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Volunteer Opportunites

How U of T Physics graduate students, post docs and RAs can get involved in Outreach!

Are you a graduate student, post doc or research associate who wants to get involved in the Outreach initiatives at U of Physics?

There are opportunities in running workshops and demos, doing talks and more.

If you are interested, please email outreach@physics.utoronto.ca for more information.

Current Opportunities

Email outreach@physics.utoronto.ca if you are interested in any of the opportunities below:

  • We are always looking for people to develop workshops for our School Visit Program.
  • Jan 2023 - looking for volunteers to help run the High School CAP Exam Workshop taking place in late March!

    These groups we work are looking for volunteers (updated Aug 2022):
  1. Science Rendezvous:

Science Rendezvous (https://www.sciencerendezvous.ca/) at the University of Toronto (St. George Campus) is a student-run organisation that aims to promote general scientific consciousness to the public, particularly among youth and their families. We host Canada's largest science outreach festival by bringing science out of the lab and onto the street, reaching over 25,000 visitors annually at the St. George Campus. Our aim is to increase public involvement in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.). This event offers visitors the chance to interact with world-class researchers, witness awe-inspiring demonstrations, partake in hands-on experiments and, above all, have fun while discovering S.T.E.A.M. in a whole new way!

We are now actively recruiting for the Co-Chair positions to lead the executive committee that will be organising our 2023 event. We are seeking individuals who not only have a keen interest in scientific outreach, but who have experience with event planning (involving strong leadership, organisational skills, budgeting, and coordinating with third parties). For more information about each position, please visit (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wmvo8A5g0iF-C6ZHmEs3JHrImet6F69L/view?usp=sharing)

contact: nita.ghosh@mail.utoronto.ca for more info

  1. Let’s Talk Science

Recruiting Volunteers for Physics Day!

Let's Talk Science is bringing Physics Day back this year! This is a 3-hour event for high school students that introduces them to fun and fascinating physics topics that they explore through hands-on activities on campus. We need you to help us deliver another successful event!

WHO: Physics students [grad or undergrad] interested in youth outreach

WHAT: You will be part of a small team that develops and delivers physics activities for a high school audience. The time commitment would be a few hours per month.

WHERE: TBA [could be virtual or in person at McLennan Physics]

WHEN: We will start our planning meetings in September, where we will decide the exact date of the event [late Winter term]

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Sandhya at s.mylabathula@mail.utoronto.ca. Let's Talk Science is a national charitable organization for science literacy; we are the outreach site at the St. George campus.