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A photo of Irfan Miraj standing in front of a brick wall with foliage behind him.

SVP Awards honour the Hazardous Construction Materials Group Manager, Irfan Miraj

Hazardous Construction Materials Group Manager Irfan Miraj has been awarded a 2025 Simcoe Hall  Vice-Presidential Staff award. Given annually since 2013, the SVP Staff Award recognizes staff in service of the President’s Office, the Division of the Vice-President & Provost, a Vice-Presidential Division, or the Office of the Governing Council who have made outstanding contributions to their division or the broader university.  
A photo of Kings College Circle, looking toward Convocation Hall. A new tree is on the field, and on the other side of the walkway is a row of display panels with construction vehicles visible behind them. The display panel closest to the viewer is green with text that reads "Project Leap: Our first big step towards a climate-positive campus"

Spotted on Front Campus: Under construction and on our way to climate positive

Behind the construction fencing lining the Medical Sciences Building, crews are hard at work connecting campus buildings to Canada’s largest urban geoexchange system.

Let there be (better) light! Upgrades in U of T’s plant facilities boost research and sustainability

Energy-saving LED lights are transforming research capacity in U of T’s growth facilities, unlocking new types of research while reducing energy consumption
Photo of Mandy Yip.

Get to know F&S: Mandy Yip

By supporting the systems staff use every day, Business and Data Analyst Mandy Yip helps F&S teams respond faster, plan better and keep campus running smoothly.
Photo of 2025 F&S co-op students.

Essential to the team: welcoming the new cohort of co-op students

F&S is proud to work hand-in-hand with the university to provide both work and learning opportunities to students from a variety of academic departments.

A day in the life of a building operator

Come behind the scenes with Lead Hand Jeffrey Avramenko to see what daily life looks like for the engineers that keep our campus buildings running smoothly

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