Student Experience
Below is a few ways to get involved in programs and activities related to the Ethics, Society & Law Program.
Ethics, Society & Law Students’ Association
Mindful Journal of Ethics
Mindful is an undergraduate journal affiliated with the Ethics, Society & Law (ES&L) Program. The undergraduate ES&L program is distinctively interdisciplinary, emphasizing and engaging with issues that have both theoretical and practical resonance. Mindful has a similarly interdisciplinary mission: the journal seeks to gather excellent undergraduate papers in a range of fields that address topics that are relevant to society today.
Humanities for Humanity (H4H) and Humanities for Humanity Two (H4H2)
Each year, we recruit student mentors to facilitate our annual co-curricular outreach and engagement course Humanities for Humanity (H4H). The primary responsibilities of mentors are to create an inviting environment for disadvantaged community participants and to help nurture conversation and discussion in small groups at the weekly H4H session, Tuesday evenings during the fall term.
We also recruit student mentors for Humanities for Humanity 2 (H4H2). Mentors in H4H2 read and discuss literature together with disadvantaged community members, meeting 10 times during the year, every second Thursday evening in both the fall and winter terms.
Both these opportunities can be added to students’ Co-Curricular Records (CCR) and are a wonderful community service experience to highlight on a resume. Further information about these programs and mentorship opportunities will be sent to students in early September.
Trinity College Undergraduate Research Conference
The Trinity College Undergraduate Research Conference is an interdisciplinary annual conference that gives Trinity students the opportunity to present their research in an academic setting. This is also a unique opportunity for Trinity students and faculty of the university to meet and discuss related topics of interest outside of the classroom.
U of T Global Opportunities
Innovative Learning Opportunities
The ES&L program hosts, or is closely associated with, the following innovative offerings for students:
- At least three topically distinct sections of the required 300 level small-class seminar course – please see TRN303H
- At least five topically distinct sections of the required 400 level small-class seminar course – please see TRN412H
- A course taught by leading practicing lawyers in fields of social justice – please see TRN304Y
- A 300-level course on Sustainability Issues in Ethics, Society & Law, which includes public engagement events – please see TRN312H
- A senior research and community engagement course – Community Research Partnerships in Ethics: learn more about CRPE here and TRN407Y
- A senior seminar course organized around workshops at the U of T Law School – please see TRN425Y
- The active ES&L Student Association – ES&LSA LinkTree and ES&LSA Facebook page
- The student-run Mindful Journal of Ethics
- The Humanities for Humanity, and Humanities for Humanity 2 co-curricular outreach and community engagement programs