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 |
|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Education Network (IEN) Orientation Events 2026 | September 3 to September 16, 2026 | OISE |
| 2026 Faculty Orientation Events | September 3, 2026 | Engineering |
| S&E at Club’s Fair | September 3, 2026 | Spaces |
| 2026 Language Friendly School Conference: Amsterdam, NL | September 4, 2026 | OISE |
| IGNITE: Academic Orientation | September 4, 2026 | NewCollege |
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 |
| Vancouver, BC: Bard on the Beach — Antigone | September 5, 2026 |
| Labour Day Carillon Recital | September 7, 2026 |
| Scott Schieman on 'I Want M.O.R.E: Why Your Job Still Matters' | September 9, 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 |
| 2026 EPIC Symposium | October 16, 2026 |
| 2026 Climate & Health Conference | October 23, 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 |
|---|---|
| Fifty Key Performance Artists Book Launch | September 11, 2026 |
| Fall 2026 BMO Lab Lectures: Fabian Offert | September 30, 2026 |
| Fall 2026 BMO Lab Lectures: Elizabeth Hunter | October 6, 2026 |
| Fall 2026 BMO Lab Lectures: Kenneth Collins | October 14, 2026 |
| Fall 2026 BMO Lab Lectures: Liz Santoro and Pierre Godard | October 21, 2026 |
Centre for Entrepreneurship
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| CfE Connects Lunch & Launch: Speed Connections | September 23, 2026 |
| CfE Connects Lunch & Launch: Spooky Startup Stories | October 28, 2026 |
Centre for Research & Innovation Support
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Research Tools and Instruments: Live Q&A – English Session - September 8, 2026 | September 8, 2026 |
| Discovery Grants: Live Q&A – English Session - September 10, 2026 | September 10, 2026 |
| Discovery Grants: Live Q&A – English Session - September 15, 2026 | September 15, 2026 |
| A World First: From Bench to Bedside Advancing Regenerative Medicine Through Compassionate Access and Clinical Research | September 15, 2026 |
| Equity Guiding Questions tool | September 15, 2026 |
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Tree-Based Machine Learning Methods Workshop | September 11, 2026 |
| What Questions Are Possible? | September 17, 2026 |
| NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) Grant: Strategies for Success – Sept. 18, 2026 | September 18, 2026 |
| Health Inc Seminar Series Season 6, Episode 1 | Toward vaccine equity: Commercial forces, technological platforms and the race to develop the Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine | September 24, 2026 |
| MPH in Black Health Information Sessions | September 24 to December 26, 2026 |
Department of Philosophy
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| What Does It Mean that the Idea Is the truth | September 4, 2026 |
| Workshop on Hegel’s Sole Idea with Mark Alznauer | September 5, 2026 |
| 2026 Philosophy Department Book Sale | September 9, 2026 |
| An Unusual Zoroastrian Solution to the Problem of Evil | September 11, 2026 |
| Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Daniel Nolan, UC Santa Cruz) | September 11, 2026 |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| 2026 Faculty Orientation Events | September 3, 2026 |
| Closed for Labour Day | September 7, 2026 |
| ChemE Master of Engineering (MEng) Online Application Support Drop-In | September 8, 2026 |
| Mentorship 101 – Become an alumni mentor! | September 10, 2026 |
| Welcome to Graduate School 2026 | September 11, 2026 |
Faculty of Arts & Science
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Arts & Science Welcome Fair | September 8, 2026 |
| CJ Jones, Liturgical Books, Religious Bodies: Designing Manuscripts for Monastic Ritual in the Late Mid... | September 11, 2026 |
| CV & Personal Statement Webinar for Life Science Grad School Applicants | September 16, 2026 |
| Slow is Fast: Growing Your Venture and Yourself | September 24, 2026 |
| Venture Creation Series: Patent Strategy for Entrepreneurs | September 29, 2026 |
Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| MoveU Skate Series: Queers On Ice | September 15, 2026 |
| The 2026 Tanenbaum Institute for Science in Sport Conference | September 18, 2026 |
| MoveU Skate Series | September 23, 2026 |
| MoveU Refresh & Recharge | October 28, 2026 |
Faculty of Music
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| RPO Grad Workshop #1c - Meet the RPO | September 9, 2026 |
| RPO Grad Workshop #2c - Canada Graduate Research Scholarship (CGRS D) Preparation | September 9, 2026 |
| RPO Grad Workshop #3 - CGRS D Peer Review | September 16, 2026 |
| Yanfeng Pan, Piano | September 19, 2026 |
| Jade Hails, Percussion | September 26, 2026 |
Fields Institute
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Fields-CNAM Nonlinear Days 2026 | September 14 to September 18, 2026 |
| MathEd Forum: Sep 26, 2026 / Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award Lecture: Jennifer Holm | September 26, 2026 |
| 2026 Fields Medal Symposium: Hugo Duminil-Copin | October 13 to October 16, 2026 |
| Optimal Transport Workshop | October 19 to October 23, 2026 |
| Optimization Modelling in Business and Government | October 28 to October 30, 2026 |
Hart House
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Hart House Singers Open Rehearsal | September 7, 2026 |
| The Weekly Social Stop | September 8, 2026 |
| Hart House Symphonic Band Auditions | September 8, 2026 |
| From Looking to Collecting | September 9, 2026 |
| Polaris Festival: Hart House Producers' Circle | September 9, 2026 |
Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Constitutional Roundtable with Prof Hans Michael Heinig | September 9, 2026 |
| Asper Centre Working Group Information Session | September 16, 2026 |
| IHRP and Asper Centre - Working Groups Information Session | September 16, 2026 |
Jackman Humanities Institute
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Over and Over Again: JHI 2026-27 Art Exhibition Opening Night | September 16, 2026 |
| Queer & Trans Negativity Working Group: Meeting 1 | September 23, 2026 |
| 2026 JHI New Faculty Salon | October 1, 2026 |
| Varieties of Uniqueness: Defying Duplication | October 8, 2026 |
| Queer & Trans Negativity Working Group: Meeting 2 | October 21, 2026 |
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Tours of the Daniels Building for prospective & newly admitted students | September 8, 2026 |
| The Buried River: Restoring Nature, Rebuilding Community | September 17, 2026 |
| Why Trees and Which Trees? Perspectives from Two Tree People. | September 24, 2026 |
| Leading with Landscape Exhibition | September 25, 2026 |
| Leading with Landscape: Toronto's Waterfront Transformation | October 1, 2026 |
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Discovery Pharmacy Health & Wellness Fair | September 25, 2026 |
| BURNOUT IN PHARMACISTS | September 25, 2026 |
| Mental Health First Aid Training for Pharmacists | October 1, 2026 |
New College
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| IGNITE: Academic Orientation | September 4, 2026 |
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Orientation Week at OISE | August 28 to September 11, 2026 |
| Indigenous Education Network (IEN) Orientation Events 2026 | September 3 to September 16, 2026 |
| 2026 Language Friendly School Conference: Amsterdam, NL | September 4, 2026 |
| 2026 BFEP Orientation | September 9, 2026 |
| 2026 C&P & LLE Orientation | September 9, 2026 |
Rotman School of Management
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| 4 Short Talks: The Human Edge in the Age of AI | September 15, 2026 |
| Reunite at Rotman | September 18, 2026 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Drive Change at St. Mike’s Golf Classic 2026 | September 23, 2026 |
| Collegium Annual General Meeting | October 7, 2026 |
| Fall 2026 Senate Meeting | October 19, 2026 |
School of the Environment
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Collaborative Specializations Open House 2026 | September 4, 2026 |
| Undergraduate Orientation 2026 | September 10, 2026 |
| Environment Seminar Series: Introduction to the NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence w... | September 16, 2026 |
| Dr. Leah Stokes on The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Plane... | September 24, 2026 |
| Chemical Pollution and Sustainability: International Perspectives | September 30, 2026 |
Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| SRI Seminar Series: Helen Nissenbaum, Cornell University | September 23, 2026 |
| Technophilosophy September Soiree: Will AI be the next great scientist? | September 25, 2026 |
| 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 |
Spaces & Experiences
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| S&E at Club’s Fair | September 3, 2026 |
| The University of Toronto and Hello Kitty Collection | September 4, 2026 |
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| T-CAIREM's 2026 Computing in Medicine - Online Fall Course (Deadline: Sep. | September 13, 2026 |
| Temerty Centre Speaker Series: Samir Grover (Sep. | September 15, 2026 |
| Temerty Medicine Community Connection Black Staff | September 15, 2026 |
| CV & Personal Statement Webinar for Life Science Grad School | September 16, 2026 |
| Be. Belong. Become.: A Celebration of Black Identity, Community and | September 16, 2026 |
Trinity College
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Cyanotype Workshop | September 4, 2026 |
| Trinity Blue Jays Night 2026: Invitation for Alumni | September 14, 2026 |
| Trinity Reads: Kickoff reading party | September 17, 2026 |
| Author event with Billy-Ray Belcourt & Daniel Heath Justice | September 24, 2026 |
| Jeremy Begbie – Workshop and Lecture Series 2026 | November 17, 2026 |
U of T Entrepreneurship
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| The AI-first startup playbook | September 15, 2026 |
| Innovation Exchange: MaRS Global Forum | September 16, 2026 |
| U of T AcceleratorFest | September 17, 2026 |
| Elevate Festival | September 22, 2026 |
| Student Entrepreneur Competition | September 24, 2026 |
U of T Mississauga
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Head Start | September 1 to September 3, 2026 |
| New Student Orientation | September 4 to September 11, 2026 |
| First Year Residence Move-in | September 4 to September 5, 2026 |
| 2SLGBTQIA+ Welcome | September 6, 2026 |
| UTMSU Action Day | September 7, 2026 |
U of T St. George
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| New Student Orientation: College or Faculty | August 31 to September 4, 2026 |
| Graduate Student Orientation | September 3, 2026 |
| UTSU Clubs Fair | September 3, 2026 |
| Spadina Block Party | September 9, 2026 |
| Instagram Live: Welcome to U of T — Getting Connected | September 16, 2026 |
U of T Scarborough
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| First Year Residence Move-in & Orientation | September 3, 2026 |
| New Student Orientation | September 4, 2026 |
| Upper Year & Graduate Move-in | September 5, 2026 |
| International Student Orientation | September 7, 2026 |
| UTSC Welcome Day | September 8, 2026 |