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Editorial: What you can do in a short time
“We must talk to hear an echo”—a reflection on four years in student journalism and the lessons learned.
I was recently asked if I was sad to be leaving The Medium. A year ago, after my first run…
The Everyday Encounters exhibit: Intertwined connections from mundane threads of life
In conversation with The Medium, Karie Liao, Aidan Cowling, and Stephanie Ivanyshyn speak on the Blackwood Gallery’s recent exhibit of UTM student works—how it aims to capture special encounters amidst an average day in life.
From March 29 to April 15, 2023, the Blackwood Gallery will be holding its Everyday Encounters: Recent Points of View…
Back-to-Business: Graduating this spring? Welcome to the recession
As another academic semester comes to a close this April, many students across Canada are moving on from university life…
UTM construction project exposed as a front for psychological study
A source from the Department of Psychology reveals that a seven-year-long construction project at UTM is part of an ongoing study on distress tolerance, in which research students and faculty themselves are the guinea pigs.
A graduate student in the University of Toronto Mississauga’s (UTM) Department of Psychology, who spoke on the condition of anonymity,…
End of year recap with the UTMSU: Working towards goals as a community
In conversation with The Medium, UTMSU president Maëlis Barre shares the organization’s greatest achievements for the 2022-2023 academic year.
As the end of the academic year approaches, The Medium spoke with Maëlis Barre, president of the University of Toronto…
Stressed out? Ease your anxiety with painful bee stings!
The Health and Counselling Centre will be constructing a new therapy centre that use bees to inject an anxiety-reducing chemical into participants.
Last winter’s university census revealed that rates of depression and anxiety disorders among University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) students have…
Eating your way through stories and fairy tales
This summer, three-star-Michelin star restaurant, A Tale to Share, will be offering an extravagant full-course meal to UTM students at an affordable price.
For many, eating food is comforting, destressing, and fulfilling. For this reason, UTM Dining will be hosting a Summer Solstice…
UTM Campus Crime Report—a campus rife with petty crime
Stolen stationery and books from the UTM Bookstore A failure in the anti-theft system at the University of Toronto Mississauga…
Class of 2023 manifests their dreams
From going to UPenn’s Law school to moving to Greece and finding love, three graduating students share their journeys at UTM and plans for the future.
It’s time for the Class of 2023 to graduate—finally some well-deserved freedom after years of hard work. As students get…
Welcome to “In With The New” – Editor’s Note
“Out With The Old,” the first Medium Magazine of Volume 49, welcomed you into the world of nostalgia. Now, with…
Dear Future You, You Are Art: A Letter in Four Parts
Dear future you, You are art. Each intricate detail—every thought, belief, expression, and movement—sculpts who you are. With each brushstroke…
Painting Love: A Reflection on Love and Museums
Shortly before the first time I fell in love, we were standing in front of Alex Colville’s Soldier and Girl…
Pop Culture is Dead—But It’s Probably for the Best
No modern band receives more undivided praise than The Beatles did in the 1960s. No fashion trend decorates the current…
Performance Anxiety: The Pressures of Performing Queerness
Performing queerness is an unending endeavour. It always seems to creep its way into my mind. It starts when I…