Interested in mentoring the next wave of scientists and improving high school STEM education? Get involved with the Discovery program this Fall!
The Discovery Program at the University of Toronto is seeking mentors for its upcoming Fall 2026 term (October 2026 – December 2026). This initiative targets high schools with fewer educational resources, offering students an opportunity to engage in university-level STEM projects. In partnership with high school educators from the Toronto District School Board, participating students work in teams to design and execute experiments to solve real-world problems over three full day visits to UofT. We are currently recruiting volunteer mentors to help guide high school students through their iterative designs. As a mentor, you’ll guide students through capstone projects in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, helping them apply their knowledge in a hands-on, inquiry-based learning environment. You will also have the chance to gain skills and experience for future teaching opportunities, connect with fellow mentors in the Discovery community, and share your passion for science and engineering with students!
If you’re interested, sign up using this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/M35ArkHPdD or scan the QR code on the image below. For more details, visit uoftdiscovery.ca or reach out via email to: discovery@utoronto.ca
Emotional Intelligence: The Human Side of Technical Leadership
Wednesday, October 14 | 10 – 1:30PM | GB202 I Register in advance
📜 Participants will receive a certificate of completion.
🤌 Coffee, tea, light snacks, and full-lunch will be catered.
Engineering and technical environments require strong analytical thinking, problem-solving and technical expertise. But success, particularly when working with others, also depends on how we handle stress, communicate, manage disagreements and respond to different people.
In this interactive three-hour workshop, participants will explore four areas of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management.
We’ll look at questions such as: What happens when I’m stressed or frustrated? How do I know when I’m getting triggered? How can I pause before reacting? How do I recognize what someone else may be experiencing? And how can I handle a difficult conversation without making things worse?
Using practical examples, reflection and discussion, participants will explore how emotional intelligence can help with teamwork, conflict, communication, trust and working under pressure, in graduate school, research teams and future workplaces. Participants will leave with practical strategies they can use right away to manage their own reactions, work more effectively with others and handle challenging situations.
Résumé and Cover Letter for Industry
Thursday, October 21 I 12:00 – 2:00 pm I GB202 I Register in advance
🍕 Pizza and pop will be catered at the event.
Looking to tune up your résumé and cover letter for industry roles? Join us for a session with Career Exploration & Education to learn strategies and tips to build and refresh your industry job application material.
We will discuss:
✅ Creating application materials targeted to industry roles
✅ How to analyze industry job descriptions so you can successfully tailor your résumé
✅ Strategies to create a more effective and captivating résumé including writing strong accomplishment statements and organizing résumé sections effectively
✅ Approaches to drafting tailored cover letters in an efficient and compelling manner
Bonus Activity: Participate in a peer-based résumé review for personalized feedback! You will need to bring a digital copy of your working résumé (does not need to be finalized) and be ready to share it with your peers.
September 23 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Physical AI from Cloud to Robot: An AMD Perspective
Abstract
Building intelligent robots requires more than deploying a model to hardware. Modern robotics workflows span cloud-based training, simulation, fine-tuning, and efficient on-device inference, all supported by increasingly capable development tools. This talk explores how these pieces fit together targeting the newly launched AMD Kria AI Developer Platform.
From a collection of AI trends, we will highlight the latest model architectures, fine-tuning techniques, and hardware acceleration that enable efficient deployment of embodied AI applications. The talk will also examine the growing role of AI coding agents in robotics, showing how they can accelerate software development and complement existing physical AI workflows before a robot is ever deployed.
At AMD, we have the benefit of working with customers and academic collaborators on all these aspects of robotics. With that perspective in mind, while we are sharing our experiences, we also hope to learn from the University of Toronto community on how we might engage more.
About Graham Schelle
Graham Schelle is a fellow at AMD within the Research and Advanced Development Group (RAD) based in Colorado, USA. He leads a team within AMD Research looking at Physical AI strategies across cloud and edge full-stack deployments. Specifically, with the open-source Ryzers effort, the team has mapped a variety of Robotics frameworks onto AI PCs, reimagining client devices as embedded platforms for Physical AI workloads. He is also a lead maintainer of the PYNQ and the RFSoC-PYNQ open-source projects for adaptive SoCs at AMD.
Register to join the Introduction to Medical Affairs Workshop hosted by University of Toronto’s Life Sciences Career Development Syndicate (LSCDS)!
Date: Wednesday September 23rd 6-8PM
Location: UofT St George Campus
Pizza will be provided!
This workshop will be led by Dr. Jefferson Tea, CEO and Founder of Agilis Health and former Vice President of Medical & Regulatory Affairs at Takeda Canada. Dr. Tea holds a PhD in Pharmacology and MBA from the University of Montreal, and he has held leadership roles in major pharmaceutical companies including Amgen, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer.
If you are curious about how to apply your PhD or post-doctoral research background to a career in Medical Affairs, please register for the free workshop here: https://forms.gle/SxazDp9Ye4WjxNDu6
The exact building and room number will be e-mailed to registered participants closer to the event date.
We hope to see you there!
LSCDS Team
Happy back-to-school season!
We are excited to announce that Science Rendezvous at the University of Toronto has begun recruiting Executives for the 2026-2027 academic year in preparation for our 2027 festival, taking place on Saturday, May 8, 2027!
Science Rendezvous at the University of Toronto is a non-profit, student-run organization focused on making science accessible, engaging and exciting for the general public, particularly youth and their families. Each year, our festival brings science out of the lab and onto the streets of the St. George campus, connecting thousands of visitors with researchers, students and organizations from across the University of Toronto and beyond.
Through interactive demonstrations, hands-on activities and opportunities to engage directly with researchers, Science Rendezvous gives visitors the chance to explore science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) in an exciting and approachable way.
We are now recruiting members of our 2026-2027 Executive Committee who will help plan and deliver Science Rendezvous 2027. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about science outreach and who have, or would like to develop, experience in areas such as event planning, leadership, communications, logistics, budgeting, volunteer coordination and working with community and university partners.
For more information about the available positions and their responsibilities, please see our Executive Position Descriptions:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CJWevvJfwkzNIkoHVnbD-93wLlP_RiEkLhRTT1AQst4/edit?usp=sharing
The average time commitment is approximately 1-3 hours per week, depending on the position and the time of year.
To apply, interested candidates must complete our Executive Application Form:
https://forms.gle/W2w8kKhM5wCjrFd97
Applications are due by September 30, 2026 at 11:59pm ET.
To learn more about Science Rendezvous at the University of Toronto, visit ScienceRendezvousUofT.ca or follow us on Instagram, Facebook and X/Twitter at @UofTSR.
We look forward to receiving your applications!
Sincerely,
Ferdinand Reke Avikpe and Zachary Xerri
Co-Chairs, 2026-2027
Science Rendezvous
University of Toronto, St. George
ScienceRendezvousUofT.ca
Join us for MedCP Lessons from Leaders on September 30th!
From early ideas to growing ventures, discover how MedCP can help move your innovation forward. Attending our session, you will hear from Health Innovation Hub (H2i), Entrepreneurship for Commercialization of Health Opportunities (ECHO), Entrepreneurship-in-Residence (EiR) and Lab2Market (L2M) Health Hub, all in one hour!
MedCP supports health researchers, trainees, clinicians and innovators with the tools, training, funding and networks to translate discoveries and ideas into real-world health solutions, from the bench to the bedside and into the market.
What can you expect?
✅ An overview of MedCP and what we do.
✅ A look at what each program does and who it’s for.
✅ Where to start, whether you’re working from an early idea or growing a venture.
📅 Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST
📍 Location: Online via Zoom
🔗Register Here by: September 28, 2026
If you have questions about MedCP, our programs or how to get involved, you can contact us at medcp@utoronto.ca.
Lessons from Leaders is hosted by MedCP, the Commercialization & Partnerships unit at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Co/LAB is a new initiative funded by the IMS Jay Keystone Award that will be centred on women’s health, creating space for student researchers and patients with lived experiences together to learn from one another and collaborate on shared artistic or creative pieces that highlight diverse perspectives.
We launched a mini “photovoice” project open the public. Our aim is to collect a series of photos from the community that represent both hardships and bright spots in medical experiences. Here is our Instagram post launching the project, and here is Google Form where submissions can be made.
🔬 Interested in exploring the market potential of your research?
Applications for Lab2Market Health Discover National program – Fall 2026 are now open! 🚀
Come together with Temerty Medicine and TAHSN members to explore entrepreneurship as an alternative career path through this virtual 10-week program. Health science researchers from across Canada will have the opportunity to gain insights into the commercial potential of their academic research and develop a new way of thinking—one that connects innovation to real-world problems we’re working to solve in our labs.
Participants will:
💡 Explore commercial potential of their research
🌎 Learn how their research can address real-world challenges
🚀 Develop an entrepreneurial mindset and new ways of thinking
🎯 Discover whether entrepreneurship could be the right path for you
Ready to take your health science research beyond the lab? Apply today to L2M Health Discover!
📅 Program Dates: October 13, 2026 – December 15, 2026
⌛️Application Deadline: October 2, 2026
🔗Apply here: https://www.lab2market.ca/discover
Eligibility:
- Current fourth year undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a Canadian university.
Postdoctoral and clinical fellows affiliated with any Canadian institution.
Faculty, clinicians, and researchers affiliated with any Canadian academic institution hospital, or healthcare organizations.
- Has an interest in learning how innovation and entrepreneurship can take their health research from bench to real-world