Chen Gong
Contributions
Students offer a night of rebellion at the 2020 Trashion Show
The second annual Trashion Show was held on March 10
in the Kaneff Rotunda. The event was hosted by Creatives For a Change, Zero
Waste UTM,...
UTM community mourns the passengers of flight PS752
University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
students, staff, and faculty came together last Thursday to mourn the lives
lost on flight PS752.
Operated by Ukrainian International Airlines,
flight...
The state of living at the Blackwood Gallery
In an age where animation has the power to bring life and vitality to a
series of still frames, the art exhibit Other Life Formings...
The Bland Duck (Pub)
Re: “The Bland
Duck Pub,” November 11, 2019.
Dear Editor,
I read your editorial last week regarding
the Blind Duck Pub’s need to modernize, and for the most...
Opening the broken door to inaccessibility
U of T is
committed to creating “a community that is inclusive of all persons and treats
all members of the community in an equitable manner,”...
Editorial: The Bland Duck Pub
What do you get
when you place a building with poor infrastructure, ugly interior design, and
concrete flooring in the middle of UTM?
You get the...
Varsity Eagles shredded in the Lions’ den
The UTM Varsity Eagles Men’s basketball team played their first game of
the season, an exhibition pre-season game against the York University Lions.
Fresh out of...
Using jointless robots for precise surgeries
Passionate about her work and highly
accomplished, Dr. Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, Associate Professor and Director of
the Continuum Robotics Laboratory, joined UTM this spring. The
Medium sat down...
Combining environmental activism and fashion
On March 15, the UTMSU, Creatives
For A Change, Zero Waste UTM, and Style & Profyle organized UTM’s first
ever Trashion Show. The event was held...
Knights defeat eagles by fourteen
This Saturday, February 9 the UTM
men’s varsity basketball team went toe-to-toe with the Niagara College Knights.
Although a game fought with heart, the Eagles lost...
We The People explores 60’s student protests
The
1960’s were a time of political turbulence, drugs, and revolution. Last
weekend, UTM’s third-year Theatre and Drama students performed a collectively
created piece called We The...
UTM athletics: half a year in review
An appraisal of the previous semester is necessary to gauge the past and present state of UTM Athletics, before diving into a brand-new semester....
TTC consults on UTSU U-Pass
The TTC will begin consultations for a transit pass for Toronto-based university students later this month. The TTC announced in mid-December that they planned...
Addai’s love and devotion to basketball
Jade Addai picked up a basketball for the first time at the age of seven. Little did this Cleveland Cavaliers fan know that this...
Students find a big voice in Small Beauty
Exploring “Home, Exile, and Return,” the UTM English and Drama Society hosted the first of their 2017/2018 series of visiting speakers on November 20th....
A basketball loss we can’t be mad at
Last Saturday, November 18, the UTM women’s varsity basketball team played against the Redeemer Royals. Redeemer started off strong by gaining seven points quickly,...
An alumni story of overcoming fears
Sweat beads form on your forehead and trickle down your brow. Your heart beats rapidly, you’re almost certain the audience can see it pounding...
A microcosm of the Middle East arrives
This past Friday evening, I attended “One Thousand and One Nights”—an event put on by the Middle Eastern Students’ Association. The event featured a...
Dinosaur teeth and other food for thought
The Experiential Education Office at UTM, in partnership with the City of Mississauga Central Library, hosts a monthly lecture series featuring UTM faculty and...
A movie night at UTM for the community
Last Friday, UTM’s Centre for Student Engagement hosted a movie night in collaboration with Autism Ontario of Peel as part of their community day...
Dennis Edney and his faith in justice
On Thursday, the University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union hosted defence lawyer Dennis Edney as the keynote speaker for UTMSU’s Annual eXpression Against Oppression...
Cooking class with Kimberly Green
In the past, certain tribes would sacrifice sleep, food, and all worldly pleasures for a single cause. Today, they’re known as university undergraduates. Students...
Happy days at the Isabel Bader Theatre
In celebration of the University of Toronto Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary, the campus’ Department of Language Studies hosted a performance of the play Happy Days,...
Women’s basketball loses last exhibition
On Thursday, October 12, the UTM women’s varsity basketball team played their final exhibition game against the George Brown Huskies before their league opener...
Students light the night with awareness
Last Thursday night, UTM Student Housing and Residence Life, in collaboration with the Centre for Student Engagement and the Diversity Task Force, held their...
Women’s basketball defeated by Royals
Last Saturday, UTM had their homecoming weekend where the varsity women’s basketball team played their first exhibition game against the Redeemer Royals. The women...
Talk digital ways to me
This past Monday, the DEM Association hosted their first event of the year, the DEM Soirée. This event gave the opportunity for students to...
Conversations about entrepreneurship
Returning for a third year on September 21st, the Impact Centre at the University of Toronto St. George campus, hosted Entrepreneurship 100: Conversations—the second...
Lights, camera, prayers: films in religion
Last Thursday, film director and UTM alumnus, Richie Mehta, visited UTM for a screening of his 2007 award winning movie Amal.
Amal tells the story...
Open conversation with Richie Mehta
On Thursday, students from professor Ken Derry’s Reel Religion course shuffled into the MiST Theatre to attend the screening of Richie Mehta’s film Amal....
50 years of campus artistry
As described by principal Ulrich Krull, UTM Art 50, which took place this past Wednesday, was a “celebration of the arts on campus in...
An epic syllabic
Featuring top haiku writers in the city, The Annual Toronto Head-to-Head Haiku Deathmatch took place at the Supermarket Restaurant and Bar this past Thursday....
A milestone exhibition
This year, Visual Arts Mississauga celebrates its 40th anniversary. VAM marked this milestone with the celebration of their annual Members’ Show and Sale. Last...
Celebrating UTM’s Francophone talent
Last Thursday, the French section of the Department of Language Studies, Association of Francophone Students at UTM, and Language Studies Academic Society hosted “La...
Your digital footprint
On Monday, March 6, Tamara Adizes Jacobs, and her colleagues at the University of Toronto’s Information Security and Awareness Education Team, hosted a seminar...
Style and Profyle catwalks for charity
Bright colours, high energy, and talent. These are just some of the words I would use to describe “Around the World,” an annual charity...
How to reclaim Toronto’s origins
Last Tuesday, Susan Blight delivered Hart House’s annual Hancock Lecture, titled “Land and Life in Tkaronto: New Solidarities Toward a Decolonial Future.” Blight is...
Artists create meaning through media
With the rise of the digital age, younger generations have an increasing number of platforms and outlets to express themselves. In turn, emerging artists...
Highlighting Indigenous innovation
Last Monday, the Centre for Student Engagement, in collaboration with Hart House and the Canadian Multicultural Inventors Museum, hosted the “Native Invent: Sharing Our...
Writing & Photo Contest 2017 Winner — Portrait
Click any photo for a larger view.
This was an entry in the 2017 Writing & Photo Contest.
Transforming movement into art
What do flagged pages in books, infrared eye-tracking, and hand gestures all have in common? Artist Julien Prévieux’s exhibition at Blackwood Gallery, The Elements...
Local artists comment on global issues
Last Thursday, Visual Arts Mississauga hosted its 39th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. There were 201 submissions...
Witnessing Rojas’ creative journey
Last Friday, VAM opened their doors for their current exhibition’s opening reception. Why do you create? is an interactive show that features both artwork...
Students “Light the Night”
Last Tuesday, UTM’s student housing and residence life department held its annual Light the Night event, where students embarked in a silent candle-lit walk...
ECSpeRT hosts “Project X” MIXER
Last week, the Erindale College Special Response Team hosted the annual MIXER event, where multiple Campus Emergency Response Teams were invited to take part...
Entrepreneurship 101
On Thursday November 17, U of T’s Impact Centre held the first “Entrepreneurship 100: Conversation”—the first of a tri-event. In an interview with The...
U of T students rally for free education
All three U of T campuses united for a rally in downtown Toronto last Wednesday on the National Day of Action, advocating for free...
Writing & Photo Contest 2017 Winner — Portrait
Click any photo for a larger view.
This was an entry in the 2017 Writing & Photo Contest.
Knights defeat eagles by fourteen
This Saturday, February 9 the UTM
men’s varsity basketball team went toe-to-toe with the Niagara College Knights.
Although a game fought with heart, the Eagles lost...
Students offer a night of rebellion at the 2020 Trashion Show
The second annual Trashion Show was held on March 10
in the Kaneff Rotunda. The event was hosted by Creatives For a Change, Zero
Waste UTM,...
UTM community mourns the passengers of flight PS752
University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
students, staff, and faculty came together last Thursday to mourn the lives
lost on flight PS752.
Operated by Ukrainian International Airlines,
flight...
The state of living at the Blackwood Gallery
In an age where animation has the power to bring life and vitality to a
series of still frames, the art exhibit Other Life Formings...
The Bland Duck (Pub)
Re: “The Bland
Duck Pub,” November 11, 2019.
Dear Editor,
I read your editorial last week regarding
the Blind Duck Pub’s need to modernize, and for the most...
Opening the broken door to inaccessibility
U of T is
committed to creating “a community that is inclusive of all persons and treats
all members of the community in an equitable manner,”...
Editorial: The Bland Duck Pub
What do you get
when you place a building with poor infrastructure, ugly interior design, and
concrete flooring in the middle of UTM?
You get the...
Varsity Eagles shredded in the Lions’ den
The UTM Varsity Eagles Men’s basketball team played their first game of
the season, an exhibition pre-season game against the York University Lions.
Fresh out of...
Using jointless robots for precise surgeries
Passionate about her work and highly
accomplished, Dr. Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, Associate Professor and Director of
the Continuum Robotics Laboratory, joined UTM this spring. The
Medium sat down...
Combining environmental activism and fashion
On March 15, the UTMSU, Creatives
For A Change, Zero Waste UTM, and Style & Profyle organized UTM’s first
ever Trashion Show. The event was held...
We The People explores 60’s student protests
The
1960’s were a time of political turbulence, drugs, and revolution. Last
weekend, UTM’s third-year Theatre and Drama students performed a collectively
created piece called We The...
UTM athletics: half a year in review
An appraisal of the previous semester is necessary to gauge the past and present state of UTM Athletics, before diving into a brand-new semester....
TTC consults on UTSU U-Pass
The TTC will begin consultations for a transit pass for Toronto-based university students later this month. The TTC announced in mid-December that they planned...
Addai’s love and devotion to basketball
Jade Addai picked up a basketball for the first time at the age of seven. Little did this Cleveland Cavaliers fan know that this...
Students find a big voice in Small Beauty
Exploring “Home, Exile, and Return,” the UTM English and Drama Society hosted the first of their 2017/2018 series of visiting speakers on November 20th....
A basketball loss we can’t be mad at
Last Saturday, November 18, the UTM women’s varsity basketball team played against the Redeemer Royals. Redeemer started off strong by gaining seven points quickly,...
An alumni story of overcoming fears
Sweat beads form on your forehead and trickle down your brow. Your heart beats rapidly, you’re almost certain the audience can see it pounding...
A microcosm of the Middle East arrives
This past Friday evening, I attended “One Thousand and One Nights”—an event put on by the Middle Eastern Students’ Association. The event featured a...
Dinosaur teeth and other food for thought
The Experiential Education Office at UTM, in partnership with the City of Mississauga Central Library, hosts a monthly lecture series featuring UTM faculty and...
A movie night at UTM for the community
Last Friday, UTM’s Centre for Student Engagement hosted a movie night in collaboration with Autism Ontario of Peel as part of their community day...
Dennis Edney and his faith in justice
On Thursday, the University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union hosted defence lawyer Dennis Edney as the keynote speaker for UTMSU’s Annual eXpression Against Oppression...
Cooking class with Kimberly Green
In the past, certain tribes would sacrifice sleep, food, and all worldly pleasures for a single cause. Today, they’re known as university undergraduates. Students...
Happy days at the Isabel Bader Theatre
In celebration of the University of Toronto Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary, the campus’ Department of Language Studies hosted a performance of the play Happy Days,...
Women’s basketball loses last exhibition
On Thursday, October 12, the UTM women’s varsity basketball team played their final exhibition game against the George Brown Huskies before their league opener...
Students light the night with awareness
Last Thursday night, UTM Student Housing and Residence Life, in collaboration with the Centre for Student Engagement and the Diversity Task Force, held their...
Women’s basketball defeated by Royals
Last Saturday, UTM had their homecoming weekend where the varsity women’s basketball team played their first exhibition game against the Redeemer Royals. The women...
Talk digital ways to me
This past Monday, the DEM Association hosted their first event of the year, the DEM Soirée. This event gave the opportunity for students to...
Conversations about entrepreneurship
Returning for a third year on September 21st, the Impact Centre at the University of Toronto St. George campus, hosted Entrepreneurship 100: Conversations—the second...
Lights, camera, prayers: films in religion
Last Thursday, film director and UTM alumnus, Richie Mehta, visited UTM for a screening of his 2007 award winning movie Amal.
Amal tells the story...
Open conversation with Richie Mehta
On Thursday, students from professor Ken Derry’s Reel Religion course shuffled into the MiST Theatre to attend the screening of Richie Mehta’s film Amal....
50 years of campus artistry
As described by principal Ulrich Krull, UTM Art 50, which took place this past Wednesday, was a “celebration of the arts on campus in...
An epic syllabic
Featuring top haiku writers in the city, The Annual Toronto Head-to-Head Haiku Deathmatch took place at the Supermarket Restaurant and Bar this past Thursday....
A milestone exhibition
This year, Visual Arts Mississauga celebrates its 40th anniversary. VAM marked this milestone with the celebration of their annual Members’ Show and Sale. Last...
Celebrating UTM’s Francophone talent
Last Thursday, the French section of the Department of Language Studies, Association of Francophone Students at UTM, and Language Studies Academic Society hosted “La...
Your digital footprint
On Monday, March 6, Tamara Adizes Jacobs, and her colleagues at the University of Toronto’s Information Security and Awareness Education Team, hosted a seminar...
Style and Profyle catwalks for charity
Bright colours, high energy, and talent. These are just some of the words I would use to describe “Around the World,” an annual charity...
How to reclaim Toronto’s origins
Last Tuesday, Susan Blight delivered Hart House’s annual Hancock Lecture, titled “Land and Life in Tkaronto: New Solidarities Toward a Decolonial Future.” Blight is...
Artists create meaning through media
With the rise of the digital age, younger generations have an increasing number of platforms and outlets to express themselves. In turn, emerging artists...
Highlighting Indigenous innovation
Last Monday, the Centre for Student Engagement, in collaboration with Hart House and the Canadian Multicultural Inventors Museum, hosted the “Native Invent: Sharing Our...
Transforming movement into art
What do flagged pages in books, infrared eye-tracking, and hand gestures all have in common? Artist Julien Prévieux’s exhibition at Blackwood Gallery, The Elements...
Local artists comment on global issues
Last Thursday, Visual Arts Mississauga hosted its 39th Annual Juried Show of Fine Arts at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. There were 201 submissions...
Witnessing Rojas’ creative journey
Last Friday, VAM opened their doors for their current exhibition’s opening reception. Why do you create? is an interactive show that features both artwork...
Students “Light the Night”
Last Tuesday, UTM’s student housing and residence life department held its annual Light the Night event, where students embarked in a silent candle-lit walk...
ECSpeRT hosts “Project X” MIXER
Last week, the Erindale College Special Response Team hosted the annual MIXER event, where multiple Campus Emergency Response Teams were invited to take part...
Entrepreneurship 101
On Thursday November 17, U of T’s Impact Centre held the first “Entrepreneurship 100: Conversation”—the first of a tri-event. In an interview with The...
U of T students rally for free education
All three U of T campuses united for a rally in downtown Toronto last Wednesday on the National Day of Action, advocating for free...