Academic Resources
- ACORN (Accessible Campus Online Resources Network): Enrol in courses, view your course and exam schedules, check your transcript, view your financial information, request to graduate, order official transcripts, and print your tax forms.
Career & Co-Curricular Learning Network (CLNx) Mentorship Catalogue: Find mentorship opportunities available at the University of Toronto.
CLNx: Find volunteer positions, jobs, shadowing, work-study, CCR-verified club positions, and workshops at U of T.
Course Finder: Find courses offered at the University of Toronto and their details, such as the method of course delivery (e.g., online asynchronous, etc.), course descriptions, prerequisites, course schedule, term offered (e.g., Fall 2021), the campus where the course is offered, and the breadth requirement the course fulfills.
Degree Explorer: View your academic history and degree requirements, and use the degree planner to determine how you will meet your degree requirements and if you are on track to complete your degree and program(s).
Old Exam Repository: Browse old exams from all campuses, from the three most recent years, to get an idea of previously tested content in your courses.
Previous UTSC NRO/PSY Course Syllabi: Find past NRO and PSY course syllabi to get an idea of course content and structure for courses you are planning on taking.
Student Organization Portal: Find clubs hosting academic events at U of T.
Timetable Builder: Plan out your semester/year course schedule. This tool is only a planning tool and does not enrol you in the courses you use to plan your schedule.
Transfer Explorer: Find out if a course credit you have taken or wish to take at another institution can be transferred to the University of Toronto or other U of T campuses for course credit.
U of T Blue Book: Search a directory of University of Toronto experts on a wide variety of topics and find news resources.
UTSC Calendar: Find sessional dates (academic deadlines), the course timetable, the registrar’s guide, and information about admissions and student recruitment.
UTSC Course Search: Search for University of Toronto Scarborough courses by course name, course code, breadth requirement, calendar section, and enrolment limits. Find course descriptions and links to the course on the UTSC Timetable.
UTSC’s Department of Psychology Website: If you are interested in pursuing a program in neuroscience, search through the department’s website for a list of programs, researchers, and experiential learning opportunities.
UTSC Neuroscience Program Requirements: Make sure you are on track in completing all your program requirements by using the Department of Psychology’s nifty checklist.
Canadian Neuroscience Associations, Federations, & Societies
- Association for Canadian Neuroinformatics and Computational Neuroscience: An association dedicated to computational neuroscience.
- Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN): The largest neuroscience association in Canada. Dedicated to advancing neuroscience research and connecting neuroscientists.
- Canadian Association of Child Neurology (CACN): An association for pediatric neurologists and pediatric neurology residents throughout Canada.
- Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation: Manages and supports five National Specialty Societies (CNS, CNSS, CSCN, CACN, CSNR).
- Canadian Neurological Society (CNS): Represents neurologists and neurology residents in Canada to promote care of diseases of the nervous system.
- Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists (CSCN): A society for promoting neurophysiology—from research, to education, to clinical neurophysiology.
- Canadian Society of Neuroradiology (CSNR): A society for Canadian neuroradiologists, dedicated to caring for patients with diseases of the nervous system.
- International Brain Research Organization (IBRO): The global association of neuroscience societies.
- The Canadian Action and Perception Network (CAPnet): An association dedicated for neuroscience research on the study of action and perception.
- The Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS): A non-profit organization that aims to encourage Canadian research in experimental psychology and behavioural neuroscience.
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
- Anishinabek Nation, Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Seneca Nation, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Huron-Wendat (French website), and Tionontati (Wyandotte) Nation: Visit the website of the Indigenous communities being occupied by the University of Toronto’s operations.
Beyond Territorial Acknowledgments: Read this paper to help understand how lasting change is created by taking action beyond the recognition of Indigenous presence.
Canadian Universities’ Land Acknowledgments: Understand how the Land acknowledgements used by Canadian universities must be improved to reflect the individual history, culture, and traditions belonging to the Indigenous Land on which they operate.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Browse this website to read more about Truth and Reconciliation, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Nations in Canada.
Limits of Settlers’ Territorial Acknowledgements: Read and share this paper explaining the performative nature and false sense of innocence perpetrated by settler’s territorial acknowledgments. See how you can implement this knowledge into your own school’s or organizations’ steps to reconciliation.
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: Browse the NCTR website, to access resources to educate yourself and receive support on the injustices faced by First Nations, Inuits, and Métis Nations, during the establishment of residential schools in Canada.
Native-Land: Use this resource to help understand why territory acknowledgements, coupled with action, are so important.
Resource Guide: Read and share this guide to help foster conversations about reconciliation.
TRC’s Calls to Action: Read the report of the 94 Calls to Action put together by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to urge all levels of government to change policy and programs by taking accountability for their actions and repairing the trauma caused by residential schools.
Whose.land: Visit this website for information on whose land you’re currently on, and to remember the sites of residential schools once established in your communities
Neuroscience Resources
- Brain Canada: Brain Canada is a non-profit organization that supports brain research in Canada. Browse the projects Brain Canada funds through the Canada Brain Research Fund, research programs, and initiatives.
Brains Explained: A YouTube channel that explains neuroscience concepts, such as an introduction to the neocortex and the direct and indirect pathways of the basal ganglia.
BrainFacts.org: A public information initiative that communicates scientific discovery about the brain.
Coursera Neuroscience Courses: Free, online neuroscience courses, such as Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging (offered by Johns Hopkins University).
NeuroMorpho.org: An inventory of digitally reconstructed neurons from peer-reviewed publications. Explore neurons by species, brain region, cell type, or randomly and explore literature that has published digital reconstructions of neurons.
Neuroscientifically Challenged: A YouTube channel consisting of short, 2-minute videos about the basics of neuroscience—from motor neurons to the pathways of the basal ganglia.
Neuro Transmissions: A YouTube channel that posts about neuroscience findings and their relevance in our day-to-day lives, such as why gratitude is good for you.
Science Sam: Learn more about science communication by U of T alumna and neuroscientist Sammantha Yammine.
Simply Neuroscience Resources: Find free study resources, lesson plans/workshops, a Neuroscience 101 course, and the Action Potential Advising Program (APAP)—all curated by Simply Neuroscience, a non-profit organization.
The Brain from Top to Bottom: Find information on everything and anything about the brain, from how the mind develops to anatomy, brain disorders, and more. Explore the site by topic, level of explanation, level of organization, module, or by guided tour.
The Neuroscience Fellowship: An “online classroom” for virtual learning and mentorship in neuroscience. Find free online lectures on a variety of neuroscience topics and academic/research-oriented events.
UBC Neuroanatomy: Learn neuroanatomy through this phenomenal interactive website.
Research Resources
- Citation Gecko: Input papers relevant to your area of interest and find related papers.
Connected Papers: A visual tool to find relevant research articles related to a paper you have found for your research topic.
Crossref: Search metadata for articles, books, and datasets and find all of its relevant referencing information, such as DOI, authors, type of publication, date of publication, journal name, volume, issue, and pages.
Mendeley & Zotero: Manage your citations via collecting, organizing, sharing, and automatically citing (with various and customized styles) your references right from your browser.
Pocket: Have articles (or websites in general) that you want to save to access at a later time? Save them with relevant tags, and read or listen to them anytime, even offline, and across all your devices!
PubPeer: Find and participate in peer discussion on published journal articles.
Research Rabbit: Explore all of the citations from one paper easily, view graphs that map related papers and an author’s work in its entirety, search for papers, explore related papers, and keep track of your progress. Research Rabbit is built to provide assistance in every aspect of your literature search.
Scite_: Find citation statements about any research topic of interest. Download it as a browser extension to use it while you read articles, receive alerts of relevant citations, and use automated reference checks to ensure you cite reliable research.
Ulrich: Sign in to determine if the journal from which you found a research article is peer-reviewed!
Unpaywall: Search a database of freely available journal articles.
U of T Libraries: Sign in using your UTORid and find almost any paper—for free.
U of T Libraries Popular Databases: Explore popular databases for any discipline of scholarly materials.
