As my favourite English secret agent once said, “Allow myself to introduce myself” (#secretagent if you know who I am talking about!). Hi. My name is Stephen and this will be my final year at the University of Toronto. I…
Technology and…Me?
So I have never been much of a gamer or techie. I spent my childhood reading endless books and frolicking around the Ottawa River, my head happily in the clouds. While my little brother waged his battles with Sega (does…
The Best of Life @ U of T (according to me)
Well I'm sad to say that this will be my last post for the Life @ U of T blog. What a crazily-awesome year it was and I honestly have no idea where the last 25 weeks went. I've had…
Life, leisure and graduation
When it came to writing this week's post, I must admit I had difficulty determining what exactly I was going to write about. As the semester draws to a close, "life at U of T" is more or less winding down…
The ‘Busy’ Phenomenon
The last week has been so busy, fraught with essays, midterms, and presentations galore. What got me through the week was repeatedly reminding myself that Reading Week – and the glorious time off associated with it – was just around…
mo money mo problems
Life at U of T is not always easy. Sometimes, you might say that we go to the University of Hard Knocks. Alternatively, you might say we go to Ball So Hard university, because we are that awesome. Rent, books,…
Outgoing Advice
It's 2:47 AM, Sun Airway's "Put The Days Away” is blasting into my eardrums and I'm attempting to write a deep and meaningful post for you all to read, start this semester off with a bang, you know? Truth is, I…
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ on my mind…
This school year has been full of new experiences. As I get into my upper years, expectations are higher and the work load has increased substantially. Sometimes I feel as though all I do is write essays…like the three months…
this st.georgian life
Very mundane. This week, I had an essay and an assignment due in my Statistics class. I have a midterm on Tuesday, and I spent my weekend studying for it. A mundane description of mundane items in the itinerary that is…
How to link to LinkedIn
On Wednesday I got a chance to swing by the Career Centre’s LinkedIn Workshop, the second installment of their Social Media Series, hosted by Perry Monaco, a Recruitment Product Consultant with LinkedIn. It was also probably the most useful workshops…