Walking into a professor’s office hours can feel akin to infiltrating a dragon’s lair. Sometimes, even the friendliest of professors are difficult to approach. But overcoming fear of office hours opens the door to a great resource. Whether I’ve hit…
Step 1: have a plan. Step 2: profit.
Being productive is good for our mental health. It’s even more rewarding to be productive when you’re completing an intentional and mapped out plan. Being a university student means we must have specific strategies for completing assignments all the time.…
A Much Needed Break
It’s Reading Week!! YASSS! Mid-October to November is usually the busiest time during the semester, so a fall reading week is precisely what I needed in my life. Some of you lucky ones get to go home for the break,…
An Evening of Learning Effective Presentation Skills
I consider myself to be a strong public speaker. But when it comes to presentations, I feel it is difficult to engage the audience when focusing on one specific topic. This week, I decided to attend an Academic Success workshop…
The “good enough” question
We have established that classroom interaction is important. But most of us are faced with the same problem -- what makes a question a good question? Any question is great because it clarifies something, but it’s even better when it’s…
Dining Hall Hacks
The words “cafeteria food” conjure up images of french fries and ketchup as "veggies," and freezer-burned pizza as a food group. However, with ample on-campus dining options available, U of T students do not have to fall victim to the…
An Online Course Adventure
With every new semester comes new challenges and experiences. This semester, I’m taking my first online course. To be honest, it wasn’t until this summer that I even knew that U of T offered online courses! It's had its challenges,…
Eating Healthy
After living in my college’s residence for two years, I decided it was finally time to venture out and escape the little bubble I often found myself in on campus. Now that I am living off campus I have suddenly…
How Are You Feeling Today? ?
Welcome back from midterms. This was an immensely stressful week for me and I thank green tea, 30 minute naps, brisk walks, hot showers and study-focused playlists to help get me through writing over 4,500 words, intense note-taking and endless…
How I changed my life in 60 minutes
Mindful Meditation I’m all for trying new things and stepping out of our self-designed bubbles, but that’s the thing with ‘self-design’, even when we try new things it is within a certain category. It will usually be things that we’ve…