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Title: Interview with Curtis Cole
Description: As of 2021, Curtis Cole is the Registrar and Assistant Dean of Enrolment Management at the University of Toronto Scarborough. He first joined UTSC in 2002 as an Academic Advisor at the Academic Advising and Career Centre. Born and raised in southwest Scarborough, Cole talks about the early perceptions of UTSC as a "backdoor" to the University of Toronto and talks about the evolution of Scarborough as a legitimate part of the University of Toronto. Cole discusses the public perception of UTSC, both in regards to domestic students and on an international scale. Cole also touches upon the changing value of undergraduate degrees, as well as the recruitment and rise and of international student admission and tuition at UTSC.
Subject: Administration, Campus growth, Education, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus

Title: Interview with Eleanor Irwin
Subject: Buildings, Education, Facilities, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus

Title: Interview with Brian Hamlin
Subject: Community, Education, Extra-curricular activities, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus

Title: Interview with Tavila Haque
Description: Tavila Haque, a UTSC student from the 2012 graduating class, reflects on her time spent at UTSC. She looks back at her five years here with fond memories and notes how her experience here differed from the misconceptions that she had heard about UTSC. She discusses the numerous supports available to her as a student, providing advice to future and current students to take advantage of them. She specifically touches on her close relationships with her professors and how their support has allowed her to become more confident in her own work as a photographer.
Subject: Art, Buildings, Community, Education, Facilities, Student experience, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus

Title: Interview with Diane Hill
Description: Learning about the barriers faced by a First Nations student while attending UTSC
Subject: Anti-colonialism, Community, Education, Ethnicity, Indigeneity, Leadership, Race

Title: Interview with Madeleine Callaghan
Description: Madeleine Callaghan, who works with the City of Toronto in the Museums and Heritage department at the Scarborough Museum, shares her own learning experience around Indigenous histories in high school in the 1970s and college in the 1980s, as well as the current challenges faced by local museums in curating public history.
Subject: Community, Education, Ethnicity, Indigeneity, Public history, Race, Racism

Title: Interview with Alexandra Flynn
Description: Professor Alexandra Flynn speaks on her personal experience growing up in Indigenous communities and learning to become an Indigenous ally. She also notes the importance of actively integrating Indigenous knowledge into education while also touching upon the ways in which she tries to promote Indigenous knowledge in her City Studies courses.
Subject: Activism, Administration, Community, Education, Indigeneity, Media

Title: Interview with Floro
Description: Floro talks about his personal experience as an immigrant and his awareness of Indigenous issues and culture. Regarding his work at a Toronto Public Library, he talks about how his community's library takes a strong initiative to educate others on Indigenous culture and issues. Mentioning other branches of the Toronto Public Libraries, he speaks about how all have engaged in creating a space for Indigenous peoples to feel comfortable and respected.
Subject: Community, Culture, Education, Immigration, Indigeneity, Media, Toronto Public Library

Title: Interview with Social Science Professor
Description: Social Science Professor talks about UTSC's initiative on Indigenous education, Indigenous representation in media, and her personal experience and past interactions with Indigenous people.
Subject: Education, Ethnicity, Indigeneity, Media, Race

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