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Two Wycliffe College students are recipients of 2022 TST Board of Trustees awards. Jeremy McClung, conjoint PhD student, has received the Margaret E. Fleck Scholarship. This scholarship was established in 2006 by the Board of Trustees in honour of the Reverend Margaret E. Fleck, an Anglican priest and divinity graduate of Trinity College, and former member of the TST Board of Trustees. The award is funded by a gift of the Ralph M. Barford Foundation along with matching funds from the Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS). The scholarship is awarded for academic excellence and demonstrated

The University of Toronto (with which the Toronto School of Theology / Wycliffe College are affiliated) is once again at the top of the list in the 2022 QS World University Rankings for Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies: #1 in Canada and top 25 in the world. The 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject measures the performance of more than 1,500 universities in 161 locations around the world. Congratulations to the hardworking faculty, staff, and students at UofT and the Toronto School of Theology's seven member colleges whose collective efforts merited this recognition once again.

At yesterday’s meeting of Wycliffe College's COVID Response Team, members affirmed the desire to move in tandem with the broader University of Toronto community—and indeed with the Province of Ontario—in transitioning away from the most restrictive pandemic era policies and procedures. Effective May 1, 2022, both UCheck and WYCcheck are being discontinued. However, in keeping with University of Toronto guidelines announced earlier this week, the requirement to mask in common-use indoor spaces will continue up to and including June 30, 2022. ( The College recognizes some limited exceptions are

Dear Friends, In what seems to be an epidemic of scandal in the Church, we were grieved to learn that Mark MacDonald has given up his post as National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop and has relinquished the exercise of ordained ministry on account of acknowledged sexual misconduct. Mark is a graduate of this College and a friend to many of us, and he has been a vital part of our teaching and mission. This news is shocking and heartbreaking on many levels. In our lament, we pray for all those affected by this misconduct: for the person who brought this complaint forward, for Mark’s family, and

For over 15 years, Rob Henderson has been an integral and beloved member of the Wycliffe College community, joining us first in 2006 as Director of Development, and then a decade later, taking on the role of Executive Director when Peter Patterson retired. Rob worked under three Principals and, in his time, the College’s assets have nearly tripled and the number of alumni contributing to the work of the College has doubled. In the Executive Director’s role, he led the development and implementation of an innovative, six-year strategic plan that prepares Wycliffe to meet what promises to be an

Our community is eagerly anticipating our first in-person convocation since 2019 on Monday, May 9. Seating will be limited in Sheraton Hall—with masking and physical distancing in place—but the ceremony will also be live streamed, beginning at 4:45 p.m ., for those unable to attend in person. Climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe will deliver the convocation address, entitled "Finding Hope in a Changing Time." Watch the live stream at wycliffecollege.ca/convocation_2022 . Wycliffe will celebrate our largest graduating class in some time with 55 graduands registered. The Convocation Holy

The April edition of Wycliffe College's monthly e-newsletter contains a full list of in-person and online summer courses, an introduction to our new Professor of Old Testament, and more. Find it here.

On Tuesday, May 3, Wycliffe College will award the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, with a Doctor of Divinity honoris causa . In a ceremony that will be live-streamed from Wycliffe's Sheraton Hall, former Principal George Sumner will present the Archbishop for the degree, which will be conferred by Principal Stephen Andrews with Board Chair Carol Boettcher. The Archbishop's stop at Wycliffe will occur on the final day of a five-day official visit to Canada, which is taking place at the invitation of Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. During his time in

During a meeting of Wycliffe College's COVID Response Team this morning, members determined to continue with all current COVID policies and protocols up to and including May 31, 2022. In keeping with University of Toronto guidelines, this means that masking and physical distancing measures will remain in place. Click here to see the most up-to-date version of Wycliffe College's vaccination policy. To access the College's COVID reporting form (to report a suspected case or close contact with a confirmed case) or Wyccheck (to complete a self-assessment prior to visiting the College) click here

Wycliffe College is pleased to announce that Dr Lissa Wray Beal will join the faculty as Professor of Old Testament on August 1, 2022. Her appointment concludes a six-month search during which a committee with representatives from the College, the Toronto School of Theology, and the University of Toronto reviewed more than two dozen applications for the position. Read more.