Residence Experience
Enhance Your Experience
There are many ways for you to get involved and enhance your residence experience at Laurier.
- A Residence Learning Community (RLC) is a themed residence community where students share a common interest. Application deadline is June 2.
- Learning Clusters (Brantford) provide students with the opportunity to engage in programming with others who share a common interest. Application deadline is June 2.
- Our First-Year Leadership Programs (FYLP) create opportunities for students living in residence to find their fit.
- Themed Environments (Waterloo) are for students who are interested in living in a community that appeals to a more structured lifestyle preference.
Residence Learning Goals
The Department of Residence will create inclusive communities by facilitating developmental experiences that foster self-authored leadership in first-year students. All developmental efforts will be grounded in residence's five departmental learning goals.
Community Integration and Participation
Find a sense of belonging in community and contribute positively as a caring and accountable community member.
Life Skills
Students will learn and develop the self-management skills necessary to live independently while striving for personal wellness.
Academic Curiosity and Success
Developing the skills necessary to be academically successful while exploring academic interests and corresponding career pathways.
Self-Awareness
Clarify personal identity in relation to one's values and what it means to act in congruence with them. Navigate the connections between self and others and reflect on one's impact on others. Create clarity of purpose while at Laurier and beyond.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigeneity
Develop understanding of self and those different from the self in an equitable, diverse, inclusive and accessible community. By embracing equity, diversity, inclusion and indigeneity, students will engage in learning experiences that increase one's sense of belonging and understanding of the self and larger society.
Residence Affinity Groups
Affinity Groups are a place for students with specific identities to come together in community, share their experiences, and offer a safe space for students who have historically been left out of higher education to form meaningful relationships with one another. The purpose of all Residence Collectives is to provide safe and fun spaces for equity-denied groups to create community with each other.
We will be offering the following three affinity groups this upcoming year:
Recognizing the unique and varied experiences Black students may face, the Residence Black Student Collective aims to foster a sense of belonging for, and facilitate relationship building among Black residents. All of the Residence Collectives recognize and welcome the complex intersecting identities students may bring to this space.
Recognizing that students of colour face varied experiences, the Residence Students of Colour Collective aims to foster a sense of belonging for, and facilitate relationship building among residents of colour. All of the Residence Collectives recognize and welcome the complex intersecting identities students may bring to this space.
Recognizing the varied experiences 2SLGTBQ+ students may face, the Residence Rainbow Collective aims to foster a sense of belonging for, and facilitate relationship building among 2SLGBTQ+ and Questioning residents. All of the Residence Collectives recognize and welcome the complex intersecting identities students may bring to this space.
For more information on how to join one of the Residence Affinity Groups, please visit The Department of Residence’s Instagram account @laurierresidence or speak directly with your Don or Residence Education Advisor.