Cori is the Associate Faculty Registrar & Director, Student Affairs at the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto. We talk about her experience leading student experience initiatives at U of T Engineering, how she suggests students navigate undergraduate research at U of T, exploring mental health supports available at the university, her PhD work, and what an equitable engineering profession could look like.
Cori Hanson has served at the university for over a decade, first as a residence coordinator at New College, holding other roles such as Assistant Registrar. She is familiar to many students as a former advisor in the first-year office, staff liaison of the Undergraduate Engineering Research Day (UnERD), and currently leading efforts in EDI (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) as the founder of the Engineering Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Action Group at U of T Engineering.
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Task Force and Action Groups and Initiatives
First-Year and Upper-Year Resources
Research Resources
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This podcast is supported by the Hart House Good Ideas Fund, the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, the Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Engineering Alumni Network, all at the University of Toronto.
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