Brilliant man - - interesting methods of lecturing and assingments. Really enjoyed the course.

I really like Dr. Donaldson. I had him in first year too...and he was good then for shorter genres. He is very passionate about poetry and he seems to like teaching. I found him a very fair marker and he gave helpful comments. I am pretty shy, but he made me feel comfortable speaking in class.

Very fair marker, good constructive comments on essays given back. My inquiry class with him was one of the best classes I have had thus far.

this guy rocks.

Had him back in the day, but I still attribute most of what I understand about poetry to his lectures. A brilliant prof and scholar. Had him for a grad course too, and it was tough but rewarding.

This prof is absolutely AMAZING! Take any class with him that you can! He really cares about his students, and is more than willing to help you out if you need it. He is also really interested in students' ideas not only about materials, but also on how the course is run.

the class was good, and he was a very detailed lecturer, but the materials themselves were not that exciting. i liked the class but i did not like the choice of poetry at all ... still, that might not have been his fault

Great class, knows his stuff, fairly interesting lectures, and makes cute references to outside culture. take any class of his that you can

Dr. Donaldson was a great prof! He is really open to everyone's ideas and likes to let the students run the class. He is a very interesting and smart person!

It is a man's MIND that determines where he is "Hot" or "Not" - Donaldson's sears. He is scatterbrained, a rambler, off topic almost always and absolutely BRILLIANT. Does not use traditional methods of teaching &, in a class of 300, will still listen to every student. Friendly. Genuine. Dresses like a bum but I adore him - favourite professor.

Dr. Donaldson is, and will always be, my favourite professor. I often think that those who criticize him just don?t get him or what the humanities is about. He is brilliant!

He is my favorite English professor. I had him for British literature (2I06) and children's lit. He knows how to engage the students and because of him I've learned how think way outside the box and deeply analyze. He's funny and interesting. His exams for both classes have been easy. However, they do require you to do all of the readings.

Great teacher and a great person. Donaldson really cares about his students and is very engaging. He was sometimes unorganized but is well educated and knowledgable about what he's teaching, so I never felt like I was missing some key information. Did a great job of teaching Frye's four variations.

Dr. Donaldson is the greatest!

I think he's awesome! His powerpoint slides for this class were really engaging and he is a nice professor, he is approachable and very sincere. Just you have to pay attention to whose your T.A, they are ummm lets say not too nice. But his exam was a fair game too

Great prof :) quirky sense of humor, and easy to get off topic. Lectures were engaging, although a bit disorganized. He frequently read the poems aloud, which was interesting at first but became annoying rather quickly. Very lengthy readings, and impossible to figure out how he markes. Overall, approachable and funny, but a bit disorganized.

slides are engaging. He's got a good sense of humor. The class times were annoying though 8:30am. He does tend to ramble but overall he's a good prof and the course was easy.

Cool cat. Interesting and interested. His lectures are conversational in nature so he'll often go off on tangents or just say a lot of interesting stuff that isn't directly useful for your exam or essay or whatever. Thus it's hard to take notes, but I sat back every lecture and just took it in, and I did fine.

Quirky sense of humour, but very interesting. Goes off on tangents very often but they are always interesting. Very approachable and genuinely nice.

Dr. Donaldson can be hard to follow sometimes, he uses a lot of metaphors and digresses a lot, but his enthusiasm about the subject matter makes up for it.

Dr. Donaldson is a great professor! He's very humorous and his insight into poetry and short stories is invaluable. Take notes during the poetry unit - it WILL help you for the final exam - but I found the short story unit to be better discussed in tutorial. Heed all the advice you can from your TA as they determine your essay marks!

Best professor ever! Hilarious, engaging, and very passionate about what he does. The class is beyond enjoyable. Wish it was a full year course.

Tough to get good marks but Donaldson is a great prof. Lectures are interesting and engaging. Take notes on his interpretation of poems and stories; it will help you for essays and the final.

Dr. Donaldson himself is a lively professor and extremely humorous. Sometimes I had troubles relating his dialogue back to the course content, but his lectures were nonetheless a good dose of food-for-thought. TIP: If you dislike your TA, better to switch sooner than later because they mark your essays 45% of your mark.

Children's Lit with Donaldson was fun! The course material was wide ranging and even offered up variations with literature for children vs literature with children for adults! I would definitely recommend this class!

Exactly what I had hoped and expected him to be. He's and English professor who is also a seasoned professional poet. He's like a fun uncle who just happens to be your professor too.

He's a really amazing man. Amazing teacher, lectures aren't content heavy but very amusing. If you have a positive mindset you will enjoy this class. Helps advance your writing, and truly cares about you. He calls himself your cheerleader, and he truly is. I signed myself up for another one of his classes. Love him, you don't need class to pass.

Amazing prof. Jokes in lectures. Cares about student's success. Slides online. Only bad is the quizzes. 1 per lecture. Need to attend for good mark. Free-writing to help for essays works. Just enjoy it. Tutorials are two-hours + have a group podcast assignment. Almost impossible to get above 89%. Mandatory for Humanity students. No exam! 3% bonus!

hes a fun, caring, witty guy. lectures are a bit weird because they dont serve any purpose since goes on long tangents BUT there are lecture quizzes so you still have to go. albeit unnecessary, the lectures are still nice since he makes it very conversational. i had him for human 1vv3 and 1qu3 - enjoyed both, very easy.

Professor Donaldson is a very nice funny man. I enjoyed his lectures because, though he goes off on a lot of tangents, it builds insight on other aspects that are usually unteachable. He is also a very witty guy who cares for his students and I would definitely take a course with him again. Truly, such a sweet and intelligent guy.

SUCH A GOOD PROF LITERALLY I WISH HED TEACH ALL MY COURSES I LOVE HIM NO CAP BRUH

I wish every class could be with Donaldson. He is a sweetheart and very knowledgeable in his field. Would recommend, for any class!

he is a great teacher

Best lectures for my first year. He dresses up and make the class entertaining and fun!

Such a fun lecturer, cares about his students and gives lots of opportunities for bumping up your grades with easy short quizzes. Amusing and funny

I've had Donaldson in first year and while the class was much more clear and concise then this one, I still enjoyed. I think the hard part was his take on English class as a whole. We are used to the traditional way english is taught and he showed a new way. While other people dissed him for his class, understand that its his take on english.

I had Professor Donaldson for the course HUMAN 1VV3. His lecture, although somewhat boring at times, should be attended consistently as he prepares small multiple-choice quizzes regarding the content covered in the lecture that day. In terms of assignments and grades, this is an easy course, just make sure you look at the comments on the feedback

The best. A legend. THE GOAT. ICON. simply legendary. i love this professor.

This professor is truly a gem. He is the most pleasant professor I've ever had in my years and years of schooling and being students of countless English professors. He is not only a fine writer, an amazing professor, and hilarious, but a great soul too, and a great man. He will make you fall in love with school, English, writing, life. So eloquent

Very accommodating to students and their circumstances. Participation is mandatory for all lectures and tutorials but will accommodate you as long as you have a reason and put effort into the course. Great prof overall!

Fantastic person, fantastic course, loved him!!!!

"The leaf is on the tree..." is the only thing I remembering hearing for four months straight. Funny guy, class was just boring in general and underwhelming. I skipped lectures because they were useless, no midterm, no exam, just essays and a couple of english assignments. Had a great Active Learning Prof but I've heard others were interesting...

There has never been another teacher that has been able to fill my mind with so much wonderment during each lecture. If you fundamentally enjoy words and reading and are interested in how fantastic the story of language is then you will enjoy his classes. Marking was generally on the lighter side and the assignments were fun, especially the OED one

Dr. Donaldson is an odd man. His whole directive towards learning/teaching is odd as well. We did multiple "freewriting" excersises where you just literally wrote about anything for 10 pages. It was an odd class and the only required course for Humanities. Be ready for lots of group work during active learning.

one of the best, funniest, and nicest profs at mac! he genuinely cares about what he's teaching and he wants everyone to do well. always open to conversation and super encouraging. very whimsical and very interesting guy. he does tend to get sidetracked very often but the course was so light in content that it didn't really matter.

Donaldson is amazing and seems as though he really loves what he teaches. He's super funny and his lectures are genuinely interesting. However i have a bone to pick with one of the TA's for this 1vv3 course. Middleton is genuinely so contradictory with the prof's work and overall rude. I would love this course if it wasn't for her.

Donaldson is fun and kind but the course content is taught incredibly insufficiently. If you have Middleton as your TA specifically, prepare to be confused half the time and feel like dropping the course other times. Expect to have grades come less than days before you have to submit an assignment and be ready for the dreaded lecture quizzes.

He's a funny, passionate lecturer, but he speaks very metaphorically and yaps. He's helpful in office hours and can clear things up if you're confused. The lecture quizzes are a pain, but if you know what you're doing they can boost your average. It might be the course, but the assignment guidelines were vague, and the course is very TA dependent.

Did not just read off of the slides, packed a lot of info into lectures. Quizzes for those lectures to get more students to show up.

I found him to be a hilarious yet the class is sooooo pointless. I think this makes it tricky to figure out which parts of the class were bad because of the prof or because of the nature of the class. I think if I were to have him as my prof in a real class, it would be one of my favourites.