Learning Skills Services

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Special Announcement: After Reading Week, our account will be merging with the rest of our friends at SCLD to the account @studentlifeyu follow us there for more of our fun videos and Learning Skills Services information!

Have you heard?! We've teamed up with Student Financial Services to bring you a joint workshop called "Investing in Yourself: Managing Your Time and Money Successfully and Profitably." Join us on Wednesday, February 5th from 1-2 at SMIL! (Yes, it counts towards your Passport!)

Mark your calendar! The therapy dogs will be back this Wednesday for #YULetsTalk. Join us at the Archives of Ontario this Wednesday for Ways to Wellness from 11am - 2:30pm.

Today marks the first day of our first full week of 2020 workshops! Here's what we have planned for the rest of January!

Congratulations on completing your exams!!! We wish you a restful Winter break! Best of luck to those of you finishing your studies and we'll see the rest of you on January 6th!

Happy Halloween from Learning "Gills" Services! We're here to help you keep your head above water during the ocean of assignments and midterms you are treading through! Talk to one of our peers to find out how we can help you to keep swimming! Image description: Learning Skills Peers wear fish characters as costumes including a fish, a shark, a turtle, and a starfish

Have a math based quiz or exam coming up? Want some strategies to help with understanding and applying math concepts? Our free Math Strategies Drop-In is for you! Come visit a Learning Skills Peer at the Welcome Desk in Scott Library on Thursdays between 10:00am and 12:00pm - no appointment required. Image Description: A Learning Skills Peer in a blue shirt is sitting at the Learning Skills Pod in Scott Library. On top of the table is a sign advertising Math Strategies drop in.

Have you heard of the Financial Literacy workshop series happening at York? It's presented by Canada's Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) courtesy of York's Student Financial Services! [Image 1 description: Own Your Financial Future: Managing Debt and Making Credit Work for You. Image of a painter painting over white text reading "DEBT" with blue paint. Date: Monday, October 28, 2019. Time: 11:00am-12:00pm. Location: Bennett Centre Discovery Room (Main Floor). Learning ...objectives for participants: Understand what credit is and how it works, Learn how debt can pile up and have negative consequences on future financial plans, Understand the difference between good debt and bad debt, and having a good credit rating, Learn practical ways to take control of finances. RSVP to go.yorku.ca/cpa-workshop.] [Image 2 description: Stretching in Savings. Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Time: 11:00am-12:00pm. Location: Bennett Centre Discovery Room (Main Floor). Learning objectives for participants: Learn to create a budget to help develop a savings plan, Realize that saving and a reduction in spending often go together to achieve success, How to invest savings to achieve savings goals. RSVP to go.yorku.ca/cpa-workshop. Image of a watering can and 4 flower pots showing the growth of a plant growing leaves and gold coins.] [Image 3 description: Making your money: Planning for the future. Date: Monday, November 4, 2019. Time: 11:00am-12:00pm. Location: Bennett Centre Discovery Room (Main Floor). Learning objectives for participants: How to set SMART goals and financial priorities, Learn to make a budget and how to manage your spending, Learn various strategies to become financially secure. RSVP to go.yorku.ca/cpa-workshop. Image of a scale weighing money and a heart.] [Image 4 description: Ten Healthy Habits of Financial Management. Date: Tuesday, November, 2019. Time: 11:00am-12:00pm. Location: Bennett Centre Discovery Room (Main Floor). Learning objectives for participants: To learn the Ten Healthy Habits of Financial Management, To self-assess your level of financial fitness, To obtain resources to get your financial house in order. RSVP to go.yorku.ca/cpa-workshop. Image of a stick figure holding a barbell with dollars signs as weights.]

PQ3R is a method used to effectively read and take notes. Think of your readings like a puzzle and take it one piece at a time! Take care of your future self by understanding first and memorizing later! Video Description: white puzzle pieces with black words are arranged to fit together. Pieces in order are: Preview, Question, Red, Recite, Review, Understand First Memorize Later

Deep in the heart of the YU jungle you can hear the lions rumble! You can show your #yuspirit tomorrow at #redandwhiteday ! Learning Skills has something special planned tomorrow on the first floor of Scott Library, come check it out! Image description: a science model of a heart is held up against the backdrop of red, yellow, and green trees

YU can be debt-free! Check out the seminars offered by our friends at Student Financial Services the week after Reading Week! [Image 1 description: Title at the top of the page is the following: OSAP, Loan Repayment Seminar Brought to you by our Student Financial Services Team, Want to Know How YU Can Become Debt Free? Image of a stick figure wearing a graduation cap with a ball and chain tied around their foot saying "Student Loan" on the ball. We'll be discussing 3 stag...es of student loan cycle and who to contact during each stage for assistance, Role and support of the National Student Loan Service Centre (NSLSC), Why students might have received a notice of loan repayment from the NSLSC while in study, Loan repayment obligations, Applying and placing your loans in interest-free status, Resources to ensure students can successfully meet their repayment obligations and keep finances in good standing (i.e. Repayment Assistance Plan). Presented by Daniel Forletta and Liza Kazimi. Date: October 22nd at 2:30-3:30. Location: Junior Common Room in Winters College. All are welcome! Link to RSVP: go.yorku.ca/winters. Image of 5 Student Financial Services peers. Winters college logo at the bottom of the poster, Office of the Head of Winters College - Room 121, 4166508199, [email protected], winters.yorku.ca, @winterscollege on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. School of Arts, Media, Performance & Design. York University.] [Image 2 description: Background looks like a note pad. Text reads: Student Financial Services Presents: OSAP Repayment Seminar: YU can be debt-free! This workshop focuses on your responsibilities upon receiving student loans and the resources available to help you make well-informed financial decisions during the repayment process as well as explain what to do if you are experiencing difficulties with your student loan. October 23, 2019. 2:30-3:30pm. 303 Founders. RSVP: http://osaprepayment.eventbrite.ca. Office of the Head, Founders College. 216 Founders. 4167365148. [email protected].]

Need a digital copy of our October calendar? Find it here or visit our website!

Think of your test like a weight at the gym, if you go for the heaviest weight on your first try it's going to be too heavy to lift. But, if you practice regularly and take on a little bit at a time, when your test comes your stress wont weigh you down! Practice makes perfect! Video description: Learning Skills Peer struggles to lift weights at first, but with practice is able to life them with ease.