Last Friday, I attended the Community Action Projects (CAPs) Orientation for Story Planet, an organization that combines literacy, art, and drama to engage children as well as youth in under-resourced schools. CAPs are opportunities for students to volunteer at and…
Hopefully a bunch of you reading this checked out Street Fest on Wednesday… but if not, let me tell you about one of my absolute favourite days on campus. I love Street Fest because it is one of the few…
Ah, the dreaded breadth requirement strikes again! As someone who’s changed my major way too many times (technically five times – oops) I was not too happy to learn that I needed to take on more courses in order to…
Just like any relationship, it’ll need time and effort. So I probably shouldn’t just ask a person to mentor me after meeting them for the first time.
Sunshine and warmer weather are upon us as the winter term ends and the spring/summer terms begin. May to August is usually a quieter time of year on campus, but there’s still plenty of things to do if one happens…
As I look back at the 2018/2019 schoolyear, the two semesters feel like completely different times in my life. After a summer of living where I grew up—but growing up more than I had imaged, as my parents were away…
“Entrepreneur”, it’s not just a fun word to say.
Although I’ve only been on exchange for a few months, I feel like I (or more so my wallet) have learned a few things about spending money here. For one, I did decide to study in Paris—one of the most…
This week, I wanted to do a piece about being a work-study student at the Centre for Community Partnerships and what that entails. I conducted an informal interview with my fellow CCP co-worker Iris Deng and got some nice reflections…
The term “Work-life balance” is increasingly used to describe a fully employed adult, who drudges through an 8-hour work day, but also is able to come home to spend time with their spouse and children. While I am FAR from…