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Volunteer Newsletter |
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This is your reminder to get involved in science outreach this term!
Whether you want to try a one-time event or build skills by volunteering regularly, we've got you covered.
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Open Opportunities:
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Community Partnerships (after-school program)
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Science Literacy Week in October 5 - 9 (sign up as part of our events team)
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Fall Events Team
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Science Literacy Week at Toronto Botanical Gardens & the SLC
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Celebrate Midautumn Festival, Halloween and Diwali with our virtual events for youth
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Help with our Girls-in-STEM events
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Ontario Science Centre DNA Fingerprinting Lab sign-up open
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Open Opportunities |
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Join our events team
Looking for a lighter commitment while building science communication and leadership skills? Join our events team and help out where and when you're able to. |
| Event Volunteer Sign-up |
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Virtual Events
Contribute to sharing a love for science through virtual activities that engage students in hands-on programs. We draw on topics like astronomy, ecology and math, but no experience is necessary! Choose from some of our upcoming events:
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Midautumn Festival
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Halloween
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Diwali
In-Person Events
Support youth and community partners through in-person events. Many take place on campus while some take you around Toronto (and we'll cover the travel fare!)
Join our Events Team! |
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Apply to Volunteer with our Community Partnership Program |
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SciXchange partners with community centres and organizations to provide hands-on STEM learning opportunities that support equity-deserving communities and under-represented communities in STEM. As part of this program, volunteers are required to commit to visiting a single community partner several times over the course of a term.
Most partners are located in downtown Toronto, within 15 minutes of campus. We deliver activities on a bi-weekly or monthly basis. Generally, we offer after-school activities, so you must be available one evening per week.
Deadline extended. Please apply to volunteer asap.
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| Community Partnerships Volunteer |
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DNA Fingerprinting Lab with the Ontario Science Centre
It's back! Our partnership with the Ontario Science is continuing this year. Senior students (third year and above) can sign up to volunteer to help with micropipetting and gel electrophoresis with high school students.
This is a popular position so sign up early! The application may take up to 10 minutes to complete and it will be competitive. |
| Volunteer for DNA Labs |
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Upcoming Opportunities |
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Don't see something that resonates with you? We'll be recruiting more volunteers later in September for the following roles, so stay tuned!
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Technovation Girls - Support students in learning new skills, a global program and competition where girls work in teams and use technology to solve problems in their lives and their community. Launching Nov. 14 2026.
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Social Media - Join our social media team to help promote our programs and build your science communication skills! Details coming.
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Past Opportunities
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High School on-campus lab volunteers (some spots still open)
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Soapbox Science - attend our annual event this weekend, see below.
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Latest News |
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Science Literacy Week Returns |
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Join events across Canada that celebrate and encourage a science literate society! We'll be celebrating on campus Oct. 8 in the SLC. |
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Visit Soapbox Science this weekend! |
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Our free, annual women and nonbinary folks in STEM event returns to Word on the Street, Sept. 26-27. |
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New Partnership with OSC |
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TMU hosts Ontario Science Centre's DNA Fingerprinting Lab for high school students.
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Contact Us |
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New to SciXchange?
We're the outreach office for the Faculty of Science. We host opportunities for the community to engage with STEM while supporting TMU students and scientists in building science communication skills.
Have you graduated recently?
Some volunteer opportunities are available to non-TMU students. However, if you no longer wish to receive our emails (we understand you're moving on!) please unsubscribe! |
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Have an outreach opportunity we should be part of? Don't hesitate to contact us at scixchange@torontomu.ca
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