More about the building

These are some features of the Wolfond Centre:

 Fireside Lounge

• Students will be drawn to this room because of its outstanding design
• The lounge has a large bay window overlooking the terraced garden to the east
• The most striking feature is the three sided fireplace that is visible from the exterior of the building

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Student Resource Room

• Located on the second floor
• Contains study carrels, computer areas and loose tables

The Centre for Israel Advocacy

• Find out more, about this important initiative, here.

Main Entrance Foyer

• The ground level foyer will welcome students and provide them with comfortable, inviting rooms in which to relax
• Provides visitors with the first glimpse of the Wolfond Centre
• Upon entering the building, students will be greeted with an open design
• The lobby is surrounded by glass suggesting that the Centre will be accessible and welcoming
• When seen at night, the combination of clear and translucent glass around the entrance and the lobbies on each floor will read as an inviting lantern

Multi-Purpose Room

• Located on the lower level, the Multi-Purpose room opens onto the patio and the terraced garden on Huron Street
• Natural light is available from the glass windows and doors of the patio
• The Multi-Purpose Room will serve as the central gathering place for the Jewish community at U. of T. and will accommodate over 100 guests for Shabbat and holiday dinners
• Large space will provide The Wolfond Centre the flexibility to host lectures, sponsor film festivals, host social action programmes, stage live music events or host Israeli dancing

Professional Staff Offices ? Executive, Director, Programming Staff

• Located on the first floor, adjacent to the entrance
• Making it easy for students to drop by and chat, or to arrange for a meeting
• The inviting nature of the professional offices will reflect the attitudes of the staff of the Centre
• The message will be clear ? students are a priority and the professionals at the Wolfond Centre will always be available and accessible

Spiritual Room

• Located on the second floor, it is the most dramatic space in the Wolfond Centre
• The room showcases beautiful stained-glass art windows that run along the arched southern wall
• The art windows will be series of sandblasted images of Jewish historical events
• The art windows create an inviting environment, allowing light to flood through the space, defining it as a Jewish space
• Students can engage in traditional text study or serious discussions on Jewish issues
• Hillel is one of the few places where pluralism in Jewish life thrives and flourishes every single day
• Hillel's pluralistic outlook will provide multiple avenues of religious observance within a warm spiritual community, allowing students of Conservative, Reform, Orthodox Sephardic or unaffiliated backgrounds to feel at home
• Through religious observance and study, Jewish identities will be strengthened, souls will be nurtured, and lifelong relationships will develop

Courtyard/Garden

• Students will sit in the open air and talk together, creating lasting relationships and appreciating the different world view they each have to offer
• Two trees, one maple and one olive, will be situated in the courtyard to represent the union of Jewish life and Canadian life
• The garden steps down to the basement level, providing a patio and allowing full light into the Lower Multi-Purpose area of the building
• Patio can be used for barbeques, parties, the sukkah, etc?

Library

• Located on the second floor
• The room has an entrance to the large deck overlooking Harbord Street
• The room will house Jewish and secular texts, periodicals, and computer work stations
• A place where students can immerse themselves in their studies
• A place to gather and learn in small groups
• Students can engage in traditional text study or serious discussions on Jewish issues