Learning Centre Workshops

The Learning Centres provide a range of FREE workshops which help you to develop skills and strategies to enhance your learning. These workshops will help you in your academic courses and in your career! 

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The following are workshops offered by the Learning Centres:

Can’t attend any of our live workshops? Join our available anytime workshops at a time convenient to you.

Strong Start for Success

Time Management Strategies

In this workshop, you will quantify the ways in which you currently spend your time and identify an ideal "time budget" for priority activities. You will also explore strategies for time managment at the semester, weekly, and daily levels while learning ways to productively allocate your study time.

Quick Energizers: Getting Back in Focus

Students are becoming exhausted at the endless hours staring at the screen or textbooks all day long. Learn how to combat study fatigue with some quick energizers designed to help you refocus. 

Your First 13 Weeks

Your first semester will be filled with new experiences and learning opportunities, and you should aim to do the best that you can throughout the semester. In this workshop you will learn skills, resources, and information that you should be familiar with at every point during the semester.

Plan Your Semester

In this peer-led workshop, learn to plan your semester efficiently using the Semester Schedule to give yourself a visual picture of assignments, projects, tests and exams that are coming up, helping you to decide how to commit resources between various possible tasks.

Don't Panic: Plan Your final weeks

Tips and strategies to help you prepare, stay focused and commit to doing your best in these final weeks.

Book an appointment to see a peer tutor if you need a one-on-one assistance at tlc.kpu.ca

Improve Your Writing

Writing Mini Boot Camp

Do you have questions about the best way to write an academic essay or report?  Wondering how to use information from sources by quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing?  This series of workshops will provide an introduction to the process of writing an effective academic paper.

Writing More Effective Paraphrasing

Do you have questions about the best way to write an academic essay or report? Wondering how to use information from sources by quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing? Join this workshop for an introduction to the process of writing an effective academic paper.

Write in Your Own Words

Do you need to use information from several sources in your paper? Confused about how to write an effective paraphrase? You will leave this workshop with practical strategies for reading sources, taking effective resource notes, and integrating paraphrased information into a strong academic paper.

Find Your Writing Voice

Writing is an essential university skill, yet many students struggle to start and finish these assignments. Writing can be fun, meaningful, and help you share your story. This inspiring workshop will help you cultivate essential and innovative skills for both academic and creative writing.

Writing & Editing Your EPortfolio

This workshop will help you to write and improving your learning portfolio. You will learn about reflection, how to craft and evaluate your reflective writing, and effective strategies for integrating course concepts.

Book an appointment to see a Learning Strategist if you need a one-on-one consultation at tlc.kpu.ca

Business Skills

Accounting Monopoly Extravaganza

During this game, we will play Monopoly, but also keep the books for it (a synoptic journal).  It is a great way to review debits & credits and the accounting balance equation.  Snacks will be available and several prizes will be awarded.

ACCT 1110 Midterm Review

Get ready for your Accounting 1110 midterm. Come join one of our Accounting tutors for a guided review on key ACCT 1110 concepts.

ACCT 1160 Midterm Review

Get ready for your Accounting 1160 midterm. Come join one of our Accounting tutors for a guided review on key ACCT 1160 concepts.

ACCT 1210 Midterm Review

Get ready for your Accounting 1210 midterm. Come join one of our Accounting tutors for a guided review on key ACCT 1210 concepts.

ACCT 2293 Midterm Review

Get ready for your Accounting 2293 midterm! Learn how to analyze your exam questions and how to prepare for success by identifying what successful students do to prepare for exams.

ACCT 5110 Midterm Review

Get ready for your Accounting 5110 midterm! During this session, you will have the opportunity to practice questions on topics like revenue recognition, comprehensive income statements and more.

ENTR 3100 Case Analysis Review

Come join one of our ENTR 3100 tutors for a workshop on case writing. During this review, learn how to use analytical tools, case facts, and exhibits to develop conclusions, how to categorize these conclusions as strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and how to use a SWOT analysis to pair these conclusions and develop critical opportunities or critical threats.

Book an appointment to see a peer tutor if you need a one-on-one assistance at tlc.kpu.ca