Taking Care of Your Mental Health as a Student
The topic of student mental health continues to gain attention. In today’s society, where there is ubiquitous competition in both the workplace and school, the level of stress keeps growing and accumulating. Taking care of your mental health...
6 Apps Every Student Should Have
In today’s society, we’re all at least a little bit addicted to our phones. Although our phones can sometimes be super distracting, they’re also a great tool to help you succeed in school, and useful in daily...
4 Student Tips to Save the Environment
With the world climate strike underway, it’s important to not only raise awareness about climate change, but to think about our own choices and evaluate what we can do to make a difference. Here are some simple steps...
5 Lessons You’ll Quickly Learn in First Year
Your first year of post secondary school can definitely be a rollercoaster. Meeting new people, joining clubs, experiencing a different way of learning, and living on your own for the first time. There are many lessons...
4 Effective Money-Saving Tips for Students
For many students, attending a college or university means living away from home for the first time. This new situation presents a whole new set of challenges and responsibilities, including living with roommates, learning how...
An Ode to Math, Mathematics in Nature
Math can be frustrating, boring, arduous and just plain hard at times. Nevertheless, from preschool onwards we learn concepts from counting to calculus. Even the biggest loathers of mathematics cannot dispute its importance. Math governs...
Welcome Fall Co-op Team!
With the beginning of the new academic year and fall term brings two new members to the Minute School team. Please join us in welcoming Courtney and Hayley to Minute School. Over the term you will get to...
Back to School Essentials
We are in that phase of getting organized for our school year. Whether it be school or housing related, many fall into the trap of buying too much stuff. However, there are a few things that are...
A First Day of School Poem
The tension just builds the whole week before,
you feel your heart pound, can’t take it anymore.
You just need to conquer this one simple day,
and...
Thank you Summer Co-op Team!
The summer term has come to an end, and the new academic year is starting soon. This summer we were fortunate to have Alex and Tracy working with us and part of the Minute School team. Here is...
Conquering First Year: Tips for Introverts and Extroverts
Everyone loves to give advice to students starting post secondary. However, often the tips are vague and unhelpful. Being told to “step out of your comfort zone!” or “be yourself” may just create more uncertainty. If you are...
Back to School Resolutions
The start of the school year is on the horizon and possibly has already arrived for some of us. A new school year means a fresh start and the opportunity for many of us to establish new...
Become a Student Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is something that many people idly dream of. While most people aren’t actively looking for the next big idea, we almost all secretly hope that somehow we will find it. Maybe some of you who are reading...
Pros and Cons of Taking a Gap Year
Taking a year off before university aka a “gap year” is becoming a more common thing to do in many countries. Even at Ivy league schools like MIT, deferral rates have doubled. What students do over gap years...
Potatoes: The Quintessential Uni Food
Moving away for school means experiencing exciting things like meeting new friends, trying new things, and gaining a new level of independence. However, moving away for school also means experiencing new challenges....
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