Where to Get Help?
Need extra help with your statistics or actuarial science coursework? Visit a statistics aid centre for additional support.
Sidney Smith – STA/ACT Office Hours
Location: Sidney Smith, rooms 621/621A
All TA office hours for STA courses are held in SS 621/621A.
Beginning Wednesday March 29 until April 25th. In-person office hours take place in SS 621 and online office hours will be hosted on Zoom:
- Shiki’s meeting link
- Supported Courses: Courses with focus on probability and statistical theory, some basic R support, such as (but not limited to): STA237, STA255, STA302, STA303, STA304, STA437
- Cannot support ACT courses
- Xinyi’s meeting link
- STA130, STA220, STA255, STA237, STA238, STA302, STA303, STA304, STA305, STA457
- Cannot support ACT courses
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27
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28
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29
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30
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31
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1
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2
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1 – 4:30 PM
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5:30 – 9 PM
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Xinyi:
9 AM – 12:30 PM
Shiki:
1 – 4:30 PM
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April
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Monday
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Tuesday
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Shiki:
1 – 4:30 PM
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1 – 4:30 PM
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5:30 – 9 PM
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Good Friday - Closed
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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Xinyi:
9 AM – 12:30 PM
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Shiki:
1 – 4:30 PM
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1 – 4:30 PM
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5:30 – 9 PM
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Xinyi:
9 AM – 12:30 PM
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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23
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Shiki:
1 – 4:30 PM
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1 – 3 PM
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7 – 9 PM
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Xinyi:
9 AM – 12:30 PM
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If you are using Zoom at the University of Toronto for the first time, please visit University of Toronto Zoom experience for instructions on activating your Zoom Education account. This licensed account is required in order to participate, even if you already have an existing Zoom account using your mail.utoronto.ca email. Please log in to Zoom to ensure you are using the provisional managed Zoom Education account.
- The students should participate through the Zoom links listed below, corresponding to each TA. They must use their U of T account/email address to participate. Otherwise, they will not be able to join the room.
- Students may have to wait in a Zoom waiting room if the TA is occupied with another student—they will be admitted as soon as the TA is finished.
- Students should type in their “Name – Course Code” as soon as they enter the room.
New College Statistics Aid Centre
Location: Wetmore Hall, New College, Room WE 68A. Note: Room changes as of February 13, 2023, to WE 64.
The New College Statistics Aid Centre provides general help to all students taking a course in statistics or actuarial science. If you are looking for more help, or one of your courses does not provide TA office hours, this is the place to go.
New College Statistics Aid Centre will be holding office hours this year again beginning next week, the week of January 16. Please share the following NCSAC hours and access instructions to your students wherever you post your office hours! NCSAC is staffed by graduate students in DoSS and is open to all undergraduate students taking a course in statistics. These hours will run from January 16 to April 6, inclusive of reading week.
January 16 to April 6 (open during Reading Week):
- Monday: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Nnenna Asidianya.
- Tuesday: 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. George Stefan.
- Wednesday: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. David Veitch. (Except weeks of Feb. 27 – Mar. 13: David’s regular hours will be substituted with: Tuesday: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Nnenna Asidianya.)
- Thursday: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Yaqi Shi (can help with some ACT courses).
A separate office hour schedule will be available during the exam period and will be posted in late March.
Check out session hours. Note: New College does not have summer hours.
Questions?
If you have any additional questions about the the Sidney Smith hours, please email your statistics or actuarial science course email address.
For inquiries for the New College Statistics Aid Centre, please reach out to the coordinator.