About Appointments
Appointments are 30 minutes long, you can book as many appointments as you need in a semester, and you can choose to attend online or in-person. After you book an appointment, we’ll contact you to share any additional details.
You can book an appointment with a Peer Academic Specialist via the myLaurentian portal.
What to bring to your appointment
- Your class schedule
- Your course outline or syllabus
- Specific ideas for what skills you want to develop
- Ideas and questions about your learning strategies, studying habits, and so on.
We encourage you to
- Be proactive about your education and make appointments before problems occur.
- Provide proper notice to the Peer Academic Specialist if you need to cancel and/or reschedule a meeting.
Our Services
Learning
Develop and refine the ways you learn information and accomplish academic tasks:
- Reading and comprehending text
- Note-taking
- Managing time
- Studying and remembering information
- Test-taking
Writing
Learn how to become a stronger researcher and writer:
- Any discipline
- Any stage of the writing process
- All major citation styles
Tutoring
Sign up for TutorOcean, an online platform that links you to tutoring support.
Find out more at help.tutorocean.com.
Meet the Peer Academic Specialists
Erfan Azadehfar
Program:
Engineering Science
I come from:
Esfahan, Iran
I speak:
English, Farsi
Specialties:
Writing, citations, research, and papers
What drew me to become a Peer Academic Specialist:
I experienced the need to rediscover essential skills for academic triumph, and I am genuinely enthusiastic about imparting these insights to fellow students, empowering them to achieve their aspirations.
I never go to class without:
My water bottle
I never sit down to study without:
My laptop, notebook, colorful pens and nuts.
Best advice I’ve ever received:
Where there is a will, there is a way.
What I wish I’d known on the first day of university:
The irrefutable role of follow-up and connection, interwoven with our lives, is taken for granted.
My academic “a-ha moment”:
Engaging in note-taking during your study sessions significantly enhances your overall productivity and learning outcomes.