UTM Engage app unites students
Students on
campus are being encouraged to download the free “UTM Engage” app.Offering user-friendly interface and
convenient functionality, the...
OSAP changes affecting students’ studies
The academic school year has already started, but students are still
unsure of whether they can continue to afford their post-secondary studies in
light...
MiWay makes city-wide improvments
Students
travelling to school using Mississauga transit will benefit from improved bus
services and connections as part of the city’s “MiWay Five Transit Service...
Conservatives lead Liberals in 2019 election
Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau officially announced the beginning of Canada’s 43rd federal
election at Rideau Hall in Ottawa last Wednesday. Trudeau formally asked
Governor General...
Using jointless robots for precise surgeries
Passionate about her work and highly
accomplished, Dr. Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, Associate Professor and Director of
the Continuum Robotics Laboratory, joined UTM this spring. The
Medium...
Sanctions complicating U.S.-Iran relations
On Saturday September 14, 2019, Yemen’s
Houthi rebels carried out drone attacks on two large Saudi oil facilities,
disrupting about half of Saudi Arabia’s...
Learning about artificial intelligence
Over the summer, University of Toronto
students across all three campuses applied to U of T’s first 99AI Challenge.
The challenge aims to educate...
Experience fair garners mixed opinions
UTM’s Career Center hosted the annual Get Experience Fair last
Wednesday. This year, over 80 organizations set up booths around the RAWC and
shared...
The health effects of recreational cannabis use
Cannabis, or
marijuana as we all know it, has been legal for almost a year. The drug was
legalised across Canada on October 17,...
St. Clair Saints steal UTM Eagles home opener
The UTM Varsity Men’s Soccer team played their first home game of the
2019-2020 season, and the first of a double-header weekend against...
New to UTM? RAWC your first year with the gym
Most students at
UTM know that we have a gym, the RAWC (Recreation, Athletics, Wellness Centre).
UTM’s fitness centre houses state of the art...
Plant-based meat alternatives: A summer hit
The effect
of the paradigm shift from meat to plant-based meat-alternative foods has been
so powerful that red meat consumption has declined steadily and...
Editorial: The young voter
Whenever political leaders or pundits talk about how low
voter turnout among young people, they usually criticize political parties for
not being accessible enough....
The reality of stress: It’s your best friend
Stress is a big part of our lives. A vast majority of people experience
high levels of stress (and consequent anxiety) at some...
The virtues of humanity
With the decline in the number of post-secondary students pursuing an
education in the humanities, the importance of identifying the root cause of
this...
The gun epidemic: Mass violence in North America
We know them all by name: Columbine, Newtown, and El Paso are just a
few. Last Civic Holiday weekend, another place closer to...
UTMSU ghosts The Medium
After months of intimately texting back and forth, the UTMSU has ghosted The Medium.“I thought
things were going...
UTM introduces new font
When Quercus
replaced BlackBoard as the new student portal in 2018, students and faculty
were unsure of how to pronounce “Quercus.” This led students...
Top 5: The Mediocre
We asked the one
person who actively reads The Medium what
else they can accomplish with a school paper. Here’s what the Editor-in-Chief’s
mother had...
In an attempt to relate to U of T students, President Meric Gertler...
After realizing
that joining the quidditch team and model UN wasn’t cool enough to befriend UTM
students, U of T President Meric Gertler has...
The reinvention of Taylor
Taylor Swift just released her seventh studio album Lover last
month, and it’s a big deal. It’s the first album she’s ever owned...
Valerie Blass grounds the abstract in reality
A moment of
confusion and suspense hits as you enter the fourth floor of the Art Gallery of
Ontario. Unlike the main floors of...
TIFF: Red Fields
As part of the
Contemporary World Cinema program at TIFF comes the Israeli film Red
Fields, directed by Keren
Yedaya. This movie is based on...
TIFF 2019 film review: American Son
American Son is
Netflix’s feature-film adaptation of the Broadway stage play of the same name
that ran for sixteen weeks beginning in October 2018....