Student Support & Wellness

Urgent Care Services

Are you in crisis? Mental & Physical Health

If this is a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 right away, or go to your local Emergency Department. Alternatively, you can contact U of T Campus Police:

  • St. George Campus Police Urgent Dispatch: 416-978-2222
  • Mississauga Campus Police Urgent Dispatch: 905-569-4333

Note: Please call 911 for police, fire, or medical emergencies in Toronto or Mississauga.

Sexual and Domestic Violence Treatment

NOTE: This does not require the incident to have happened on-campus. The incident can have occurred anywhere and you are encouraged to access treatment at any of the sites below.

Downtown Toronto (St. George)

  • Women’s College Hospital: 76 Grenville Street, Toronto ON. The clinic is located on the first floor in the Acute Ambulatory Care Unit Room 1256.
  • Phone: 416-323-6040

Mississauga (UTM)

  • The Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Services located at Trillium Health Centre: 100 Queensway West, Mississauga ON
  • Phone: 905-848-7493

Scarborough (UTSC)

  • The Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care Centre (SA/DVCC) at The Scarborough Hospital: 3030 Birchmount Road, Scarborough, ON
  • Phone: 416-495-2555

Lastly, if your situation is not urgent, or does not require immediate medical attention, call the Sexual Violence Prevention & Support Centre at the University of Toronto: 416-978-2266

Victim of a Crime (e.g. Theft)

Community Safety Office (Business hours)

  • Phone: 416-978-1485

Responds to all personal safety concerns by addressing the complaint, assessing the personal and community safety risks, providing a continuum of intervention options that the complainant can explore in order to address their personal safety concern(s).

Housing Crisis

Emergency Housing Officer (U of T)

  • St. George Students: 416-978-8045 x 0 during business hours, or 416-978-2323 after hours (this is Campus Police)
  • Mississauga Students: 905-569-4333 (this is campus police) Provides assistance and referrals for students facing a housing crisis (or potential crisis) resulting from legal, financial, and/or personal difficulties.

Family Care Office and Resource Centre (U of T)

  • Phone: 416-978-0951
  • The office provides information, guidance, advocacy and referral services to students who require child care (facilities, programs, or subsidies), elder care, or assistance with other family matters. Mississauga students can request an on-campus appointment with a FCO Advisor.

TravelSafer (campus safety escort at St. George) and WalkSafe (Mississauga)

  • St. George: 416-978-7233
  • Mississauga: 905-607-7233
  • A reliable, safe alternative to walking alone at night, available to the U of T community.

General Health & Wellness

In addition to the above resources, students in our program also have access to a comprehensive assortment of other UofT and external resources through our Student Services Quercus Shell.

For more support services at UTM, please visit Student Affairs and Services on the UTM website.

Health and Wellness Centre (St. George), Health & Counselling Centre (Mississauga)

  • St. George: 416-978-8030, Koffler Student Services Centre, 214 College Street
  • Mississauga: 905-828-5255, Davis Building, Room 1123A
  • If you need physical or mental health care, travel medicine, immunizations, nutritional care, family planning or gynecological care, first aid and other services, you will find referrals in one space.

Office of Health Professions Student Affairs

  • 416-978-2764, FitzGerald Building, 150 College Street Room 121 with appointments on site at Mississauga campus (location TBD)
  • Website for appointment booking is linked here. This is for both Mississauga and St. George campuses.
  • Provides short-term counselling for personal matters, through Learning Life Specialists on staff.

Student Life

Find a program to help you get connected, stay physically and mentally healthy, and much more.

Website

Ontario Ministry of Health

Phone: 811 (TTY: 1-866-797-0007)

Address: 438 University Avenue, 9th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2K8

Website

City of Toronto Public Health

Phone: 416-338-7600 (TTY: 416-392-0658)

Email: PublicHealth@toronto.ca

Website

Additional Resources

Centre for Women and Trans People (U of T)

  • St. George: 416-978-8201, 563 Spadina Ave, Room 100
  • Provides a welcoming atmosphere, resources and support for women and trans people on campus; provides free support, referrals, resources and advocacy on issues of sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism, violence, health and poverty through our workshops, events, services and programming.
  • Website

Family Care Office (U of T) including Child Care Services

  • St. George: 416-978-0951, 214 College Street, Room 103
  • Mississauga: On-site appointments available, via website
  • Provides confidential guidance, resources, referrals, educational programming and advocacy for the University of Toronto community and their families. We raise awareness of family care issues central to the achievement of education and employment equity at the University of Toronto
  • Website

First Nations House (St. George) and the Indigenous Centre (Mississauga)

  • First Nations House - St. George: 416-978-8227, Borden Bldg North, 563 Spadina Ave, 3rd Floor
  • Indigenous Centre - Mississauga: 905-569-4867, Davis Building, Room 2095
  • Works to promote equity and inclusion of indigenous people among students, staff and faculty.

Multi-Faith Centre (St. George), and Faith Spaces UTM (Mississauga)

  • St. George: 416-946-3120, 569 Spadina Avenue
  • Mississauga: 905-828-3962, Davis Building, Room 2075C
  • Supports the spiritual well-being of everyone on campus and provides opportunities for people to learn from each other while exploring questions of meaning, purpose and identity. Facilities and programs accommodate a wide variety of spiritual and faith-based practices and encourage interfaith dialogue and spiritual development as part of the learning experience for all students. At the Mississauga campus, consult with the Centre for Student Engagement for a map of on-campus faith spaces.

Race Relations & Anti-Racism Initiatives Office (U of T)

  • 416-978-1259, 155 College Street, Room 356
  • Has a mandate to provide policy direction, programs, and help around antiracism, equity and human rights issues.
  • Website

Sexual and Gender Diversity Office (U of T)

  • Phone: 416-946-5624
  • 21 Sussex Ave, Suite 416-417 (will travel to UTM to meet on campus)
  • Develops partnerships to build supportive learning and working communities at the University of Toronto by working towards equity and challenging discrimination. The Office provides innovative education, programming, resources and advocacy on sexual and gender diversity for students, staff and faculty across the University’s three campuses.
  • Website

Housing Support

City of Toronto COVID-19 Tenants and Property Owners Information

There are programs in place to assist renters, such as changes to the eviction process, and to assist landlords, such as property tax relief, please check this website for your eligibility.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Financial Support

Benefits to help Canadians and businesses facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

Website