Arts and Science Students' Union

🎉Congratulations to our incoming ASSU Executive for 2026-2027!

Grace Johnson, President
Mikihiro Higashi, Executive
Jonathan Holubko, Executive
Quintina Liu, Executive
Zayne Nettey, Executive

We will also be electing two more Executives in the Fall, so look out for a nomination notice in September if you want to get involved with your Academic Student Union on the St. George Campus

🎉 Exam Jam is one week away!

On Tuesday April 7th join us in Sid Smith for the absolutely best way to get ready for final exams

If you don't know, Exam Jam combines study sessions from your Profs, with fun de-stressing events in the Sid Smith lobby from 11am-3pm

There will be lots of healthy snacks, free coffee and tea, crafting, fun activities and so much more! As always the Exam Jam dogs will be there too 🐶

Check out the Exam Jam page in the link in our bio for all the information about which study sessions are going to take place and check back before Tuesday as new sessions are being added all the time!

🎉 We thrilled to announce the winners of our 2025-2026 ASSU Service, Teaching, and Course Union awards!

These awards highlight the students, staff, and instructors who go above and beyond to make our faculty the amazing place it is.

The 2025-2026 winners are:

URMILA (UMA) SARKAR SERVICE AWARD
Janet Pham
Eleanor Weisbaum

RANJINI (RINI) GHOSH EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD
Dr. Haley Zubyk

TERRY BUCKLAND AWARD FOR DIVERSITY AND EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Sudanese Students Union

SANJEEV (SANJ) DEWETT COURSE UNION OF THE YEAR AWARD
Mathematics Union. Winner
Equity Studies Students’ Union, Runner-up

KATHARINE BALL GRADUATING AWARD FOR COURSE UNIONS
Arlo Grzyb-Reed, Winner
Luke Lomax, Winner
Esther Cho, Runner-up
Candace Ciju, Runner-up
Evita Jiang, Runner-up
Cynthia Sa, Runner-up
Jeya Scott, Runner-up
Wen Jia Zhao, Runner-up

ASSU NEW STUDENT INITIATIVE AWARD
Food Justice Junction, Winner
Hearts & Hooks, Runner-up

🎉 We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2025-2026 ASSU Leadership and involvement awards! These awards highlight the amazing work that students at UofT do, both on and off campus.

ASSU wants to thank every applicant who submitted this year, as it was truly a stellar group of students.

If you are an up-and-coming leader at UofT make sure to get your application in during our next cycle.

the 2025-2026 Winners are:

WILLIAM R. GARDNER LEADERSHIP AWARD
Lauren Daunt, Winner
Zachary Xerri, Runner-up
David Akinboro, Runner-up

GAVIN NOWLAN CAMPUS STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
Laiba Irfan Butt, Winner
Armiti Zarbakhsh, Runner-up
Candace Ciju, Runner-up

ABDULLAH SHIHIPAR CAMPUS STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
Max Phan, Winner
Parham Bokaei Jazi, Runner-up
Yusra Adil, Runner-up

IKRAN JAMA STUDENT AWARD
Tenzin Pema, Winner
Titobi Oriola, Runner-up
Emily Huynh, Runner-up

FATEMAH NAMI STUDENT EQUITY AWARD
Erika Ozols, Winner
Camille Gener, Runner-up
Janeth Aguirre, Runner-up

THE ALI SAEED MEMORIAL AWARD
Dzhafar Kabidenov, Winner

SECOND YEAR CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT AWARD
Mirza Daniyal Ahmed
Avin Ahmadnian
Elizabeth Amponsah
Ameera Farhad Aziz
Ish*ta Saini
Khaviyaa Suthaharan
Camryn Trapp

FIRST YEAR CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT AWARD
Rongzhen (Jenny) Bian
Elif Cakici
Tvisa Purohit
Ammelee Thantony
Ziyuan (Jimmy) Zeng

Applications are now open for the ASSU Graduating Student Leadership award! You can find the link to the application in our bio, or at www.assu.ca/wp/services-resources/assu-awards/.

You must be a full-time graduating student in the Faculty of Arts & Science who demonstrates the following:
📚 academic excellence (cGPA 3.0+)
💯 outstanding extra-curricular leadership
💰 financial need (OSAP or other provincial loans)

Please note that the award recipient must be enrolling in a graduate program at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Arts & Science in September 2026.

The deadline to apply is Friday, April 10th @ 5pm. Good luck! 🩷

Thank you to everyone who turned our for our ASSUxMehdi Hasan event last night!

Special thanks to our ASSU Exec Grace and Layla for organizing and hosting the event as well as Prof. Randy Boyagoda, Vice Dean of for moderating, and A&S Dean for their generous support.

We're already looking forward to our next ASSU Speaker Series event so keep watching this space for more info!

Whats’s this? A beautiful, polished, amazing, and spectacular OFFICIAL PROGRAM for URC with all the information about our opening ceremony, keynote presentation, oral & poster presenters times + places and our wonderful selections committee?

URC IS IN TWO DAYS!!! We can’t wait for you all to see the wonderful research and work these presenters have done! Join us Friday February 27th from 11 AM - 3 PM for amazing student research and keep an eye put tomorrow for information about our raffle with over $500 worth of prizes!

RSVP in the link in our bio!!!

What’s this? A beautiful, polished, amazing, and spectacular OFFICIAL PROGRAM for URC with all the information about our opening ceremony, keynote presentation, oral & poster presenters times + places and our wonderful selections committee?

URC IS IN TWO DAYS!!! We can’t wait for you all to see the wonderful research and work these presenters have done!

Join us this Friday, February 27th from 11 AM - 3 PM for amazing student research and keep an eye out tomorrow for information about our raffle with over $500 worth of prizes!!

RSVP in the link in our bio!!!

Hey ArtSci! The annual 2026 ASSU Undergraduate Research Conference is just around the corner! Join us from 11AM - 4PM on Friday, February 27th at Sidney Smith Hall to celebrate the wonderful student research projects across Arts and Science! This year we have over 60 students presenters!!

This event is open to the public and we deeply encourage you to come support your friends, visit other presenters, and best of all, learn something new!

RSVP in the link in our bio to let us know you’ll be attending!

As well, keep an eye out for more posts this week about our presenter schedule and our URC raffle with $500 worth of prizes to take home!!!

📣 Calling all singers, poets, musicians, artists, dancers, and performers of all kinds… showcase your talents at ASSU’s annual Open Mic Night, hosted at the Vic Cat’s Eye on Thursday, March 19th from 7-10pm!

Register to perform at the link in bio by Friday March 6th at 11:59pm. Any individual and group performances are encouraged. For any inquiries, email [email protected]. See you soon! 🕺