This Week @ York for Week of June 8, 2021

Mature Student Support

  • Mature Students Webinar: Resumé & Cover Letter Writing for Mature Students. Attend this session and find out how to effectively target your resumé and cover letter. Present your experiences, education and skills in a way that showcases your assets and piques employers' interest in you. Wednesday, June 9, 10 to noon. Registration required.

  • Mindful Meditation Session. Take a break and join these relaxing meditation sessions facilitated by Psychologist Scott Pope from Student Counselling, Health & Well-being. These sessions will help you to de-stress, decrease loneliness and increase positivity. Thursday, June 10, 1 to 1:45 p.m. Drop-Ins welcome!

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  • Workshop: Learning to Learn Remotely for Mature Students with Families. Join this online session to learn effective strategies for studying and completing coursework remotely. This workshop will also include discussion and strategies around how to balance school and family responsibilities. Tuesday, June 15, 2 to 3 p.m. Registration required.

  • Mature Students Health Workshop: Cultivating Resilience & Self-Compassion for Stress Reduction. Attend this workshop and learn about the function of stress, how it affects our well-being and how we can develop realistic strategies to build and implement resilience as mature/part-time students. Thursday, June 17, 2 to 3 p.m. Registration required. Bonus: Participants will be entered to win an Uber Eats gift card.

York Pride

Health & Wellness

  • The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion (REI) will be offering REDI series workshops and Anti-Racism REDI series workshops all summer long. All sessions will be offered virtually, are free and open to all York students. Attend at least three of the REDI workshops (90 minutes each) and complete the REDI Online Tutorial to receive a REDI Certificate of Completion! Learn more about the workshops and register at the links above.

  • Challenging Unconscious Bias & Microaggressions. Join this workshop and learn about forms of unconscious bias and stereotyping that lead to microaggressions and discriminatory behaviour. You'll get the chance to explore effective strategies to challenge biases and strengthen the experience of inclusion for all. Wednesday, June 9, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Registration required.

  • York is here to support you. Access real-time and appointment-based counselling support by downloading the keep.meSAFE Student Support Program (SSP). You’ll also have access to a suite of self-help resources and confidential support at no cost. Learn more about keep.meSAFE.

  • Sex on the Couch – Pride Edition. Join the Peer Health Educators and the community support team in this session for a community dialog regarding LGBTQ2S+ sexual health, consent, healthy relationships, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and practices for safer sex. Lots of prizes and gift cards to be won valuing $20 to $50. Monday, June 21, 1 to 2 p.m. Registration required.

Learning Skills

  • Learning Skills Workshop: Critical Thinking. Take this workshop and dive into styles of learning that go beyond just memorizing facts and figures. This workshop will help you push beyond purely descriptive levels of thinking to deeper levels of understanding, analysis, critical thinking and evaluation. Wednesday, June 9, 3 to 4 p.m. Registration required.

  • Workshop: Memory. Log in to this workshop and learn techniques that will help you transfer all your course work information into your long-term memory, along with the strategies you’ll need to retrieve the information when you most need it. Thursday, June 10, 2 to 3 p.m. Registration required.

Careers Support

  • Careers Workshop: How to Effectively Use LinkedIn. Join this session and learn tips for using LinkedIn effectively to enhance your job search. Gain insight on how you can leverage LinkedIn's features to build your professional network. Thursday, June 10, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Registration required.

  • Workshop: Personality & Career Choice. This webinar will introduce the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, one of the most widely used career assessment tools. You will discover how learning about your personality type can help guide you with your career decision-making. Tuesday, June 15, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Registration required.

Money Matters

  • Employment Opportunities: There are positions available for students right now with teams such as Career Education & Development! They are accepting applications for Peer Leader positions for Fall/Winter 2021-2022. Build leadership skills, community connections and York pride. Open to current undergraduate students. Please check each application deadline.

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