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Just in Time Slides June 26 - July 3
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23rd June 2017
9 New Things
Our 9 new things e-newsletters keep you in-the-know about campus happenings, ways to get involved, staying healthy and having fun! Find the latest issues here every Wednesday and Thursday.
8th June 2017
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3rd March 2017
Event Highlights
Life at U of T: For students by students
Ahh it’s finally summer time, and the U of T campus has never looked more beautiful and inspiring. For me,... Read more »
15th June 2017
Right now it’s 2:00 PM Japan Standard Time. That’s 14 minus 13 hours. So, it must be 1 AM... Read more »
14th June 2017
Until about a year ago, I thought I was cursed for interviews. I typically made it past the written stage of a... Read more »
4th May 2017
Congratulations on finishing exams and another year of university! The end of school definitely calls for a reward, but while junk... Read more »
1st May 2017
The biggest regret I have of my time in undergrad is not going on exchange. I’d wanted to spend a semester in... Read more »
19th April 2017
My first year as a University student in Canada is done! I can’t really explain how strange and exciting it... Read more »
14th April 2017
On Monday, I finished my first novel draft. It was 192 pages in total and just over 58000 words long.... Read more »
6th April 2017
What do I find more stressful than finals slowly approaching? Not knowing where I will live next year AND having... Read more »
6th April 2017
When I first met with my supervisors to begin blogging for Life at U of T, I was suddenly unbelievably,... Read more »
4th April 2017
I dream about writing essays. It’s what happens when you are in a program that is heavy on writing papers.... Read more »
31st March 2017
Source: http://copewithlife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/stress.gif Looking back, this was probably the busiest school year of my life. I balanced five co-curricular clubs, a... Read more »
28th March 2017
“Goodbye.” That’s always a difficult thing to say, but sadly, this is my last post for Life @ U of... Read more »
27th March 2017
Hey, It’s been a while. I hope you’re doing well. You’ve just stepped foot on campus and you’ve moved a... Read more »
26th March 2017
When I first got to university, I was convinced that I knew my path in life; things would go swimmingly.... Read more »
24th March 2017
When studying for exams of writing essays, I like to take breaks every so often. Usually, these breaks consist of... Read more »
23rd March 2017
Have you ever found yourself in the situation where you accidentally binge watched 12 episodes of The Office when you... Read more »
22nd March 2017
Three years ago, I was going through a rough semester and my boyfriend’s mother gave me a book called Wherever... Read more »
22nd March 2017
It’s that time of year again. You probably have seen it: posters of smiling faces scattered all around campus, Facebook... Read more »
22nd March 2017
I am drowning in essays, every single word coming out of the pages of my novels and off of the... Read more »
20th March 2017
Being on exchange is finding the balance between travel, new friends, and study. Sometimes there is some overlap, studying or... Read more »
20th March 2017
Some people like to say that failure is the most important step to reaching success, but to me it can... Read more »
20th March 2017
I’m about as good at operating LinkedIn as my grandmother is at using Facebook. To put it simply, I’m... Read more »
14th March 2017
Last night I slept for 8 hours… …and I didn’t feel guilty! Sleep has not been an easy thing to... Read more »
10th March 2017
“Hello, there will be no class this morning, I am sorry for the last minute announcement.” -Professor Probably the best... Read more »
10th March 2017
During my first year I signed up for more clubs and groups’ newsletters than I ever had intention of actually... Read more »
8th March 2017
If there is something that I’ve learned in my three years of university, it’s that attending a lecture... Read more »
2nd March 2017
I have brought up drop-in programs a couple of times in past blogs. From discussion groups to fitness classes, there... Read more »
28th February 2017
February, though the shortest month of the year, can also feel like the longest when you’re a student. It is,... Read more »
24th February 2017
What a spectacular time to be alive! I had the pleasure of giving my beautiful friend a beginner ski lesson... Read more »
24th February 2017
I have five other suitemates, all from different nationalities. From the start of the year they have been kind enough... Read more »
23rd February 2017
Language. Language is a river that flows and is ever present in all aspects of my life. As a blogger,... Read more »
10th February 2017
The Video Crew dropped by Neurodegenerative Disease Society of Toronto – NDST’s conference about raising awareness for various neurodegenerative diseases,... Read more »
4th February 2017
Guess what? I took the plunge! I bought my own beautiful pair of skates! Did my wallet cry a little?... Read more »
3rd February 2017
If you were stuck on a deserted island, what would you bring with you? Most of us have probably been... Read more »
3rd February 2017
The closer I’ve gotten to graduation, the less certain I’ve been of what I wanted to do with my life.... Read more »
2nd February 2017
At the beginning of each year, like many others, I like to create a list of things I want to... Read more »
2nd February 2017
That title above was literally what I said, when in my first year of university, I found out that summer... Read more »
30th January 2017
I remember filling out the form, clicking send, and a day after responding to the confirmation email. I also remember... Read more »
27th January 2017
For students new to it, learning how to lead can be hard, not to mention intimidating. Even for students with... Read more »
27th January 2017
Did you know you can use your TCard as a debit card for your purchases at different vendors on campus?... Read more »
27th January 2017
A reward system is a powerful tool that greatly increases your chances of successfully reaching your goals. If implemented correctly,... Read more »
26th January 2017
When I attended don training a couple years back, we were told a fact that I could not forget: the... Read more »
25th January 2017
Being in my 3rd year, I’ve realized that my class sizes have gotten significantly smaller. As opposed to first year,... Read more »
23rd January 2017
That moment when you realize you’re training in as many sports this term as you are completing courses… What better... Read more »
20th January 2017
Growing up I was so painfully shy. If I went through a day saying 10 words to someone that would... Read more »
20th January 2017
There’s something deeply unnerving about staring at an empty Word document. Something off-putting about watching the cursor blink impatiently against... Read more »
20th January 2017
Ready, Set, Action! Today’s post is all about creating an effective action plan to help you successfully achieve your goals! ... Read more »
19th January 2017
When I tell people that I’m a writer, a surprising reaction that I often get is “I used to write... Read more »
18th January 2017
Before I was even accepted to U of T, I heard rumors about how supposedly difficult and heartless it was.... Read more »
17th January 2017
Everyone, mornings are not my friend. I’m the type of person who crawls out of the bed slowly, sloth-like, and... Read more »
16th January 2017
January air is brisk, chilly, but full of promise. Maybe it’s the prospect of a new year, and subsequent ‘new... Read more »
16th January 2017
So at this point in the new year most of us will have received our grades back from last semester.... Read more »
13th January 2017
This is my first year at U of T, and when I found out there was such a thing as... Read more »
13th January 2017
Everybody hates January. After a well-deserved break from courses, assignments, readings, exams and –for some – the cold commute, we’re... Read more »
12th January 2017
“So, how’s school going?” “What are you studying?” “And what do you plan to do with that degree?” The only... Read more »
10th January 2017
Happy New Year, U of T! When New Year’s comes around, I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions.... Read more »
8th January 2017
December can be a very stressful month, and like most students at this moment, I am still in the midst... Read more »
6th December 2016
As I had mentioned in a previous blog post, I’m participating in something called the Intercultural Learning Program (ILP) this year. Apart from the introductory workshop which I talked about...
5th December 2016
As I had mentioned in a previous blog post, I’m participating in something called the Intercultural Learning Program (ILP) this year. Apart from the... Read more »
5th December 2016
I’ve never really participated in a group fitness class that wasn’t a quiet, restorative yoga session. As such, I had... Read more »
2nd December 2016
As someone with a completely opposite experience in weather than the one we find in Canada (I have lived most... Read more »
1st December 2016
As someone with a completely opposite experience in weather than the one we find in Canada (I have lived most of my life in the Caribean) I am a firm believer that in… Continue reading →
1st December 2016
University can get stressful at times, and it can be difficult to stay in touch with friends, particularly with those who... Read more »
30th November 2016
University can get stressful at times, and it can be difficult to stay in touch with friends, particularly with those who don’t live in the city. But few things bring me more joy in life...
30th November 2016
For a perfectionist who’s extremely insecure about my ideas, it’s a wonder I’ve been able to publish weekly blogs without... Read more »
29th November 2016
For a perfectionist who’s extremely insecure about my ideas, it’s a wonder I’ve been able to publish weekly blogs without collapsing under my own pressure. In order to gain some insight into how...
29th November 2016
I’ve always thought that the Multi-Faith Centre has been one of the divisions on campus that has created some of the most interesting programming. A lot of the groups and events that they...
28th November 2016
Let me start this off by saying I am not a yogi, nor am I a master of the subconscious – or any other level of consciousness for that matter. U of T’s… Continue reading →
24th November 2016
I started doing yoga about two years ago, mostly after exercising, I would do 20min-30min at least three times a week. Once I moved to Toronto and University started I kinda forgot about…...
24th November 2016
With November coming to an end, finals are rapidly approaching and it’s time for us to start preparing! I’m going to be honest with you, the first thing I did after seeing… Continue...
24th November 2016
As a kid, I always loved arts and crafts: origami, painting rocks, making fake flowers from tissue paper. Once, for Christmas, I gave my parents two full boxes of homemade cards, because I…...
23rd November 2016
I know you just read that title and exclaimed, “Exams? Prep? Already?” But I checked my calendar and today is exactly three weeks until my first exam. Initially, I thought that sounded...
21st November 2016
It all started Sunday. I was sitting at the living room table in the unit I share with three of my housemates. They’d already gone up to campus, but I was hanging back… Continue reading →
21st November 2016
With less than a month left until exams, it’s officially exam-studying season. If you’re anything like me, studying probably isn’t your favourite activity. However, there are a few ways to...
17th November 2016
I first walked into Toronto’s Planned Parenthood (PPT) when I was seventeen. I knew absolutely nothing about the services, the cost, or the procedures offered. Unsatisfied with my family doctor...
16th November 2016
When I was a kid, my parents used to have the hardest time trying to put me to bed. I was a night owl. I had an arsenal of tactics that I would… Continue reading →
15th November 2016
The snow was piled as high as a small dog and the wind roared so ferociously that the temperature dropped almost forty degrees below zero. I stood outside, on a street corner, with… Continue...
15th November 2016
In the past few weeks, I’ve had 4 exams and I thought I would share my experience as a first-year student. Personally, I dread multiple-choice exams. I have probably been dreading multiple-...
15th November 2016
For the first part of the residence tour series, the video team visited Innis College Residence for a quick guide and overview of the space. Check it out!!
11th November 2016
Last Friday, MoveU hosted a Fun Friday event at the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport: Balley Ball! Picture volleyball, but instead of using your hands to send the ball over the net…...
11th November 2016
U of T has no shortage of picturesque spots around campus that are perfect places for you to take a moment for yourself to do some contemplation or meditation. But as it starts… Continue...
11th November 2016
One of my goals this year—as a Career Centre blogger and as an undergraduate student—is to focus more on my career through exploring different jobs, networking, and building my skills and resume....
8th November 2016
I remember when my mother gave me my grandfather’s dog tag. I was ten years old. I never met the man because he died before I was born, but my mother made sure… Continue reading →
8th November 2016
Now that the storm of mid-term season is done for me and the Fall Break is upon us, my mind turns to my neglected readings and upcoming essays. This year, I had the… Continue reading →
7th November 2016
This week, I dropped into the Healthy Habits program that runs every Monday in the Hart House Reading Room from 12 to 1 p.m. Healthy Habits is a laid-back discussion about nutrition and…...
4th November 2016
Knowing how to find and use the mental health services available to you on campus can be a daunting task. I’ve heard from students who have found great counsellors at the Health and…...
4th November 2016
https://youtu.be/TyScwp2jjpc The video crew took a tour through the clubhouse at 21 Sussex Avenue to speak to the many clubs that reside inside. Check it out now!
1st November 2016
Hey guys! In last week’s post, I had vowed that I would go to the Academic Success Centre (ASC) during the drop-in hours to meet with a learning strategist to help me prepare for my upcoming...
27th October 2016
The most difficult part of my university experience so far has been learning how to balance. Every September, I am thrown off my feet by my new schedule, and just when I feel like I have a routine...
26th October 2016
I think it’s safe to say I was at the point in midterm season, or huge-influx-of-essays-due-in-one-week season where my mind was frayed. It was the kind of fraying where I just comfortably threw my...
26th October 2016
I mentioned in an earlier blog that I think maintaining the self-discipline to actually keep yourself well, both mentally and physically, can be hard at times. Knowing about and trying out different...
24th October 2016
When I signed up for the Career Centre’s Planning Your Career workshop, I was ready to plan. And planning I did. I plotted out my career goals for the next three years with the help of a nifty linear...
18th October 2016
When I think of October, grainy vignettes of nights spent in Robarts during extended hours begin cycling through my memory. Moving images in sepia of myself weeping as I struggle to finish multiple...
18th October 2016
I lived on residence for my first three years at U of T and now that I’m living off-campus I face a real nutritional challenge. I used to pop into my residence repeatedly throughout the day, which...
14th October 2016
Last week, I started my skating class at Varsity Centre. I LOVED it. In addition to registering for the class, I registered to rent skate – which I’ll have access to every week for the hour I spend...
7th October 2016
Taking care of your mental health can be a bit of a chore if that’s not something you’re already mindful (ha ha) of. To be honest, taking care of your health in general can sometimes be a...
7th October 2016
Confession time – I’m a third year student at UofT, and up until now, I haven’t really used any of the university services that were specifically designed to guide students towards...
6th October 2016
One of the things about being a university student is that you start to say, “OH SO I’m NOT the only one who…”. When I was in high school, I felt like I was the only one...
6th October 2016
Hi, my name is Agustina and I am this year’s first-year blogger! Why start a blog of a journal? One of the most obvious reasons to keep a blog or a journal is to express your thoughts. It helps...
6th October 2016
When I was younger, my parents used to make me a special Vietnamese warm drink any time in the winter. They would spoon sweetened condensed milk into a big mug, then pour hot water into it, stirring...
5th October 2016
This summer, I was enrolled in full-time classes. I would be on campus several days a week from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.. As a commuter, unwilling to burden myself with more heavy things to carry, I...
5th October 2016
When I signed up for Navigating the Workplace, a workshop offered by the Career Centre, I didn’t know what to expect. This was the first Career Centre event I had ever attended, and the event...
4th October 2016
Have you ever had the feeling that the universe was telling you something? Looking back at my weekend it felt exactly like that, but I’ll let you be the judge of that. It’s been about a month...
4th October 2016
I mentioned this in my introductory post, but I double major in English and Book & Media Studies, which essentially means that I LOVE literature, and I do. I really do. Reading and writing from...
3rd October 2016
We spoke to mid-year, graduating, and grad students to discuss what advice they would give if they found themselves in first year all over again. Watch their responses! https://youtu.be/2-NJ6UMsvG0
3rd October 2016
Writing to you live from a café in Shoreditch, London, I am exhausted but elated from the first two weeks of my exchange to King’s College of London. After a long night exploring the city, I decided...
3rd October 2016
Most people at U of T (and in life) will generally label themselves as either an “arts/humanities person” or a “math/science person”. Being able to pursue (or even have an...
29th September 2016
I’ve realized I’ve done you all a great disservice by not expanding the perspective from which I write. I’ve recently come to appreciate just how easy it may be for me to engage in physical activity...
30th September 2016
It’s only a month into school and midterms are hitting us already. In my agenda, there is this backlog of assignments and all the due dates happen to fall within the same week. It happens every...
30th September 2016
Do you ever catch yourself doing something that you 100% know you shouldn’t be doing? Yup… That’s me right now. Before you ask questions, let me explain. This August, I had to present a business...
29th September 2016
Between classes, Orientation week, and illness, I hadn’t gotten a chance to hang out with my best friend Julie for weeks. Our lunch dates kept getting postponed, so I was pleasantly surprised ...
28th September 2016
A long time ago, back in grade 12 when I was young, impressionable and unburdened by readings on readings, I was deliberating between which university offers to accept. The websites, while useful in...
28th September 2016
Maybe it was the unusual way my Saturday began, but the brisk morning air stood out significantly in my memory. It was a stark reminder that the summer days were getting shorter and that autumn would...
27th September 2016
When I was legally allowed to work and ready to become a contributing member of society, I applied to be camp counselor for a kids’ summer camp. Although I was practically a child myself and the only...
26th September 2016
It’s tough to feel confident when you’ve had setbacks. Very few of us can immediately bounce back after some kind of a failure without feeling burned for a little while. For me, returning to school...
22nd September 2016
Confession time: I used to be deathly afraid of my professors (and teachers). What? I also used to be one of those kids that thought teachers lived at school all the time and didn’t do anything...
26th September 2016
Welcome back everyone! It’s hard to believe it’s September again. My name is Annette and I’m excited to be a returning contributor to the Life@UofT blog this year. I’ll be continuing to cover all...
23rd September 2016
Hello new semester! Don’t you just love the buzz around campus this time of year? You know, its that time in the semester where midterms haven’t taken over life yet, the weather is still amazing and...
22nd September 2016
When I got back on campus at the end of Orientation, the first thing I did was visit Caffiends, Victoria College’s student-run fair-trade café, located on the first floor of Old Vic, the...
22nd September 2016
I’ll be honest: initially, my blog post this week was going to be on my favourite places to nap on campus. With the first week done, I’ve already found myself drowsy at 2PM and in need of comfy...
21st September 2016
It was my first day of classes at the University of Toronto, and I stepped onto the trampled turf of front campus with a pair of juvenile—and, admittedly, cliché—Converse and a backpack-sized...
20th September 2016
Usually, I’m a morning person. Usually, I love waking up to the dawn breaking over the horizon. There’s something invigorating about how the smell of fresh coffee curls around the cool and slightly...
20th September 2016
Hello U of T! I’m Liana and I’m writing for the Community Crew this year as the CTSI (Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation) Blogger. I’m a born and raised Torontonian, a first...
19th September 2016
There’s one more week before the school year begins. Around this time, I often have mixed emotions that range from excitably happy to anxiously stressed. I imagine these feelings probably are...
6th September 2016
It’s been one heck of a summer. I feel like I’ve really grown as a person, whether it growing comfortable with my faults and recognizing insecurities as insecurities, or whether it being more...
31st August 2016
This week has been a tough week for me. A lot has happened and a lot still remains to be going on. The majority of it has simply been personal, but sometimes personal obstacles are the ones that seem...
29th August 2016
“Bang Bang Choo train C’mon now just do your thang Awoosh *clap clap clap clap* (move to the right) Awoosh *clap clap clap clap* (move to the left)” I remember being at Orientation 4 years ago...
25th August 2016
I am a firm believer in taking breaks from the hustle and bustle of the city. As someone who works downtown and is already following a packed schedule for school, the hustle becomes routine....
24th August 2016
*Employer in Adele voice* Hello. It’s me. I was wondering if after all these emails you sent to me, can I call you, before you come in? On a much more serious note, I had a phone interview recently...
11th August 2016
The other day, I was talking with my future roommates in our Facebook group chat about when we would move into the apartment for September. The chat was a mix of finalizing plans and cracking jokes,...
10th August 2016
It’s that time of year again when Work Study positions are listed on the Career Learning Network website and applications begin! If you are not familiar with the Work Study, it is a program that...
5th August 2016
With August comes the stark realization that summer is almost over. Alright, there. I’ve said it. There’s no turning back now. How did it breeze by so fast? Maybe it was the initial bout of odd, cold...
3rd August 2016
Over the weekend, I was invited to the annual Silveron International Film Festival held at the Innis Town Hall where I had the opportunity to enjoy screenings of short films, documentaries, music...
29th July 2016
Whenever I finish course selection, there is always a period of time where my thoughts drift to my future in terms of a career. It’s like an imposing deadline that inches closer when you least...
28th July 2016
As a St. George student, just exploring downtown Toronto is a grand task that has taken me 4 years of my undergraduate degree. That’s why the fact that the University of Toronto is made up for two...
25th July 2016
One of my favourite things to do in Toronto is to check out the FREE musical performances and other cool festivals because, WHY NOT? I was at the Harbourfront Centre last week and there were so many...
21st July 2016
It was a fine Tuesday morning when I woke up after a splendid night out with friends, my hollow stomach rumbling for some greasy, filling food to fuel it. Leaving the house, I headed to the closest...
6th July 2016
One Love! One Heart! Let’s get together and feel all right…what up Bob Marley reference!? What do you get when you combine the magical power of a rainbow with a 100,000 square foot crystal at...
1st July 2016
I’m addicted to the adrenaline rush. This addiction is a strange one because I would never go as far as jumping out of a plane, nor would I jump off of a bridge attached to a cord, but in this...
28th June 2016
The red glow of the wall outside beckons you in. In huge sans serif letters, you can read “UTAC” – University of Toronto Art Centre, housed within University College. Curiosity at a new exhibit was...
22nd June 2016
June is Pride Month and regardless of how each one of us identify, it is a month that we all should be proud of. A month where we can rally together and celebrate diversity, equality, inclusivity,...
21st June 2016
A brief review of one of my favourite concert venues in Toronto -- Lee's Palace. Continue reading →
15th June 2016
Summer. What a gloriously wonderful season! A season full of sunshine, street festivals, and memorable travel adventures. For students it is the season of rejuvenation after diligently working...
14th June 2016
A brief introduction to me, my quirks, and my personal interests. Continue reading →
8th June 2016
My return to the University of Toronto was always part of the plan. I never had the desire to leave this chapter of my life incomplete. Last year, I took the leap and here I am, back in the hustle...
7th June 2016
U of T students have a multitude of attractions surrounding them. So why not be a tourist in your own city for a day? Vania and Ben will be your tour guides in this new video from the videographer...
2nd May 2016
With the year wrapped up, a lot of my friends at the iSchool, U of T’s Faculty of Information, have been joking that we’re now “half masters.” We’ve got one more year to...
27th April 2016
I’ve moved around quite a bit over the course of my life at U of T. Last year, I lived east of campus in Cabbagetown (which I blogged about at the time – see my post here). Prior to that...
21st April 2016
In true Emaan fashion, I’m going to start off by talking about the weather today. I know I’ve taken my fair share of jabs at old Mother Nature and her troupe (Wind, Snow, Rain and the...
20th April 2016
When I was in undergrad, April was a month of conflicting emotions. On the one hand, the promise of spring and summer was in the air; on the other, exams were looming, and I was not keen on exams....
18th April 2016
Running Life at U of T’s Instagram page this year has made me spend more time getting to know campus than I ever did last year. While getting to making a living snapping pictures of the quirky...
14th April 2016
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ASKme Anything welcomes new students to campus September 6 to 16
by Sarah Ryeland, The Bulletin, August 25, 2016