Hi there! I’m Matteo and for the next 8 months I’ll be your Faculty of Arts & Science Student Blogger. Throughout the year I hope to assist you in the enhancement and fulfilment of your undergraduate experience - a lofty…
Dabble Dabble Dabble
This time last year I was a bright eyed, Aboriginal (Cree, First Nations, or as Derek Zoolander would put it "Abodiginal"), first year, Humanities student. I wanted to do it all: the student clubs, events, sports, meeting more Indigenous students,…
What is networking, anyway?
Ah, networking. Never before had I heard a word so many times without fully understanding what it was all about. From my first year, networking has been a concept that I’ve been encouraged to do as much as the chance…
Make Yourself Uncomfortable
You might want to listen to Gold Forever by The Wanted as you read this post. As the school year starts off with a bang, my time blogging for Life @ U of T comes to a close. My summer…
“it’s 3 am and I’m doing my lab report.”
Sounds like a great beginning to a Taylor Swift song doesn't it? I think so. If you're in first year life science, engineering or any kind of science -- you will have to deal with labs. What are labs? Well,…
The Magic of Con Hall
Ah, another year, another frosh week! What a week it’s been, everything from getting woken up by the lovely engineers at 3am - I’m lucky enough to be next to three different colleges, so their chant was inevitably inscribed in…
So you’ve got a bag of free stuff. Now what?
Clubs Day was yesterday, which means that a whole bunch of you probably got at least one of the following: papers and flyers pens pins clips other swag Whether you got it voluntarily or had these items thrust into your…
10 Types of Friends You’ll Most Likely Make at U of T
During your time at U of T, I bet you this year’s tuition that you are going to meet some of the most randomest, most beautiful, most unique or even the most interesting personalities you will ever meet in your…
Ready? Set, Move!
I know we hear a lot about what to expect about living in res, including the wonky looking bathrooms and feeling like Bear Grylls at 2am when your Ramen is done. However, a lot of the time we seem to skip over…
Small College, Big Community
For all of the flack Trin gets, I find it ironic that the three most important things that set Trin apart from other colleges are rarely mentioned, three things which really make it one of the most inviting atmospheres on…