Two days ago, when I stepped out of my residence to grab some dinner, I saw the first signs of the Christmas season, with the lights on the trees and the green and red wreaths going up. And that's when…
Mental Health during Reading Week
Last year, Reading Week for me was all about taking a break from the new, scary and incredibly exhausting journey that university was seeming to be. Reading Week is officially defined as a week, usually midway through a university term,…
Trash Talks Panel Event
I attended a panel discussion titled, ‘Trash Talks’ last week that was organized as part of The Centre for Community Partnerships(CCP) Social Action Pop-ups. The panel discussion was extremely interesting and informative. Not only did we learn about waste reduction,…
Waste Reduction Challenge!
This year the Centre for Community Partnerships(CCP) at the University of Toronto is marking Waste Reduction Week with a Waste Reduction Challenge and Social Action Pop-up event; ‘Trash Talks’ where panellists from Black Environmental Initiative and UofT’s Trash Team will discuss climate change, waste…
Midterm Season is Here!
Midterm season is upon us and per usual most of us find ourselves drowning in assignments and tests and essays. It feels like classes started just yesterday and yet here we are, a good month into the term, facing our…
Student Mental Health
Owing to the serious shortage of resources, increase in population, high unemployment and increased competition exacerbated by the pandemic and the online mode of working, the youth of today are facing enormous amounts of pressure which has led to the…
The University Experience- Finally!
Hi! My name is Joanna Joseph and I’m a second year undergraduate student at University of Toronto. As is the case with most second year students, this is the first time I’m experiencing University in person and I cannot be…