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University College is delighted to announce that Ian Kamau will be the 2026-27 Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor from September 2026 to April 2027.  

The College hosted four writing competitions open to UC and UC program students as part of the annual UC Writing Awards: the Meyer (Mike) Greenstein Memorial Student Award for Writing Excellence, the Norma Epstein Foundation Awards in Creative Writing, the Frederic Davidson Competition, and the Lorne Tepperman Prize in Public Writing.

For many students, an academic suspension can feel like the end of the road. But a new pilot program by University College and Victoria College at Victoria University in the University of Toronto is showing it can instead be a turning point. The Skills Towards Academic Recovery (STAR) program launched in summer 2025 at University College and Victoria College designed specifically for suspended students.