Walking through Robarts last week, I noticed something that I hadn't seen since last summer: a line at the TCard office. As orientation week approaches, the TCard office only gets busier and busier. If you've waited until now to get your…
A First Year’s Guide to Campus
Navigating campus for the first time can feel like you're travelling through an unknown foreign land. With over to 150 buildings, getting around the St. George campus can get confusing. Even after attending U of T for a year, I still find myself happening…
On Moving Away from Home
I spent this past weekend moving into my new apartment, and doing so brought up a lot of memories of the move I made last year from home to residence. For those of you living in residence next year, move…
Exploring Beyond Downtown: Guild Park
For a self-professed Torontonian, I haven't seen that much of the city. Sure, I've been to the Eaton Centre 5000 times and I'm pretty good at giving directions to lost tourists on the subway, but I've never really ventured that far…
Unplugging
I went on a wonderful camping trip this weekend. Though I was very excited to spend time with nature and catch up with my best friend, I have to admit that I was a bit apprehensive about heading into the woods…
6 Tips for Surviving Your First Course Enrolment
First year course enrolment is next week! And if you're anything like I was last year, you're probably pretty nervous. Course enrolment can be a tense time, full of waiting and rapid clicking, but it's not as scary as you…
Toronto on the Cheap: The Royal Ontario Museum
I'm a city person. I love the hustle and bustle of the streets, the diversity, and the fact that being downtown means that you're always only a subway stop away from something to do. However, in my first year, I quickly found…
Finding LGBTQ+ spaces at U of T
Pride has come and gone, leaving the city covered in specks of glitter that will take ages to wash away. But just because Pride has said goodbye doesn't mean the community has gone with it. U of T has a wide array of LGBTQ+…
Summer Resolutions
Hey there! My name is Taryn and I'm so excited to be your Life @ U of T photoblogger this year! I'm going into my second year studying Sociology and Sexual Diversity Studies. I love photography, as you can probably…