A Hurdle to Success: Symposium

Instructional Centre (IC Building)

University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

1095 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4

Saturday, September 27, 2014 – 9:00am to 4:00pm

Free! Advanced registration is required. Space is limited.

All youth under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a guardian or bring a permission form. Youth must be ages 14 and up. Permission forms available soon at http://uoft.me/ahurdletosuccess. 

Breakfast and Lunch provided. Please email antiracism@utoronto.ca or call 416-978-1259 with any dietary restriction or other accessibility concerns/requests. 

A bus travelling to the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) is available from:

•         East Scarborough Boys & Girls Club - 100 Galloway Rd
•          Heron Park Community Centre - 292 Manse Rd
•          East Scarborough Storefront - 4040 Lawrence Ave E
•          90 Mornelle Court

Please indicate if you require bussing by selecting the appropriate ticket above. A bus schedule will be available along with participant permission forms at http://uoft.me/ahurdletosuccess. 

Directions to the University of Toronto Scarborough via TTC

A.      Take Line 2 – Bloor/Danforth to Kennedy Subway Station. Take the Scarborough RT (Rapid Transit) to Scarborough Centre Station. Take the 38/38A Highland Creek bus to Military Trail and Ellesmere Rd.The Instructional Centre (IC Building - 1095 Military Trail) is right on the (northwest) corner of Ellesmere Rd and Military Trail.

B.      Take Line 1 – Yonge – University – Spadina to York Mills Subway Station. Take the 95/95B/95E York Mills bus to Military Trail and Ellesmere Rd.

 C.      Take Line 2 – Bloor/Danforth to Kennedy Subway Station and take the 116/116E Morningside bus to Morningside Ave & Ellesmere Rd. Walk 5 minutes east on Ellesmere Rd to Military Trail. 

The second instalment of the Hurdle to Success series – a free full-day symposium bringing together community members, sport professionals and academics to discuss the experiences of Indigenous and racialized minority students engaged in post-secondary athletics – will take place on Saturday, September 27^th at the University of Toronto Scarborough from 9:00am to 4:00pm.

The symposium will feature keynote presentations and panel discussions from community members, academics and sport professionals including renowned social and political activist, and former Olympian, Waneek Horn-Miller, and Paul Jones, Sportscaster for the Toronto Raptors. Breakout discussion sessions throughout the day will explore challenges and opportunities in three areas:

• How Indigenous and racialized youth access and are recruited to post-secondary athletics;
• How marginalized student athletes successfully pursue, complete, and graduate post-secondary education; and
• The successful transition to professional sport including Pan Am/Parapan Am.

A Hurdle to Success is a panel discussion series taking place between 2014 and 2015, in light of the upcoming 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games in Toronto. Presented by the University of Toronto’s Anti-Racism & Cultural Diversity Office, First Nations House, the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Hart House, the University of Toronto Scarborough, the Centre for Sport Policy Studies and the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Ignite Initiatives; the series explores the relationship between indigeneity, race, sports and post-secondary education.

For more information on the first Hurdle to Success panel discussion, “Access, Retention and the Culture of Sport at the University of Toronto” see: http://www.physical.utoronto.ca/News/2014/01/27/dissecting-race-education-and-sport