As students, our Beta lives are centred around our studies, but we also enjoy a rich diversity of activities that make for a well-rounded and rewarding university experience. Beta holds many events including socials with other campus groups, community service outings, road trips to other chapters in Canada and the US, alumni events where we get to know some of Toronto’s most prominent businessmen, home improvement weekends, nights out on the town, end-of-year formals, and other special events. Beta opens the door to new experiences you won’t find anywhere else. Above all, Betas are committed to friendship. It is through mutual assistance and confidence in each other that we have built a long history of success in Toronto and worldwide.
Beta Theta Pi is well-known for its scholastic achievements, both on paper and in principle. We were the first fraternity to adopt a minimum 2.8 GPA for each member and celebrate a 3.24 fraternity-wide GPA. Beta is also proud to be the first fraternity to achieve 85 Rhodes Scholars.
At our chapter house, we expect our members to concentrate on their schoolwork. Social events and other activities are always scheduled around scholastic achievement and we encourage each other’s scholastic success by enforcing quiet hours, conducting group study sessions, and helping each other grasp concepts learned in class.
To emphasize our devotion to scholastics, the Beta Theta Pi Foundation of Canada assists members with scholarships ranging from $500-1,000.
Throughout the school year, Beta participates in numerous social events with other groups from the campus community, alumni dinners, pub nights, or road trips to any of our 140 campuses across North America. Such events are organized ahead of time and managed by a Social Chairman and other officers, who oversee the logistics of each event.
The less-publicized, but perhaps more valuable social aspect of Beta Theta Pi comes from the “off-hours” when we sit down for dinner, watch TV, enjoy a coffee on the front porch, or meet up after class. These and other occasions are the times you’ll remember fondly as you grow older.
At Beta Theta Pi, we take full-advantage of having an able, willing and cooperative group of young men to help those who need it. Each year we participate in various philanthropy events such as the Annual Halloween Haunted House where we transform our house into a haunted mansion for all the neighbourhood kids to enjoy (admission is a donation to the Daily Bread Food Bank). We are also known throughout the neighbourhood as the fellows who collect canned goods for the Food Bank around Thanksgiving time.
This year we will be launching a new campaign in support of the Anne Marie D’Amico Foundation to help end violence against women. We hope you will join us!
