Toronto Metropolitan University Speciality : Sociology
programme: Criminal Justice Policy

I studied here when the school was still in its previous name, but I had nothing but great experiences. Being a commuter school means that most people will study and simply return home, and there is a lack of overall community – but community does exist if you put yourself out there and you don’t have to look far. Get involved with clubs, course unions and your program events. Everyone is very approachable and none of the professors I had ever turned me away from chatting about schoolwork and making reasonable requests. I felt nothing but support from the staff throughout my entire journey here.

I had the misfortune of being roped into an academic misconduct (group projects amirite?) once, and the professor I had dealing with it at the time was extremely professional. She was willing to hear everyone’s sides of the story even though she really didn’t need to (could have just failed all of us right then and there) and went through all the right channels to see through the misconduct and punishing the right people. At the time, there was a lot of frustration, anger and annoyance on all sides of course – but looking back, I’m grateful it was dealt with fairly and professionally.

Study spaces can improve. JOR and KERR needs a huge revamp, but I mean, you’re in the middle of the city – why box yourself in on campus to study when there’s tons of coffee shops, other libraries?