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Thinking About The End
By Joseph McCabe No, this is not a post about a possible afterlife. Instead, it is about the life after a year abroad and, as I approach the end of an incredible year in Toronto, how I am thinking about what happens after.
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Travelling Canada’s Rockies
By Joseph McCabe This is hands down the best trip I have ever been on. I would recommend everyone who gets a placement in Canada or the USA (or anyone else for that matter) to visit the Canadian Rockies that surround the small towns of Banff and Jasper. I did it at the end of my placement, so I did not have to worry about assignments or exams, and it was the best thing I did whilst on exchange in the University of Toronto.
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What Are Fraternities Really Like?
This post will try to demystify frats for exchange students going to North America, and hopefully persuade you to get involved.
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A Practical Guide to Accommodation in Toronto
By Joseph McCabe (University of Toronto, Canada) There are four main options for accommodation for exchange students in Toronto: University Halls, Private students’ residence, student co-op housing, and Private renting. I opted to go for a private residence on the edge of campus, which was perfect for me, but I will talk about that later. I will give some general advice first; then, I will go through each of these (there will be a sentence overview after each one if you don’t want to read the whole thing) and finish with what I would advise to make sorting accommodation as stress-free as possible.
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50 Things to Do in Toronto
Download the PDF, Print it off and stick it on your wall! (It’s best in A3)
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Canadian Transportation Tips
First thing to say is that Canada is massive. Any distance between things you would actually want to see is likely to be the equivalent of going from London to Newcastle – and that’s just within Ontario. Therefore, I would advise against getting the bus between big cities as it just takes too long, and you end up spending half your time away sitting next to fat men on stuffy coaches. In Ontario, Go Trains would be the ‘go to’ solution (although they are stupidly slow in North America) but travelling inter-province would require VIA Rail. However, whilst the rail-route between Vancouver and Halifax (the whole breadth of Canada) has…
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The Varsity Life
Advice for elite sportspeople in North America
A study abroad journal by students, for students.
