniela | October 1 to October 2, 2026 |
| 8th Cardio-Rheumatology | October 2, 2026 |
| Temerty Centre Speaker Series: Dr. William Tran (Oct. | October 2, 2026 |
Trinity College
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Truth Telling in the Academy – Getting History Right | September 29, 2026 |
| 2026 Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Commemoration | September 30, 2026 |
| Bill Graham Centre | Operation Sparrow: The Spy’s Trapdoor to Juno Beach – a talk by Jason Bell | October 1, 2026 |
| Sacred Music in a Sacred Space | October 2, 2026 |
| Timothy Snyder in conversation with Nora Krug: moderated by Trinity’s Dean of Arts Professor Hang-Sun Kim | October 20, 2026 |
U of T Entrepreneurship
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Build with Gemini 2026 | August 16 to October 14, 2026 |
| Patent Strategy for Entrepreneurs | September 29, 2026 |
| CEO Roundtable | September 30, 2026 |
| MedCP Lessons from Leaders | September 30, 2026 |
| Company and Competitor Research | October 1, 2026 |
U of T Mississauga
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Graduate & Professional Schools Fair - Students | September 29, 2026 |
| All-Nations Powwow | October 3, 2026 |
U of T St. George
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth & Reconciliation | September 30, 2026 |
U of T Scarborough
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| We're Not Really Strangers: Campfire Conversations | October 1, 2026 |
| 2026 Graduate & Professional Schools Fair | October 1, 2026 |
Victoria College
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Vic Global Learning Abroad Fair | October 8, 2026 |
| VWA | Victoria University's Indigenous Healing Garden | October 28, 2026 |
| Day with Emmanuel 2026 | November 14, 2026 |
| VWA | The Art of Spanish Perfume (and One “Wild” Woman) | November 25, 2026 |