This is the first part in a three-part investigation by The Varsity into international students’ financial struggles at U of T. Content warning: This article mentions suicide. It was mid-April 2021.

The Muslim Students’ Association (MSA) at U of T said that its executives have been receiving surprise visits from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence ...

Pi — the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle — is perhaps one of the most famous numbers in all of mathematics. Irrational, transcendental, and never-ending, it has frustrated and ...

Nestled between UTSG and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) sits a curious dome-shaped structure once known as the McLaughlin Planetarium. A planetarium is a building that projects the night sky — the ...

Have you heard of deep brain stimulation (DBS)? For certain neurological movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease, DBS is an effective treatment in which doctors directly stimulate the affected ...

Is the question “Friends or How I Met Your Mother?” the modern-day version of “ ‘Mona Lisa’ or ‘The Starry Night?’ ” In the age of digital media, art ...

The advent of the winter season brings with it the annual deluge of Christmas music. As early as Thanksgiving, radio stations and Spotify playlists are awash with merriment and jingle bells. Not even ...

In my office at 21 Sussex Avenue, Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose’s Too Late to Turn Back Now often rings in repeat at 2:00 am on a hushed weekday. The day in question was a late night like any other ...

I started watching the Winter Olympics after the 2010 Vancouver games, and from then on, I was deeply captivated by the charms and beauty of those icy sports. The games became my one solace on many ...