Student Life

Being an ally to the LGBTQ+ community is so much more than changing your profile picture to the rainbow flag. 

Fun things to do on a summer day in Toronto, including restaurants, icecream places, Ripley’s aquarium, and more!It’s no question that Toronto has an abundance to offer when it comes to summer entertainment. If you’re looking for some new summer locations that are sure to hit the spot, then look no further.

Back in 2019, I wrote my first article for The Journal, and it remains my most impactful piece to date—ranking Kingston’s best boba spots. Since then, more bubble tea restaurants have opened around the student district, and the classics continue to keep us going in pandemic times.

I found the light at the end of the tunnel.

It’s the time of year again: I’m finished school and finally reconnecting with my love of reading. Here are some of my favourite books that will help you rekindle your relationship with literature this summer: 

The summer of 2021 was a hot girl summer for me. As a freshly vaccinated woman, I enjoyed swiping through Tinder, seeing if there were any prospects for a good one-night stand.

It seems like everyone and their mother is starting a podcast, and we’re constantly subject to other people’s ideas about everything from true crime to relationship advice.

We all know the people who treat plants like their children. I’ve spent my entire adult life scoffing at these “plant parenthood” folks with their watering cans and fertilizers.

LinkedIn, the mystifying social media platform for adults, can be overwhelming for university students.

March. The dampest month of the year.

Since I saw the headlines of a new, deadly virus being discovered in 2019, I existed in a state of blurry anxiety.

When the first drops of water hit my bed, I was getting ready to leave for work. The sound of my housemate’s showering upstairs wasn’t the thrum of white noise it usually was. I squinted at my ceiling, and watched a drop of water fall onto my duvet.

There’s nothing worse than running into your fellow tutorial while you navigate a brutal Hinge date. While bars like Ale House are the perfect breeding ground for running into friends and meeting new people, they’re not the ideal place to go on a date.

Online school makes me contemplate becoming a self-made hermit—but I’ve genuinely come to enjoy the small things that keep my routine exciting.

For the past few weeks, I’ve felt the existential dread of graduation creeping up my spine.

From a young age, I vowed to never lose myself in a relationship. My greatest fear was to have a romantic partner chip away at my dreams until I was a watered-down image of sacrifice and devotion.