Learning Well in First Year is a 4-week program to help you adjust to university learning and develop more effectively as a learner in your first year of study through meaningful conversations and connections.
This program will help you:
- Reflect on your experience up until now as a first-year student.
- Discover ways to manage the new challenges of university learning.
- Practice new strategies to become an effective learner in a supportive environment.
Learning Well in First Year is part of the Academic Resilience Initiatives at the Centre for Learning Strategy Support on the University of Toronto’s St. George campus.
Additional opportunities include Learning Well in Second Year and the Learning How to Learn workshop series.
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Program Eligibility
Undergraduate students in their first year of study.
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How The Program Works
You will attend weekly sessions led by Learning Strategists, Heather Nelson and Elizabeth Shaha to:
- Make sense of your first-year transition from high school to university learning and practice successful strategies to stay on track this semester.
- Reflect on your academic strengths and challenges to become an effective learner at U of T.
- Connect with other students to build your academic resilience, resources and community.
The Fall 2024 session dates are:
- Friday, October 4 at 10 – 11:30 a.m.
- Friday, October 11 at 10 – 11:30 a.m.
- Friday, October 18 at 10 – 11:30 a.m.
- Friday, October 25 at 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Program Registration
- To join Learning Well in First Year program, sign up for the first event held on Friday, October 4 at 10 – 11:30 a.m.
- Once registered for the 4-week program, you will be automatically enrolled in the Learning Well in First Year course in Quercus. In the course, you can find the session slides and resources as they become available.
- If you’d like to set up a one-on-one meeting with the facilitators to discuss any questions or accommodation needs that you have before the program begins, email Heather Nelson at heather.nelson@utoronto.ca or Elizabeth Shaha at e.shaha@utoronto.ca to set up a time.