Student Support Services offers Residence students different workshops twice weekly throughout the academic year within the Residence facility. These workshops are designed to offer support and to assist resident students academically and socially.

In order to be available to as many Residence students as possible, workshops are often planned for the early evening and held right in the Residence lobby. Some events take place in Residence meeting rooms, the courtyard and some are held off-campus. All are free of charge.

The Educational Outreach Programmer works with various Student Support Services Departments to provide a wide and interesting range of events and workshops.

Events Calendar

The AIDS Quilt and Awareness

Monday, December 1st from 2:00PM to 8:00PM – Mailbox Lobby/Residence Outreach

In June of 1987, a small group of strangers gathered in a San Francisco storefront to document the lives they feared history would neglect. Their goal was to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS, and to thereby help people understand the devastating impact of the disease. This meeting of devoted friends and lovers served as the foundation of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Today the Quilt is a powerful visual reminder of the AIDS pandemic. More than 44,000 individual 3-by-6-foot memorial panels -- most commemorating the life of someone who has died of AIDS -- have been sewn together by friends, lovers and family members.

At the Algonquin College Residence we will be making our own AIDS quilt panels to put together as an awareness memorial for the AIDS movement. Documentaries and information will be available.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS with ASHLEY & KIM: Holiday Cards & Love Actually

Monday, December 1st from 5:00PM to 7:00PM – Residence Lobby

Join your favourite Talk Show hosts, Ashley & Kim, once again for their Holiday segment of the show to make some designer Holiday Cards while watching the holiday flick, Love Actually.

STRESS RELIEF NIGHT with ARC WELLNESS COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 3rd

Watch for more details about this awesome stress relief night with the ARC Wellness Committee peeps!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS with ASHLEY & KIM: Snacky-Snacks & Elf

Tuesday, December 9th from 7:00PM to 9:00PM in the Residence Lobby

Ashley and Kim are visiting Residence once again for the Holidays edition of their famous talk show. Join them in the Residence Life for a VIP screening of the Will Ferrell favourite Elf and enjoy some FREE snacks!

Staying Successful: Avoid the Gambling, Internet Safety, etc.

Wednesday, December 10th from 5:30 to 6:30PM in the Residence Front Lobby

The Youth Gambling Awareness Campaign from the YMCA will be present in the Residence Front Lobby to hand out tips on how to stay successful and avoid gambling problems and other addictions.