High School Workshops

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Introduce your students early to U of T!

Register your class for engaging and interactive in-person and virtual workshops hosted by professors, students and PhD students from the Faculty of Arts & Science at U of T. See below for the variety of hands-on workshops and lectures available.

Note: In-person workshops will be held on campus.

Humanities & Social Sciences Workshops

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Title: Introduction to Latin

Duration: 1 hour

Format: In-person

Facilitated by: Dr. Matt Ludwig

Description: A sneak peek of what a University Latin 101 course looks like, with a chance to meet undergraduates and their professor in a friendly, low-stakes environment.

Dates:

  • March 13, 9–10 a.m.

Life Sciences Workshops

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Title: The Pharmacology & Toxicology of Substance Use

Duration: 1.5 hours

Format: Virtual

Facilitated by: Dr. Michelle Arnot

Description: This workshop will focus on the neuropharmacology and toxicology behind how certain drugs that act in the brain can lead to substance use disorder. It will also cover a few of the most common theories and use examples from prescription and street drugs; for example, pain medication (opioids), sleeping pills and stimulants. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A with Dr. Arnot and students.

Dates:

  • March 21, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Physical & Mathematical Sciences Workshops

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Title: An introduction to geological microscopes

Duration: 1 hour 

Format: In-person

Facilitated by: Professor Daniel Gregory

Description: We discuss the properties of light and how they are used in identifying minerals with a microscope, then we will provide a hands-on introduction to using a petrographic microscope to identify and understand a variety of beautiful minerals.

Dates: 

  • March 17, 10:30–11:30 a.m.

Title: The Seven Bridges of Königsberg 

Duration: 1 hour

Format: Virtual

Facilitated by: Dr. Asia Majeed

Description: All roads and motorways form a large network. How do you find the shortest route between two given points? Mathematics! In this interactive workshop, we’ll introduce students to graph theory by finding diversions when a particular connection is busy.

Dates:

  • March 13, 10–11 a.m.
  • March 14, 10–11 a.m.