I work with current and future Canadian university students and their families as they get ready for uni! Planning & decision-making, scholarships & academic skills. Check out a sample of some previous Wednesday Wisdom emails below and sign up to get the next edition straight to your inbox!
New resources, a caring gift & thinking about September (already!)
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Happy Wednesday, study buddies! I hope you're all enjoying your summer, whether it started back in May or if you're just starting it now. Summer is a great time to catch up on some of your less academic goals: building your resume, earning money, preparing scholarship applications, and catching up on rest and social time. Thinking about September...If you'll be starting university or college in September, or if you're a returning student, make sure you don't miss the Virtual Summit for Students, running from August 3-6. The Virtual Summit is a 5-day experience for college & university students who want feel prepared: academically, personally, and practically. Through expert-led sessions on academic skills, well-being, career planning, and essential life skills, students will leave with greater clarity, stronger systems, and significantly less stress about their studies. These sessions will help you not just survive university, but thrive in your first year and beyond! Designed for current & future college & university students.
Helpful Career ResourceDo you want helpful career info straight to your inbox once a month? Sign up for career counsellor Carli Fink's newsletter Pathways & Paycheques. Each week she shares career planning resources, busts a career myth, and does a deep dive on a career topic. This newsletter will prompt you to make sure you're thinking about the larger plan for your career once a month, and share the resources to do so!
A Caring GiftMental health awareness doesn't stop after May, and neither should we. I'm excited to share The Pause Project by I Deserve, a thoughtfully curated wellness box designed to help people slow down, breathe, and take care of themselves. Every Pause Box is filled with products sourced exclusively from local Canadian businesses, because supporting our communities and supporting mental health go hand in hand. A portion of proceeds from The Pause Project are donated to the Canadian Mental Health Association, so every purchase makes a direct impact. If you or someone you know could use a little pause, this one's for them.
Let me know how you're "studenting" this summer! Hit reply - I'd love to hear from you. Best, Colleen Stevenson Academic Coach & Founder Choose Your Uni |
Colleen | ChooseYourUni.ca
I work with current and future Canadian university students and their families as they get ready for uni! Planning & decision-making, scholarships & academic skills. Check out a sample of some previous Wednesday Wisdom emails below and sign up to get the next edition straight to your inbox!
It's the penultimate day of the virtual summit! But if you didn't sign up yet, you didn't miss out. There are still four live sessions and a handful of recordings that will get added. Sign up now to watch these upcoming live sessions (and more!): Aug 5, 6pm: How to find and apply for more scholarships - Colleen Stevenson Aug 6, 12pm eastern: How to use connections to create opportunity - Hannah Schwartz Aug 6, 3pm: Time & Priority Management for Students - Colleen Stevenson And you'll also...
Happy Wednesday, everyone! University Launch is... launched! I am SO EXCITED to share with you that University Launch 2026: A Virtual Readiness Summit is now live! University Launch 2026 is a 5-day virtual summit for students who are starting university this fall and want to start feeling ready: academically, personally, and practically. Through expert-led sessions on academic skills, well-being, career planning, and essential life skills, students will leave with greater clarity, stronger...
Wednesday Wisdom One of the most important (and least taught) university skills is self-advocacy—knowing what you need in order to learn well, and being able to communicate that clearly. This becomes important when you're trying to set up your ideal learning environment. Many students assume that struggling in a lecture hall, study space, or group project means they’re “not cut out” for university. In reality, the issue is often the environment, not the student. Universities are set up for...