by Jasmine | Jun 5, 2017 | Money, Student Life, Student Tips
Living the post-secondary student life can get really expensive, really fast. Whether you’re living at home or away from home (but particularly if you’re living away from home), expenses start piling on quickly and bills can catch up with you before you know it....
by Kate | May 29, 2017 | Arts, General, Humanities, Student Tips
Reading is a huge part of my life. Given how much time I devote to it every week, it’s surprising for me to remember that, less than a year ago, it was rare for me to pick up a book that didn’t appear on the syllabus for one of my classes. However, the trajectory of...
by Jasmine | May 26, 2017 | Student Life, Student Tips, Travel
In my 21 years of life on this earth, I’ve been fortunate enough to have done quite a bit of travelling. I have had the opportunity to travel to New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, England, Switzerland, India, Dubai, and many more exciting places. What I have taken away...
by Ismaiel | May 25, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Student Tips
As students, there are some (maybe many) things that we know we should be doing, but we don’t do them, such as eating more vegetables, sleeping 8 hours a day, not procrastinating – you get the point. One of these things is exercising. Many of us have it at least...
by Ismaiel | May 18, 2017 | General, Student Tips, Study tips
As students, most of us understand the value of time, mainly because we feel that we have too little of it. Think for a moment, of how frequently you say or hear things like “I don’t have time”, “I wish I had more time”, or maybe even “I ran out of time”. When we stop...
by Kate | May 17, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Self-care, Student Tips
Last January, I began my first work term by flying to Calgary, Alberta, a new city where I knew no one. Since it was the middle of a freezing winter and there were no social events on my calendar, I found myself with a lot of free time on my hands. After a few weeks,...
