On Wednesday, November 4th, thousands of Grade 9 students across Canada will be taking part in the National Take our Kids to Work Day. While the University does not formally participate in this program, we are supportive of this initiative and are aware that a number of staff will bring their Grade 9 children to work on this day.
To ensure that students participating in the program have an experience that is both
educational and safe, staff are reminded to discuss their involvement in this day with managers prior to November 4th.
Managers should conduct a safety assessment of relevant work areas when considering requests from staff to bring their children to work.
Both managers and staff are asked to review the University of Toronto Environmental Health & Safety's guidelines for job shadowing posted at
http://www.ehs.utoronto.ca/Assets/ehs3/policies/JobShadow.pdf
prior to bringing a Grade 9 student to the University. The EHS guidelines provide important information for the safety of children who are visiting the University for formal job shadowing events and other occasions.
Take Our Grade 9 Kids to Work Day is a local school board initiated event, and students may have a paper or assignment to submit to their teacher after they participate in the day. For more information about this event visit their national website www.takeourkidstowork.ca.
Should you have any questions, or require further information about job-shadowing, please contact Francesca Dobbin at f.dobbin@utoronto.ca.
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