How To Succeed At University Canadian Edition

This self-help guide takes students from the challenges of first year through to their successful graduation from university. It contains essentially all of the information that a student needs for success. It covers everything from attending lectures and taking effective notes to preparing for and writing tests and exams. It is packed full of valuable advice and step-by-step approaches that will help every student attain the best marks possible. It guides students through issues like effective listening, writing reports and essays, and tackling different types of test questions. It gives advice on how to avoid problems and when they are unavoidable, how to deal with them effectively. Written by a professor with experience teaching at several universities and an MSc graduate who was awarded multiple scholarships, there is insight and guidance in this volume that cannot be matched. In addition to the University calendar and required textbooks, this is the only complete guide a student will need to reach his or her full potential and to graduate with a degree of which they can be proud.

Going to university is exciting, but it can also be stressful. What courses should I take? What program should I choose? Will I get a job after graduation? This book shows that the best preparation for success on the job, and in life, is succeeding at university. Teamwork, meeting deadlines, overcoming challenges, writing well, and dealing with people are essential in any professional job. These same skills are also vital to becoming a strong student. This practical guide shows you how to master the critical skills and strategies for success at school, work, and in life.

Since the full volume was first published, the Canadian edition of Keys to Success has set the standard for helping students understand how to be successful in College, Career, and Life. This new Core Concepts edition offers instructors and students a briefer version of the full volume, building on the book's established strengths, while adding new In-Class features. Students will hone their ability to think analytically, creatively, and practically; understand and work effectively with their learning styles; and learn the core skills they need to succeed in college and the world of work.

This incisive and luminescent story, scrupulously grounded in sixteenth-century sources, illuminates the power that "naming" has to create a world - in this case a world still haunted by being the accidental Indies. It is a book about how we perceive and represent the world around us, about the creative and destructive power of language. Through its elaboration of the rich and lively ironies of the Columbus story, The Accidental Indies looks at the nature of storytelling itself.

Choosing to go to university is a tough decision that can affect the rest of your life. This guide will help you make these decisions by addressing each step along the way. Detailed, up-to-date profiles of the universities are provided, as well as exercises to help you pinpoint your goals and interests. Includes: -- The benefits of having a degree -- Achieving excellent study habits and keeping motivated -- Choosing the university to best suit your needs -- Opportunities for distance education -- Obtaining admission requirements and application forms -- Using the Internet to get information about Canadian universities

In recent decades, the Canadian post-secondary education system has evolved to become more inclusive, now welcoming groups historically excluded from its many opportunities. Inviting the reader to explore the consequences of a rapidly changing student population, Serving Diverse Students in Canadian Higher Education presents new thinking about how education in general, and student services in particular, should be designed and delivered. A follow-up to Donna Hardy Cox and C. Carney Strange’s Achieving Student Success (2010), this volume focuses on the best programs and practices in Canadian colleges and universities to improve the educational experiences of students who are Indigenous, people of colour, francophone, LGBTQQ, disabled, and adult learners, as well as international and first-generation students. Presenting findings obtained from both personal insight and relevant research, higher education practitioners and scholars from across the country detail the characteristics, concerns, and specific needs of each diverse group, to conclude that the success of these new students and the future of Canadian society depends on its post-secondary institutions’ capacities to acknowledge students’ differences, capitalize on their gifts, and accommodate them accordingly. Exploring the enriching breadth of university communities, Serving Diverse Students in Canadian Higher Education focuses on a new paradigm of individual differences and student success.