What are your goals for 2021? Whether you want to improve your grades, develop new work habits, gain experience, find a job or build more of a sense of community, Goals Month features a bit of everything to support your goal-setting and go-getting. Each week will feature a different theme to help you get career ready, understand your financial personality, build a culture of inclusion, develop academic skills and more. Let’s take action on our goals together.
Career Week (January 11–15)
Explore more workshops throughout the term on OSCARplus > Student Success Centre > Events.
Available Tuesdays–Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Financial Wellness Week (January 18–22)
Available Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., as part of virtual career drop-ins.
Do you know someone who deserves something special? DM us on Instagram (@MacSSC). Let us know why your person deserves a treat, and we’ll choose people to send $5 Starbucks gift cards.
More information is coming soon!
Mac’s Money Centre
Mac’s Money Centre is your go-to place for money tips and resources.
Investing with Michelle Hung
Watch this five-part webinar series to learn all you need to know to start investing. Plus, read the article — All about investing: Q&A with finance expert Michelle Hung (@TheSassyInvestor).
Money personality game
Are you curious about what your money personality is? Play this game to find out and learn how your spending habits contribute to your financial wellness. Email money@mcmaster.ca or attend the online webinar, Get to Know Your Money Personality (January 18), to get your access code to play.
Budgeting for a global opportunity
Are you trying to save for an exchange or trip abroad once it’s safe to travel again? Download this budget template to help you keep your spending in check and hold yourself accountable. Your global goals are attainable!
Mac’s Money Show
Watch these videos to learn how money plays a role in your daily life. Episodes include:
Culture of Inclusion (January 18–29)
Together, we can work toward a more inclusive culture and community.
Culture of Inclusion is a campaign led by the SSC’s Career Access Professional Services (CAPS) to support inclusive employment for all McMaster students and alumni (up to 10 years after graduation). Through diverse online events and resource sharing, the goal is to create a welcoming virtual environment to celebrate diversity in employment, share opportunities and have meaningful conversations about inclusion.
Career Access Professional Services (CAPS) are for students and alumni who identify as a member of an equity-seeking group or have barriers to employment. The CAPS team provides individualized support to assist with all aspects of career development including exploration, preparation and the building of skills and confidence.
Our services are flexible and adaptable. Whether you’d like to chat over the phone or online through Zoom, Skype, email or another platform that works for you, we’re here to help. Email us (careeraccess@mcmaster.ca) or book an appointment on OSCARplus > Student Success Centre > Appointments > Careers.
If you have an accommodation need to book an appointment, please email
careeraccess@mcmaster.ca. Should you require any materials sent in an alternate/accessible format, please advise.
Career Access Professional Services (CAPS) tip sheets
Community and employer partner resources
Discover Ability, Ontario Chamber of Commerce:
Specialisterne:
Community Living: Ready, Willing and Able:
Disability Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO):
Hamilton Civic Centre for Inclusion (HCCI):
Ontario Public Service Commission:
Lime Connect:
Auticon Canada Ltd.:
Additional organizations
Academic Skills Week (January 25–29)
Need more incentive to meet your academic goals?
For each Academic Skills Wednesday Workshop you attend virtually in Winter 2021, your name will be entered into a draw to win a $200 gift card. The draw will take place on April 12, and the winner will be contacted. (Applicable workshops are marked with an asterisk.)
What does comfort mean to you? Share your creative response for a chance to win.
The Academic Skills Writing Contest is open from January 18 to February 5. Enter for a chance to win a Campus Store gift card worth up to $150!
Academic coaching
Meet with an academic coach to develop the academic skills you need to succeed. Feel free to tell them about your specific academic goals, and they’ll be sure to help any way they can.
Writing support
The Writing Centre is your go-to resource for one-on-one writing support. Our certified writing advisors are trained graduate and upper-year undergraduate students who can help you gain confidence in your writing and identify areas where you can improve.
Peer tutoring
Get course-specific support from someone who understands. At the Undergrad Peer Tutoring Network (UPTN), tutors are McMaster undergraduate students who have completed and earned at least an A- or a 10 grade in the course(s) they are tutoring. Sessions are $18 per hour.
Online Learning Support web page
This page is the place to find information, guidance, tips, tools and resources to support your academic performance online.
Academic tip sheets
Explore all our academic skills resources and tip sheets on the McMaster University Library’s Research Guides database (LibGuides).
Academic Skills Animated Series
Research and Writing Week (February 1–5)
- Time Management and Procrastination (February 2)
- Getting Started with Research-Based Writing (February 3)
- Researching with Primary Sources (February 4)
Registration links are coming soon.
You can become a better writer; the advisors at the Writing Centre can help.
The Writing Centre is your go-to resource for one-on-one writing support. Our certified writing advisors are trained graduate and upper-year undergraduate students who can help you gain confidence in your writing and identify areas where you can improve.
More information is coming soon.
