Stress
- Are you having trouble concentrating or managing your thoughts?
- Are you always tired or often have trouble sleeping at night?
- Do you suffer from frequent headaches, stomach upset or back pain that is not related to a specific medical issue?
Learn how services on campus can help you better manage your stress.
Time
- Do you have enough free time?
- Do you feel overwhelmed? Do you forget to eat? Are you getting enough sleep?
- Do you forget test dates or assignment deadlines?
- Are you in the habit of postponing work on your assignments and always finding something “better” to do?
Book a meeting with a mentor and learn techniques to help you better manage your time to be more productive, improve your concentration and even benefit from taking time off!
Academic Writing
The Academic Writing Help Centre (AWHC) is your number one resource at uOttawa for everything to do with writing assignments. Book a meeting with a writing mentor to discuss the writing process, structure and grammar.
References and bibliography
Plagiarism, whether intentional or not, can have serious consequences. To avoid plagiarism, always cite your sources and list them in your bibliography according to the format specified for your assignment. The referencing format most often used at the Faculty of Social Sciences is the APA style (style and Grammar Guidelines), but other referencing formats exist, so be sure to check your assignment instructions and course syllabus.
Group assignments
Working as a group can improve the quality of your ideas; it can be hard to come up with a variety of opinions when you work alone. Even though group assignments can present their own challenges at times, they give the group members a chance to express new ideas and move in the right direction.
Motivation
- Do you find it hard to start your assignments?
- Do you have trouble reaching the goals you have set?
- Are you unhappy with your grades but can’t seem to improve them?
The Mentoring Centre has tools to help you stay motivated.
Exams
- Do you get anxious or stressed before or during exams?
In addition to strategies to help you manage stress throughout the term, the Mentoring Centre provides useful tips and tricks on preparing for exams to help get you confidently through this trying time and, hopefully, help you ace those tests!
Helpful Resources
Need to talk? Need support? Here are a few resources to help you
- Counselling and Therapy Service
- Student Health and Wellness Centre
- Pride Centre
- Feminist Ressource Centre
- Peer Help Centre