I remember being in my final year in high school and one of the classroom assistants asked me what I was planning to do after graduation. “I’m taking a gap…
Why Gap Years Are A Good Idea
The Pillow Talk We Don’t Talk About: Living with a Sexually Transmitted Infection
How To Know If You Are Burnt-Out – And What To Do About It
University Expectations vs Reality
Whether it’s your program, job, love life or friendship group, sometimes the early stages of university can be completely different than we expected, or there are expectations being put on…
The Good, The Bad, and the Acne
Emergency Care Wall: Self-Care Tips That Work
Inside the TIFF17 Premiere of “Gaga: Five Foot Two”
Basked in hot pink lights and dressed in embellished costumes inspired by their idol, thousands of self-named “Little Monsters” gathered in the Air Canada Center to see one of the…
Social Media Makes Me Sad
If you’re anything like me and millions of other students, you’ve might have binge-watched the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why this past week. There’s a quote from one of the episodes…
Learning To Thrive
As students, our mental states are constantly fluctuating as we’re learning how to balance our social, school, and work lives. Lucky for us, Student Affairs has created a ThriveRU workbook,…
Addressing Accountability, Rape Culture, and Power with Jesmen Mendoza
One in three women will experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime. In Canada, this experience applies to almost 50% of all women with 67% of Canadians reporting to know at least…