Be Part of a Thriving, Supportive Community at Michener
Go beyond the classroom and discover a welcoming and supportive community at Michener. Learn more about the opportunities, experiences and student support services in place to help you succeed on your personal and academic journey.
Life on Campus
Michener has an urban campus setting in the heart of vibrant and multicultural Toronto, steps away from the city’s largest hospitals. The campus is compact in size and easy to navigate, with ready access to simulation labs, the Learning Resource Collaboratory and study spaces, gym and athletic facilities and places to meet with friends and classmates.
Virtual Tours
Get a look inside student life, campus facilities, our realistic simulation labs and more through Michener’s Virtual Tour. Find out how Michener helps make healthcare happen by taking our virtual walking tour.
The Student Success Network is here to help you through your time at Michener.
Services available to students include accommodations and accessibility, coaching and counselling, learning supports, student health insurance, test centre, graduate job postings and Michener’s Career Fair.
Learning Supports:
- Workshops support academic learning, clinical placement and future practice. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Stress reduction for practical assessments
- Oral presentations
- Time management
- Multiple choice test strategies
- Peer Tutoring provides excellent one-on-one academic assistance and support.
- Academic Coaching provides one-on-one support to improve study skills, stress and time management strategies, test taking and communication skills.
- Online resource material available to help with online learning, making presentations, study tips and more.
For more information, contact SSN at success@michener.ca.
On-Campus Housing Options
Michener’s residence helps students connect with peers, have easy indoor access to their classes, computer labs and the Learning Resource Collaboratory and is located in the heart of downtown Toronto.
Schatz Hall, our five-floor co-ed student residence, is a wing of Michener’s main building. Each co-ed floor houses 12 students and includes a common lounge, kitchen and coin-operated laundry facilities. An accessible unit is located on every floor.
Our residence population tends to be mature students who value both the residence experience and their education. To apply, please complete the Residence Application Form.
For more information on student accommodations, please e-mail residence@michener.ca or call 416.596.3101 ext. 3345, Toll-Free 1.800.387.9066 ext. 3345.
Off-Campus Housing Support
Students may find off-campus housing using available web resources such as ViewIt.ca, Rentals.ca, TorontoRentals.com and more. If you are in one of the MRS programs — Radiological Technology, Radiation Therapy or Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technology — you can use the University of Toronto: Off-Campus Housing Search portal free of charge. If you are not in any of the MRS programs, there is a $20.00 fee for 60 days of access.
To find a potential Michener roommate, please email residence@michener.ca and request to be added to a roommate list.
If you have found a potential place and would like feedback on the location, proximity to Michener, ease of public transit, etc., please email residence@michener.ca.
Clubs & Activities
Michener offers several student organizations to enhance your educational experience, such as Student Council, the Michener Charity Committee, the Medical Laboratory Student Society (MLSS), and the Medical Radiation Sciences Society (MRSS). Students interested in joining can find more information on the Student Hub at MyMichener.
There are many ways to get involved and help lead or give back to the Michener community. Students can take charge and run for Michener Student Council, or become a student representative with the Michener Alumni Association.
Student job positions are posted throughout the year to help in customer service, as a student ambassador and more. Current students will be alerted to job opportunities by email, and can also find them posted around campus.
Major events throughout the year, such as convocation, homecoming and the student awards ceremony, will also provide opportunities to volunteer.
Sports & Recreation
Fitness Facilities
Michener’s fitness, athletics and recreation facilities are available for all students to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle. Our facilities include:
- Gymnasium (open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.), hosts pick-up and intramural sports
- Squash court
- Strength Training area with free weights, plate weights and pin-selected weight machines
- Cardio area with a flat screen TV
- Day lockers, saunas and showers are available in the men’s and women’s change rooms
Intramural Sports
Michener offers a variety of recreational sports, such as basketball, indoor soccer and volleyball. For more on Michener’s intramural sports leagues, please email intramurals@michener.ca.
Michener Gitigan
The Michener Gitigan is an Indigenous-led healing garden established on Michener campus by the UHN Indigenous Health Team in 2021. It follows the practices and protocols for planting a ‘Gitigan’ (the Anishinaabemowin word for ‘garden’) that have been passed down through generations.
The Gitigan is a place to grow plants native to the area, traditional medicines and many plants used by Indigenous nations for their healing properties to help improve physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. Indigenous events and sunrise ceremonies have been hosted in the Gitigan, and it is regularly maintained and harvested by Michener and UHN employees.
If you have any questions about the Michener Gitigan, please contact indigenoushealth@uhn.ca.
Health & Wellness
Michener’s Coaching and Counselling Office offers free confidential, professional and caring support for a wide variety of life’s stresses:
- Get support for relationship and sexual identity issues
- Tackle misuse of alcohol, drugs or other addictions
- Manage cultural adjustment and discrimination
- Manage trauma, depression and anxiety
- Get support for school and life stress
- Cope with grief and loss
The Coaching and Counselling Office is open during the Fall, Winter and Summer semesters for current students. Hours vary from Monday to Friday, contact success@michener.ca for further details.
Transportation & Getting Around
Michener is located in downtown Toronto and is accessible by multiple forms of public transit.
- TTC: Take the subway to St. Patrick station on the University subway line, Michener is a short walk from there. You can also take the College or Dundas streetcars and exit at the McCaul St. stop.
- Go Transit: Take the GO train or bus to Union station and then the University subway line north to St. Patrick station. Michener students are eligible for discounted travel with a GO Transit ID card, contact the Registrar’s Office for further details.
- UP Express: The UP Express runs from Pearson International Airport to Union station every 15 minutes, with stops made at Weston and Bloor St. along the way. Upon arriving at Union, take the University subway line north to St. Patrick station – Michener is a short walk from there.
- Cars: Student parking is not available on campus, but privately owned pay parking lots are located nearby.
- Bicycles: There are many bike lanes located near Michener, and bicycles may be stored for free on surface-level bike racks or bike racks found in Michener’s underground parking.