Faculty & Staff

Work where the world comes to think, discover and learn. There are thousands of faculty and staff members across our three campuses supporting our mission of research, teaching and scholarship.

The bulletin brief

Get faculty and staff news delivered straight to your inbox.

The Bulletin Brief is the latest iteration in a 75-year tradition of news for U of T staff and faculty. Get important information and see how we are impacting the communities we serve.

About the Bulletin Brief

A focus on our people

Vivek Goel’s COVID-19 podcast (Ep. 8): Contact Tracing

If you haven’t encountered the term already, you can expect to hear a lot more about “contract tracing” in the weeks and months to come as experts debate how and when to lift social distancing measures.

“Contact tracing is one of the most significant tools available for the control of the spread of infectious diseases,” says Dr. Vivek Goel, the University of Toronto’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives, and a professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Photo of Jeannie Callum of U of T and Sunnybrook as she leans on a railing with a building in the background

U of T plays leading role in effort to develop COVID-19 treatment from recovered patients' blood plasma

Researchers at the University of Toronto are playing a leading role in a national effort to study the efficacy of using blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat those who are sick with the disease. 

An aerial shot of Kitchenuymaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation

'Hope and pray that we make it through': COVID-19 underscores vulnerability of remote communities

Donny Morris faced an extra hurdle as he raced to keep his tiny, fly-in community safe, healthy and stocked with crucial supplies in the face of the COVID-19 crisis: an unusually warm winter and an early closure for a 700-kilometre ice road in northern Ontario. 

U of T is one of Canada’s top employers

We are proudly recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers (2019), Canada's Best Diversity Employers (2019), Canada's Greenest Employers (2019), Canada's Top Family-Friendly Employers (2019), Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2019) and Canada's Top Employers for Canadians over 40 (2019).