General

Student forms and letters

Please submit a supervisory form by October of the second year (PhD students), or the third year (PhD direct admit students). Please visit the SGS website for all forms and letter templates you may need. Among others, you will find the following forms: Read More »

Infos for New Students

Registration Registration opens mid-July (deadline is mid-September), please check exact dates at the SGS Sessional Dates page. You can register by either paying your fees or by registering without payment. If you wish to register without payment and cannot do so on Acorn, please submit a form to Helena Juenger. The Fall 2024 request form for registration without payment will be available on the SGS forms and letters page. Acorn step-by-step guide and instructions SGS Sessional DatesPlease familiarize yourself with the sessional dates, they contain important deadlines. SGS Student Forms & Letters HousingIn September, a lot of students entering UofT with you will be looking for housing in Toronto. It might be easier to find something a little earlier, so feel free to start looking now. Some pages you might find helpful are Craigslist, Kijiji, and Realtor.ca. SGS new student infos (including infos about your student card and UTORid number)Please obtain your UTORid number as soon as possible, and send your University of Toronto email address to Helena Juenger as soon as you have it. Once you have registered and found a place to stay in Toronto, please update your “current mailing address” in Acorn. If you are a PhD in ... Read More »

Listservs

Please use the following listservs to reach Faculty: faculty-german-l@listserv.utoronto.ca Graduate students: germangradstudents-l@listserv.utoronto.ca Undergraduate students: germanundergrad-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: 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 »