Perhaps you are a manager who would like to support your staff as they broaden their professional knowledge. Perhaps you are developing asynchronous or course-embedded content for students or faculty to use. Perhaps you are collecting training material for peer helpers you supervise, or perhaps you are seeking a resource on a particular topic to share with a student you’re helping. We hope you find what you need in the sections below!
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My research seeks to understand disparities in mental health outcomes among students with marginalized sociodemographic identities in Canada, and the relationship between mental health and learning with marginalized communities.
Fact-sheet and podcast which presents strategies/support for students with TBI
Author: Centennial College Math help is provided by the tabs on the left of the webpage. Math topics are sorted by program area and has explanations, worked examples, videos and practice sheets. View Website
The Mark Calculator is a tool to help you calculate your marks in each course and your semester average.
Change is a constant in our world and making the most of change is a challenge. This guides leaders in formulating and enacting change processes by providing theory, examples, checklists and checkpoints for successful leadership. This is both a process and a training manual for leaders who need to manage change.
Co-created with Student Wellness at Queen's University, this resource represents a comprehensive approach to the management of test anxiety. Realistic representation of anxiety (everyone experiences it, the goal is not to erase but to make it manageable), many different kinds of strategies discussed.
Guidelines for writing email to your instructors
Students can use these skills to work toward personal success in university.
Liberatory Design is a creative problem-solving approach and practice that centers equity and supports us to design for liberation. It is made up of mindsets and modes. Mindsets invoke stances and values to ground and focus our design practice, and modes provide process guidance for our design practice.
Learning to Learn Online helps students prepare for online learning success by introducing them to the online learning environment and their roles as a learners within it.
Author: Centennial College Offers free study skills, tools and learning strategies for academic success. View Tip Guide
In this paper, the author explains supplementary workshops developed to target fundamental skills with course-specific examples.
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