Workshops

Please register early. Registration closes 1 week prior to each workshop.

Becoming a parent is one of the most monumental experiences in a person’s life. Unfortunately, children do not come with foolproof instructions!

Combining a career and family life presents special challenges. This workshop adopts a highly practical approach to preparing faculty, staff and librarians for pregnancy / parental / primary caregiver and adoption leave, and for a successful return to work. While you may attend the seminar at any point during your pregnancy or adoption process, the ideal time is about three months prior to the arrival of your child. Topics will include:

• Forms and more forms – a guide to government pregnancy/parental policies and benefits & U of T policies
• Planning your return to work
• Resources on campus and in the community that will make your life easier
• Do we really need all that equipment? – a guide to baby paraphernalia
• Helping older children and pets to adjust
• Enjoying it all!

Please register early, space is limited! All University of Toronto staff and faculty are welcome.

If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Location: Webinar instructions will be emailed to you prior to the session

Becoming a parent is one of the most monumental experiences in a person’s life. Unfortunately, children do not come with foolproof instructions!

This workshop adopts a highly practical approach to preparing Postdoctoral Fellows represented by CUPE Local 3902, Unit 5, for pregnancy and parental leaves. Topics will include:

• Forms and more forms – a guide to government pregnancy / parental benefits & U of T policies
• Resources on campus and in the community that will make your life easier
• Do we really need all that equipment? – a guide to baby paraphernalia
• Helping older children and pets to adjust
• Enjoying it all!

Facilitator: Kaye Francis, Manager, Family Care Office

Registration required. All University of Toronto Postdoctoral Fellows represented by CUPE Local 3902, Unit 5 are welcome.

If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Location: The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

This workshop will explore issues that new parents face and how they can find resources and support during pre and post-pregnancy. Most new parents struggle with a lack of sleep, needing support, mental health, infant care, and more. Learn strategies to care for your baby’s physical, emotional, and developmental needs while taking care of your self too. Discover strategies, tools, and resources to help.

Facilitator:
Bronwyn Addico CBE(BFW) CD(DONA) www.balancingbirthbaby.com

Bronwyn Addico (she/her) is the owner of Balancing Birth to Baby, a support company for expecting and new parents that offers prenatal education and Doula support in Southern Ontario, Canada. She has been a Childbirth & Early Parenting Educator since 2015 and a Birth & Postpartum Doula since 2016.

After a difficult birth experience in 2013, she embarked on a journey to become a Birthing From Within childbirth mentor and spent time in California in 2016 to further her in-depth training. Bronwyn has been deeply influenced by this program’s view of birth as an initiation into parenting and how to examine your fears of birth and parenting. She uses the tools that she learned in this program within all aspects of her professional career and has developed them into a coaching program to help birthing people prepare for birth and work through a difficult or traumatic birth experience. She has supported more than 200 families during their births and early parenting journey.

Bronwyn is a single mother to two wonderful kids.

Contact Bronwyn: bronwyn@balancingbirthbaby.com

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Monday, March 27, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

This workshop is intended for student caregivers. All of us have 24-hours in a day. Balancing family care and school is challenging, but there are strategies and supports that can help. You may have heard tips and tricks but how do you put them into practice. For those that attended our March 20^th Tips and Tricks Workshop on Time and Stress Management, this is a chance to put tips and tricks from last week into practice and/or share what you’ve tried and troubleshoot. For those who have not attended, that is ok! We’ll do a quick review of basic tips and tricks to get up to speed before creating some plans for practice.

Facilitator: Cristina Peter, Learning Strategist, EdD Student, Mom of 2

* Life Management Series is Co-Curricular Record (CCR) approved. Students who complete four workshops over two academic years, will receive Co-Curricular Record recognition. CCR connects skills to involvement opportunities.

Registration required. U of T students are welcome. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Monday, March 27, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

The workshop will focus on development of the Individual Education Plan (IEP) and the Identification Placement Review Committee (IPRC) process. It will also look at how learning challenges identified in the IEP are addressed in the classroom, and provide a brief overview of the gifted program. Participants will come away with a better understanding of the language and process of Special Education in the TDSB.

Facilitator: TDSB Special Education Inclusion Consultant & Special Education Inclusion Coordinator

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: The Zoom link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

Couples fight, that is a fact of life. What do they fight about most? Money. What do people understand least? Money. Do you know that you have a relationship with money? Do you know that your partner also has a relationship with money and that it is likely very different from yours? What do couples hate talking about? Money. Given all of this then is it any surprise that couples fight about money? Come to our webinar, Relationships and Money and learn about your relationship with money, about your partner’s relationship with money and some techniques to deescalate the situation so that you can have a meaningful productive conversation around this sensitive topic.

Facilitator: Tim St. Vincent is the Credit Counselling Society’s Financial Educator for Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the GTA, he is based out of Winnipeg. Tim has over 25 years experience in Financial Services and is a retired Certified Financial Planner (CFP). Tim has also completed the Canadian Securities Course (Hons.) has achieved his Certificate in Management (C.I.M.) Hons. and is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance. Tim believes strongly in the power of education, planning and acting on your plan.

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Friday, March 31, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

A practical session to help you choose the child care option that will best meet the needs of your family. At this session you will:

• Find out what are the childcare options available
• Learn what factors to consider when looking at options, choices, and caregivers
• Learn how to find a childcare centre and individual caregivers
• Learn about the latest changes in the system
• Find out about the financial assistance available and waiting lists

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Friday, March 31, 2023
Time: 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Location: Virtual – MS Teams

Who: Students at any stage in their studies – all students are welcome!

Please use this registration link (ignore the ‘Registration for Workshop’ at the bottom of this post): Registration & details

Students with Family Responsibilities wishing to count this towards their Life Management series CCR accreditation should email family.care@utoronto.ca to let us know you’re participating in addition to registering with CLNX.

You’re invited to join Accessibility Services, Academic Success, the Multi-Faith Centre, and the Family Care Office for our fifth annual Speaking to Power with Clarity and Effectiveness.

Making a request for accommodations or consideration from professors, teaching assistants or supervisors can be an intimidating process. This workshop, gives students practical tools to help them feel more confident when making such requests. Through free writing exercises, coupled with small group discussions, students will explore the areas in which they feel hesitant in asking for help. Specifically, the reflective process and free writing will support students in exploring their identities, personal power, and the approaches they can take in communicating assertively about their requests and needs.

Students at any stage in their studies – all students are welcome! Please use this registration link: Registration & details

Date: Friday, March 31, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

Join us for an informal information session for prospective parents led by experienced legal and mental health experts specializing in the field of fertility. During the session, we will discuss some of the following issues:

• Legal steps involved in growing a family through surrogacy
• Legal landscape for surrogacy in Canada (i.e., the laws pertaining to legal parentage of the child and reimbursement of the surrogate’s expenses)
• Pitfalls and trouble spots to keep in mind when considering surrogacy
• Emotional and social considerations of intended parent(s) embarking on surrogacy for family-building
• Factors that gestational surrogates need to consider when deciding on a match with intended parent(s)

Facilitators: Michelle Flowerday, LL.B. and Dr. Lila Z. Hakim, C.Psych

Michelle Flowerday, LL.B. is a fertility lawyer in Toronto, Ontario.  She is a passionate advocate for and works closely with couples facing infertility, with LGBTQIA people/couples wanting to start a family, with single people looking to grow a family alone, and with surrogates, and egg, sperm, and embryo donors assisting in the process.  Michelle’s expertise includes negotiating and drafting agreements related to surrogacy, co-parenting, egg, sperm, and embryo donations, making court applications for declarations of parentage, and advising on other legal issues related to third party reproduction.  Michelle works with clients in the Greater Toronto Area, across Canada, and internationally.  She speaks at conferences on the topic of fertility and surrogacy law and provides legal advice to fertility clinics and hospitals on laws related to contracts, consent, and compliance with Canadian assisted human reproduction laws and regulations.  Michelle is an Officer of the Board of Fertility Friends Foundation and a contributing member of fertility clinic ethics committees, the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, and the Law Society of Ontario.

Dr. Lila Z. Hakim, C.Psych. is a Registered Psychologist and conducts psychological assessment and treatment with adults and couples in private practice. She is a Partner of the Centre for Interpersonal Relationships (Toronto, Canada) where she supervises psychologists and graduate students, and is active in research with publications and presentations in the areas of infertility and psychotherapy research. She has served on the Executive Committee of the Counselling Special Interest Group of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society.

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: In-person location(s) TBA

Part of the FCO’s (In)Fertility Journeys series, (In)Fertility Walk and Talk events are lunch-hour walks that will be an opportunity to connect with others with intersecting journeys. Please email Natasja VanderBerg to indicate your interest in participating. If there is sufficient interest, walks will take place on each campus. All genders and sexual orientations are welcome!

Date: Monday, April 17, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

Have you ever considered adoption as a way of growing your family? The first step of your adoption journey is educating yourself about the process and options. This session, led by the Adoption Council of Ontario, will provide an overview of private, public and international adoption processes in Ontario. As well, information will be provided on the Home Study and the education process necessary to become eligible to adopt in Ontario. Helpful tips and strategies to ease the adoption journey will also be discussed.

Facilitator: Adoption Council of Ontario

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Thursday, April 20, 2023
Time: 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Location: The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

Join us for this webinar to find out how to make healthy choices that lead to a healthy lifestyle and promote wellness during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and postpartum. The session, created by Dr. Yolanda Kirkham, will address participants’ specific concerns on a range of topics including: questions around conceiving, health concerns and risks during pregnancy, health care provider options, antenatal care and screening tests, and post-partum issues.

Facilitators: Dr. Meghan McGrattan and Dr. Shannon Brent, U of T Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements

Date: Monday, April 24, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: The Webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

Get off to a good start in your breastfeeding journey! This workshop taught by a board-certified lactation consultant will
provide practical information about breastfeeding for pregnant people to help them avoid common challenges during the early days postpartum. You will learn about:

• What to expect from your milk supply
• How to position and latch baby comfortably to feed at the breast
• How to tell breastfeeding is going well

Facilitator:
Camila Valente is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Breastfeeding Counsellor, and Registered Nurse, with 15 years combined experience in integrative lactation care & infant feeding rehabilitation (in-patient and outpatient), research, teaching, perinatal care, pediatrics and neonatal intensive care

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: The Zoom link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

This workshop will address the questions:

• What is the difference between common law spouses and married spouses?
• What rights and obligations arise upon cohabitation? When?
• What rights and obligations arise upon marriage?
• What is a cohabitation agreement? What is a marriage contract? Should I have one?

Facilitator: Emma Katz – Associate lawyer with Kelly D. Jordan Family Law Firm, in Toronto, Ontario. Called to the Bar in 2013. Practising in all aspects of family law and fertility law. After practising civil litigation at a boutique firm for four years, transitioned into practising family law and joined Kelly Jordan in 2018. Completed Juris Doctor at Osgoode Hall Law School, during which time spent one semester working at Parkdale Community Legal Services. Contributed to family law chapter in new edition of Death of a Taxpayer. Contributed to writing resources regarding decision-making responsibility and parenting time for Family Law Education for Women. Current Member At Large on OBA Family Law Executive and CPD liaison for upcoming year. Involved with the OBA Young Lawyer’s Division as past member of executive. Member of Board of Directors of the legal aid clinic, Justice for Children and Youth.

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Friday, April 28, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: The Webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

The last thing caregivers need is another item to add to the to-do list and another thing to feel guilty about. In this interactive session, we will consider the complex experience of caregiving and all the feelings that come with that. Together we will discuss and practice simple strategies that don’t take much time at all and that can be easily incorporated into everyday life. We will reframe self-care and affirm what participants are already doing to care for themselves while caring for others.

Facilitator:

For two decades, Rebecca Higgins has worked in community and social services in a variety of capacities. Since 2010, she has specialized in mental health education. Rebecca has designed and facilitated workshops and webinars for a wide range of groups, including library staff, helping professionals, security guards, customer service professionals, children, youth, educators, and parents.

Rebecca has served as a panelist and presenter at many conferences and has provided consultation support to various community mental health initiatives. She worked for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Canadian Mental Health Association in both Ottawa and Toronto before starting her own business in 2018.

Rebecca has a Master’s degree in Social Work and a BA in English. Her first book, a collection of short stories called The Colours of Birds, was published by Tightrope Books in 2018 and re-released by Iguana Books in 2020.

Find Rebecca at www.mentalhealthworkshopstoronto.com.

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

Parents and caregivers want to do the best they can to ensure that the children and youth in their care are happy and safe. This workshop is for everyone who is interested in learning the concepts of helping to keep children and youth safe from harm (including physical, sexual, emotional harm, community violence, bullying, and technology assisted abuse and violence).

Participants will be updated on:

• the current trends in violence and abuse prevention (learning about offender grooming tactics, secrecy, what to say to kids, and how to get help);
• the assumptions that have been made about children/youth and safety;
• the mixed messages children/youth have received in the past (stranger danger, street proofing);
• appropriate messages for staff, parents and caregivers to give to children and youth;
• practical safety tips; and
• how to talk to children and youth about personal safety,
• how to build a positive healthy relationship with kids.

Facilitator: Boost Child & Youth Advocacy Centre

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Monday, May 8, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: Online – The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

This virtual workshop is led by Lorrie Gallant, who provides parents and caregivers with background information about the history of colonization and its impact on First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples in Canada. The workshop focuses on the history of residential schools in Canada. The workshop also discusses current forms of colonization, and colonization’s continuing impact. The workshop explores ways we, as parents and caregivers, can begin to share these injustices with our young community.

Due to the limited length of the workshop, a list of required short readings and videos will be circulated in advance to registrants. Participants are also encouraged to attend Speaking our Truths: A Journey to Reconciliation – Parts 1 & 2 (register on LMS; students on CLNx) with John Croutch, Indigenous Training Coordinator, prior to attending this workshop. John Croutch will be opening and moderating the workshop with Lorrie Gallant.

Indigenous community members as well as non-indigenous community members are welcome.

Facilitator: Lorrie Gallant is an artist, storyteller, educator and an Expressive Arts Practitioner who specializes in Indigenous cultural awareness and trauma from colonization. Born and raised on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory Ontario, Gallant’s methodology comes from her Haudenosaunee cultural heritage. Gallant worked 11 years at Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford Ontario (formerly the Mohawk Institute, the first residential school in Canada) as the Museum Education Coordinator where she developed art-based teachings and workshops to reveal the rich culture of the Haudenosaunee and the history and trauma of colonization and the residential school. Gallant presents workshops, and consults with school boards, museums, educators and organizations who want to understand more and find ways to participate in the 94 calls to actions of Truth and Reconciliation

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: Zoom – A meeting link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

This workshop is intended to be a safe space for parents and caregivers to ask questions and explore issues related to gender and sexuality. Whether your child identifies as genderqueer, trans, cis, nonbinary, or in another way and/or straight, lesbian, gay, bi, ace, queer or questioning – this workshop is for you. The workshop begins with a discussion of language relating to gender and sexuality and self-determination and affirmation in connection with gender expansive parenting and caring. Then we will explore questions asked by some parents and carers of young people. In advance of the workshop, you will have a chance to submit your questions and topics you’d like to discuss. How can we support and try to understand our kids? Let’s explore our questions together!

Co-sponsored by the Sexual and Gender Diversity Office and the Family Care Office.

Facilitators:

Ilana David, MSW, RSW (she/they)
Gender & Sexual Diversity Social Worker, TDSB
Ilana is a social worker with over 15 years experience working with children, youth and families in mental health, 2SLGBTQ+ community services and education settings. In her current role in the TDSB, Ilana provides a range of support and consultation services, with a focus on gender and sexual diversity and gender-based violence prevention.  Ilana facilitates groups for parents/caregivers of trans, non-binary and gender independent students; and advocates for safe and affirming school climates across the TDSB through staff training, student workshops and case consultations on topics such as healthy relationships, abuse prevention, and gender and sexual diversity.

Avi Magidsohn (he/him)
Trans & Non-binary Support/Triangle Program Social Worker
Gender & Sexual Diversity Team, TDSB
I have worked at the TDSB for almost 20 years in various programs – Human Sexuality Program; Deaf & Hard of Hearing Program; School Social Work; and finally, the Gender & Sexual Diversity Team. In my current role, I have the opportunity to provide social work support to the Triangle Program (Canada’s only 2SLGBTQIA+ alternative high school), co-facilitate the kids program during our monthly Gender Independent Group (group for trans/non-binary/gender-expansive students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 and their caregivers), and provide individual support to trans/non-binary/gender-expansive students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 across the TDSB. As a Black, trans man, I am so aware of the importance of being out and visible so that trans and non-binary students (especially, BIPOC students) see themselves reflected in the people they are going to for support.

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Location: In-person location(s) TBA

Part of the FCO’s (In)Fertility Journeys series, (In)Fertility Walk and Talk events are lunch-hour walks that will be an opportunity to connect with others with intersecting journeys. Please email Natasja VanderBerg to indicate your interest in participating. If there is sufficient interest, walks will take place on each campus. All genders and sexual orientations are welcome!

Date: Thursdays, May 18, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Location: The webinar link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

This workshop focuses on the challenges and exciting possibilities of parenting teenagers. First, we will look at physical, social and emotional changes that take place during teenage years and explore how these changes impact our children’s relationships with us and the world around them. Next, we will discuss how our parenting also changes to meet “where our children are at,” developmentally. Here, we will discuss setting boundaries, discipline, communication and parenting styles, finding balance, and (re)building relationships. This workshop is for all present and future parents of teenagers who would like to laugh and learn: laugh about our mistakes (present and future) and learn, in a non-judgmental environment, how to best support our children.

Facilitator:  Nana Gulic is Doctor of Philosophy student at OISE’s Social Justice Education Department. She is a Child and Youth Worker with 19 years of experience in working with youth in Canada and internationally. With youth empowerment and engagement as the guiding premise, she worked in residential group homes, community development programs, elementary schools and international organizations. Her academic and professional passions are social and emotional skill development and democratic education. Nana is also a mother to a 12-year old boy for whom she wishes to become a caring, empathic and engaged citizen.

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and we will try our best to work with you and make appropriate arrangements.

Date: Monday, May 29, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: The Zoom meeting link will be shared with you via email prior to the session start time.

More than 50% of adult Canadians don’t have a will. Most adults know that they should have a will. For a variety of reasons, many people put this off. Often, the process seems overwhelming. During his almost 30 years of wills and estate practice, Steve has encountered many repeated questions, and his seminar will provide some of those answers, to help demystify the process. He will be available at the end of the session to answer questions as well.

Facilitator: Steve Offenheim has been practicing law since 1994, and services wills and estates clients across Ontario.

Registration required. University of Toronto students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are welcome. Partners and family members (including chosen family members) who are co-caregivers with U of T students, staff, postdoctoral fellows and faculty are also welcome to attend. If you have any access needs to ensure your full participation in this event, please contact the Family Care Office and and we will make appropriate arrangements.