Welcome to UTM: Open house offers inside look at campus life

From meet-and-greets to hands-on demos, the event offered an immersive introduction to the UTM experience
Adina Bresge
Culture and Community, University News
Crowds of visitors explore booths inside UTM's gymnasium during the March Open House.
The RAWC gym buzzed with activity as guests explored booths at UTM's March Open House.
All photos by Nick Iwanyshyn

The University of Toronto Mississauga opened its doors for the March Open House, a campus-wide event that gave future students a firsthand look at the programs, people and possibilities that could shape their next chapter.

From meet-and-greets to hands-on demos, the event offered an immersive introduction to the UTM experience.

Guests explored academic and student service booths, attended admissions information sessions and joined guided tours of classrooms, labs and residence spaces — offering a preview of the campus community they could soon call home.

Interactive Digital Producer Nick Iwanyshyn was on hand to capture some of the highlights.

Two students at the Black@UTM booth stand behind a prize wheel at the Student Services Fair.

The student services fair spotlighted campus resources and community groups, including Black@UTM — an initiative that supports Black students, staff and faculty through community-building, leadership and anti-racism efforts.

A student ambassador leads a group of prospective students and family members on a campus tour on a rainy day.

Rain or shine, prospective students hit the pavement to explore UTM on guided tours.

Visitors sit at lab benches while an instructor leads a presentation in a biology teaching lab, surrounded by microscopes and anatomical skeletons.

From microscopes to skeletons, visitors got a glimpse of how UTM’s biology department brings science to life.

Two students stand behind a 3D printer at the UTM Library booth, chatting as colourful 3D-printed objects are displayed on the table.

The UTM Library booth spotlighted creations from the Digital Exploration Lab, where students can experiment with 3D printing, VR and more.

A man in a black “Anthropology is Everything That Is Human” shirt speaks to a student in a lab filled with animal skeletons and bone specimens at UTM’s March Open House.

Guests got a bones-and-all tour of the specimens students use to interact with the past in the anthropology lab.

A guest leans in to touch a table covered in rock and fossil samples during a hands-on science demonstration at UTM’s March Open House.

Hands-on displays invited visitors to get a feel for the kinds of discoveries they could make at UTM.

Three children pose with Dino, a brown assisted therapy dog wearing a bandana, while a UTM staff member smiles in the background during the March Open House.

Assisted therapy dog Dino brought the warm-and-fuzzy side of campus life — in exchange for a few pats

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