Girls like to talk (I’m sure many guys can attest to that!). When we’re out with our girlfriends, it seems like every topic is fair game. But where does sexual health fit into our conversations? Or does it? Queue crickets…
Living Leadership at U of T
A few weeks ago I was approached to do an interview for Living Leadership, a Ulife blog - and cousin to Life @ U of T. For this week's post I figured I'd transcribe that interview for you below - with…
soulfood
Hey U of T. Enjoying reading week? Hope you manage to actually fit some reading in there (“oh Abdullah, good joke.” you say). Last week, as it probably was for most of you, was hectic for me. Needless to say…
Read all the things… or not
Ah, that precious time off that I (and no doubt many of you!) have been looking forward to all term is finally here: Reading week!! Now I know that for most of us, the fate of our reading week depends…
Adventures in a winter wonderland
I think I’ve found my new favourite thing about U of T: its reach extends even beyond the City of Toronto limits. That’s right – about an hour’s drive away from sky-high Robarts and huge lecture halls, you’ll find U of…
Teeing off with the President
One of my goals for this semester is to keep up with events going down on campus an try to make it out to as many as I can. Especially if they are free! So even though I didn’t know…
creative expressions of soul
We’ve heard it all before. First day of lecture, a thousand or so young budding life science students walk into Convocation Hall. Inside, a professor awaits ready to distribute knowledge about pikas, DNA polymerases, and cis and trans double bonds. Needless…
Just Exactly What is “Idle No More”?
You've most likely seen it in the news, heard it on the radio, or seen some form of media in the last 2-3 months on an Aboriginal Movement in Canada titled "Idle No More". Is it just another First Nations…
mo money mo problems
Life at U of T is not always easy. Sometimes, you might say that we go to the University of Hard Knocks. Alternatively, you might say we go to Ball So Hard university, because we are that awesome. Rent, books,…
Try the Tri
Like I mentioned last week, I find that signing up or registering – in other words, COMMITTING time – for a particular event or activity gets me motivated to go out and actually do something active. I think it’s because…