Last week, I sat down and chatted with Katrina Persad, Student Life Officer, Housing Education & Outreach. Katrina’s job is to provide students with information while they navigate Toronto’s rental market. Even though I love living off-campus, it can also…
One of my favourite things about the St. George campus at U of T is the incredible architecture. No matter which part of the campus I’m at, I can always find a nice building nearby to settle down to complete…
After one year of living in residence at Victoria College, I moved into an apartment for my second year of university. Though finding a place was challenging, living off-campus was the best thing I could have done. It changed the…
We’ve all heard the saying “balance is key”, but recently I can’t stop thinking about what the key to balance could be. I hear things such as “work hard, play hard”, but don’t often unpack what it means. We probably…
Last spring, after years of struggling with my mental health and feeling like I could never change, I finally decided to take the plunge and start counselling services. Being a U of T student with limited money, on-campus services seemed…
If two years ago you would’ve asked me if I could live alone, I might have just laughed at you. I knew the time would eventually come, but I felt like I wasn’t ready at all. If you’re about to…
I like to compare course selection to buying concert tickets: the number of seats available is scarce, everyone is trying to get the “best” times and dates, and there’s absolutely no time to think. After my experience with course selection…
The biggest problem I faced in my first year of university was homesickness. I was already familiar with the feeling, having been to sleepover summer camp as a kid, but I still didn’t know how to make it go away.…
There’s nothing I love more than having aesthetic notes… or so I thought. For as long as I have been a student, I’ve always written my notes by hand; this didn’t change when I entered my first year at U…
Almost two years ago, I jumped on a plane and flew from Vancouver to Toronto. Though I’ve been back since, a lot has changed. Ever since then, my sense of home has blurred from Vancouver to Toronto, and not seeing…