My whole life has been a blur of hyperactivity and energy. I was loud; the centre of attention in every way. Academics, surprisingly, came easy for me. I coasted through elementary and middle school, wowing teachers with my focus and…
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Frivolous or Necessary? The Attack on Plastic Straws and What It Means for Accessibility.
Our society’s love of plastic has taken a massive toll on the health of the planet. Millions of tons of plastic is produced annually, and more than eight million tons ends up in oceans. By some estimates, there will be…
Me, Unedited
And who am I? That’s one secret I’ll never tell. xoxo… Gossip Girl. Just kidding. I’m not gossip girl, or anything of the like. I’m just your regular shmegular University of Toronto student. I realize that I have not properly…
Accessibility Services: A Primer
Ah, Accessibility Services. What would U of T do without you? Be a heck of a lot less accessible, that’s what. It is one of the most important services available to registered U of T students, who identify as having…
Learning about Assistive Technology
For this week’s blog, I thought I’d write about assistive technology. I’ve heard about it throughout my time in university, but I never took the time to learn what it is, exactly, and what its functions are. I’ve spent a…
Let’s talk about your notes…
A lot of us wake up in the morning and manage to drag ourselves to class, not really thinking much of it. We sit down, do our time, take our notes, and leave. Simple, right? But then, there’s a lot…
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…
Sports and Recreation at UofT: A Second Look
Like most U of T students, I’m proud to be one. People like to call us pretentious and I like to argue there’s a big difference between being pretentious and being justifiably proud. We boast top 20 spots on lists of the world’s best universities and I’m “sorry I’m not sorry” that gives me the warm fuzzies.
While we excel as an institution overall, according to UniversityHub.ca (contributor to the Huffington Post), our sports and recreation programs are less well known.
Clearly something’s wrong here. We have a wealth of sport and recreational facilities, services, activities — there’s a lot going on here! We have FOUR athletic centres (if you count Varsity Centre), FOURTY-FOUR men’s and women’s varsity teams, the ONLY Olympic-sized pool in the city, a wide variety of registered and free classes, drop-in recreation, a FANTASTIC, SUPER-AFFORDABLE sports clinic open to students, more playing fields than I’m aware of and SO, SO MUCH MORE.
We’ll end up where we belong
Sometimes I’m hesitant to write on lifeatuoft about where my personal life intersects my student life. It becomes easy, after a while, to sort of assume that my free-pizza-loving, in-the-library-napping, bibliophile, super-involved, kinda nerdy but obviously quite invincible student self is all…