ASSU Awards

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Gavin Nowlan Campus Student Leadership Award

Criteria for Award: ASSU annually awards a $1500 scholarship to one (1) full-time undergraduate student enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and Science on the St. George campus.  ASSU also chooses two (2)  $750 runner-ups.  The award is named after a two-term President of ASSU. To be eligible for the award, you are required to fulfill the following criteria:

  1. Must be a full time Arts and Science student registered on the St. George campus
  2. Must have a minimum CGPA of 1.70
  3. Must be a 2nd year student or higher
  4. Must demonstrate leadership in extra-curricular activities ON CAMPUS

Nominations close January 24th 2025 at 5pm

ASSU Leadership Application 2024-25

 

Recipients:

LAYLA EL-DAKHAKHNI – (2023-2024)
KATHRYN CHENG – (2022-2023)
NATALIA LANDAVERDE – (2021-2022)
SOPHIA DINICOLO – (2020-2021)
JEFFREY FASEGHA – (2019-2020)
TABITHA ONI – (2018-2019)
MARIANNE ALICE KALACZYNSKI – (2017-2018)
ALANA CHANGOOR – (2016-2017)
IRIS ROBIN – (2015-2016)
CHARLES DALRYMPLE-FRASER – (2014-2015)
LUCY CHAU – (2013-2014)
DAISY QIN – (2012-2013)
NIKHAT AWAR – (2011-2012)
BRANDON BAILEY – (2010-2011)

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William R. Gardner Student Leadership Award

Criteria for Award: ASSU annually awards a $1500 scholarship to one (1) full-time undergraduate student enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and Science on the St. George campus.  ASSU also chooses two (2)  $750 runner-ups. The award is named after a two-term President of ASSU. To be eligible for the award, you are required to fulfill the following criteria:

  1. Must be a full time Arts and Science student registered on the St. George campus
  2. Must have a minimum CGPA of 1.70
  3. Must be a 2nd year student or higher
  4. Must demonstrate leadership in extra-curricular activities ON CAMPUS and OFF CAMPUS

Nominations close January 24th 2025 at 5pm

ASSU Leadership Application 2024-25

 

Recipients:

RABBIA AKBAR – (2023-2024)
RAYAN AWAD ALIM – (2022-2023)
FASIKA JEMBERE – (2021-2022)
ALLISON ALVARES – (2020-2021)
SHAHD FULATH KHAN – (2019-2020)
JONAH TOTH – (2018-2019)
JULIA MOGUS – (2017-2018)
VHIL CASTILLEJOS – (2016-2017)
EMILY TSUI – (2015-2016)
KALEEM HAWA – (2014-2015)
ABINAYA BALASUBRAMANIAM – (2013-2014)
AKANKSHA GANGULY – (2012-2013)
SIMA ATRI – (2011-2012)
CARINA CHAN – (2010-2011)
JENNY HONG – (2009-2010)
ERIN FITZGERALD – (2008-2009)
ANH NGUYEN – (2007-2008)
SHAHMEER ANSARI – (2006-2007)
ALEXANDRA DODGER – (2005-2006)
ALICE KIM – (2004-2005)
STEPHANIE SILVERMAN – (2003-2004)
CHRISTINA WONG – (2002-2003)

 

Abdullah Shihipar Campus Student Leadership Award

A Student LEADERSHIP award for those who are involved in extra-curricular activities ON CAMPUS. Students must be registered full-time, A&S students, registered on the St. George campus, in 2nd year or higher, have a minimum CGPA of 1.70 and must be currently receiving OSAP/other Provincial Student Aid.

Nominations close January 24th 2025 at 5pm

ASSU Leadership Application 2024-25

Recipients:

SOBAN ATIQUE – (2023-2024)
SION PARK – (2022-2023)
AYESHA RASHIDI – (2021-2022)
CHRISTEEN SALIK – (2020-2021)
ESTER DUBALI – (2019-2020)
SAMI UL HUQ – (2018-2019)
AMANDA CHOI – (2017-2018)
MARIANNE ALICE KALACZYNSKI – (2016-2017)
LILY YUXI REN – (2015-2016)

Ikran Jama Student Leadership Award

Criteria for Award: A Student leadership award for those who demonstrate significant  involvement  in extra-curricular activities ON or OFF campus in their BIPOC community. Applicants must be FULL-TIME, A&S students, registered on the St. George campus, in 2nd year or higher, have a minimum CGPA of 1.70 and must be currently receiving OSAP/Provincial loans and be a member of a BIPOC community

Nominations close January 24th 2025 at 5pm

JAMA Award Application 2024-25

 

Recipients:

ALI SYED – (2023-2024)
VANEEZA MOOSA – (2022-2023)
RUTH MASUKA – (2021-2022)

Fatemeh Nami Student Equity Award

A student award for those who demonstrate significant involvement in extra-curricular activities that are aimed at enhancing EQUITY at the University of Toronto St. George campus and/or within the wider community.  Applicants must be, FULL-TIME, Arts & Science students, registered on the St. George campus, in 2nd year or higher, with a minimum CGPA of 1.7.

Nominations are due January 24th 2025 by 5pm

NAMI Equity Award Application 2024-25

Recipients:

INIOLUWA AJENIFUJA – (2023-2024)

 

ASSU First Year Student Award

This award recognizes first year students in the Faculty of Arts and Science who have become involved in extra-curricular activities on campus and are receiving OSAP or other Provincial student aid.

Nominations are due January 24th 2025 by 5pm

1st YEAR Award Application

 

 Recipients:

(2023-2024)

CIARA DRUMMOND
YI-SING FANG
MIGHT GOUTA
YI CHING BRANDICE LI
XINYAN (CYNTHIA) LIN
DE XIN ZHAO

(2022-2023)

LAIBA IRFAN BUTT
GRACE LIU
CAMILA LUIZ
ARCHI PARIKH
SUNG PARK
ANGELA SU

(2021-2022)

CATHERINE KING
CHHAVI SHAH
REBECCA SY
SUPRIYA VASANTHAKUMARAN
LAUREN ZHUANG

(2020-2021)

TASMEEN CHOUDHURY
YAN YUI MORK
RUHIKA SRIHARSHA
ANNA YANG
VIVIAN YIN

(2019-2020)

ALEX ERICKSON
CATHERINE GUAN
EDDIE HUANG
TONY HU
WILLIAM LLOYD

(2018-2019)

(2017-2018)

AQUEEL ASSAN-LEBBE
SHAHD FULATH KHAN
MARLEY GREENBERG

(2016-2017)

HSIAO-WEN SUN
BASIT ALI
SYDNEY VENNIN

(2015-2016)

ANGELA (MIN YI) HOU
JINWEN (MOLLY) CONG
MARIAN MENDOZA

(2014-2015)

JINA ARYAAN
IVVANNIA IRAWAN
YI FAN YIN

(2013-2014)

STEPHANIE CALHOUN
AMITPAL SINGH
AMY XIAO

ASSU 2nd Year Student Award

This award recognizes 2nd year students in the Faculty of Arts and Science who have demonstrated their involvement in extra-curricular activities on campus and are receiving OSAP or other Provincial aid.

Nominations are due January 24th 2025 by 5pm

2nd YEAR Award Application

 

Recipients:

(2023-2024)

LAIBA IRFAN BUTT
OYINDAMOLA DINA
CAMILA LUIZ
MAX PHAN
BRYANNA VAN LEEUWEN
WEN JIA (MICHELLE) ZHAO

(2022-2023)

JULIA DO
ALICE LO
YOUNESS ROBERT-TAHIRI
MAGNUS ROLAND MARUN
JULIE TANG
KUSHALI VYAS

Ranjini (Rini) Ghosh Excellence in Teaching Award

Criteria for Award: This award is presented annually to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching. The award is named after a two-term President of ASSU.

Nominations are due Friday February 14th by 5pm

TEACHING Award Nomination 2024-25

 

Recipients:

KENNETH YIP – (2023-2024)
NAKANYIKE MUSISI – (2022-2023)
NAOMI LEVY-STRUMPF – (2021-2022)
CHANDNI DESAI – (2020-2021)
ROBERT C. AUSTIN – (2019-2020)
RYAN DECAIRE – (2018-2019)
SPENCER BARRETT – (2017-2018)
JAMES THOMSON – (2017-2018)
ALISON KEITH – (2016-2017)
HAKOB BARSEGHYAN – (2015-2016)
DAN DOLDERMAN – (2014-2015)
WILLIAM JU – (2013-2014)
VIKKI VISVIS – (2012-2013)
JOHN VERVAEKE – (2011-2012)
NICHOLAS EVERETT – (2010-2011)
SABINE STANLEY – (2009-2010)
THOMAS TIEKU – (2008-2009)
ANDY DICKS – (2006-2007)

Sanjeev (Sanj) Dewett Course Union of the Year Award

Criteria for Award: This award is presented annually to an active ASSU Course Union who organized engaging programming for their students, both academically and socially; attended participated in ASSU Council; and created community amongst their students.  The award is named after a two-term President of ASSU.

Nominations are due Friday February 28th by 5pm

DEWETT CU Award – 2024-2025

Recipients:

HUMAN BIOLOGY STUDENTS’ UNION (HBSU) – (2023-2024)
PHYSICS STUDENT UNION (PHYSU) – (2022-2023)
HISTORY STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (HSA) – (2021-2022)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SOCIETY (IRS) – (2020-2021)
DIASPORA & TRANSNATIONAL STUDIES UNION (DTSU) – (2019-2020)
NEUROSCIENCE ASSOCIATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (NAUS) – (2018-2019)
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDENTS’ UNION (ENSU) – (2017-2018)
INDIGENOUS STUDIES STUDENTS’ UNION (ISSU) – (2016-2017)
COGNITIVE SCIENCE & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (CASA) – (2015-2016)
CLASSICS STUDENTS’ UNION (CLASSU) – (2014-2015)
ASSOCIATION OF POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS (APSS) – (2013-2014)
ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (ASA)  – (2012-2013)
AFRICAN STUDIES COURSE UNION (ASCU) – (2011-2012)
MATHEMATICS UNION  (MU) – (2010-2011)
PHILOSOPHY COURSE UNION (PCU) – (2009-2010)
HISTORY STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (HSA) – (2008-2009)
EAST ASIAN STUDIES STUDENTS’ UNION (EASSU) – (2006-2007)

Terry Buckland Award for Diversity and Equity in Education

Criteria for Award: This award is awarded annually by the Executive to someone who has outstanding achievements in promoting diversity and equity issues such as Race and Ethnicity, Class, Family, Gender, Age, Ability, etc, and in eliminating barriers to diversity in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto.

Recipients:

UAHIKEA MAILE – (2023-2024)
UofT STUDENTS FOR CHOICE – (2022-2023)
LINA LASHIN – (2021-2022)
TRINITY COLLEGE MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY – (2020-2021)
BLACK ROTMAN COMMERCE – (2019-2020)
PUI CHING CHERYL QUAN – (2018-2019)
ANYIKA MARK – (2017-2018)
A.W. PEET – (2016-2017)
CASSANDRA WILLIAMS – (2016-2017)
BLACK LIBERATION COLLECTIVE – (2015-2016)
THRIVE UofT and UofT STUDENTS AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE – (2014-2015)
WASHROOM INCLUSIVITY PROJECT (2013-2014)
TRANSITIONAL YEAR PROGRAM (2012-2013)
KAYLA CARTER (2011-2012)
ROD MICHALKO (2010-2011)
EQUITY STUDIES STUDENTS’ UNION – (2009-2010)
DAVID RAYSIDE – (2008-2009)
GURU FATA SINGH and OPIRG – (2007-2008)
CHRIS RAMSAROOP – (2006-2007)

Urmila (Uma) Sarkar Service Award

Criteria for Award: Annually, ASSU awards a member of the univeristy community for their service, above and beyond their regular duties, to students in the Faculty of Arts and Science. The award is named after Uma Sarkar, a two-term ASSU President, who continued to assist ASSU long after she graduated. The ASSU Executive decides the winner. A sum of $500 is donated to a charity organization in the winner’s name.

Recipients:

LARRY ALFORD – (2023-2024)
GILLAN LATOUR – (2022-2023)
MICAH KALISCH – (2021-2022)
LEANNE TOSHIKO SIMPSON – (2020-2021)
JOSHUA BOWMAN – (2019-2020)
JOSHUA GRONDIN – (2018-2019)
NADIA KANANI – (2017-2018)
THE REV’D ANDREA BUDGEY – (2016-2017)
RICHARD CHAMBERS – (2015-2016)
CUPE 3902 – (2014-2015)
SALLY WALKER (2013-2014)
HEALTH AND WELLNESS (2012-2013)
DR. ANDREA WILLIAMS (2011-2012)
EAST ASIAN STUDIES STUDENTS’ UNION (2010-2011)
UC REGISTRAR’S OFFICE – (2009-2010)
SASWATI DEB – (2008-2009)
KEN DERRY – (2007-2008)
GEORGE DAFOS – (2006-2007)

Katharine Ball Graduating Award for Course Unions

This award is to give recognition for Executive Members of Course Unions who are in their graduating year. Winners of this award in the past have demonstrated their involvement with their course union above and beyond what is generally expected of an Executive member.

Nominations are due February 14th 2025 by 5pm

BALL Award Application 2024-25

 Recipients:

(2023-2024)

MICHELLE WANG
SEOYEON LEE

(2022-2023)

MADELEINE FRECHETTE
LEO RIZK

(2021-2022)

NAKITA GOPAL
MUKTI PATEL

(2020-2021)

ISABELLA KUO
TERRI SER

(2019-2020)
MICHAEL LEE
TARA SURI

(2015-2016)
TAYLOR STARK
EMILY TSUI

(2014-2015)
CHARLES DALRYMPLE-FRASER
STEPHANIE TRAN

(2013-2014)
BENJAMIN GILLARD
MATTHEW TRAN

 

Ali Saeed Memorial Award for International Students

This award was established in memory of Ali Saeed (1992-2014) -an international student from Pakistan studying Political Science, who was a dedicated collaborator in the work ASSU did over the 2013-2014 academic year. He was a passionate photographer, student activist, and was highly respected by his peers and all who knew him.

This award is open to international students in their 2nd year or higher with a CGPA of 3.0 or higher who have demonstrated leadership on our campus or in the community.

The value of the award is $5,000

Nominations are due February 14th 2025 by 5pm

SAEED Award Application 2024-25

 

Recipients:

TERESA KRISTINA WIJAYA – (2023-2024)
LI WAN – (2022-2023)
SHREEYAA RAMANA – (2021-2022)
HALA BUCHEERI – (2020-2021)
SIMRAN SAWHNEY – (2019-2020)
ELIZAVETA KLIMENKO – (2015-2016)
CATRIONA SPAVEN-DONN – (2014-2015)

 

ASSU Graduating Student Leadership Award

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Awarded to a full-time graduating student in the Faculty of Arts & Science.
  • Students require demonstration of academic excellence (CGPA 3.0 or higher), financial need (OSAP or out of province loan) and outstanding extra-curricular leadership.
  • Recipients must enroll in a graduate program at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science. Please note, students enrolling in graduate programs at other faculties or campuses are not eligible.
 
Value: ~$5500

Applications: 

ASSU Graduating Student Leadership Award 2024-25

Deadline:

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Email: students.assu@utoronto.ca

Phone: (416) 978-4903
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2024-25 Executive Contact Information:
Firdaus Sadid, President…………………………….president[at]assu[dot]ca

Farida Kayed, Executive……………………………..farida[at]assu[dot]ca

Mia Rodrigo, Executive………………………………mia[at]assu[dot]ca

Michelle Wong, Executive…………………………..michelle[at]assu[dot]ca

Safia Zaman, Executive………………………………safia[at]assu[dot]ca

 

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    ASSU offers a various amount of services in order to provide support for students. These services are listed below:

    • Provide students with advice for Academic Grievances
    • Organize with students and community members to hold events, change policies, improve programs, and run successful campaigns
    • Administer over $23,000 in annual awards and bursaries
    • Run a tutoring service for high school students (Project: Universal Minds)
    • Offer a past test library
    • House various office services

    Stop by anytime to scan our events board and see what current campaigns ASSU has going on or to take a break between classes and chat with our friendly executive and staff!

    Anti-Calendar

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    The Anti-Calender is a collection of student evaluations of over 1700 courses and instructors in the Faculty of Arts & Science.Course Unions have been evaluating courses since the mid-1960s and ASSU has been co-ordinating and producing the Anti-Calendar since 1981. This annual compilation of course evaluations has proven itself to be a valuable resource for students who may be unsure of the courses in which they are registering and for instructors to review thier teaching abilities.The 2011-12 edition of the Anti-Calendar is now available for pick up from the ASSU Office –  or you can click here to view it online.  This is our Final Edition as the University moves to an online evaluation system.Online archives of the Anti-Calendar are available for your convenience. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the files. Also available are back-copies of the Anti-Calendar that must remain in the office.anti-calendar 2011-12

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    Methodology

    To use these evaluations effectively, please read the following methodology:

    All numbers represent the percentages (%) of respondents.

    Enr:

    Actual number of students enrolled at the time of the survey.

    Resp:

    Number of students who responded to the survey.

    Retake:

    Considering your experience with this course, and disregarding your need for it to meet program or degree requirements, would you still have taken this course?

    For the Instructor(s):

    • 1 = extremely poor
    • 2 = very poor
    • 3 = poor
    • 4 = adequate
    • 5 = good
    • 6 = very good
    • 7 = outstanding

    PRESENTATION:

    Presents the material in an organized, well-planned manner.

    EXPLAINS:

    Explains concepts clearly and with appropriate use of examples.

    COMMUNICATION:

    Communicates enthusiasm and interest in the course material.

    TEACHING:

    All things considered, performs effectively as a university teacher.

    For the Course:

    • 1 = very low
    • 2 = low
    • 3 = below average
    • 4 = average
    • 5 = above average
    • 6 = high
    • 7 = very high

    WORKLOAD:

    Compared to other courses at the same level, the workload is…

    DIFFICULTY:

    Compared to other courses at the same level, the level of difficulty of the material is…

    LEARNING EXPERIENCE:

    The value of the overall learning experience is…

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    About ASSU

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    The Arts and Science Students’ Union (ASSU) is the academic student union for over 27,000 full-time undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto. Based in Sidney Smith, 1068, ASSU is made up of over 60 course unions, 7 elected executives, and 3 staff members. Through our structure of course unions, we organize with students and community members to hold events, change policies, improve programs, run successful campaigns, and provide support for academic grievances.

    ASSU recognizes that our academic experience is inherently linked to our lived experience and seeks to support our members in addressing the systemic barriers that they face, including poverty, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and discrimination based upon immigration status. We work to ensure that the academic needs and concerns of all students are fulfilled.

    “The academy is not a paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created. The Classroom, with all of its limitations, remains a location of possibility. In that field of possibility we have the opportunity to labor for freedom, to demand of ourselves and our comrades, an openness of mind and heart that allows us to face reality even as we collectively imagine ways to move beyond boundaries, to transgress. This is education as the practice of freedom.” – bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

    History

    As early as 1965, students were facing problems that have become all too common today – huge classes and the alienation of the student in a classroom situation. Criticism was particularly directed at the “mass consumer” type of education in the Faculty of Arts and Science.

    The solution was seen to be an increase of meaningful student participation at all levels of education. To win student representation with departments, Course Unions were founded to serve as grassroots student-led organizations based in a particular department or area of study.

    From the beginning, Course Unions were intended to deal with impersonal education, alienating grading systems based on heavily-weighted examinations, promote informal communication with instructors and to affect fundamental change in the educational process by challenging the status-quo relationship of power in the classroom. Course Unions also promoted student involvement in faculty promotion and tenure decisions as well as the determination of the curriculum and its contents. Course evaluations were seen as one way of affecting change in the classroom and directly helping students.

    Part of this struggle by students for a meaningful role in the education system was directed at gaining parity – equal student representation with faculty on governing administrative bodies within the university. On many levels student representation increased dramatically, although nowhere was parity achieved. In most areas, students have succeeded only in token participation. Final authority remains with the Department Chairs, Program Directors, and a few senior administrators.

    From the late sixties on, new Course Unions began to come into existence; the first one was the History Students’ Union (HSU), founded in 1967 (Commerce and Geography have deeper roots in course clubs and associations pre-dating this period). Most of these new Course Unions went to Students’ Administrative Council (SAC) and received funding through the now defunct Education Commission.

    In 1972, a SAC Constitutional Conference strongly recommended that SAC no longer be responsible for educational work within the faculties; instead, the responsibility was shifted to student faculty councils. In June 1972, a conference was held to discuss and begin the creation of a new organization to act as an intermediate between SAC and the Course Unions – the Arts and Science Students’ Union (ASSU).

    ASSU’s Constitution was settled in September of that same year and the SAC Education Commission agreed to provide the new umbrella group with an annual grant of two dollars ($2.00) per SAC student registered in the Faculty of Arts and Science on St-George campus. This amounted to $20,000 in 1974-75.

    Due to pressure from other faculties, the SAC Executive in 1974 notified ASSU that the Education Commission grant would cease after the 1975-76 academic year. In order to finance the activities of its Course Unions, ASSU appealed to its constituency with a referendum in the fall of 1975. Of those voting, 87% voted to grant ASSU $4 as an undergraduate levy. Since that time there have been seven fee increases.  ASSU was founded to improve the education and academic life of full-time undergraduates, currently over 27,000 students, in our faculty.

    ASSU has expanded over the years to the point where we now have over 60 Course Unions. With this growth, our evaluations have also expanded to now cover more than 1,700 courses. These student evaluations are published annually and distributed free to over 8,000 students in the ASSU Anti-Calendar. – In the Fall of 2012, the University introduced a new online evaluation system – so sadly, ASSU is no longer responsible for the evaluation process and will not longer be producing the ASSU Anti-Calendar. New Course Evaluation information is on the University of Toronto’s Quercus system.