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Office of Student Affairs
Telephone: (705) 748-1011, ext. 7125
Fax: (705) 748-1109
E-mail: studentaffairs@trentu.ca
Web. www.trentu.ca/studentaffairs
Senior Director of Student Affairs and Community Partnerships
Meri Kim Oliver
The Office of Student Affairs provides administrative and programming support to the various departments that coordinate student services on campus. These services include the Academic Skills Centre, Athletics, Trent Bus Service, The Career Centre, Counselling Services, Health Services, Disabilities Services, Conference and Catering Services, Housing and Food Services, Student Pubs, the Introductory Seminar Week orientation, Spiritual Affairs, and Health education. The Student Affairs Office coordinates student based committees to help raise awareness, address concerns, and make recommendations for improvements that will benefit the students and the University
Student Affairs is also home to Impact, an exciting leadership program that prepares students to assume a wide variety of leadership roles within the Trent community and beyond. Students who complete this co-curricular experience develop the knowledge and skills to assist them in becoming productive, compassionate and effective leaders.
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Alumni Association
Alumni House, Champlain College
Telephone (705) 748-1573
E-mail: alumni@trentu.ca
Fax: (705) 748-1785
Web: www.trentu.ca/alumni
Director
Tony Storey
Studying at Trent University is an exciting and important time in a student’s life, but it is just one phase in the lifelong relationship that the Alumni Association fosters and encourages.
Trent’s alumni remain informed, interested and involved, long after graduation day. Recent graduates help represent the university to high school students; university committees and boards benefit from alumni participation; Homecoming Weekend welcomes alumni back to campus each year; Alumni House is a special, popular facility where many university events unfold as well as a destination for returning alumni; 25 Chapters across Canada and overseas provide opportunities for Trent alumni to meet in their home communities and our magazine, TrenT, is provided to alumni and friends around the world three times a year.
Alumni involvement is visible every day at Trent through bursaries, awards, prizes, scholarships, support for student groups and programs, hospitality to new students, special lectures and sponsored events.
Trent’s alumni number over 32,000 representing 97 different countries. The success of our alumni as liberal arts and science graduates is impressive and diverse including a nationally recognized executive search consultant, an award-winning physicist, a University President, a leading Canadian church-woman, a pioneering specialist in Canadian environmental law, an innovative leader in information technology, a doctor committed to international humanitarian causes, an Ontario Court Justice and several award-winning writers and musicians.
This strong and lasting bond that alumni form for Trent is an indication of the richness of their experiences as students.
Athletic Program
Telephone: (705) 748-1257
Fax: (705) 748-1447
Web: www.trentu.ca/athletics
E-mail: athletics@trentu.ca
Cardio Bookings/Court Bookings/Swim Times: (705) 748-1483
Director
Bill Byrick
Trent offers a diversified athletic and recreation program, ranging from organized inter-university varsity competition to sport club competitive teams, a large, award winning, Campus Recreation intramural program and fitness activities, as well as informal recreational activities. Facilities include a rowing venue, a full-size, artificial turf stadium with lighting and seating for 1,000 spectators, a natural grass playing field, a double gymnasium, a 25-metre pool, 4 squash courts, a weight rooms and fitness centre, saunas and locker facilities, as well as a canoe venue and extensive nature area for hiking.
Inter-university and intramural competition is organized in a wide range of sports, and Trent University is a full member of Ontario University Athletics and the Canadian Inter-University Sport, as well as the Ontario College Athletic Association. Varsity sports include Cross Country Running, Curling, Fencing, Rowing, Rugby, Soccer, Swimming, and Volleyball. Trent’s award winning Intramural program includes inner tube water polo, basketball, fencing, hockey, soccer, softball, squash, flag football, volleyball, swimming, skiing, ultimate frisbee and triathlon. A complete schedule of aquatic leadership and fitness programs is available. Trent has an active club program as well, with teams involved in interuniversity competition at the club level in mountain biking, field hockey, lacrosse, triathlon, martial arts, Nordic skiing, rowing, badminton and dancing.
Trent Athletics is the largest student employer on Campus. There are employment opportunities in aquatics, varsity event operations, sports information, building maintenance, campus recreation and fitness instruction.
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Bus Service
Trent’s Symons and Traill campuses are connected to each other and to the city by dedicated bus routes operated by the City of Peterborough. The Trent Express and Trent/Fleming Connect are operated specifically for students and other members of the Trent community during the Fall and Winter sessions, and are scheduled to coincide with the University’s academic timetable. The City’s George Street North bus runs regularly and connects Trent with nearby neighbourhoods.
The compulsory transportation fee paid by full-time students entitles students to a bus pass which is honoured on all City of Peterborough bus routes, giving Trent students access to the entire city from the Labour Day holiday in September to May 1 each year. Please see section on Ancillary Fees for information on the compulsory transportation fee, or view Trent’s web site: www.trentu.ca/ studentaffairs/bus. Part-time students may also purchase a student bus pass. Students enrolled in Summer session at Trent may purchase a Summer bus pass from the Office of Student Affairs.
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Career Centre
Champlain College, Rm 204
Telephone: (705) 748-1011, ext. 6012
E-mail: careers@trentu.ca
Web: www.trentu.ca/careers
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Reduced summer hours.
For an appointment in Oshawa, call (905) 721-3003.
The Career Centre is your on-campus and online resource for planning your career and finding employment. Whether this is your first year or your graduating year, it’s never too early to start.
Peterborough
The Career Centre is open year-round for part-time and full-time students as well as recent graduates who seek career- and work-related information and guidance. At the Career Centre, students will find information on different career options and effective work search strategies as well as resources for graduate school and further education opportunities.
Career and employment workshops and information sessions are held throughout the school year. Individual appointments are available for resume/cover letter critiques and career counselling.
The Career Centre invites students of all disciplines to connect with employers, recruiters, and graduate and professional school representatives at campus career fairs and other networking events.
Oshawa
Career counselling and resume/cover letter critiques are also available in Oshawa. Trent students can register by calling the Trent Information Office at 905-721-3003. The Library @ UOIT houses career and work related reference materials.
Online
Students can find out about exciting upcoming events and other career related resources by visiting us online at www.trentu.ca/careers. Check out our free WebCT course at: www.trentu.ca/careers/students/services_webct.php Connect with Trent alumni through our online Alumni-Student Mentoring program at www.trentu.ca/careers/mentoring.
Trent University is a member of workopolisCampus.com, Canada’s biggest job site for students and recent graduates. This online database provides full- and part-time employment opportunities, both on and off campus, directly to Trent students. Find out where your Trent degree can take you by visiting us on-campus in Champlain College or online at www.trentu.ca/careers.
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Child Care Centre
1600 West Bank Drive
Telephone: 743-1096
Web: www.trentu.ca/tccc
Executive Director
Sandra Robinson
Trent Child Care Inc. is a non-profit organization offering a wide range of programs for children between the ages of 6 weeks and 12 years. Our campus site is licensed for 52 children aged from six weeks to five years. All staff have Early Childhood Education diplomas and maintain current First-Aid and Infant-Child C.P.R. training. Trent Child Care is licensed by the Ministry of Community, Family and Children’s Services under the Ontario Day Nurseries Act. The organization offers care to all members of the community, and fee subsidies are available for those who qualify. Early registration is urged, as waiting lists exist at most of our sites.
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Conference Services
Lady Eaton College
Telephone: (705) 748-1260
Fax: (705) 748-1209
E-mail: conferences@trentu.ca
Web: www.trentu.ca/conferences
Trent’s Conference Services hosts conferences, retreats, academic and sports camps, and various other events throughout the year. Conference services provides employment opportunities to students both during the academic year and through the Summer months. Accommodation for visiting students and their families are available year round.
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Counselling Centre
Blackburn Hall, Suite 113
Telephone: (705) 748-1386
Fax: (705) 748-1137
E-mail: counselling@trentu.ca
Web: www.trentu.ca/counselling
Hours: Monday to Friday – 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. (Reduced Summer hours. Please call ahead.)
Personal counselling is available to all students through the Counselling Centre. Many students seek support for specific concerns related to anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges. Other students come to the Centre with less clearly defined difficulties such as low motivation, poor self-image/esteem, stress, loneliness and adjustment issues, all of which can seriously interfere with one’s daily functioning and academic performance. Through discussions and goal-setting, counsellors can help students to more fully understand themselves, their concerns and to learn effective coping strategies. A few sessions of individual counselling are often sufficient to find a solution or at least to view the problem from a more manageable perspective. The opportunity to speak freely about one’s concerns in a confidential and non-judgmental atmosphere can provide a source of comfort and relief. An outreach clinic is operated at Durham College for Trent students attending classes at the Oshawa Campus. Relevant referrals within the Trent and Peterborough communities can be arranged as appropriate. Group therapy and workshops on selected topics are offered throughout the year. Limited psychiatric services are also provided. To book an appointment call (705) 748-1386 or drop by Blackburn Hall 113.
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Disability Services
See Academic Support Services, Disability Services.
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Indigenous Student Services
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 7612
Fax: 705-748-1416
E-Mail: iss@trentu.ca
www.trentu.ca/indigenousstudies
Coordinator
Joeann Argue
Indigenous Student Services is for Indigenous students throughout the university. It is located in the First Peoples House of Learning, Enweying building, on the main Symons campus. Student space is provided in Mshiikenh: First Peoples Gathering Space, located on the lower floor of Enweying, and in Nendimowin: Elders and Students Centre, located in Enweying 322 which also provides access to computer, printer, telephone and fax services.
Foundations of Indigenous Learning
Students of Indigenous heritage from all disciplines are welcome to take advantage of the Coaching program offered through the Adler School of Professional Coaching which is available by registering in INDG 101 Foundations of Indigenous Learning. INDG 101 provides students with the academic skills, attitudes, strategies and mutual support systems for academic and personal success.
Access and Advocacy for Indigenous Students
Trent University provides access for individuals of Indigenous heritage through the Foundations of Indigenous Learning program offered through the Indigenous Studies program in collaboration with Indigenous Student Services.
Naadimaagewin Program
The Naadimaagewin program offers a variety of group and individual academic supports for students. Workshops are held throughout the year on topics such as Time Management, Essay Writing and Exam Stress. Individual academic help is available from the Naadimaagewin program co-ordinator, who can also arrange for tutors from any of the departments on campus for students in need of specific course support.
Cultural Advisor
The Cultural Advisor provides a variety of services to support enhanced awareness and understanding of contemporary and traditional Indigenous issues within the university community. Various cultural events, traditional activities and workshops are presented throughout the academic year. The Advisor acts as the primary department liaison for the Elders and Traditional Peoples Gathering each February. Culture based counselling is available.
Indigenous Student Counsellor/Academic Advisor
The Indigenous Student Counsellor is available to all students at the University. The Counsellor provides culturally sensitive counselling for issues regarding university life and academics as well as personal problems that arise as a result of school or other life experiences. Advocacy for students with their professors or other university departments is also available. The Counsellor arranges workshops and events throughout the year and also provides academic advising. Appointments and referrals to long-term counselling can be arranged.
Trent University Native Association (TUNA)
Since 1969 TUNA has provided a voice for students within the Indigenous Studies program and for Indigenous student throughout the university. It is a body organized by, for and about Trent’s Indigenous student population. All are welcome to join and participate. TUNA organizes various cultural, social and recreational events throughout the year and provides a forum to discuss and deal with issues affecting Indigenous peoples. TUNA can be contacted by e-mail at tuna@trentu.ca. The TUNA office is located in First Peoples House of Learning, Enweying 322.
TCSA Indigenous Issues Commissioner
This position is part of the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA), the University’s student government. If you have questions or concerns you feel need to be addressed by the whole student community (Trent, Provincial or National, please contact the Commissioner through the TCSA www.trentcsa.ca.
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Off-Campus Housing Service
Suite 110 – Blackburn Hall
Telephone: (705) 748-1011, ext. 7128
E-mail: housing@trentu.ca
Web: www.trentu.ca/housing
The Off-Campus Housing service offers a variety of listings of accommodations in the Peterborough area, as well as copies of the Tenant Protection Act and basic information on renting an apartment or house. Listings are posted regularly and can be viewed year round at our web site. Students are welcome to visit the Off-campus Housing Office to view the listings, ask questions and/or pick up a map of the City of Peterborough. From anywhere you can look at our web site. or e-mail us for more information.
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Student Health & Dental Benefit Plans
Trent Central Student Association Student Benefits Office
Champlain College, Room S109
Telephone: (705) 748-1107
Fax: (705) 748-1108
E-mail: benefits@trentcsa.ca
Web site.: www.trentcsa.ca
The Student Benefits Plan offers full year health and dental coverage to all eligible students. The fee for the Student Benefits Plan is mandatory and is automatically billed to all eligible students at the same time as tuition, ancillary and other student fees. Eligible students are: full-time undergraduate, full- and part-time Bachelor of Education students and full-time graduate.
Students are given an opportunity to waive the Student Benefits Plan (opt-out) if they have existing health and/or dental coverage. In order to opt-out and be reimbursed the mandatory fee, eligible students must submit a completed waiver form along with proof of existing health and/or dental coverage directly to the Student Benefits Office, or complete an opt-out form on-line, before the advertised deadline. This deadline is firm and will be advertised each year on the Association’s web site., by e-mail and will be published in the TCSA member handbook. Refund cheques for those students who have opted-out of the plan(s) will be available in early December each year at the Student Benefits Office. Students wishing to opt-out need only do so once provided there is neither an interruption in their studies nor a change in student status.
Students that have waived their benefits under the plan(s) can opt back in if they lose their alternative coverage. Students must opt into the plan(s) within 30 days of losing alternative coverage or during the opt-out/opt-in period in September. The Student Benefits Plan also offers students the ability to add a spouse and/or dependents to their health and/or dental plan during the opt-out/opt-in period in September each year.
Students are encouraged to contact the Student Benefits Office or visit the web site. to learn more about the Benefits Plan, understand all plan options, and confirm opt out deadlines as soon as they arrive on campus as it is the student’s responsibility to meet all deadlines associated with the Student Benefits Plans.
For reasons of personal information and privacy protection, the Trent Central Student Association Student Benefits Office can discuss information pertaining to an individual’s status on the plan(s) only with the plan holder.
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Student Health Services
Blackburn Hall
Telephone: (705) 748-1481
Fax: (705) 748-1055
E-mail: AWalters@trentu.ca
Web: www.trentu.ca/healthservices
Hours: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon 1:30-4:30 pm Monday – Friday during the academic year.
Service is reduced in May and June and not available in July and August.
Service is reduced in May and June and not available in July and August.
The goals of the Health Service are to increase the health and well-being by helping students to make positive health decisions and build skills to carry out these decisions. Students are encouraged to eat well, be active and stay smoke free.
Male and female physicians and a nurse are available for office clinics. All clinics require booked appointments. If the student is receiving allergy injections, a letter is required stating dosage, schedule for injections and special instructions from the allergist.
All students attending Trent University are required to have valid health insurance. Any student without medical insurance is held personally responsible for his or her health care costs.
The following is a list of immunizations which the Ontario Ministry of Health and the National Advisory Council on Immunizations recommends you have updated prior to admission:
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella
- Tetanus, Diphtheria
- Hepatitis B
- Meningitis
- Tuberculin Test (2 step)
- Hepatitis A (discuss with family doctor regarding risk factor)
Student nurses must have their immunizations completed before coming to Trent University.
All services are completely confidential.
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Trent Central Student Association
Local 71 – Canadian Federation of Students
Suite S110, Champlain College
Telephone: (705) 748-1000
Fax: (705) 748-1002
E-mail: info@trentcsa.ca
Web site.: www.trentcsa.ca
The Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) is the student union that represents all full-time undergraduate and the full- and part-time Bachelor of Education students at Trent University in Peterborough.
TCSA represents the interests of its members to all levels of government and university administration. It is also a founding member of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). The TCSA, as a member local of the CFS is committed to bringing about necessary educational, administrative and/or legislative changes in those areas affecting students.
In addition to its advocacy and lobby efforts the TCSA also provides a variety of services and events for its members including a Community Resource Centre & Alternative Library, a Consignment Used Book Service, student discount cards, a free student dayplanner, a health and dental benefits plan, social events, concerts, guest speakers and more.
The TCSA is governed by a Board of Directors made up of representatives from each college cabinet, as well as an executive committee and equity commissioners elected annually from the membership at large. General elections are held each February, with the term in office beginning in April and lasting for a full twelve months.
The TCSA also supports and sponsors more than 70 student clubs, groups and societies on campus. The Association continually works to improve and expand the scope of its advocacy, activities and programs. Students are encouraged to communicate ideas and opinions to their elected representatives on the TCSA Board of Directors, to participate and become involved in the activities of the Association, and to exercise their voting and membership privileges.
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