Toronto Metropolitan Students’ Union (TMSU)
The Toronto Metropolitan Students’ Union (TMSU) represents over 36,000 full-time undergraduate students at TMU, providing you with a variety of health, advocacy, equity, financial supports, and more.
What's Available?
Student Health & Wellness Services (external link)
TMSU provides essential programs and services to ensure students have affordable Health & Wellness Coverage, including:
- Health and Dental Plan (external link) / mystudentplan: (external link) Provides health, prescriptions, dental, and mental health care, plus additional benefits for eligible students. Connect with on-site reps at the health and dental desk for more information (SCC building, first floor). To view a summary of your plan coverage, download the (PDF file) Plan Leaflet (external link) .
- The myvirtualdoctor: (external link) Provides students and their dependents 24/7 access to virtual healthcare through the Dialogue App (external link) for common medical problems, treatments, medications, and doctors notes, anywhere in Canada. myvirtualdoctor is available for eligible students enrolled in mystudentplan.
- The mywellnessplan: (external link) Provides immediate support and resources for students experiencing mental health challenges including free mental health assessments, video counselling and more.
- The mylegalplan: (external link) Provides access to legal services including the 24/7 legal hotline, legal consultations, legal library and more.
General Inquiries:
Email: tmsu@mystudentplan.ca
Phone: 1-877-746-5566
TMSU’s Members Health & Dental Plan Administrator:
Email: health@yourtmsu.ca
Phone: 416-979-5000 x 552358
Academic Advocacy (external link)
TMSU’s academic advocacy team is available to help you navigate appeals, grade standings, senate policies, and other bureaucratic processes.
Email: advocacy@yourtmsu.ca
Academic Advocate Appointments (external link)
To book an appointment with an Academic Advocate, please fill out the request form (external link) at the bottom of their website.
To prepare for your appointment, please review the following documents, and compile any supporting documentation or evidence:
- (PDF file) Academic Integrity Package (external link)
- (PDF file) Grade and Standing Appeals Package (external link)
Centre for Safer Sex and Sexual Violence Support (C3SVS) (external link)
C3SVS provides free and confidential peer support for survivors of sexual violence and their supporters, as well as providing products to lessen the impacts of period poverty and eliminate financial barriers to having safer sex.
Emergency Grant
TMSU offers a variety of student grants to help with the high cost of post-secondary education. Visit the website for the most up-to-date information on current grants being offered.
Student Discounts (external link)
TMSU collaborates with community partners organizations to provide you with a variety of discounts for services and resources around campus.
Good Food Centre (GFC) (external link)
If you are facing food insecurity, you can register as a member with the Good Food Centre and earn “points” to spend on food and supplies. There are drop in hours during the summer for everyone. Harvests from TMSU’s rooftop garden are also used to supply the Good Food Centre. The GFC is open all year round and is also available for public access in the summer.
Instagram: @gfc.tmsu
Equity Service Centres (external link)
The Toronto Metropolitan Students' Union (TMSU) Equity Service Centres provide drop-in spaces for students, community-building events, and help create safer campus spaces through advocacy. Groups include BIPOC Students' Collective, Student Access Collective, The Queer Space, Trans Collective, SHIFT, and Centre for Women and Trans People (CWTP).
Location: 2nd floor of the SCC (55 Gould St)
Campaigns (external link)
TMSU runs a number of campaigns to make a change on campus and the surrounding community to improve the lives of students.
Student Groups (external link)
There are several official student groups that are registered under TMSU. These groups range from cultural groups, hobbies, sports and more! Contact each student group individually for more information on how to get involved.
Legal Support for Students (external link)
The TMSU offers free legal services to its members through their in-house lawyer, Bill Reid. The legal clinic exists as a way to support students who might not have access to resources or knowledge of the legal system.
Email: legal@yourtmsu.ca
Events (external link)
TMSU offers a variety of events throughout the year in collaboration with campus partners, including events such as:
- International Women’s Day Conference
- Cat Cafe
- Latinos Market
- Tea About being a Black law Student
- Feast of the East
To view upcoming events, visit TMSU, or view events on ExploreTMU.