Embrace the cold: TMU's Frost Festival returns to celebrate winter
Holiday cheer is on the menu next month as TMU’s annual winter festival returns to Gould St. (Photo by Alyssa K. Faoro)
TMU has the perfect solution to beating the winter blues: Frost! The annual festival for students, staff and faculty will help you enjoy the start of Toronto’s chilly winter.
TMU Frost 2025 takes place on Tuesday, Dec. 2 from 1 - 4 p.m. on Gould St. All you need to participate is your One Card.
What’s on the menu at Frost?
Beat the chill with chili from TMU Eats. Choose from Halal beef or vegan chili with optional sour cream, shredded cheese, green onions and a side of corn bread.
Grab a hot chocolate or hot apple cider from Balzac’s Winter Warmers Tent.
Looking for dessert? Get a warm cookie from TMU Sweets and freshly made cotton candy from SugarPop Tent.
Last but not least, The Pop Stand will help you embrace the cold with their unique popsicles. This year’s flavours are:
- After 8: creamy vanilla mint filling with dark chocolate exterior
- Winterberry Punch: cranberries, raspberries, blood orange, pomegranate, hibiscus
- Frostbite Sparkler: White cranberry, citrus, elderflower, blue spirulina
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal milk
- Flu Buster: lemon, ginger, honey
What is there to do at Frost?
Grab your snacks then head to Lake Devo where you can take a spin on the ice with free skate rentals.
After practising your best moves, head over to The Image Centre for a guided tour. Here you can learn about the iconic photo series that adorns the outside of The Image Centre. Inside, catch a viewing of Ali Kazma’s video: North (external link) .
Visitors to The Image Centre will also receive a bite-sized chocolate camera.
Back outside, snap a selfie at the Frosted Layers (external link) photo station.
Don’t forget to watch out for the TMU Superstars – students and alumni who will be performing throughout the festival. There will be singers, musicians and ice skaters including the TMU Bold Varsity Figure Skating Team.
Meet TMU’s best figure skaters
Did you know TMU has a figure skating team? Team member Annika Ferronato says one of her favorite things about the team is “getting to continue my childhood passion in my adult life with my closest friends!” Catch the team performing at Frost on Dec. 2. (Photo by Alyssa K. Faoro).
Before they dazzle us at Frost, we caught up with the TMU Bold Varsity Figure Skating Team and their captain Hailey O'Brien to learn more about the team.
TMT: Tell us about the team
Our season begins with tryouts in September and runs until the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships in March.
This year the team is made up of 18 skaters who are all full-time students. Our skaters come from various figure skating disciplines: Ice dance, freeskate and synchronized skating.
In addition to our full roster, we are excited to have our coaching staff who support our personal and athletic success. They include our head coach, freeskate coach, two dance coaches and our team manager.
Can you give us a sneak peek of your performance?
We are excited to perform to a medley of holiday songs featuring all of our skaters. Skaters will have their own section to a song, skating solo, as a duo or in a small group.
We always enjoy choreographing for performances as opportunities for steps and creative moves are endless!
Where else can we see you perform?
During the season we perform during the intermission at TMU Bold Hockey games. Near the end of March we’ll host a showcase to highlight our skaters skills and work from the season.
We also participate in competitions against schools across Ontario. This year, we’re hosting the OUA Championships at the Mattamy Athletic Centre on March 10-11, 2026.
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