Author Archives: Helena Juenger

Infos for your stay in Freiburg

Some useful tips for your stay in Freiburg: Public transport ticket Regiokarte: https://www.rvf.de/fahrkarten-tarife/monatskarten-abos/regiokarte-erwachsene/ Movie theatres: Harmonie, Friedrichsbau, Kandelhof (one page for all three movie theatres, choose them on the left), Kommunales Kino im alten Wiehrebahnhof, CinemaxX Events: http://fudder.de/kalender Flea marktes: http://fudder.de/alle-flohmaerkte-in-freiburg–140335440.html Bike rental at the main train station: http://www.freiburgbikes.de/ Very affordable bike rental that includes replacing broken bikes at a location of your choice: https://swapfiets.de/offer/freiburg Markets: https://www.freiburg.de/pb/232237.html (the most central ones are the one at the Münster, in Wiehre, and in Stühlinger neighbourhoods) Pools: https://www.badeninfreiburg.de/willkommen-der-baederwelt-der-freiburger-schwimmbaeder, https://www.keidelbad.de/start/ Hiking around Freiburg: https://www.komoot.de/guide/337/wandern-rund-um-freiburg-im-breisgau Day trips around Freiburg: https://visit.freiburg.de/freiburg-fuehlen/ausfluege-aktivitaeten, Colmar, Basel, Strassbourg Traffic rules in Germany: https://www.adac.de/der-adac/rechtsberatung/verkehrsvorschriften/ Read More »

Listservs

Please use the following listservs to reach Faculty: faculty-german-l@listserv.utoronto.ca Graduate students: germangradstudents-l@listserv.utoronto.ca Recent graduates: ger-recentgrads-l@listserv.utoronto.ca Instructors: germaninstructors-l@listserv.utoronto.ca Members of the department (incl. graduate students, faculty, sessional instructors, staff): germandepartment-l@listserv.utoronto.ca Read More »

Financial

When submitting your receipts to the Business Officer, please add a reimbursement form. Please complete the left column only (your name, signature, etc). Read More »

How to request a change or post on the departmental website

Website changes In your email, please include: For example, if you check other syllabi, you can see that we need information on whether it’s a graduate or an undergraduate course the term the course is taught in the course number with the Fall, Spring, or Year indicator information on whether the course is taught in English or German the title of the course the pdf of the syllabus Good example: “Please change the title of my article “German for Beginners” to “German Grammar for Beginners”; Location: (LINK of your profile page or whatever page you are referring to), Chapter “Recent articles”, 3rd entry Not so good example:   “My article about German for Beginners is now called German Grammar for Beginners” (and no further information) Posts in the category News, Events, Homepage Slider, Spotlight In your email, please include: Good example: “Please post the following article under Spotlight: Title: Call for submissions: Zeitgeist 2015 +picture +text Not so good example: “Hey, there’s a really interesting talk on Goethe at the Consulate next week, can you post it?” (no title, no picture, no text) Read More »

Tech Support

For tech support, please contact iit@artsci.utoronto.ca or file a service request Teaching Technology Support tea: tts.artsci@utoronto.ca Urgent Issues ONLY (support is usually quick via email): If you have an urgent issue that needs immediate attention, questions or feedback, please reach out to us via cell phone or visit us in our new FAS IIT Client Services Walk-In Centre located in Sid Smith Room 560 (Ground Floor). Contact/Escalation Details: Main Escalation Line: 416-946-0570 *please try this line first Sotira Chrisanthidis (Sr. Manager), Mobile: 437-777-2564 See all IT contacts here To access the UtorVPN, please follow these instructions. If you need assistance, please feel free to reach out to IIT (contact above) to make an appointment. Read More »

St. Michael’s College

Services requests website Security Front Desk: 416-926-2099 Security Cell: 416-677-8663 Campus Police: 416-978-2323 AV & classroom support: Andrej Blazeka (via email or 416-926-2073) Mailroom: via email or 416-926-7289   Read More »