Where can I find a tutor?

Student Learning Commons

The Student Learning Commons (SLC) provides "strategy tutoring" for SFU students, That is, we will help you develop writing, reading, exam preparation, and other academic strategies you can apply to your course material. 

Course content help

For course content questions, be sure to talk with your professor or TA. They really want you to use their office hours!  

Read Get to know Your Teaching Assistant to learn more about working with your TA.

Content tutors

If you are looking for a "content tutor," that is, someone other than your professor or TA to help you learn the specific content of your courses, here are a few places to try:

  • Help for MATH courses and FAN X99 is available on a drop-in basis in the Department of Mathematics Workshops and Open Labs.  
  • Support is available for several lower-division science and math courses through the Science & Math Peer Academic Support.
  • For Statistics courses, email the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences at stat@sfu.ca, and specify the course for which you would like help.
  • A number of SFU Departments maintain lists of graduate students who will tutor for a fee. Contact each department directly from this list .
  • The talkSFU discussion forum has a Tutor Exchange in which private tutors serving SFU advertise their services and students post requests for tutors. 

Guidelines for working with a tutor

Remember to follow the SFU guidelines for working with a tutor!  See You and Your Tutor: Knowing the Boundaries.