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Postdoctoral Fellows Experience Survey at the University of Toronto

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Tell us about your postdoctoral experience

The Postdoctoral Fellows Experience at the University of Toronto survey is your chance to shape the future of postdoctoral fellowships at U of T. Your feedback will help us better understand the postdoctoral experience at the University of Toronto.

The survey runs from July 14 to September 9, 2026.

Check your inbox for an email from Dean Barker with a link to complete the survey now.

You can win!

Complete the full survey and you could win one of five $200 Visa gift cards.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Postdocs are important members of our academic community. For the first time, we are running a university-wide survey to give you a chance to tell us about your experiences at the university. Results will help us better understand the postdoctoral experience.

All active postdocs who are employed at the University of Toronto as of June 1, 2026 will receive the link to take the survey. Postdocs onboarded after June 1, 2026, will not receive the survey.

The survey will only be available to postdocs contracted to the St. George, UTSC and UTM campuses.

All postdocs who receive the email and complete the full survey will be eligible to win.

The recipients will be randomly selected and notified by email.

We have taken extra steps to ensure that your responses remain confidential.

The University of Toronto is committed to the protection of privacy.

The following text is taken from the 2026 Postdoc survey:

Consent Form

Welcome to the Postdoctoral Fellows Experience Survey, the first university-wide survey of postdoctoral scholars at the University of Toronto.

This survey is your opportunity to provide the university with critical information about your postdoctoral experience – what is important to you, what is working well, and what is not working so well. The university will use this information to improve programs, supports, and services for postdoctoral fellows. The survey will take approximately 20–25 minutes to complete. Your answers will be held in the strictest confidence and will be analyzed and reported in aggregate only.

If you have held postdoctoral positions at other institutions, please ensure that your responses reflect your postdoctoral experience at the University of Toronto specifically.

Your participation is voluntary. You are free to choose not to answer any question or to withdraw from the survey at any time. You may withdraw by choosing not to complete the survey. If you submit your responses and later wish to withdraw them, you may do so by emailing gradseru@utoronto.ca. Once your withdrawal request is received, your data will be removed from all datasets.

Your participation is voluntary and confidential, and your responses will not in any way affect your relationship with the University of Toronto.

If you agree to participate in this survey, please:
• Click the “Agree” button
• Complete the survey (approximately 20–25 minutes)
• Click the “Submit” button at the end

Yes. If you exit the survey before you’ve completed it, when you log back in to take the survey you’ll be directed to the place where you left off.

You can take the survey on either your mobile device or a desktop or laptop computer.

Results are used to better understand the postdoctoral experience and improve resources, services, and opportunities for postdocs. Results will also be shared in aggregate with academic departments and administration at the University of Toronto to improve the postdoctoral experience at the departmental level. In the future we may also share our data with other universities in the SERU consortium to benchmark and improve our understanding of educational best practices at leading research universities.

The survey takes about 20-25 minutes to complete.

Yes, we will publish a data dashboard when the aggregated data is available.

Contact us at gradseru@utoronto.ca.

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