Student Life

Engage in personal development by building life skills, leadership skills and diversity and intercultural understanding through workshops offered by Student Affairs departments and other campus supports.

Certificates/Workshop Series that appear on the Laurier Experience Record help you gain skills and expand your knowledge on a wide range of topics. Register and complete the certificate/workshop series directly with the host department. Completed programs will automatically appear on your Laurier Experience Record by April.

Dollars & Sense Money Management

The Dollars & Sense Money Management Certificate is designed to enhance your money management skills and confidence. The certificate is based on four foundational components of financial knowledge:

budgeting
credit
investing
financial planning

Available in Brantford and Waterloo.

First Year Leadership Program - Leadership Certificate

The First Year Leadership Program - Leadership Certificate is a certificate program offered to first-year students in Residence/LOCUS. The program prioritizes development in self-awareness, and community integration & participation as core elements of effective leadership. This certificate program is rooted in intentional reflection, where participants engage in four experiential workshops and submit reflections upon completion of each workshop.

By participating in this series of workshops, you will seek to understand your personal values, how those values define you as a person and leader, how your values guide your choices, and how choices define your leadership philosophy.

Available in Brantford and Waterloo.

Intercultural Certificate

The Intercultural Certificate, run by Laurier International, provides modules covering cultural dynamics, privilege, cultural manifestations in everyday life, personal filters as a result of culture and intercultural awareness and communication.

The certificate requires you to attend all eight sessions. Each module is 80 minutes in length, totalling ten hours of learning to complete this certificate.

Introduction to Concepts of Culture
Continues Exploration of Culture
Introduction to Exploring One's Own Culture
Exploring Difference
Introduction to Intercultural Communication
Culture, Conflict and Confusion
Introduction to Cultural Adaptation
Lifelong Intercultural Learning

Available in Brantford and Waterloo.

Penny Drops' Personal Finance Workshop Series

This workshop series provides Laurier students with the basic financial tools needed to successfully manage their money in their student and post-grad lives. Created in collaboration with the Credit Counselling Society, this workshop series provides accurate and reliable financial information to allow students to make their own informed decisions. Throughout this program, participants will get the chance to learn about budgeting, investing, taxes and the inner workings of the banking system.

Available in Waterloo

MyPD Advanced Professional Development (Academic Stream)

Residence Staff are leaders, mentors, and role models in Residence. Dons and Residence Education Advisors (REAs) create and support Residence communities and provide an atmosphere for students to prioritize their academic success and personal growth. By completing the Academic Stream of professional development, student staff are challenged to expand their understanding and competence surrounding academic success strategies within their professional development journey. This stream supports both the student staff’s academic journey, but also builds their toolbox for supporting students and their academic paths. Overall, student staff who complete the academic stream will gain greater knowledge and understanding of their role as a member of the Department of Residence, further understand ways to achieve success, and explore ways to ensure personal wellness in their role.

Available in Brantford and Waterloo

MyPD Advanced Professional Development (Aspiring Student Affairs Stream)

Available in Brantford and Waterloo

MyPD Advanced Professional Development (Competency Stream)

Residence Staff are leaders, mentors, and role models in Residence. Dons and Residence Education Advisors (REAs) create and support Residence communities and provide an atmosphere for students to prioritize their academic success and personal growth. By completing the Competency Stream of professional development, student staff are challenged to expand their understanding and competence to grow and support their students as well as their own development. Staff are provided with the opportunity to specialize in one of the following competencies while exploring their professional development: Assessment, Evaluation and Story Telling; Empathy and Emotional Intelligence; Ethics, Community Standards, and Response; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity; Human, Technology, and Organizational Resources; Leadership; and Student and Community Development. Overall, student staff who complete a competency stream will gain greater knowledge and understanding of their role as a member of the Department of Residence, further understand ways to achieve success in the six performance domains, and explore ways to ensure personal wellness in their role.

Available in Brantford and Waterloo