Munk One Program
315 Bloor Street West M5S 1W7 Toronto, ON, Canada

Are you an incoming U of T student in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences? Join us for the second in our series of Munk One Program Open Houses on March 5th from 4-5PM ET to learn more! We will be covering the hands-on learning opportunities students enrolled in the program will have in their first year of #university, including an ethnography, a Dragon's Den inspired pitching competition, SDG labs, and more! Sign up today: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/29800/

Calling all innovators and problem solvers! Applications to join the 2021-2022 Munk One cohort are now open! All incoming first-year University of Toronto students enrolled in the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts & Science department are eligible to apply. Learn more about the program and how to submit your application at http://bit.ly/apply-munk-one.

Reece Young, Grace Adams, Alex Erickson, Aryan Dhar, and Andrea Caceres are Munk One students from the 2019-2020 cohort who won the annual Dragons’ Den pitch to become the inaugural participants in The Carey Projects. In the latest blog on our website, they provide an update on their initiative, The Awa Project, which seeks to alleviate poverty and increase water access in the Peruvian community of Ihunaco through a fog-catching initiative. See what they've been up to and what the special holiday initiative they got up to was! https://munkschool.utoronto.ca//building-relationships-ma/

Interested in applying to Munk One but wanting to learn more? Hear directly from our professors and students at the virtual Open House Series! Each 1-hour session covers a specific aspect of the program, from the Munk One Labs to l Beyond the Classroom opportunities. All prospective University of Toronto students entering their first year of undergraduate studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science are encouraged to attend! Register today: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/upcoming-events/

Munk One alumna Jillian Sprenger ('15) made the most of her time studying at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, conducting independent research in places such as Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Ethiopia, and the Ecuadorian Amazon. Learn how Munk One's first-year research opportunities and labs helped grasp the many opportunities available at the University of Toronto: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/making-the-most-one-student/

Renee Jagdeo is an alumna of the 2019-2020 Munk One Cohort, and is now running to be the youngest City Councillor in Toronto's history! Her platform includes expanding affordable housing, increasing COVID-19 protections for renters and businesses, and increasing green spaces in public areas in Ward 22 (Scarborough-Agincourt). One of these proposals even takes inspiration from her time in the Munk One Program! Read Renee's profile on blogTO to learn which proposal this was, and to hear what inspired Renee to run: https://www.blogto.com//19-year-old-running-youngest-city/

Check out this event from the Asian Institute at the Munk School tomorrow to hear from distinguished scholars on how nature and authoritarianism intersect! RSVP below:

In August, students Reece Young, Grace Adams, Alex Erickson, Aryan Dhar, and Andrea Caceres won the Munk One Dragon's Den to become the winners of the inaugural Carey Projects for their initiative aimed at reducing poverty in the community of Ihuanco, Peru. On our student blog, the team provides an update on their initiative, Awa. Read it here! https://munkschool.utoronto.ca//catching-the-clouds-2020-/ Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

While studying abroad and in-person classes are cancelled for the time being, Munk One students are still going global! This semester, students have collaborated with fourth-year undergraduate students at the Universidad Católica de La Plata came together to collaborate in a global classroom led by Professor Teresa Kramarz, director of the Munk One program and co-director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy Environmental Governance Lab, and Professor Sebastian Baglioni at the Universidad Católica de La Plata. Together, students joined forces virtually to research the impacts of COVID-19 on Toronto and La Plata. Read more about their experience below! https://munkschool.utoronto.ca//munk-school-professor-tur/

What is it like to take part in classes at the University of Toronto from your home in southern Brazil? How does it feel, as a student from Cameroon, to witness anti-Black racism in North America? Recently, Munk One Professor and Interim VP-International Dr. Joseph Wong hosted a podcast episode on the experiences of international students during the pandemic featuring two Munk One students & alumni - Ana Meleti (‘20) and Atharv Agrawal (‘19). Listen here! http://uoft.me/NN11

Head on over to our Instagram (@mymunkone) next week as our students and alumni take over our feed and story to share about their #mymunkone experience! They will be answering questions regarding courses, experience, student life, relevance after first year, and how to apply. See you next week!

CALLING ALL MUNK ONE ALUMNI, GRADUATED AND CURRENT! Since our program launched in 2013, we have welcomed cohort after cohort of big thinkers and even bigger doers. Whether you are still with us at U of T for the rest of your undergraduate studies, or you are all across the world pursuing other endeavours, we hope you will take the time to (re)connect with your Munk One peers. We understand that old email addresses retire, and we would love to have your updated preferred mod...e of contact so we can reach you! In addition to community-building purposes, we may also send program updates from time to time to keep you in the loop on happenings at Munk One as we evolve. To update your contact information, please visit: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca//munk-one-alumni-stay-in-t/