We're proud of how our #UofTEngineering community has persevered over the last year — but we also recognize this pandemic has been difficult on our mental health. In the 1st of a 3-part series on wellness, we asked @uoftengdean & GECoS UofT grad students how they are coping 💙.

✨ REMINDER: Grad Minds Conference – Finding Your Place in Virtual Space starts tomorrow! Welcoming all students, staff, and faculty to join them Thursday, March 25th from 5:30PM-7:30PM EDT. Sign up here: gradminds-conference.ca

This workshop will be hosted The National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) outreach team. Join us, National Eating Disorder Information Centre, and GECoS UofT TOMORROW at 5:30PM by registering at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI….

Our workshop with National Eating Disorder Information Centre and Grad Minds @ UofT starts at 5:30pm EST! ⏰ Register online: forms.gle/7twnUpLEXy2bnP…

📢In case you missed it: the deadline to submit abstracts is extended to Monday, April 12th. Link for submission: tobeconference.org

Suffering from the usual virtual event/class zoom fatigue? Miss competing with others in wacky challenges? 🎲 Sign up for the Mental Wellness Commission's live Minute to Win it contest! 🔗 forms.gle/LMgFCN6bhYvV5Q… 📅 Thurs, May 6th @ 6pm EST

✨ NEW EVENT: Summer Virtual Yoga 🧘‍♀️🧘🧘‍♂️ Join GECoS for a virtual, one-hour, beginner-friendly vinyasa flow. Register ASAP to reserve a space out of 10 available slots! When: Wednesday, July 14th from 6:00 - 7:00 PM Where: Zoom Registration: forms.gle/aXkemj74SFTR9M…

Happening Thursday 🗓📌: Organized by GECoS UofT, join #UofTEngineering students, researchers, and industry professionals for the second annual University of Toronto Engineering Research Conference 💡: uofteng.ca/sTuU2r

📅 NEW EVENT: Virtual Wen-Do Self-Defense Workshop Workshop Date: August 19th, 5pm - 6pm Registration: forms.gle/DXzK6nnZuEPEDt… Location: Online via Zoom. The Zoom meeting link will be sent prior to the workshop.

We are looking for a new Treasurer! GECoS is looking for a Treasurer appointment in starting in July! For interested applicants, fill in the form docs.google.com/forms/d/1asfB4…

We often hear, as I am sure you do too, that grad students are overworked and burnt out. We all know this, but we would like to have concrete data on grad student workload to back this up. Please fill out our Spotlight Survey by July 1 (forms.gle/WZN3JM5FVdCckF…) to let us know.

When you think about FASE at U of T, do you picture yourself? How does that affect the subjects you study and the program you are taking? These are some of the questions we would like to answer with our Spotlight Survey: forms.gle/WZN3JM5FVdCckF….