1% Inspiration

Season 2 Trailer : 1% Inspiration

Episode Summary

Welcome to 1% Inspiration, a University of Toronto Engineering based podcast about how to make the most of your STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and learning community right from the source. Come join conversations uncovering the stories behind the milestones and successes of our guests - students, professors, and community members of U of T and beyond to demystify how they became technologists, researchers, advocates and builders moving our world forward today. We share these stories of excellence so you can explore how you might follow in their footsteps, and humanize what success looks like for you. Under the show notes of each episode, you can find resources that we talk about that have helped our guests make the most of their learning community Grab your favourite warm drink, and let's share an honest conversation. Subscribe now for updates.

Episode Notes

Featured in this trailer

• "A general insight that COVID has really exemplified is that learning is not one size fits all, and the university experience is not one size fits all.” - Dr. Cori Hanson*
• “My teaching philosophy is based on Einstein's formula." - Prof. Elham Marzi*
• “Seeing my students find their voice has been the most rewarding thing in my teaching.” - Prof. Minha Ha*
• “The one thing I reassure students about all the time is that: You’re going to be successful.” - Dean Chris Yip*
• “I can print 'Hello World' and I am okay.” - Dana Kokoska*
• “Sometimes, people think there is a type of answer that you need to give during interviews, but you don't really have a 'type' of answer, it's just your answer.” - Mickael Dang (Ep 12)
• “We don’t quit enough things.”- Yilin Huang*

*episode coming soon

How to get in touch with us

• Maeesha Biswas (Indy 2T1+1+PEY) : https://www.linkedin.com/in/maeeshabiswas/
• Jennifer Wang (Chem 2T1 + PEY) : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferwang006/
• Email: Whatisyour1percent@gmail.com

Resources

• We consolidated resources from each episode. Access it here! (Coming Soon)
• We also collected a bunch of student-specific and student-targeted discounts for various Academic, Software, Personal Organization, and University of Toronto Specific tools. Access it here!

Submit to our Suggestion Box if you have a great potential guest idea or some feedback!

This podcast is supported by the Hart House Good Ideas Fund, the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Engineering Alumni Network all at the University of Toronto.

Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/sonda/were-in-it-together. License code: AT02WGQJBZNM4PMH