Welcome back to the Department of Economics for 2024 and second semester!
Also, welcome to the first edition of Wellness Wednesday. Each column offers tips for taking care of your most valuable asset. Yourself. The goal is to include activities and resources for everyone in the Economics community from academic, social, physical creative and emotional perspectives.
The new year is a good time to put changes you want to make into action, but there is so much beyond your control in the world. If you need to talk about the wars, climate disasters, or other global tragedies from any perspective, consider checking in with the drop-in Global Communities of Care. It’s a casual program that is there if you need it on Thursdays from 3 – 4 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room, KP207, Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue).
Academically, if you’ve changed your mind about what you want to study, or how you want to go about it, make an appointment to talk about Course Correction. Whether you want to change from Economics to Art History or from Cinema Studies to Economics, there is a way to make a new plan.
Diagnosed with ADHD? ASD? You are not alone. Now that everyone knows the term neuro-divergent, it’s time to share knowledge and lived experiences about how to use these evolutionary realities in university conditions. Register with Accessibility Services to access to the ADHD Skills Group or the Social Association for Students with ASD.
Starting Monday, January 15, Hart House is hosting its winter Frosh Week. The activities include wellness moments, as well as cultural and sports opportunities.
The Learn to Move program is another easy introduction to the intricacies of working out at UofT. Their facilitators will guide you through your first activities.
Need to replenish your creative energies? The Art Museum of the University of Toronto (housed in University College) will open a new exhibit of sculptures by Caroline Monnet at 6PM on January 17. The exhibit is called Pizandawatc / The One Who Listens / Celui qui écoute.
“The title, Pizandawatc, comes from the traditional name of Monnet’s family before surnames were changed in Kitigan Zibi by the Oblates,” the exhibit description reads. “Meaning ‘the one who listens’ in Anishinaabemowin, the title also honours the artist’s great-grandmother, Mani Pizandawatc, who was the first in her family to have her territory divided into reserves.”