Throughout my time in high school, I always thought academics wasn’t my thing. My teachers never missed an opportunity to remind me how my poor performance would prevent me from succeeding in the future. The emphasis on performance made me perceive learning merely as a means to an end. The end was good grades, and […]

Looking for a little inspiration to take your Quercus course to the next level? Check out these four short videos of faculty who are using innovative and easy-to-adopt approaches to enhance the learning and teaching experience at the University of Toronto: Creating a Course Tour using Lecture Capture Software Avi J. Cohen, Professor, Department of […]

My first year here at U of T is wrapping up. It was in many ways everything that I expected yet far from it. The academic challenges were there, the homesickness was ever so present, and the weather was tough to muster through. Yet all and all, I’ve furthered my academic interests in psychology, become […]