The Learning Centre

We invite teachers to make use of the many services in place to help students.

• Student Referrals

  Are there struggling students who you believe could benefit from assistance from The Learning Centre? If so, fill out the referral form. The Learning Centre will contact the student and request that they make an appointment with a staff member.

• The Learning Centre Workshops

  The Learning Centre has developed interactive workshops on a variety of topics. The workshops can be as brief as 15 minutes, or take as long as an hour. It is possible to custom-tailor elements of any workshop to better suit your specific class or discipline; we invite you to talk with us about it or request a workshop online.

• Avoiding Plagiarism / Referencing

  This focuses on the definition and consequences of plagiarism. Students are taught the skills needed to avoid plagiarism, such as how to paraphrase, quote and properly reference their sources. It is available for APA and for MLA documentation.

• Essay-Writing

  This shows students a step-by-step approach to writing a college-level essay. It includes discussion and exercises on creating topics, writing effective thesis statements, essay-outlining and essay structure. It can focus on different essay types.

• Literary

  These help introduce students to the concept of literary analysis. Students learn about several literary techniques and how to analyze them to understand a piece of literature. There are also workshops available for helping students analyze poetry and take notes on literature.

• Time Management & Study Skills

  This addresses important study skills students should be adopting during their time at college. It can include discussion on time management, note-taking, preparing and studying for exams and giving oral presentations.
• Tipsheets on reading, writing, study skills, exam-taking, etc. Hard copies of these tipsheets are also available in The Learning Centre.
• Various guides for students, including the Vanier Student Writing guide, an English Exit Exam preparation guide, and an online tutorial for ESL students.
• Referral to The Learning Centre for individual assistance in reading, writing, study skills, etc. Please refer to our tutoring guidelines for an introduction to how The Learning Centre works with students.
• Referral of potential tutors and tutees to the English Peer Tutoring Program. Please note that this service is intended to help the tutees work on certain skills, and that the tutors are not permitted to help with any homework assignments.
• Services for students with learning disabilities. For information on learning disabilities, please read this definition from the Learning Disabilties Association of Canada site.
• Custom tailored workshops that you can use in your classes, as well as in-class demonstration sessions on skills such as oral presentations, time management, essay-writing, etc.

We invite teachers to collaborate with us on enrichment activities for their students: for example, the public speaking contest and the academic and creative writing contests. We would be happy to customize activities to a particular program or class.

Contact Information

• For information on workshops, please contact Joanne Ellis by phone at (514) 744-7500, ext. 7891 or by email at ellisj@vaniercollege.qc.ca.
• For questions of a general nature, please contact Judy Macdonald by phone at (514) 744-7500, ext. 7903, or by email at macdonaj@vaniercollege.qc.ca.
• Please visit our Contact Us page if you would like more information on a particular service or program.

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