Are you an incoming first-year student?
Your McGill community is teeming with resources to help get you back on track academically and provide support, if midterm season didn’t go the way you’d planned. We at CL&E have worked with some amazing partners to connect you with tools, workshops, and support so you can face finals head on.
Events March 9 - 13, 2025
Monday, March 9
- Grad Breakfast Club: Plan your week and set your intentions with a compassionate and supportive community. Online, every Monday. 10:30AM - 11:15AM
- Purls of Wisdom: Join the Libraries crafting group. Knitting, crocheting, embroidery – all handcrafts are welcome! McLennan Library, 5th Floor, M5-37A. 12PM – 1PM
- Animal Therapy: Brown Building, suite 3100. 1PM - 2:30PM
- B-Well Drop-In for Black Students: Ferrier Building Room 216. 2PM – 3PM
- Diversity in Math Study Night: Snacks are provided! Burnside GIC-512. 5PM – 7PM
Tabling at Brown Building Lobby:
Discover resources and meet Campus Life & Engagement. Enjoy FREE tea and cookies, 1:30PM – 3:30PM
Tuesday, March 10
- Turning Failure into Success: Build resilience, cope with failure, and create change! Online. 10AM - 11:30AM
- Art Hive: all materials provided, no experience required! Brown Building, room 3100. 10:30AM - 1PM
- B-Well Drop-In for Black Students: Ferrier Building Room 216. 2PM – 3PM
Tabling at McLennan Library entrance:
Discover resources and meet Campus Life & Engagement, 10:00AM – 12:30PM
Wednesday, March 11
- Wednesday All Write: Want to advance your writing projects? Try a new time management method with other motivated writers. Redpath Library room 23. 9AM – 11:30AM
- Wellness Pop-Up: Take a Paws Break: HSSL Library. 1:30PM – 3PM
- Étudions ensemble! : Un espace d'étude francophone présenté par SciLearn! Burnside Hall Basement, room 1B17. 3PM – 5PM
Thursday, March 12
- Creative Writing Hub: drop in for a writing session in a welcoming and casual environment. Redpath Library, Main floor, Room 02. 11:15AM – 12PM
- PhD Support Group: Join the group for ideas, encouragement, motivation and a sense of connectedness! Online. 12PM – 1PM
- Stretch it Out for Desautels BCom Management Students: Bronfman Building 2nd Floor. 1:30PM – 2PM
- Animal Therapy: Brown Building, suite 3100. 1PM - 2:30PM
- Contemplative Circle: Join us for a session grounded in Tibetan Buddhist practices. No prior experience needed. 3610 McTavish Street, Room 36-2. 5PM – 6:30PM
Mac Campus:
- The Tea Stop: Enjoy a selection of herbal teas while connecting with others in a supportive and friendly environment. Centennial Centre Lobby. 11:30AM – 1PM
- Mental Health Walking Group: Walk the beautiful trails at Mac Campus. Meet in Centennial Centre courtyard. 12PM - 12:45PM
- Mac Campus Study Meetup: Drop by for a relaxed, productive study space and FREE study treats to keep you going. Faculty Lounge. 12PM – 5PM
Friday, March 13
- Art Hive: all materials provided, no experience required! Brown Building, room 3100. 10:30AM - 1PM
- Friday Wrap Up: Want to advance your writing projects? Try a new time management method with other motivated writers. Redpath Library room 23. 1:30PM – 5PM
Your Bounceback Resources Toolkit
- Stay on Track: Learning resources
- Engineering Peer Tutoring Services: Tutors available every day!
- Science Undergraduate Society: Free one-on-one peer tutoring
- Management Undergraduate Society: Online peer tutoring sessions
- Student Association of Physical Education and Kinesiology: one-on-one peer tutoring and group tutorials
- Arts Undergraduate Society:
- Peer tutoring
- AUS Writing Centre: Improve your academic writing with this free service
- McGill Writing Centre: Writer’s block? Looming deadline? Struggling with a crucial essay? Try the Tutorial Service
- SciLearn
- Peer Collaboration: Space for collaborative learning for U0 and U1 student
- Diversity in Math offers resources for everything math-related from workshops to reading a math paper and more.
- Student Accessibility & Achievement:
- Self-Directed Learning Guides that are available to all students and cover a wide range of topics.
- Information on Assistive Tools and Apps
- A Tutor Matching Program that is available to all McGill students
- Peer Assisted Learning (PALs):For a number of courses both at Mac and Downtown
- Student Wellness Hub