It is cold and icy. Okay, now that that’s out of the way, let’s get going. With the recent snowfall, there’s been a lot of stuff going around about staying safe in the winter. Warm clothes, walking carefully so as…
A New Cycle – Bicycling on Campus/ in Toronto
The only memories I have of cycling when I was younger were my first tricycle (still have it!), being chased by wild dogs when I tried to learn to bike and trying to bike between joggers; assuming that people would move out of my way when I rung my bell. However, with the guidance of my teammates and cycling daily to and from practice in the Fall and Summer, I can now confidently cycle on the busy streets of Toronto.
Fitness Instructions
It's a New Year!
A fun fact about me: I am a fitness instructor on campus.
No, but seriously. I love being a fitness instructor:
- I find group fitness motivating. It keeps me active, because I know that at least once a week I have to smile while I'm working out. That takes training. In our industry, we are often reminded that when we are instructing, our focus is on the participants getting a great workout. So I try to attend multiple group fitness classes a week to get a good workout myself.
Green dot week is this week!
For me, part of the joy of being a university student is learning about theories or concepts that seem completely irrelevant and distanced from my life—only to unexpectedly run into them down the road. If you’ve ever taken PSY100, then…
Those Who Do Not Learn From History Are Doomed To Repeat It
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” -- Plato Cases of extreme violence, like the gang-rape of a 23-year old medical student in New Delhi, India (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/01/21/india-rape-fast-track-court.html), always seem to cause waves of public outrage and…
Eat your heart out Don Johnson…we’ve got vice too!
If I told you that there were plain clothed officers on campus, would you be surprised? I was. Don’t imagine Don Johnson in a white blazer, a pastel vee-neck, and penny loafers without socks. Think more of a someone who…
On-Campus Safety: an informative yet slightly depressing post
We all know the world is a scary place. First you leave the safety of your bully-infested elementary school. You progress to the scarier world of a teenager-infested high school, where "everyone" enters their experimentation years and can only do…
Start with safety
It started off with a simple stop at Tim Horton’s late on a Saturday night. I had just arrived back on campus from my weekly trip home and hunger had decided to manifest and multiply in my stomach, with a…
UofT Library Saga Part II: Protection
No. Not the kind of protection can be easily obtained from SEC (91 St. George St.). It's easy to see how those things can be associated with libraries...but in this post I'll be talking about something more serious. Having lived…