2025 LA&PS Winter Welcome
Two days of fun, food, puppies and more! 🎉 🐾 🍜
Mark your calendar and get ready for an unforgettable start to 2025 in the faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies!
Kick off the new year with LA&PS Winter Welcome Days! Connect with friends, get ahead in your studies, make plans to enhance your degree, destress, and have some fun!
- Free food (hello, ramen and Timbits!)
- Therapy dogs to de-stress
- Study, career and wellness supports to start the year strong
- Fun activities like board games, karaoke and more!
Location: Vanier College & Founders College, Courtyard Level
Time: 11-4 p.m. Drop in! See schedule below for specifics.
Location: LA&PS Courtyard (Courtyard level of Vanier College and Founders College)
LET US KNOW YOU’RE COMING!
LA&PS Winter Welcome Day 1
Wednesday January 8th, 11-4 p.m.
| Event | Location | Details |
| Winter Welcome Social | VC001
(LA&PS Community Hub) |
Warm ramen, hot chocolate, New Years’ vision boards, 2025 goal setting with LA&PS peer mentors, crafts and more! 🍜🥠📝 |
| Enhance your Degree Tabling | VC001 | Explore resources and get advice on how to enhance your degree with LA&PS Co-op, Study Abroad, Awards and Bursaries and the Career Centre. 🚀🚀🚀 |
| Games Café
Take on Professors! (12:30-2pm) |
VC010 | Forge new friendships and enjoy epic fun with structured gameplay! Board games and Jackbox games!
Take on your professors—yes, even the College Heads, Associate Deans and Dean JJ McMurtry—in an unforgettable showdown from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM. Triumph never felt so sweet! 🎉🎮🎲 |
| Therapy Dogs
(12-2pm) |
FC024E | Take a stress-relieving break with some cuddly pups! 🐾🐾 |
| Drop-in Advising | VC028 | “Beat the Lines!” with quick advising sessions. 👉📈🚀 |
| Academic Support Fair
(11-2pm) |
FC 034
(LA&PS Study Hub) |
Timbits!! Check out the LA&PS Study Hub located just down the hall from the LA&PS Community Hub! Play “Are You Smarter Than a SNACK Tutor?” And find out what PASS, Writing Centre, Learning Skills, YU Explore, Academic Honesty, and the Nellie Library have to offer your academic success. 📚📝🤓🎓 |
| Commerce Information & Networking Social
(2-4pm) |
FC 034
|
School is better with friends! Connect with peers from your program and get all your program questions answered. |
LA&PS Winter Welcome Day 2:
Thursday January 9th, 11-4pm
| Event | Location | Details |
| Winter Welcome Social | VC001
(LA&PS Community Hub) |
Warm ramen, hot chocolate, New Years’ vision boards, 2025 goal setting with LA&PS peer mentors, crafts, and more! 🍜🥠📝 |
| Stay Well this Winter Tabling | VC001 | Explore resources for maintaining your mental and physical wellness this winter with special guests from SCHW, Public Health Nurses, The Centre, and Athletics & Recreation. Your health comes first! |
| Games Café | VC010 | Featuring board games and Jackbox games for a fun-filled afternoon! 🎉🎮🎲 |
| Therapy Dogs
(12-2pm) |
FC024E | Take a stress-relieving break with some cuddly pups! 💖🐕 |
| Drop-in Counselling
(11:30-3pm) |
VC 028 | Check in with a counsellor and commit to your mental health in 2025! 💆❤️🩹 |
| Academic Support Fair
(11-2pm) |
FC 034 (Study Hub) |
Timbits!! Check out the LA&PS Study Hub located just down the hall from the LA&PS Community Hub! Play “Are You Smarter Than a SNACK Tutor?” And find out what PASS, Writing Centre, Learning Skills, YU Explore, Academic Honesty, and the Nellie Library have to offer your academic success. 📚📝🤓🎓 |
| Economics Information & Networking Social
(2-4pm) |
FC 034
|
School is better with friends! Connect with peers from your program and get all your program questions answered. |
| Karaoke
(2-4pm) |
VC 258
(Fred Thury Studio) |
Shine under the lights of the Fred Thury Studio and cheer on your friends! Learn about Vanier College Productions!🎤👩🎤🎶👨🎤🎤 |
| Study Abroad this Summer! Information Session
(2-3pm) |
Virtual | Register here! |
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