ThriveBCIT

Was your last academic term challenging? Want to feel and do better but don’t know where to start? Join ThriveBCIT, a 5-week program for students to build resilience, discover holistic learning strategies, and find purpose.

Develop a growth mindset, self-compassion, and grit, along with learning strategy essentials like time management and effective studying.

You can register for one, two, or all of the sessions! There are no requirements for you to attend a session. All identities and parts of self are welcome and honoured. Participants will receive a certificate of completion.

The Winter 2023 sessions are now complete. Stay tuned for new program dates in Fall 2023!

Sessions of the program

Enjoying a meaningful journey is not based on your starting point or final goal, but it is about fully living each moment and experience between those two points. Therefore, this session will help you develop the skill of building new habits to take care of the different aspects of your life; and present ten tips and tools to improve your learning skills to excel academically.

In-person
Online

Too often, people sacrifice sleep in order to get more done, but working at maximum effort is difficult if not impossible to sustain. The ThriveBCIT’s approach to time management helps you intentionally plan to preserve time for social connection, nourishing activities, and rest. You’ll also learn tips for a better night’s sleep, which will decrease stress, increase concentration, and help your body recover from the day’s activities.

In-person
Online

Cultivating the ability to overcome setbacks, losses, and hurdles is equally important in our personal lives and achievement. Developing your own model of resilience will allow you to tap into your strengths in one context in order to increase perseverance in another. To bolster your academic tenacity, skills such as active listening, holistic note-taking, and cultivating concentration will be covered.

In-person
Online

How you see yourself, the world around you, and your philosophy may change your perception of everything in your life. In this session, you will learn how to cultivate a growth mindset, flow for your optimal performance, and coping strategies to help reset your brain to deal with what’s ahead. These tools, along with skills for effective studying and test-taking, will help you feel calmer and more confident in your midterm and exam experiences.

In-person
Online

Many still live with the idea that they may need to reach perfection, which can set unrealistic standards. Learning to connect with compassion to ourselves and to others will help increase resilience and positive emotions. This session will remind you about the importance of being own best friend, and how to transfer these relationship building skills to improving collaborative group work, a frequently called-upon skill in your academics and professional pursuits.

In-person
Online

Stay tuned for new program dates in Fall 2023!

For more information, please contact student_life@bcit.ca.

The following content and program are entirely based on Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU, previously Ryerson University’s) “Thriving in Action” curriculum. We want to thank Dr. Diana Brecher, C. Psych and Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer, Learning Strategist, for sharing their work with us so generously. All the content originated at TMU. For more information, visit torontomu.ca/thriveru

ThriveBCIT

Sessions of the program

A meaningful journey

Sleep and mindful time management

Perseverance and persistence

Practicing present-ness & activating agency

Compassion and connections

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