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RESIDENCE GUIDEBOOK 2021-2022
WELCOME TO RESIDENCE
CONTENTS
Welcome...................................................... 3
from the Director, Housing Services......... 3
What is a College?.......................................... 5
Who’s Who in Your Community.............. 6
Housing Services Office Staff...................... 6
Service Centre Assistants.............................. 6
Residence Life Staff.........................................7
Dining Plan & Trent Foodservices.............. 8
Your Experience.......................................... 9
Getting Involved............................................. 9
College Residence Council......................... 9
Living Learning Communities................ 9
Active Living............................................... 9
Trent Global Living................................... 9
Forensics..................................................... 9
Environmental Sustainability................ 10
Business Administration........................ 10
Endahying................................................. 10
Expressions.............................................. 10
Leadership & Civic Engagement........ 10
Nursing...................................................... 10
Trent-Swansea Law................................ 10
Colleges ........................................................... 11
Catharine Parr Traill College................. 11 Student Support Services.......................20 Residence Standards...............................29
Champlain College.................................12 Student Wellness Centre............................20 Section A – Preamble.................................29
Peter Gzowski College..........................13 Counselling Services...................................20 Section B – Resident Rights
Lady Eaton College................................ 14 Health Services..............................................21 and Responsibilities..............30
Otonabee College..................................15 Student Accessibility.................................... 22 Section C – Residence Standards........... 32
Card Office..................................................... 23 Section D – Community Support
Living in Residence.................................. 16 Transit .......................................................... 23 System ....................................40
Service Centres............................................. 16 Parking .......................................................... 23 Section E – Appeal Process......................44
Bikes ............................................................... 16
Fridges .......................................................... 16 Safety & Security......................................24 Important Dates.......................................46
Decorating......................................................17 Phone Numbers........................................... 24
Roommates ..............................................17 Medical Emergencies.................................. 25 Common Trent Acronyms...................... 47
Check-Out Procedure..................................17 TUEFRT........................................................... 25
Cleaning & Maintenance............................ 18 Fire Safety....................................................... 25
Laundry .......................................................... 18 Residence Security.......................................26
Maintenance Request................................. 18 Asbestos.......................................................... 27
TVs ............................................................... 18 Personal Safety & Mental Health.............. 27
Mail ............................................................... 18 Sexual Violence.............................................28
Ordering Food ............................................. 19 Walk Home....................................................28
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WELCOME TO RESIDENCE AT TRENT UNIVERSITY
On behalf of the Housing Services guided by public health, municipal,
team I am pleased to welcome provincial, and federal authorities,
you to your new home for the takes further action to prevent
2020-2021 academic year. the spread of COVID-19, Housing
During your stay with us, you will Services will provide updates to
have opportunities to make life- you through email to your trentu.
long friendships, get involved in ca email account about additional
residence and college life, and safety measures in residence.
discover yourself through your
academic and non-academic Living in residence means being
pursuits. part of the incredible Trent
community. You are joining a
This Guidebook is designed to diverse community of people
assist you in getting to know your with similarities, differences,
community, and within you will preferences, needs and beliefs.
will experience your time with
find valuable information about Part of the journey will be about
us, and each resident bears the
your college, safety procedures, becoming an integral member
duty to understand how their
policies, and contact information of our community, where you
choices impact the community.
that will help guide you throughout have influence on, and ownership
The Housing Services team is
the year. of, its development. Housing
here to assist and support you in
Services embraces, appreciates,
This year, in the unique making choices to ensure you
and celebrates the diversity of our
circumstances of the COVID-19 can be successful and overcome
students and fosters an inclusive
pandemic, the Housing Services challenges you may face.
community within the residences.
team continues to be committed Every person has equal worth If you have a question or concern,
to ensuring the residence and deserves to be treated with please don’t hesitate to reach out
experience is safe, personal, dignity and respect. Discrimination to any member of the Housing
supportive and dynamic. We and harassment have no place in Services team. We are always
value the health and safety of our residence. happy to help.
residents and strive to provide a
safe, clean, and well-maintained All of us have a responsibility I wish you the very best for the
space for students to learn. This to contribute to creating upcoming academic year.
guidebook provides you with and upholding an inclusive,
information to ensure the safety respectful, and strong residence Jen Coulter,
of all students in residence as of environment. As a resident, you Director, Student Housing
June 2020. As the University, will have choices about how you & Residence Life
The Housing Services team is excited
to welcome you to your new home!
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“I love living in residence at Trent University because students
are provided with opportunities to engage with their residence
college and the Trent community. Trent residence helps
students make a smooth transition to the biggest challenge
that university presents – living away from home!”
– Sara Beech, Otonabee College
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WHAT IS A COLLEGE?
A college is your home away from home. What do the colleges have to offer?
Trent University has five colleges: Catharine Parr Traill The Colleges offer many resources, ways to get
College; Champlain College, Lady Eaton College, involved, and ways to advocate for student issues.
Otonabee College, and Peter Gzowski College. A The five College Offices offer services such as
college is more than a residence building; it is a place academic advising and academic skills. The College
where you can grow, learn, thrive, connect with Principals and Principal of Traill College have their
upper year students, and stay connected once you offices in the College Offices. The College Heads and
have moved out of residence. Principal organize events, support student leadership
initiatives, and collaborate with other student services
Each of the Colleges has its own unique personality
to create community building opportunities within
and architecture. You’ll find that students at Trent
the College.
are passionate about their affiliations and these carry
through to graduation; students remain affiliated with The College Office also hosts a series of student
the college they called home in first year. As you employees and volunteers who facilitate college
meet new students, and Trent University Alumni, the life and program events specific to your college.
first question they will often ask is, “So, what college These students, like Dons, receive training on how to
are you?” answer your questions and assist you with whatever it
is you need, whether it be some help finding a class,
Residence Life Staff, alongside the staff and student
or someone to talk to during a rough time.
volunteers of the College Office, work to create a
smaller, more intimate community within the Trent Each of the colleges also has its own student
Community as a whole. You’ll see that this spurs governing body known as a College Cabinet. Each
rivalries, competition, and collaboration with the College Cabinet has elected volunteer positions
other colleges, which reinforces your passion for where students can run events to foster community
your home college and solidifies that your college is building and vote on committees to foster positive
your home away from home. change. Through services offered, as well as
volunteer and employment opportunities, the
The ability to change affiliations is possible if you
colleges are a great place to start if you are looking to
think you might identify better with another college;
get involved and stay passionate about your college
the form to do so can be found through myTrent.
community.
Many different people have many different opinions
about which college is best, but know that all of For more information on the Colleges and the
Trent’s colleges are equal in their glory, simply services you can access in your college check out:
because they are, together, a major facet to what trentu.ca/colleges
makes Trent University so amazing!
trentu.ca/advising
trentu.ca/academicskills
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WHO’S WHO IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Housing Services Office
Housing Services office staff are responsible for all facets of the student experience in housing. The staff is available to
assist you with whatever you need.
Housing Services Office Staff
Housing staff contact information is also available through our website:
Director, Housing Services .......................................ext. 7129 Occupancy Management Coordinator ................ext. 7149
Financial Officer ..........................................................ext. 6432 Facilities Coordinator ................................................ ext. 7548
Assistant Director, Residence Life & Education....ext. 7277 Housing Admissions Assistants ................................ ext. 7127
Residence Life Coordinators..................................... ext. 7127 Operations Coordinator.............................................ext. 6177
Residence Conduct Coordinator............................ ext. 7402 Service Centre Assistants............................................ ext. 7127
Residence Education Coordinator......................... ext. 7587 Service Centre West................................................... ext. 6431
Assistant Director, Operations ................................ext. 6428 Service Centre East.....................................................ext. 6430
Recruitment & Admissions Coordinator .......... . ext. 7068
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Service Centre Assistants Senior Residence Life Dons
Service Centre Assistants work at our service centres to Residence Life Dons are experienced leaders within
help students with any residence inquiries they might the Residence Life Staff who work closely with the
have. From lost keys to lock outs – they are there to help Residence Life Coordinator. Residence Life Dons are not
point you in the right direction. assigned to a community but provide broader support
to the students and Residence Life Staff in the College
Residence Life Coordinator Residence to which they are assigned. Residence Life
The Residence Life Coordinators are full-time, live-in, Dons assist in facilitating College Residence Council
professional staff who are responsible for the operations to deliver student-led initiatives to residence students,
of the Residence on their bank of campus. They work and work closely with the College Office and College
to maintain Trent University’s Residence Standards Cabinet to communicate College-wide events to
and supervise the Residence Life Dons. Residence Life residence students. Residence Life Dons facilitate broad
Coordinators provide support for emergency situations community building and learning experiences amongst
at all times. students in an effort to co-create a positive educational
experience in residence. Residence Life Dons may meet
To connect with the Residence Life Coordinator
with residence students in an educational capacity to
responsible for your residence, please call Housing
discuss violations of the residence standards and/or
Services at 705-748-1011 ext. 7127, to be redirected
overall student wellbeing. Residence Life Dons live in
appropriately.
their assigned College Residence and hold office hours
in order to best serve residence students.
Residence Education Coordinator
The Residence Education Coordinator is a full-
Residence Life Dons
time professional staff member who is dedicated to
The Residence Life Dons are located in each residence
creating and enhancing existing co-curricular learning
community across campus. Your Don is your point
opportunities within the College Residence environment.
person for support that you may need, and they are able
Through the creation of meaningful and engaging
to help connect you with the many services offered at
initiatives, the Residence Education Coordinator strives
Trent University. Residence Life Dons run programs
to provide an environment that fosters community
and events and help to establish students’ sense of
engagement, academic exploration, and personal growth.
community within residence. Residence Life Dons are
on duty and provide after hours support every evening.
Residence Conduct Coordinator
The Residence Conduct Coordinator is a full-time
Living Learning Community Dons
professional staff member who is responsible for
Living Learning Community Dons have the same roles
coordinating the student conduct process in residence.
and responsibilities of Residence Life Dons; however
They support individual students needs, conduct high-
their communities revolve around the specific interest
level investigations and provide assistance to Residence
or academic theme of their Living Learning Community.
Life Staff on conduct related issues. The Residence
These Dons specialize in their area and work to enrich
Conduct Coordinator also plans preventative education
the educational environment in residence. Their
initiatives.
experiences bring students towards the interests of
the community and provide residence students with a
Residence Education Facilitator
leadership role.
The Residence Education Facilitators are student staff
that enhance the educational experience for students
living within the College Residence. With engaging
displays and interactive and fun events, the Residence
Education Facilitators will ensure that your time in
residence is both memorable and engaging.
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Dining Plan & Trent Food Services Traditional Style Rooms in Trent Cash
Lady Eaton College, Gzowski
Each residence room type is Trent Cash is your ticket to dining
College, Gzowski College Annex,
associated with a specific non- beyond the basics. Trent Cash can be
Otonabee College, Champlain
refundable Residence Dining Plan used to:
College, Otonabee College Annex,
(see figure 1 in your residence • Supplement your basic dining plan
and Traill College have a $3875
agreement). All Residents must if you are a larger eater or if you
declining balance with the option
subscribe to the plan associated intend to stay on campus most
of adding Trent Cash to enhance
with the room type to which they weekends
your dining options.
are assigned. Residence dining • Purchase some convenience
privileges are for the exclusive use Suite Style Rooms at the Lady and snack items that cannot be
of the Resident paying fees and may Eaton College Annex, Gzowski purchased as part of your basic
not in whole or in part be transferred College Annex, Lady Eaton dining plan
to any other individual. Dining Plans College, Champlain College and • Dine off-campus at one of our
have no cash value and are non- Champlain College Annex ave a partnered restaurants or have pizza
refundable. $2360 declining balance with the delivered to your residence,
option of adding Trent Cash to • Osmow’s
• Black Honey
enhance your dining options. • El Calmino’s
• Natas Café
Students living in our Otonabee • Pizza Pizza • Whistle Stop
College Annex will have access to • Whistle Stop • YoYo’s
a $2675 declining balance as well • Subway • Call-A-Cab
as 3 meals per-week in the on-site
Any funds that are left in your Trent
dining hall.
Cash account at the end of a year
Students living in residence at Traill automatically carry forward to the next
College (Wallis Hall and Crawford year. Trent Cash is refundable upon
House) will have access to a $2875 withdrawal or graduation. Please see
declining balance as well as $1000 trentu.ca/trentucard for details.
Trent Cash.
Have dietary restrictions? Ask to
speak with the chef at your Dining
With student groups Hall about meal options available
to you and to ensure that there
covering a wide array of are always options! For more
interests, from music to information about menu items,
locations and hours of operation,
politics, it is easy to get
visit your Dining Hall or email
involved at Trent University. food@trentu.ca.
If a club doesn’t already
exist for your interest, you
can always start your own!
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YOUR EXPERIENCE
GETTING INVOLVED • Active Living Community
This community is designed for
College Residence Council students who share an interest
or a passion for being physically
Residence Council is an opportunity active, exploring and adventure.
for residents to engage with and Champlain College is known
meet new people in your residence for their rich spirit of adventure,
while planning and implementing discovery and global citizenship
events. Run by the Senior Don, – making it the ideal home for
Residence Council meets regularly students with these interests.
to plan events and co-coordinate
the Excalibur Residence Cup. Being • Global Living Community
a member of Residence Council has Members of this community
a lot of benefits in that the student will be encouraged to be open
volunteers will develop their event to different ideas and opinions
planning and leadership skills along regarding world issues, all the
with their time management skills, while challenging their own
organizational abilities, and gain assumptions of what it means
strategies to successfully work as to be a global citizen. A great
a team. These skills are useful to community for students who
succeed at Trent and into your
are studying International
career! Members of the Residence participate in forensic-related
Development Studies, have an
Council can also gain recognition for experiences and connect with
interest in studying and living
their efforts through Trent University’s faculty and your peers. Students
abroad, have experiences living
Co-Curricular Record. in this community share a
internationally, and a general
interest in our impact on a global passion for forensic science and
Living Learning Communities comparable educational and
scale.
Living Learning Communities are career goals. Join this community
themed living environments that • Forensics Community to advance your educational
provide students the opportunity to Designed to engage, excite, interests and sense of community
live with students who share similar and inspire, this community within the Forensic Sciences
interests or academic major. will provide opportunities to programs at Trent University.
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“The Nursing LLC provides students with an opportunity to get ahead
of the game and build meaningful connections with faculty, campus
partners, and each other. It creates a supportive environment that will be
your home away from home!” – Andriy Palyukh, Nursing LLC Don 2018-2020
• Environmental Sustainability Community • Creative Expressions Community
Members of this community share a strong passion Members of this community share a passion for the
for ‘thinking globally and acting locally.’ Through a visual and performing arts. Past members have shown
connection to the School of the Environment and an interest in music, painting, dancing, theatre, and
Sustainable Trent, students will learn more about writing (to name a few). This community provides
environmental issues that they are passionate about in a students with the unique opportunity to connect
forum where they are encouraged to evoke change. The to and collaborate with other students who share a
Environmental Sustainability Community takes to heart passion for creativity.
what it means to bleed Trent green
• Leadership and Civic Engagement Community
• Business Administration Community Students who share a passion for leadership and
Within the business world, there are several pathways a positively contributing to the communities around
student will consider when choosing their emphasis for them will find a natural fit in this community. Trent
their studies. This community will connect students with University has a long history of producing Alumni who
upper year students, faculty and staff within the School are engaged citizens and students in the Leadership &
of Business to explore valuable experiential learning Civic Engagement Community are a part of this rich
opportunities. Students enrolled in programs with the history.
School of Business are encouraged to consider this
Living Learning Community their home. • Nursing Community
Students enrolled in the Trent-Fleming School of
• Endahying Community Nursing programs and show interest in exploring
Meaning “Our Home,” the Endahying Community nursing in depth by connecting with peers and
provides a space for students to grow through shared faculty, have found much success in the Nursing
experiences, storytelling and exploration of Indigenous LLC. Together, this group of dedicated students are
knowledge and understanding. Students who have an provided an avenue to take their learning beyond the
interest in Indigenous culture and knowledge, identify classroom and engage with it at a deeper level for
as being Indigenous and/or are enrolled in the Chanie continued academic success.
Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, are encouraged
to consider this community their home. • Trent Swansea-Law Community
In Peterborough, all law dual degree students call
Traill College home. More than just classrooms
and residence spaces for law students, the Traill
experience brings the study of law to life. The Trent-
Swansea Law learning community is designated for
students of the Law-Arts or Law-Business dual degree
programs, with the goal to establish their cohort and
support one another while studying at Trent University
and abroad at Swansea University. Applicants to
the Trent-Swansea Law Living Learning Community
must be enrolled in the Trent-Swansea Law Arts/
Business dual degree program to live in the Traill Law
Community (TLC).
10 trentu.caCATHARINE PARR TRAILL COLLEGE
#TraillWow! One of Trent’s original colleges and the only college located in downtown
Peterborough, Traill is a community of forward-thinking and creative “Traillblazers.”
Named after nineteenth-century author and naturalist Catharine Parr Traill, our College
is a student oasis situated five minutes away from the centre of Peterborough. The
College feels like a small university within the larger university and that’s the point. Here,
students may lose themselves in their books, but they will never be lost in the crowd!
Traill has great spaces, including modern residences, lecture halls and study nooks, and
a traditional college library. Traill’s identity is also closely linked to the departments of
English Literature, Canadian Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies and Law that call
the college home. Most importantly, Traill has great people who look out for each other,
learn together, and have a lot of fun at the same time.
A downtown hub, Traill is a place where students of all years of study congregate
together to create an environment where diversity and blending of ideas thrive.
ROOM + DINING PLAN COST* DINING AT TRAILL
Please refer to our website: Located in downtown Peterborough, Traill College
www.trentu.ca/housing offers both the perks of home-style meals and
dine-out culinary adventures. With an intimate
on-location eatery and many local restaurants
just minutes away, Traill offers an exciting culinary
experience.
“Traill is non-conforming.
Traill students get access to $1000 Trent Cash that It has always had a
they can use at many local restaurants and popular rambunctious spirit,
chains to diversify their dining! and that gives it a fun
atmosphere as well,
trentu.ca/colleges/traill because Trail does get to
trentu.ca/housing be quite different. Traill
has smaller buildings, a
small café, and it’s just a
good place to meet and
be met.”
AMELIA MUNDAY ’11,
English & Geography
graduate
Trent University Residence Guidebook 11CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE
At Champlain College, we find the right balance between academic excellence and a
loud, proud spirit. Our namesake Samuel de Champlain recognizes his travels through
the region and is a symbol of close relations with Québec and the blending of cultures
and traditions. As our motto, his words “continue mes decouvertes” (“continue my
discoveries!”) reflect the possibility and wonder of life as a Champlainer.
Champlain is a monument to Canadian architectural design that offers a haven for
solitary study and a stirring setting for building community. Champlainers hold
close their college traditions (broomball at Bon Temps Winter Carnival anyone?)
and champion strong values through active living and global perspectives. Diversity
rules at Champlain, as the home to Trent International and the Study Abroad office.
Our academic programs include International Development Studies, Politics and
the many majors encompassed in the School of the Environment. Whatever your
major, at Champlain we welcome Discovery, Adventure, Reflection, and Engagement
(epitomized by the beloved Pax, a six-foot fibreglass Gorilla who appears at most of
our College events).
DARE to be Champlain.
ROOM + DINING PLAN COST* DINING AT CHAMPLAIN
Please refer to our website: Champlain offers an impressive array of local
www.trentu.ca/housing and global food options. The Ceilie is a licensed
restaurant where you may find yourself enjoying
“Across campus,
a relaxed meal, or grabbing a pint with your prof
Champlainers are
after class. Thai Express gives you that on-the-go
definitely known as the
travel option. Seasoned Spoon is a vegetarian-
energetic ones. Home
based student-run café, taking many of its
to many international
ingredients from right here on campus. 100 mile
students, Champlain
diet? More like 5 mile diet (or less!).
also has a rich cross-
cultural community,
Eating your way through the vegetable patch
and is really inclusive.
and around the world won’t increase your
All of this allows those
environmental footprint either as Champlain
who are part of the
College is Fairtrade Certified.
college to discover
the world differently:
trentu.ca/colleges/champlain
through connections
trentu.ca/housing
with people from diverse
backgrounds.”
JOSE MIGUEL
CAPILLA BAGATELLA,
School of Business student
from Mexico
12 trentu.caPETER GZOWSKI COLLEGE
Gzowski College is named after distinguished Canadian broadcaster and former Trent
Chancellor, Peter Gzowski (pronounced zaw-skee). Adored by Canadians, he was most
famous as someone who listened and welcomed conversation and diverse opinions.
That makes it appropriate that Gzowski College is housed within Trent’s Enwayaang
Building, an Anishnaabek word meaning “the way we speak together.”
Indigenous knowledge is central to our spirit and influences our programming and
collaborations with departments in our collegiate community – the First Peoples
House of Learning, School of Business, Departments of Economics and Mathematics,
Office of Research and Innovation, and the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous
Studies. Field trips, craft fairs and community lunches are held alongside guest lectures
and workshops to support our students’ academic development, career aspirations,
leadership and sense of belonging. Our Enwayaang building (affectionately called “the
Big Cheese”) is known for its bright yellow colour, “Ochre Number 33.”
Listen, share, “speak” and learn with us. We move into the future speaking together.
ROOM + DINING PLAN COST DINING AT GZOWSKI COLLEGE
Please refer to our website: If you care about the consequences of your
www.trentu.ca/housing consumption, choose to dine at Gzowski
College, home to the only 3 Star Green
Certified restaurant on a university campus
in Canada. The chefs at Gzowski College
“At Gzowski I have built
treat students’ taste buds to homestyle
lifelong friendships and
meals comprised of locally-raised protein
professional connections
and veggies grown right here on campus.
that I would not have
From homemade sandwiches and organic
otherwise. These
salads, to vegan soups and gourmet meals,
opportunities have
Gzowski’s best meal options are made with
shown me who I am
local ingredients. An added bonus? Over one-
and Gzowski truly has
quarter of the meals served up at Gzowski’s
become a part of my
dining hall are vegan.
identity. I fully agree
with the college’s motto
Don’t miss this! Once a month, the Gzowski
that the minds of the
College café treats students to an all-out
future are made great,
premium meal! Lobster tail, prime rib, and
beginning today.”
steak, they do it all!
RACHEL SMYLIE ,
trentu.ca/colleges/gzowski International Development
trentu.ca/housing graduate
Trent University Residence Guidebook 13LADY EATON COLLEGE
At Lady Eaton College, tradition meets youthful passion in a welcoming, energetic
community that bursts with “LEC” pride and the spirit of Gemütlich (a warm, friendly
place where you feel comfortably at home and surrounded by friends). Our namesake
is a brilliant and inspiring Canadian, Lady Flora McCrea Eaton, who challenged us to
“Have an open mind, trust, learn every day, and keep doing it as long as you live.”
Truly interdisciplinary, our programs include the Medical Professional Stream, History,
Philosophy, Social Work, Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, French, and Gender and
Women's Studies. And, yes, it all takes place in a triumph of modernist architecture,
artfully designed to sit snuggled in a breathtaking natural setting. We affectionately
refer to LEC as “Toad Hall” and we are known for our Great Toad Hunt whose secret
traditions have been passed on to LEC members for 50 years.
LECers live the motto in our heraldry, Sapientia et Humanitas, striving for wisdom
and humanity in all that we do.
ROOM + DINING PLAN COST* DINING AT LEC
Please refer to our website: At the LEC dining hall, sustainability is key.
www.trentu.ca/housing We are proud of our 1 Star Green Certified
restaurant status. Here, your LEC dining
experience combines great taste with positive
environmental impact, including efforts to
reduce waste and conserve water. All dietary
“My favourite part of LEC?
restrictions are also accounted for with plant-
The way the sun shines
based options for vegan diners, as well as halal,
through the vines on
nut and seed specifications. Combine all of
residence windows, the
this with a space that has spectacular outdoor
smell of coffee and hash
courtyard views and it won’t be long before
browns reaching every
you are dining as comfortably here as you do at
corner of the building in
home…maybe more so.
the morning, the sound
of drums in the music
trentu.ca/colleges/lec
room, and knowing you’ll
trentu.ca/housing
pass at least one person
you know on your way
to class.”
GYTHA CHAPMAN ,
Philosophy graduate
14 trentu.caOTONABEE COLLEGE
At Otonabee College, we agree with the ancient saying that you cannot step into the
same river twice – because it is always changing. Our motto, tempora mutantur nos et
mutamur in illis (the times are changing and we change with them), inspires OC students
as they lead change with heart. Their passion exemplifies the name of our river and our
college – “the Otonabee” – an Ojibwe word meaning “the river that beats like a heart.”
Proud to be Trent’s largest college, OC welcomes a diverse group of learners,
researchers, and practitioners to its picturesque home atop the ridge of the East
Bank. Civic engagement, scientific and technological discovery, digital innovation
and change for a better world infuse our programs in Nursing, Education, Forensics,
Psychology, Computer Studies, Anthropology and Sociology.
Watch for our college mascot Ottie the Otter at the many College events we hold
throughout the year. And follow the adventures of the Betties – our resident family of
groundhogs on Instagram!
ROOM + DINING PLAN COST* DINING AT OC
Please refer to our website: If you’re a foodie who loves classics, then
www.trentu.ca/housing Otonabee is the dining place for you. Home
to a Subway, Tim Horton’s and Pizza Pizza,
the OC caf gives you access to a range of
familiar and finance-friendly menu options.
When you’re craving something unique,
“If you think of Trent’s
Otonabee’s dining hall also dishes out a taste
colleges as cities,
of home. The café develops a changing menu
Otonabee College
with a range of sustainable and customizable
would be Toronto. There
food options based on student dietary needs.
is always something
happening. In the hallways
trentu.ca/colleges/otonabee
you will always find
trentu.ca/housing
different student groups
and community partners
promoting events and
exciting ways to get
involved. At OC, you have
every opportunity to dive
headfirst into the fantastic,
close-knit community of
dedicated and passionate
people here.”
NICK OWEN , Otonabee
College Cabinet President
2020-21
Trent University Residence Guidebook 15LIVING IN RESIDENCE
Service Centres Bikes
Service Centres are your one-stop Our Service Centre Locations are: There is plenty of bike storage across
shop for any residence inquiries campus with bike racks stationed
Service Centre – West
you might have! We have friendly outside of most main entrances.
Monday – Friday...................... LEC 211
Service Centre Assistants who are Unfortunately, there is no storage
8 am – 8 pm
there to answer your questions, available within the residences or
705-748-1011 ext. 6431
and point you in the right direction. other campus buildings.
Want to pick up mail? Locked out Service Centre – East
of your room? Lost your keys? Have Monday – Friday..................... GCS 212 Fridges
a question about how to fill out a 8 am – 8 pm
Maintenance Request Form? We’ve 705-748-1011 ext. 6430 Many of our students choose to
got you covered. rent from the Coldex Fridge Rental
Service Centre – Traill Company. Coldex provides mini
Tuesday & Thursday........................ WH fridges of a variety of sizes that
5 pm – 8 pm have all been approved by Ontario
705-748-1011 ext. 0000 Universities. Once your reservation
and payment has been made, Coldex
Please note that hours may vary will have your fridge delivered directly
during Reading Weeks and exam to your residence room! Coldex
periods. is also responsible for picking the
fridges back up at the end of the
school year making your move-in and
move-out procedure as simple as
possible.
To book your fridge, please follow this
link: coldexrents.com/school/trent
16 trentu.caDecorating do not fill out this form, your room One method of prevention is to
will be determined to be in good make a roommate contract. This is
Every student wants to make their
condition upon moving in. an agreement all roommates develop
residence room their own with a
together, sign and follow to ensure
variety of decorations. We encourage An inspection of your room will be
a positive residence experience.
students to make their residence completed by Housing Services
Breaking this contract can lead
room feel like home, and we do staff once you have departed from
to personal meetings with a Don,
have some criteria that we wish for residence to assess the cleaning
personal meetings with a RLC, and
students to follow when adding conditions and identify any damage
a more formal community support
decorations to their rooms by or maintenance concerns. Additional
process if the contract is continually
asking that students use removable charges related to the cleanliness
ignored.
adhesives when hanging posters and concerns, damages, or concerns
pictures on the walls. with the contents of the room (i.e. Under extreme cases, room changes
missing furniture), may be added to may be facilitated to ensure the
Sticky tack and removable LED
your student account. If you receive wellbeing of all roommates. It is
lights should not be used as it does
a damages email upon moving out encouraged that roommates address
damage the walls. If you do put up
of residence, an appeals process will concerns with each other in a
hooks, like command hooks, they
be outlined to you at that time. constructive way, but roommates
must be removed before moving
should also make their Don aware of
out.
Roommates roommate conflicts as some specific
Room Inspections & Damages conversations may need to take
Trent University’s residences have place.
When you move into your residence traditional and suite style rooms,
room, you have 48 hours to fill out so for many students, living with
a room inspection form online. You roommates is a reality.
can find it on MyTrent -> Supports
-> Housing -> Housing Portal. This We recognize that in some cases
allows you to mark any damage conflicts do arise, and we have a
or concerns in your room so our series of steps we follow to mediate
facilities team can follow up. If you them to improve your experience.
Trent University Residence Guidebook 17Check-Out Procedures Students within our suite style Mail
residence buildings will be required
Mid-Year A mailbox key will be provided to
to clean their spaces within their unit,
Once a student has filled out the you in your move-in day package
however, maintenance services will
residence cancellation form on as every residence student receives
still be provided.
the Housing Portal, all personal access to a mailbox on campus. Mail
belongings must be removed from Signage and educational materials, is collected and distributed Monday
your residence room, including such as cleanliness guidelines for to Friday, except on holidays. Within
garbage. When you are ready to students, will also be placed around the five colleges, anything larger than
leave, please go to the Service all residence spaces and provided the size of your assigned mailbox
Centre closest to you and one of the by the Residence Life Dons to will be kept at your Bank or College
Service Centre Assistants will help educate students on proper cleaning Service Centre and a package
you. You will bring your keys back and hygiene, while highlighting delivery notice will be sent to your
to the Service Centre, and the staff appropriate physical distancing in a TrentU email address directing you
will complete the check out process residence environment. to pick it up. You must show photo
upon your departure. An inspection identification to retrieve your delivery.
Housing Services will be increasing
of your room will be completed after hand hygiene stations across All mail and packages should have
your departure from residence to residence buildings and will take the below address for proper
note any damages, cleaning required further precautions that follow delivery.
or missing furniture/items. appropriate physical distancing
Symons & Traill Campus Colleges:
measures and directives.
End of Academic Year Student Name/College
When moving out at the end of the 2089 East Bank Drive
Laundry
school year in April, instructions will Peterborough, ON
be provided by your Residence Life Laundry facilities are available to K9L 1Z8
Don and Residence Life Coordinator. students in each residence free of
Living at Champlain, Lady Eaton,
All personal belongings must be charge. Students are responsible for
Otonabee or Gzowski Annex? You
removed from your residence providing their own detergent and
will have a mailbox located in your
room, including garbage. Further laundry softener.
College Residence Mail Room. Your
instructions on how to check mailbox will be labeled with your
out and the process in which to Submitting a Residence suite/room number.
return your keys will be provided in Maintenance Request
late March. An inspection of your Students living at Traill College in
If you notice any facilities concerns in Wallis Hall or Crawford House will
room will be completed after your your building, residence community,
departure from residence to note have a mailbox at Traill College,
or residence room, complete a located in Wallis Hall.
any damages, cleaning required or Residence Maintenance Request
missing furniture/items. Form through the Housing Portal
which is accessed through MyTrent.
Cleaning & Maintenance The Housing Portal icon is located
All measures and directives are under the Support Tab in the Housing
and will be guided by public health Services section. When you open the
advice, and in accordance with link, it will take you to the Housing
appropriate federal and provincial Portal where you will be able to access
the Residence Maintenance Request
government directives. Housing
Form.
Services is and will continue to
provide regular cleaning and Work orders are processed Monday
maintenance services to all public/ to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm. If your matter
shared spaces within residence. is of an urgent nature we encourage
There will be a particular emphasis students to contact their Residence Life
on high-touch surfaces for cleaning. Don or Campus Security.
18 trentu.caTVs Ordering Food
Students are welcome to bring (Please note: This is different from your mailing address.)
personal televisions into their
Ordering food and having it delivered to campus is a very common
residence rooms, however, cable
occurrence in residence. When you are ordering, you may need the specific
is only available in the Gzowski
address of the building you are living in. These are listed below.
College, Gzowski College Annex,
Lady Eaton College Annex Champlain College Traill College
and Champlain College Annex Trent University 310 London Street
residences, at the discretion of 1770 West Bank Drive Peterborough, ON K9H 2Z4
the student. Students in the above Peterborough, ON K9L 1Z7 Champlain College Annex
Colleges who wish to have cable
Lady Eaton College 1555 Water Street
in their residence rooms, must
Trent University Peterborough, ON K9H 0H6
contact Cogeco Cable Company for
1755 West Bank Drive Lady Eaton College Annex
pricing and set-up information and
Peterborough, ON K9L 1Z6 1633 Water Street
arrangements.
Otonabee College Peterborough, ON K9H 0C7
All common rooms in all on-campus
Trent University Otonabee College Annex
residences have Smart TVs that are
2151 East Bank Drive 780 Argyle Street
accessible to students 24/7.
Peterborough, ON K9L 1Z8 Peterborough, ON K9H 5T2
Gzowski College Gzowski College Annex
Trent University 1633 Water Street
1 Gzowski Way Peterborough, ON K9H 0C7
Peterborough, ON K9J 8S6
Trent University Residence Guidebook 19STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
STUDENT WELLNESS CENTRE
The mission of the Student Wellness Centre is to provide What We Do
integrated services to address the holistic needs of Counselling Services offers counselling on an
students studying at Trent. The Wellness Centre is made individual basis to help students with personal
up of Counselling Services, Student Health Services, and concerns that interfere with academic performance
Student Accessibility Services (SAS). You can find all of the and emotional wellbeing. Often, a few sessions are
resources available through the Wellness Centre at https:// sufficient to find a solution or at least view the issue
www.trentu.ca/wellness. from a more manageable perspective.
Counselling Services To book an appointment:
During COVID-19 all counselling services will be
Our Mission Statement delivered through teletherapy by audio or video link.
The Trent University Counselling Services provides personal Appointments can be made by
counselling services to full and part-time undergraduate email counselling@trentu.ca
and graduate students. Counselling Services acknowledges
and celebrates the strengths and fragility of the human Virtual Drop-Ins Wednesdays 3-4 pm to ask
spirit. We are committed to providing services which questions about mental health and get more
respect the dignity and value of all people inclusive of age, information about available supports and how to
gender, ethnicity, physical qualities, sexual identity and connect.
ability. Click here to connect!
Who We Are Please note Drop-ins are not intended for crisis
Services are provided by qualified professional counsellors support or therapeutic intervention.
and supervised graduate interns or practicum students. Counselling Services is now offering Single Session
Full time and contracted clinical staff are credentialed Therapy for students who want to address specific
professionals whose practice is governed by their concerns. Learn more here or visit “Is single session
respective professional colleges and/or associations. All right for me?” and let us know on your intake form if
of our counsellors are very familiar with the wide range of you want to see our Single Session Therapist.
personal issues that can interfere with a student’s academic
success and quality of life.
20 trentu.caStudent Health Services Student Accessibility Services
Trent Student Health Services is a team Trent has a human rights obligation To see information on the
of caring, dedicated, multi-disciplinary to accommodate students with services SAS provides to students
professionals with expertise in university disabilities (e.g. hearing, visual, and to review documentation
health issues. learning, mental health or mobility). requirements and the registration
Trent’s Human Rights Policies and process, visit trentu.ca/sas
As part of the Student Wellness Centre,
Procedures are intended to reflect
they support a diverse student population To see what specific services SAS
the university’s response to the
through the provision of confidential provides to students, visit
Ontario Human Rights Code and
primary health care, health promotion, trentu.ca/sas/justforstudents.php
the Canadian Charter of Human
disease prevention, and wellness education. Contact Information:
Rights and Freedoms.
To book an appointment: Student Accessibility Services
All members of the Trent
• Call 705-748-1481 during office community have a responsibility to Suite 132, Blackburn Hall,
hours and speak to our Medical Office ensure that students with disabilities Phone: 705-748-1281
Secretary are accommodated. For faculty Fax: 705-748-1509
• During COVID-19 Health Services is and teaching assistants, this means Email: sas@trentu.ca
offering a hybrid model of virtual and providing test/exam and other Hours of Operation:
in-patient care. academic-related accommodations
to students with disabilities whose Fall and Winter Term
Please note: Appointments cannot be (September 1 to April 30):
needs have been duly assessed and
made by email, or by leaving a voice Monday through Friday
approved by SAS.
message. 9 am – 4 pm; closed for lunch
Who we are & What we do from 12 pm – 1 pm
When making an appointment,
you will be asked: Student Accessibility Services Summer Term
• Your first and last name (SAS) is a team of interdisciplinary (May 1 to August 31)
• Your student number professionals who provide support Monday through Friday
• Your current telephone number to students with disabilities through 9 am – 3 pm; closed for lunch
• The reason for your visit one-on-one advising, referrals to from 12 pm – 1 pm
campus supports, and adaptive
To cancel an appointment: technology. SAS supports include:
• Call 705-748-1481 at any time day or • Developing individualized
night and leave a detailed message accommodation plans for
with your full name, student #, registered students;
appointment date and time • Working with students to
develop approaches and
We request at least two hours prior strategies that use students’
notice if you are cancelling an strengths to help them engage
appointment. with their coursework;
Failure to keep an appointment or to • Offering support through an
provide adequate notice will result in a Adaptive Technologist, using
fee being charged, equal to the purpose a hands-on approach which
of the appointment booked. allows students to learn how
their technology works and how
Office Hours it can be used in their studies;
Monday to Friday: • Directing and connecting
9 am – 12 pm and 1:30 pm – 4 pm students to appropriate campus
resources.
Trent University Residence Guidebook 21“I love residence because of how easy it is for
students to access numerous forms of support,
including student, peer, and academic support
services. This creates a fun and educational
experience for all students!”
– Chenelle Pinto - Housing Admissions Assistant
22 trentu.caCARD OFFICE TRANSIT PARKING
The TrentU Card is your official Trent Trent Transit is run exclusively If you are bringing a car with you,
University student card that provides through the Trent Central Student please refer to the parking website
access to your Dining Plan, Trent Association (TCSA) in collaboration for all pertinent information:
Cash (campus debit card), Campus with Peterborough Transit. Buses trentu.ca/parking
Store and so much more!. The run every day campus is open for
TrentU Card provides students with classes including reading week,
safe, convenient access to their exam periods, and weekends from
money. Visit trentu.ca/trentucard for September to April. Every student
more details. registered in more than 1.5 credits
pays a non-refundable levy to the
TrentU Card Tips
TCSA for transit and will receive a
• Do not hole-punch your cards – transit pass that works from move-in
they will deactivate. day all the way through until the start
of the next academic year (including
• Add money to your Trent Cash by
the summer). Your Trent Transit pass
making a selection through the
works on all Peterborough transit
Housing Room Selection process,
routes regardless if they service
or online through the MyTrent
campus. For more information on
Portal
the Transit routes and schedules
• Lost card? Deactivate your card please see the TCSA’s transit website
online through your MyTrent at trentcentral.ca/transit or send a
Portal. text or email to bus@trentcentral.ca.
Office Hours
Blackburn Hall, Suite 104
Monday through Friday
9 am – 12:30 pm and 1 pm – 4 pm
705-748-1011 ext. 7431
Email: campuscard@trentu.ca
Trent University Residence Guidebook 23SAFETY AND SECURITY
PHONE NUMBERS
Residence Life Don Support Phone (8 pm to 8 am): Trent University Campus Security:
Champlain College: .................... 705-931-2307 University Emergency/TUEFRT:...705-748-1333
Champlain College Annex: ....... 705-931-1683 Non-emergency: ............................ 705-748-1328
Lady Eaton College: .................... 705-931-0378 ....................... ..................... ..... security@trentu.ca
Lady Eaton College Annex:........ 705-760-4316 Walkhome: ....................................... 705-748-1748
Peter Gzowski College:............... 705-931-0831
Peter Gzowski College Annex:.. 705-875-0469 Community Contacts
Otonabee College: ...................... 705-931-1439 4 County Crisis: ............................... 866-995-9933
Otonabee College Annex:.......... 705-927-7091 Good2Talk:........................................ 866-925-5454
Catharine Parr Traill College:......705-872-7395 Telecare Distress Response .......... 705-745-2243
Centre of Peterborough:
24 trentu.caMedical Emergencies Trent University Emergency First Response Team
(TUEFRT)
Medical emergencies are taken very seriously in
residence. All Residence Life Staff are trained in First Aid TUEFRT consists of a number of volunteers who are
and CPR and are ready to help in crisis situations. Trent on call 24/7 during the portions of the academic
University also has a series of on-campus services that year when Trent University is open. These volunteers
can assist in medical emergencies. Students are advised receive very intensive training in emergency medical
to use their judgement when responding to a medical response and crisis response and can respond to a
emergency, calling 911 is always a first priority. medical emergency anywhere on campus in a matter
of minutes. TUEFRT is often one of the first responders
After calling 911, call Trent University Campus Security/ to a medical emergency and will either treat a student
TUEFRT and/or the Don Support Phone to ensure themselves or forward the student’s care to the
the professional EMS staff is guided to the student appropriate authorities such as local Emergency Medical
needing assistance. A resident should only attempt to Services.
help directly if they are sober, fully qualified, and feel
confident to do so. It is advised that students maintain TUEFRT: 705-748-1333
regular appointments with a doctor (these can be
arranged through Trent University Health Services) and
notify their Don of any medical conditions they have or
accommodations they require. The best way to avoid
an emergency is to be proactive and aware of risks in
advance.
Fire Safety
All Trent University buildings and all you may receive serious fines lock them in case the fire
residence rooms are equipped with from the fire department and/or department needs access to
fire detection systems. Each building serious residence outcomes under that room
has slightly different fire detection the Residence Standards. If your • Evacuate to an area a safe
and alarm systems and these accessibility needs make it difficult distance from the affected
include at least one of: fire alarms, for you to exit the building in case building and make sure your
sprinklers, smoke detectors, and/ of fire (Example: you are not able to evacuation is not a podium or
or heat detectors. Some residence access an elevator) an individualized roof of a building
rooms also have accessible systems plan will be designed and followed. • Follow the instructions of
present that can alert students security and present residence
who are not able to respond to What to do if a fire is present: life staff, they will be wearing
traditional fire alarming systems. clothing to identify themselves
The fire evacuation process is very • If the alarm is not sounding and
(vests/jackets) and are trained
simple at Trent University. you see fire, sound the alarm
on safely evacuating students, if
• If you sound the alarm evacuate
If you see a fire, trigger the weather is not ideal for standing
the building, call Campus
alarm, and if you sound the outdoors, they will work on
Security and/or Don Support
alarm evacuate the building, gaining access to a nearby,
Phone and notify them of where
call campus security and/or unaffected building
the fire is; security will need to
Don Support Phone. Note that • Do not enter the building on
direct the fire response team to
this also applies to residence fire or in which the alarm is
the appropriate area of campus
fire drills. sounding until it has been
• If you hear the alarm anywhere
deemed safe by the fire
If you refuse to leave a building on campus leave the building
department and until residence
during a fire alarm or fire drill you as soon as possible, close
life staff allow you to enter.
are breaking the law and as a result doors behind you but do not
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