Worst professor i have ever had. Gives absolutly no direction, doesn't explain things well, and shows no concern for struggling students. She made the course harder than it needed to be!

It's getting better, but she needs to develop a rapport with her students rather than being combative and pretentious. She's definitely making material more difficult than it needs to be. I rarely stay in class and have learned far more from the stupid $75 photocopy book than from the lectures.

Run away... as fast as you possibly can. I wish I could to the same. WORST PROF EVER!!

Definitely the worst prof I've had in the 4 years I've been here. I would love to know what her credentials are. She knows absurdly little about the topic. If *anyone* teaches another secion, take it with him/her instead.

Had one day and left the class. The prof was openly rude, did not allow laptops or use Virtual Campus, and expected the class to use a single copy of several books from the library amongst ourselves. I'm a good student, I don't hand anything in late, ever. I was very intimidated.

Honestly worst prof I had in my university career, narrow minded, doesn't understand that she is suppose to help you learn not try and make it harder. starts class late everyday extremely disrespectful to the students and yells at students for texting because it is disrespectful. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

This is my first time writting on "rate my prof", and I feel the need to because Professor Tole was by far the worst professor I have ever had. She always starts class late, has a rude, agressive, and sarcastic style of teaching, does not explain things well, and her teaching has no structure. I wish I avoided this class :(

Avoid getting a headache and just don't take ANY of her classes. She is careless about the world. Her midterm/exams are WAY TOO LONG. She doesn't know how to explain anything. She wants you to participate in class but is very rude when you do if it's not something that she believes in. LOTS of readings!

very negative and mean to students.

Late for each class with no apology. Often loses train of thought. Vague explanations then is rude/condescending when asked to repeat/elaborate. Expects class as a whole to answer yes/no all together as though in 1st grade. Multiple assignments allow you to catch up if you don't do well on the first one.

Avoid at all cost!

Unclear, rude, always late for class, only values her own opinion and is not open minded whatsoever. Does not post her slides, and the slides she does show in class have little to no information on them. Avoid if possible!!!!

too many readings for a summer course (at least 100 pgs every lecture) and it is not relevant to course material. no access to slides and we're not allowed to use computers so we have to write it down as she's lecturing. unclear about assessments

Gets satisfaction by asking the class a question every two seconds and making every single person respond. "How is everyone today?" *silence* " I said how is everyone today?". Loves the power. "No laptops allowed" is a backwards progression in schools, she says its so people dont get distracted? Im looking out the window anyways

SOC3117 was a mandatory class for my sociology major, and it was a terrible experience. She gave us plenty of time to work in our groups during class, but was not clear at all when it came to the guidelines. Very intimidating and rude. Ended up getting an okay mark in the class, but the entire semester was very stressful.

I recommend you to not take a class with this professor. 10 page assignment due less than a month in (Not complaining about the work)however, no rubric, no outline, no clear and precise information about what she was asking for at all. Very condescending when you do ask questions.

Shows up to class 20 minutes late regularly. Rambles on and on and expects the whole class to answer questions while she's supposed to be teaching the material. Rambles on and on. No clear idea of what to study for midterms or what she wants for the essays. Way way too many readings for a second year course. Pretentious and condescending. AVOID!

Doesn't allow laptops in class and is unwilling to post slides covered in class online so if you miss class and don't know anyone in the class, good luck. Asks alot of questions to the class and if no one answers, she skips over instead of providing examples. Can be intimidating and rude. For a second year course, is way more stressful than needed.

She doesn't put a lot of attention on the course. She's always late for class and office hours. No slides online, unable to use electronics for notes, unclear requirements for assignments and tests. Those slides she uses are not well organized (several different formats for one lecture...)I have so much more to complain, no more characters left...

Actually do your readings and you will do well on the midterm and final. my only complaint is that she is not clear when it comes to what she wants from the term paper even after asking her and the TA, he was so strict and nitpicky with marking the term papers which brought my grade down to a B.

She seems like a great researcher, but she is a confusing prof. When she explains it only gets more confusing. She grades insanely hard. 4 projects (can be with a partner), one midterm, one paper, final. Takes a long time to grade. Its weird because the content seems understandable but she makes it so hard. Makes me want to cry tbh

Her assignments are all written. She provides no guidelines and leaves you guessing. The whole class will have to ask her about the assignments in order to understand anything, just for her to get frustrated that questions are being asked.

One of the worst profs at uottawa! Her assignment instructions are very vague and she provides little to no feedback on assignments. Very rude to students when they ask questions. Very slow at marking assignments. Not easily reachable outside of class. Ive taken a few classes with her and each time Ive regretted it.

Please avoid her. Tough grader. The midterm exam load is unbelievable.

Probably one of the worst profs I've ever had... the papers are terribly long. I can't stand her classes, they are very boring and you can easily pass your assignments without ever attending a single lecture. the exam load is egregious, a 15 - 20 page take home exam??? Insanity...

Gives extremely vague instructions for her assignments and expects far too much. Doesn't record her lectures, but ur not allowed to use any class lectures for ur assignments anyways. Gives such little feedback and is never clear on what she wants from us. Super boring lectures and not worth all the work that goes into the class. Wouldn't recommend.

One of the worst profs i've ever had. The assignments are unnecessarily long, the 12 page papers she assigns can easily be done in 6. The guidelines/criteria for these assignments are posted way too close to the due dates and the instructions are always unclear. If you want hair on your head by the end of the semester don't take this class.

horrible professor!!!!! she literally gives us our marks 3 days before our final project. Does not even give us the slides at all. Makes her assignment guidelines into discussion posts. 0/10 worst prof ever never take her class

Our grades were changed multiple times with no explanation.

Avoid her at all costs, she will make you go crazy. Assignment instructions are NEVER clear. She gets defensive when you ask her any question over email as if you're wasting her time. Her grading makes no sense. Expect your grades on Brightspace to randomly change due to "technical errors" when it clearly is not an error. It's happened repeatedly.

If you want to rip your hair out due to frustration with this prof then take her, if you don't want to lose all your hair I would suggest not taking her.

Super unclear grading criteria. Horrible at answering the question you asked. You can ask it and she will answer it, but she will give you an answer that doesn't even apply to your question. I will try to avoid her in future years.

This course has a heavy workload and most of your learning will be done independently. I attended all lectures and can say the professor taught me very little. Her lectures are dry and she rarely is able to relate the information to any real world examples or her own experiences. She is also not receptive to student questions.

She doesn't post the lecture slides, you have to go to class to get the material but its useless, all her assignments/papers are heavily researched-based. She will deduct marks for using class material in papers/assignments - like???. Assignment instructions are super wordy and confusing. She never answers questions concisely, she responds vaguely

She posts the cloud recording of the class to BrightSpace - I will give her that. But then, she takes it down less than 48 hours later. What is the reason for this? I will never know. She does not answer emails. She does not let us use class notes for assignments. Very odd behaviour. I took this as an easy elective and I have so many regrets.

I had an overall very negative online experience with Professor Tole. She does not post notes to the course brightspace and deletes lectures after only 2 days. Additionally, her assignments are extremely long with the final exam for this semester being a 12-15 page take home. Would not recommend.

Avoid her at all cost..... easily the worst professor I've had at University of Ottawa.

NO. NO. Cannot use class notes, stopped going to lectures because she is aggressive and impatient , an extremely annoying final that took me weeks to complete. This class was a mistake.

I genuinely would rather give up my whole degree than take another one of her classes. I learned nothing but patience being in her class.

I had her for 2 classes and the workload was more than my 3 other classes combined. I had friends in my class and we were all confused by the assignment guidelines. She was condescending and rude. I have her again for another mandatory class and I am dreading it. If you're able to avoid her, you should. If you can't avoid her, good luck.

Syllabus would not mention any assignments in class. At the last week of the semester she still hasn't posted any grades. The lecture is shallow, full of sociological cliches. However, she will assign you a 12-page independent paper!!(20 pages for two at final) Don't come, or you'll be miserable in the last semester of your undergraduate career.

- Course content has the potential to be interesting if presented by a better professor. - Professor does not post slides, lectures, or readings on Brightspace and uses the excuse "it is a student's duty" to excuse their laziness. - I would rate this professor the lowest out of all the professors I have had so far.

SOC4315 - Tole consistently disrespects students in every interaction; shes demeaning, aggressive, & rude. Work load is the heaviest I have ever experienced (final paper was 50 pages of text alone). Group project the entire semester and she doesnt care if your group is not contributing to the insane workload. Miserable experience.

Failed me because my exam answers were too good she said they were 'AI generated' BS PROF!!!!!!

Truly the worst prof I have ever had. Tons of groups projects on short notice (24 hour turnaround), takes forever to post grades, no slides posted, no camera on during zoom, unclear assignments, rude to students when they ask questions. Lectures are just her stream of consciousness for three hours - no structure whatsoever. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!

150-200 pages base reading + more for weekly assignments and midterm/final. Midterm 15 pages, final 25 pages. Weekly masters-level research projects. She was 5-20 minutes late to EVERY class, and once ended class 2 hours early because she was in a bad mood. Rude, will snap and insult people if she disagrees with them but expects participation. RUN!

This prof was one of the worst i've ever had, she's mean and extremely rude to the students. Haven't met anyone who thought she was nice and a helpful prof that wants you to succeed. Provides very unclear outlines for all assignments, this elective caused me more stress than my required courses. I'm convinced all the good ratings are from herself.

Probably the worst prof I have ever had. Doesn't post lecture slides or notes, VERY against phones she has yelled at students across the lecture hall for using their phones (or a notification sound going off) or taking pictures of the lecture slides with their phones. She is also very rude to students and insults students when asking questions.

Try to avoid if you have SASS accommodations.

Rude to students, not respectful.

goes against uni regulations. accuses students of using AI by using AI detectors (which are discouraged by the uni due to how unreliable they are). if you want to keep yourself safe, don't take this prof. she will try to ruin your academic record

HOLY, this prof is the absolute rudest. She expects participation 24/7 but is rude when students do participate, this leads to her getting mad that no one is participating. 90% of my grade was group papers that were 10-25 pages long, I think it's diabolical that i'm actually paying someone to treat me with such disrespect. AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!

I cannot stress this enough PLEASE avoid if you care about your GPA. I took this class as an elective and it made me want to rip my hair out more than any of my required courses. Assignments are posted to a DISCUSSION BOARD? and are so vague. She does not go over the assignments in class. Good luck ever getting any grade back before a month or two.

One word. Terrible

Professor Tole is rude and disrespectful, and her slides are ambiguous and hard to understand. She can be nice but her explanations are very difficult to understand. Her marking is difficult and comments are unhelpful.

She is a sad woman. Very condescending and you can feel that there is some anger inside her because the world does not revolve around her

Dismissive, rude, and disrespectful towards students.

I took three of Professor Tole's classes during one semester, and it was the worst experience I have had at this school. She is rude to students, always has a negative attitude, and is just a poor teacher overall. Her lectures are hard to sit through, and her assignments have very few guidelines.

Disappointed with teaching and evaluating methods. Nothing posted to brightspace, assignment guidelines posted as discussions?? Vague lectures, prof relied on students' input, nothing was ever clarified. 2/3 assignments (including final) were in groups. Not allowed to use class material on assignments, honestly kinda pointless. Also very snarky.

You have to attend the lectures because she doesn't post the slides. She is a very heavy grader, and gives only two days and vague instructions for large assignments. I heard a lot of bad things about her before I started the class but I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt and try to like her but she genuinely is a terrible professor.

the exam was 130 questions...

3315*. Prof Tole is very familiarized with the content taught in the course, however not a class goes by without her making an arrogant and/or condescending remark towards a students' question. This makes it extremely difficult to seek help/guidance in and outside of class.

This professor gives a lot of assignments with little to no guidelines, yet grades very harshly when things are not exactly as she expects. Will answer questions but is very cagey and disrespectful. Talks to students like toddlers or pets.

I took this course during the summer semester. Unless this course is required for your program, do not take it. The exams were big (the final exam was about 130 multiple-choice questions). She is also a very tough grader. Her teaching wasn't bad, but there are times when it is hard to understand. The prof was a bit strict with SASS accommodations.

If you're not religious, pick a religion and pray

It is truly inspirational to see that she is still employed by the University of Ottawa. She inspires me to underperform and be generally rude in my future workplace. Teaches so many undergrad sociology courses it is impossible to avoid her, I suggest changing your program.

Lectures are hard to follow and consist of disorganized, vague descriptions of concepts. Majority of class grade is a group project with no clear guidelines. Instructions are posted to discussion boards. Quite rude and discouraging to students.

I can't describe how disrespectful this prof is. Have a question? get ready for her to ask snarky and act as if you are 2yrs old. Will not post slides, so if you miss a class, pick a religion and pray. Thought I would give the benefit of the doubt, do not. I have never had this much difficulty with a class or prof ever.

All assignments were group projects with randomly assigned members. Unclear instructions in-class, and she never posted slides. Only posted class material on the discussion board. Snarky attitude to people who asked questions. This one class felt like the workload of three and has caused me the most stress out of any class I've ever taken. Avoid.