Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) has a broad mandate with the objective of ensuring and facilitating a safe environment for all employees, students, visitors and contractors who engage in activities across our community and frequent any of our spaces.
EHS works closely with other units in different portfolios across the campuses in order to provide a comprehensive health and safety framework designed to support specific client groups based on their needs.
Our mission is to ensure that an environmentally responsible, safe and healthy work, research and study environment exists at the University of Toronto.
We do this by being proactive in identifying risks and emerging issues and by developing and implementing innovative, practical and sustainable processes to manage them, including training and awareness, teaching, provision of expert advice, emergency response and assurance.
The University of Toronto Mississauga has a local EHS office that serves as the local point of contact for addressing health and safety issues, and implementing EHS programs and activities at the campus.
For more information, please go to the Environmental Health & Safety website: www.ehs.utoronto.ca.
Quick links
- Environmental Health & Safety website
- First Aid Resources
- Accident Reporting and Forms
- Training
- Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC)
- Water Testing
- HVAC System
Information about training programs are offered in the box below.
Interested in what the Joint Health and Safety Committee can offer you? See below.
Health and Safety Training
EHS offers training courses (online and in-person) in a broad range of topics. These courses provide information about policies, programs, and procedures that have been developed to help everyone work safely.
Registration Details
Login to My EHS Training with your UTORid and password to register for any health and safety training.
For detailed instructions on creating an account and registering for courses, please review our guide: Completing Online EHS Courses.
Courses and Details
Refer to the EHS Training Matrices to identify which courses are required for your work at the university:
Training Matrix for Lab Personnel
Training Matrix for Administrative and Facilities Staff
The UTM Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) is an advisory body with representation from workers and management. The main functions of the JHSC are to:
- Meet regularly to discuss health and safety concerns
- Identify workplace health and safety hazards
- Conduct regular workplace inspections
- Provide recommendations on how to improve health and safety in the workplace
- Investigate serious accidents and work refusals
Additional information on Joint Health and Safety Committees can be found at: https://ehs.utoronto.ca/jhsc/
The UTM JHSC membership list and meeting minutes can be found on the various Health and Safety Boards located on campus.
UTM's buildings and services are regularly subjected to tests. The two boxes below show the most recent results from water testing and HVAC filtration.
For information about UTM's HVAC system and types of filter used in each of the building's air handling units, please open the collapsible item below.
Central Ventilation
The table below lists all the buildings on the Mississauga Campus and the type of filter used in each of the building's air handling units.
As part of our COVID-19 HVAC Strategy, all centralized heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system filters have been replaced with enhanced MERV 13 filters or the highest compatible with the existing HVAC infrastructure.
This is the standard that the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recommends in the event of an emergency.
Air filtration is monitored and maintained by the UTM Building Engineering team, at the building level and in the specific classrooms. Filters are replaced based on a predictive maintenance model, as well as based on manufacturer recommendation.
If you have any issue or concern about the temperature or ventilation in a room at UTM, please connect with us via the UTM Service Portal.
For more information, please review the memo about Classroom Ventilation at the included link.
UTM Filter List
| Building Name | Total Number - AHUs | Filter Efficiency Rating |
|---|---|---|
| William G. Davis Building | 17 | MERV 14 |
| W.G. Davis Building - Servery | 1 | MERV 13 |
| Recreation, Athletics and Wellness Centre | 5 | MERV 14 |
| Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex | 4 | MERV 14 |
| Innovation Complex | 3 | MERV 14 |
| Kaneff Centre | 3 | MERV 14 |
| Kaneff Centre - Blackwood Art Gallery | 1 | MERV 13 |
| Communication, Culture, Information & Technology | 6 | MERV 14 |
| Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre | 2 | MERV 14 |
| Student Centre | 3 | MERV 13 |
| Academic Annex | 2 | MERV 13 |
| Instructional Centre | 7 | MERV 14 |
| Maanjiwe nendamowinan | 4 | MERV 14 |
| Deerfield Hall | 6 | MERV 14 |
| Erindale Theatre | 3 | MERV 13 |
| Erindale Hall Residence | 2 | MERV 14 |
| Oscar Peterson Hall | 5 | MERV 14 |
| Oscar Peterson Hall - Coleman Commons Dining Hall | 1 | MERV 13 |
| Roy Ivor Hall | 5 | MERV 13 |
| Alumni House | 2 | MERV 13 |
| Research Greenhouse | 1 | MERV 13 |
| Early Learning Centre | 1 | MERV 13 |
| Paleomagnetism Lab | 1 | MERV 13 |
| Grounds Building | 1 | MERV 13 |
UTM Water Testing
As part of our water treatment services plan Facilities Management & Planning is committed to regularly testing our drinking water lead levels in all campus buildings and will make the results available to our UTM community. To view the most recent results please use the links provided below.
If you have any questions related to lead testing of our drinking water, please contact UTM Environmental Health & Safety Manager or Managing Director - Operations, Sustainability & Asset Management.
Water testing for a variety of elements occurs regularly at the UTM Campus.
Lead Testing
As part of our new water treatment services plan, Facilities Management & Planning is committed to regularly testing our drinking water for lead in all campus buildings and making the results available to our UTM community. Refer to water testing results below:
- the results of January 2024 water testing
- the results of July 2023 water testing
the results of January 2023 water testing
Legionella Testing
The University began Legionella testing as part of its return to work re-entry procedures in the summer of 2020 to ensure a safe working environment.
Click here for information on the University’s Water Maintenance Program and water testing results for Legionella at UTM. [go to: https://ehs.utoronto.ca/return-to-work-re-entry-procedures-and-water-maintenance-program/]