Student Housing Advisory Committee

The Student Housing Advisory Committee provides students with a forum to voice opinions and ideas to the University of Toronto Mississauga Department of Student Housing & Residence Life, and serves to facilitate bi-directional communication between students and housing staff.

Purpose

Student representatives provide input and feedback on matters pertaining to housing services, programming for students, resources and departmental budget priorities. Areas of interest for which student feedback and discussion is invaluable include:

  • Student needs in various communities, including undergraduate, graduate/professional, bachelor & family communities;
  • Housing policies, services, student conduct structures, customer service and engagement issues;
  • Budgetary priorities for the department and housing fee consultation;

 

Membership

Membership is composed of the following student representatives:

  • One (1) Graduate Student (non-family) Representatives
  • One (1) Family Representative
  • Three (3) UTM Undergraduate Residence Council Executives
  • Two (2) UTM First Year Residence Community Representatives
  • One (1) UTM Upper Year Residence Community Representative
  • One (1) Residence Life Don Representative
  • One (1) Residence Education Facilitator OR LLC Program Facilitator Representative
  • One (1) Residence Services Assistant Representative

 

Meetings

Meetings will be scheduled to occur semi-regularly based on member availability and upcoming deadlines/points of consultation. During the month of September and October, however, meetings will occur more regularly to facilitate the budgetary consultation process. If interested, you must be available to attend the following meetings. All meetings are from 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM in the OPH 2nd Floor Seminar Room.

  • Thurs Sept 26, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Thurs Oct 3, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Thurs Oct 10, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Thurs Oct 17, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Thurs Oct 24, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Thurs Nov 28, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Thurs Jan 16, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Thurs Feb 6, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Thurs Mar 20, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 AM

 

Student Representative Elections

All interested candidates are asked to submit their nomination, including a brief candidate statement (250 words or less), using this link: https://uoft.me/SHAC2024-2025 no later than September 20, 2024 at 11:59pm. More information will be shared once you have submitted an application. Successful applicants will be expected to attend our first SHAC meeting on Thursday, September 26.
 
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Kamadchi.karunanandan@utoronto.ca.