I can still recall the day I walked into Convocation Hall (or Con Hall) for the first time. It was my very first class as a student at the University of Toronto. Walking in, I was surrounded by hundreds of…
Couple of Things To Do to Fight Winter Blues
Toronto weather this winter has been extremely unstable and sometimes too shockingly cold that you just don't want to do anything. As a college student who has very little money and no car, it's extremely hard to find the courage…
Booking a Research Consultation
It’s the end of January, which for humanities students means only one thing, essay season is approaching. In light of upcoming deadlines, one of my International Relations professors invited a librarian from Graham Library, to give a talk on conducting…
Making alone time your own time
Last week I wrote about the importance of positive self talk, and I realized there’s another aspect of my day to day life that I should approach with a more optimistic outlook, and that is the aspect of loneliness. There…
Field trip to Fisher
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. It’s a mouthful. Let’s refer to it as the Fisher from now on. I truly can’t believe I’ve been at U of T since 2014 and haven’t once visited this literary heaven until now. Other…
Weekend Worries?
I remember a few months ago a friend of mine, when asked how her weekend was, replied in distress that it was absolutely horrible and she’d have to mark it in her calendar as a ‘weekend down the drain’ because…
The Blanket Exercise
As a creature of habit, I tend to stick to particular areas on campus such as First Nations House, Hart House and the E.J. Pratt library. However, this semester I've tried to explore new places, such as the Knox College…
CCP Comics: A Cupcake Story
I was out last week letting people know about Centre for Community Partnerships. Outreach isn't as easy as it looks, even when there's free delicious cupcakes involved... Got any creative ideas to do outreaching? Send them my way 🙂
Building Resilience
Throughout my time in university, I have heard the word "resilience" on countless occasions. Whether it was my psychology class discussing the importance of resilience in overcoming difficult situations, examining the resilience of a leading character of a novel, or…
I Was Told to Drop a Class So I Wrote This Blog Post About It: A Reflection
“I’m a failure.” The words were undeniably heavy. I took them with me everywhere. I took them to class, the library, every meeting, every party, every production night, and then back home. In other words, I took them with me…