Tbf I would also choose the one with the tunnels. These tunnels were such a great idea, as someone who is always cold, especially in the winter, this is amazing!
Ironically, UofT in downtown, despite being one of the top universities in Canada, was the WORST when it came to winters because almost all their faculty buildings are old and separate. So you'd literally have to walk outside in the snowstorm just to get to your next class in winter. It was like attending Hogwarts in the middle of a modern metropolitan city.
Université Laval, in Quebec City has those too. I didnt study there but back when i took the bus i could get off there and use the tunnels to get me closer to home, it was so convenient
My university in alberta has something similar too, except instead of being underground, all the buildings had bridges above pathwalks that connect to each other specifically so nobody had to freeze in the winter 😂
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I’m pretty sure Western University has tunnels or at least they did have some at some point. It’s good that Ottawa actually keeps them up so they don’t get sketchy.
I think York U also had partial underground paths but there still buildings that were only accessible from above ground and not even connected with a covered bridge. So during winters, students would have to brave the blizzard trying to go from one building to another.
Memorial University in Newfoundland has tunnels too All our universities should have tunnels tbh...and our cities. Subways and pedways please I'm sick of rain and snow and almost being run over by cars.
UOttawa does have ways to get everywhere without having to go outside. There's a mix of underground tunnels, underground parking lots, walkways etc. Takes time to get to know all the routes but it's possible.
Sounds a lot like the Scarborough campus of the university of Toronto! Too bad the newer buildings weren't connected underground. But I totally share that appreciation for underground tunnels.
I think people highly underestimate just how important things like the residence halls, what clubs are available, if the campus is pretty, etc matter. You arent JUST there for class. Youre LIVING there for YEARS. You need to enjoy it
My undergrad university also had some underground tunnels. They weren’t all over campus because the campus was basically a small city/town in a city. The university also had three campus locations. They were heated, but they were difficult to maneuver and they were especially difficult if you needed disability accessible ways to get places. Can confirm they were smart for MN winters. We still had to get dressed for winter weather though because the tunnels were limited. My sister’s undergrad campus had tunnels on the WHOLE campus. It was a smaller campus than mine was. The dorms were included in that, but if you lived off campus or in the apartments on campus you still had to walk outside.
The whole downtown of Rochester Minnesota has tunnels too!! They call it the Subway, but there are no trains, just underground walking tunnels. There are even stores and stuff down there. It’s so cool!
The university where I currently work (in Illinois) has some underground tunnels, but only between small sections. For example, a bunch of the biology and chemistry buildings all have underground tunnels between them, but not between them and say the engineering buildings.
The university of New Brunswick's Fredericton campus has underground tunnels too! Most are locked off due to asbestos, but there are still some you can use. I love it for going from my lectures to the library in winter
As someone who went to college in Chicago, those tunnels would’ve been a life saver! My college was usually the one to not close, and our wind temp would be like -40° both F/C 💀
Bruh, collages and universities should start doing this. It would be so much safer to get to classes when your school is spread across multiple buildings that are on different streets. It’s probably why I could never think about larger colleges, I would be absolutely terrified to hope people driving aren’t stupid plus crosswalk light can take so long .
my campus’s buildings all connect on the ground level and sometimes between upper levels, which is great in the winter… until i had two back to back classes in the winter that were on opposite ends of campus and the fastest route between them was outside 😭
I went to Carleton too. Broke my foot in 1st year so the tunnels from dorms in winter was a god send. I don't know how I would have navigated the ice and snow on crutches. Bonus, got lots of rides to class on the little golf carts
purposefully making underground tunnels for winter is such a canadian thing. i think a uni in calgary also has something similar tho idk if it's to this degree
As a west coaster who lives in an area with tons of seismic activity, the thought of being underground for any significant amount of time terrifies me lol
I went to Grant MacEwan Uni and the only reason I chose them is because of the smaller class sizes. Thankfully, they also didn't do grading on a curve. Both of those things are GREAT to look for in higher edu. I was later pushed to go to NAIT for bookkeeping, to open new job horizons for me. But honestly, I was pushed into doing both my bachelors degree and two bookkeeping diplomas because my family thinks that the higher level of education you have the better your prospects, career and money-wise. Which unfortunately did not apply to my case (and many peoples'!). I love everything that I studied, it just hasn't worked out that I could find a stable job to work in those fields.
As someone who went to Ottawa U, what I would have given to have those tunnels!! If you lived on campus, the tunnels are a definite point in favour for Carleton. It also has such a pretty campus (in nicer weather). I didn’t live in res, and even though I lived physically closer to Carleton it would have been harder to get to by bus than UofO because the transit system is that special. Plus silly “logical” considerations like Carleton didn’t have a theatre program, for that minor I’ve made so much use of in my government job. 😂
There is a University in America with underground tunnels. I think it was Purdue. In Illinois…? No Indiana? It’s one of them in the Midwest. I went there for a conference like 10 years ago. I thought it was super cool that they had underground tunnels 😂 now I don’t think there were tunnels to residences. But don’t quote me, it wasn’t my college. Feel free to google it if you are looking for colleges with unique features. On the unique features note: I chose my all women college based on the fact that I could apply to their foster program to care and help adopt dogs and cats. I had allergic family members so my wish to own pets was never realized as a kid 😅 (I have 3 dogs now though❤)
Yea I think that would help me at university nit with the sort of stuff that already happens in the underground areas I understand why they don’t have much of it
