Write:Study:Focus with Us in Burnaby, with Ruth: 2025-01-31 to 2025-04-08

Dates
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Friday, March 21, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location
Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area

All times are Pacific Time Zone (Vancouver, BC, Canada).

Do you find that you focus better when others are focusing around you? 

Are you interested in academic success supports but find that you are too busy to actually schedule a consultation? 

Have you heard about “body doubling”* and wondered about how it works? 

If you answered yes or even “maybe” to any of the questions above, then this program is for you! 

Throughout the spring 2025 semester, come put in some focused writing and/or studying time at the Student Learning Commons (in the W.A.C. Bennett Library on the Burnaby Campus). You will be joined by an SLC Writing Services or Learning Services Coordinator who will be working alongside you as a “body double.” These staff members will be available for quick questions and support during the focused work time. If a more in-depth, one-on-one consultation will be helpful, the coordinator may refer a student to make a follow up appointment. 

*Body doubling is a productivity strategy where you work alongside someone to boost focus and accountability.

Registration for these sessions is not required, but signing up can increase your own sense of accountability! Forgot to sign up: feel free to just drop in! 

These sessions are informal and flexible: students do not need to be able to stay for the full 1.5 hours to participate. 

Meet Ruth, the Coordinator:

Ruth (she/ her/ hers) has been with SFU's Student Learning Commons since 2007 and goes by many titles: Learning Services Coordinator, Back on Track Program Instructor, and co-Divisional Supervisor for the Writing and Learning Peer Educators. Originally from Ottawa and currently living and working on unceded Coast Salish Territory, Ruth holds an M.Ed. (SFU), a B.A. (Hons. Psychology, Carleton), and an LL.B. (Ottawa). She has a diverse work history, including working on Parliament Hill and for the Federal Court of Canada, and practicing as both a lawyer and a career counsellor (not at the same time). Ruth has held two leadership roles within the post-secondary Learning Specialist Community: Pacific Regional Director of the Learning Specialists Association of Canada, and Canadian Regional Leader for the College Reading and Learning Association, both 2015-2019.

Facilitator(s)
Ruth Silverman
Category
bbyslcoffice

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