By: Michelle Bancroft, GradLife Ambassador As everything slowly starts to reopen in Toronto, it seems that things may be getting back to ‘normal’ (whatever that really means!). However, I feel like the months of isolation and the fear surrounding getting sick from other people will have lasting effects. So I have been spending a lot […]
By: Michelle Bancroft, GradLife Ambassador Are you an adventure junkie like I am? Avid traveler? Or just getting a bit of cabin-fever and want to have a change of scenery during this pandemic?! Here are some ideas of adventures you can safely take this summer while respecting physical distancing! Top 5 Summer Adventure Ideas: […]
By: Michelle Bancroft, GradLife Ambassador Hi everyone, I am Michelle Bancroft the new GradLife Ambassador and I am overjoyed to have the opportunity to share helpful tips, tricks, and resources so that you continue to get the best out of your graduate experience at UofT! Picture of me! (Michelle Bancroft) Who am I?! Great existential […]
Written by Alex Torrie, Former Gradlife Ambassador Hello Fellow Grad Students, and welcome back to the Gradlife blog. While I have been at home, I have been able to engage more in some of my favourite hobbies. One of those hobbies, is baking! In case you also enjoy baking, or are looking to try […]
By Hifza, G2G Peer Advisor As G2G peer advisor at the Graduate Conflict Resolution Centre I see a lot of examples of the types of academic, professional and interpersonal conflicts that occur in the graduate setting. Recently I’ve been spending a lot of time in quarantine musing on the ubiquitous nature of conflict. As the […]
by: Hifza Buhari, G2G Peer Advisor (Graduate Conflict Resolution Centre) It has been a few weeks since we all decided to save each other’s lives by going into hibernation in our homes. As graduate students, this could have changed your research trajectory and caused many forms of productivity to come to a halt. It may also […]
Hello Fellow Grad Students! Today I had my second class with zoom since we all started doing physical/ social distancing. It was a new experience, but I found that it brought a small sense of normalcy and routine back to my week that I had been missing. It was also nice to hear how my classmates […]
Hello Fellow Grad Students! It has been some time, and a lot has changed since I last posted. I am wishing everyone the best as we navigate these changes together. As I find myself with more time at home, I am not short of school work to do, but I have also been picking up […]
Hello Grad Students! Welcome back to the Gradlife blog. This week, I want to introduce you to a fellow graduate student, Sepehr Sa ! Sepehr is PhD student in Mechanical Engineering, and we met at one of this year’s Grad Escape events. I wanted to bring another voice to the blog, one from a grad […]
Hello Grad Students! Welcome back to the Gradlife Blog. Graduate school, as I am sure you are aware, takes up a lot of time. When we have so many demands coming at us it can be hard to maintain things outside of school. As I speak to students in my program and also at grad […]
