Dinner With 12 Strangers

The premise: sit down to dinner with 12 strangers; get up with 12 new friends.

Dinner with 12 Strangers is based on a simple idea: local alumni host dinners in their own homes for students, faculty and fellow alumni in an effort to make U of T Mississauga a smaller, friendlier place.
U of T Mississauga alumni host students, alumni and faculty for an evening of good food, good conversation and U of T Mississauga hospitality. In addition to a free dinner, the program offers participants an excellent opportunity to make new friends, valuable connections and strengthen the U of T Mississauga community.

There are many ways you can take part in this program:

First, read a short description of the role you are interested in and then contact Sue Prior (info below).

What best describes you?

• Host - are alumni who have volunteered to provide a meal at their own expense (prepared, catered or purchased), and a space (preferably in their own home) for the dinner to take place. Event guidelines will be provided by the Alumni Affairs office.
• Co-host or Young Alumni Rep (21-29) - is an alumnus who has volunteered to attend the dinner and share the hosting duties with the host (specifically entertaining and facilitating conversation, aiding in preparations, greeting students, making introductions, impromptu speeches, covering for the Host if he or she needs to leave the room, etc.).
• Student - The Students who participate in this program are primarily new students at both the undergraduate and graduate level, though students in any year of study are encouraged to participate.
• Faculty or Staff - is a faculty or staff member invited to attend the dinner to facilitate conversation and allow students to see a more personal side of U of T.

For more information, please contact Sue Prior, Manager, Alumni Development, at 905-828-5454 or sue.prior@utoronto.ca