Campus Life

Welcome to the University of Toronto on Instagram

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Explore #UofT-tagged images
Author: 
Kristina Doyle and Brianna Goldberg

It's the most immediate, most social way the University of Toronto community is showing its pride: individual users uploading photos tagged #UofT to Instagram.

Snapshots of lectures, landscapes and library nooks are captured on smartphones and identifed with the #UofT tag. When these images are featured in the university's new Instagram account, they effectively document the real-time beauty and boldness of life across all three campuses each day.

Movement breaks help learning, well-being

Author: 
Lanna Crucefix

Jill Cressy was three hours into a six-hour class when she realized that her shoulders were tense, her back was aching and she was beginning to lose her focus. The issue wasn’t the subject – Educational Finance and Economics. It was the sitting.

“I approached the professor, Dan Lang, and asked if I could lead a movement break,” she says. “Something to get our muscles moving and our circulation flowing.”

Exploding fruit and seismic waves? Science Rendezvous at U of T

Author: 
Anjum Nayyar

Combustible gummy bears, explosive fruit and amazing superconductor cars that seem to float in thin air will all be part of a science extravaganza at U of T this Saturday.

Attaching a fitting

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Jake Crump learns to use a press tool to clamp a fitting on his water pistol. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

Attaching a valve

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Ian Alford, a plumber on the St. George campus, is showing Christos Angelinos how to attach a valve to his water pistol. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

Filing the water pistol

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Daniela Capone files down the fitting on her water gun. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

Using a press tool

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Roy Bagnarol, plumbing lead hand, shows Anson Chao how to use the press tool. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

Studying the isometric diagram

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Victoria Legere is studying an isometric diagram for building her water pistol. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

Testing the water pistol

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Lisa Mochrie and the trade services staff test out the water pistols. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

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