Headshots and quick interviews with real people around our beautiful campus.
Double Major in Political Science and Sociology
“I find inspiration in art, design, nature, culture, people, architecture, makeup and shoes. And for me, fashion is a compilation of all that. Fashion is a vehicle for me to play with shapes and colours in order to uncover my personal style. I absolutely love posting my outfits of the day on my Instagram/blog and maybe inspiring one of you out there with them.”
First Year, Commerce
“If there is one thing you want to change for the world, what would it be?”
“If possible, I would like to change the stigma and discrimination against people who are living with HIV or Aids in current societies by establishing the importance of our help and care towards children who are orphaned by HIV/Aids. And that we should open up to enable infected families to be able to live a positive life.”
First Year, Life Sciences
“What do you look forward to in this lab?”
“This time, I actually read the entire lab beforehand. I guess reading week wasn’t completely wasted after all.”
Second Year, Criminology and Sociology
“I want to go to law school, so that’s the reason I’m in the program that I’m in. I’d like to go to Osgoode and do family law, mostly pro bono cases. But I don’t really plan on staying in law for too long, I mightjust be in it for a maximum of ten years, and I actually want to go into eventplanning.”
Second Year, Neurobiology and Psychology
‘’I try to be happy every day. Happiness is a choice. Everyone deserves to be content. Find and do things that make you happy and let them make you happy.’’
First Year, Major in Criminology & Double Minor in Political Science and Sociology
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
Fourth Year, Specialist in Management
Third Year, Double Major in Psychology and Criminology
“We’re trying to host an event for Pakistan Development Fund(PDF), it’s going to happen on March 11th. We’ve sponsored a childback in Pakistan and we’re going to fund his education and his living expenses.“
“Does it become hard to balance school and help out with PDF”?
“Not at all, it’s just a little effort from all of us honestly. Like when we find out that it’s all going to Pakistan and helpingsomeone, it really doesn’t matter how much time you put in, you just feel
really good at the end of day.”
First Year, Life Sciences and First Year, Forensics
“What advice do you have for first years on making new friends?”
“Come to your chem. tutorial an hour earlier. Inside jokes.”
“Go up to people and talk to them. Don’t be shy.”
Third Year, History Major
“I’m glad our TAs, lab assistants, graders and instructors are standing up for what they deserve. If University of Toronto is truly concerned about our undergraduate education, they would fix this. TAs do about 60% of the teaching We need them.”
“Do you have any misconceptions about the strike that you want to clear up? I know a lot of rumours are spreading about how much you get paid and how striking is actually selfish on your behalf.”
“We make just over $40 an hour but we work part time. The wage is just enough to pay for our tuition. It’s important to understand the difference between graduate students and undergraduate students. Graduate students are full time students, the university employs us as full time students; so there’s an expectation that we’re doing our own research full time.”
“I heard that you guys are not allowed to have a second job alongside this one, is it true?”
“Yes, that’s true for some departments. A lot of us had to basically agree to not work outside of the university, however many graduate students do. Some TAs take on extra TAships beyond what they’ve been assigned, they take on other jobs outside the university as well. We work really hard to pay to live and the university consistently doesn’t support us.“
“A lot of students are upset because of the buses being moved… is that something you think was necessary?”
“I don’t think it was necessary at all to move buses since we’re nowhere near the bus stops on campus and we’re not blocking any vehicles from moving. The university also sent out an email telling students to call security if they feel threatened but we would never hurt any undergraduate students; that’s not what we’re here for. It’s upsetting to all of us that the university is trying to turn students against us.”