Under the guidance and supervision of professional staff, Residence Life student-staff members (including Team Leads, Community Advisors and Peer Supports) create learning opportunities within their communities, designed to achieve specific learning outcomes for each learning goal. Some of these learning strategies include:

• Passive Programs
  Informational bulletin board displays in communities that relay information specific to the learning goal, including resources, on-campus partners or services and tips and tricks.
• Active Events
  Monthly events open to students living in a specific community that are designed to be interactive and contribute to community development.
• Community Meetings
  Monthly meetings open to students living in a specific community that are designed to foster conversation around a specific learning goal, provide updates and reminders and give students the opportunity to provide feedback and interact with their peers.
• Community Chats
  Community Chats conversations that occur between a student-staff member and a student, designed to act as a check-in opportunity, a space for feedback and to encourage student-staff members to build rapport with their community members.
• Building-wide initiatives
  Monthly events open to students living in a specific residence building that are designed to create social opportunities for students to interact with other students within their specific building.
• Office Hours
  Regularly scheduled drop-in opportunities offered by specific staff members to allow space for students to ask questions, seek referrals, create peer to peer connections and interact socially with other residence members.
• Living Learning Communities: Living Learning Communities offer students the opportunity to live with peers from the same faculty or program, while engaging in events and activities hosted by their faculty. Living Learning Communities are an excellent way to further develop your sense of belonging at uOttawa, become more connected to your faculty, and extend learning beyond the classroom!

By regularly participating in the above learning strategies, residence students will be able to:

1. Form and maintain relationships for their own personal growth.
2. Contribute to the development of a safe community by demonstrating the importance of the Residence Agreement and Code of Conduct.
3. Effectively communicate with others to manage and resolve conflict as it arises.
4. Express personal beliefs, interests, values, and experiences leading to an empowered development of self and future purpose.
5. Gain an understanding of different identities and lived experiences in order to foster an inclusive environment.
6. Develop academic skills that focus on time management, goal setting and critical thinking.
7. Take accountability for their own academic path by identifying and accessing academic supports and services available to them at the University of Ottawa.
8. Gain familiarity with the 7 Pillars of Wellness and the ways in which they contribute to an overall sense of personal wellbeing.
9. Take accountability for their own well being and needs by identifying and accessing wellness supports and resources available to them at the University of Ottawa.
10. Pursue personal interests that contribute to their own development and growth outside of the classroom.
11. Explore professional and career opportunities by accessing campus services relevant to their interests and academic path.
12. Engage with the world around them with an empathetic lens and a willingness to learn more about others.
13. Develop global and cross cultural skills through training and hands on opportunities.