Since election season is underway, I've decided to dedicate a few posts to explaining the who's who of different structures, unions, groups and councils on campus. Last week I talked about the different student government structures each college has, and…
The Co-Curricular Record
In September, the University of Toronto will introduce an official document called the Co-Curricular Record (CCR), which aims to show your involvement beyond the classroom. After months of consultations from a number of working groups, Kim Elias presented the CCR during a…
What exactly are you running for?
"If I don’t even pay much attention to our own country’s elections, why should I bother with my school elections?" This is the common excuse that I have received when asking around about the upcoming end of year elections. I’m…
Making sense of the U of T elections
You've seen the posters everywhere on campus - Vote for so-and-so! And somewhere in your subconscious, you probably realized there's an election coming up at the University. But if you're like me, you just don't care. It has nothing to…
It’s a Jungle In Here: The Barebones of the UofT Governance
I used to say to people that I really couldn’t care less about politics. Somehow, unlike my best friend, history major and pre-law, arguing and taking sides just never turned me on (intellectually). So I never bothered, because I figured,…