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Learning Well in Second Year

Learning Well in Second Year will be offered in-person in Fall 2025. Enroll on Folio.

Learning Well in Second Year is an in-person, 4-week learning program to help you get off to a good start in your second year.

This program will help you:

  • Create space in your busy schedule to pause for reflection, growth, and support.
  • Connect with other second-year students looking to build their academic resilience.
  • Discover and practice sustainable strategies to learn well, do well, and be well.

Additional opportunities include Learning Well in First Year and the Learning How to Learn workshops, and Learning Well for Grads.

Open to second-year, UTSG undergraduate students (or students who have attended U of T for at least one year).

Learning Well in Second Year Sessions

Attend weekly sessions led by learning strategists, where you will be invited to:

  • Reflect on and share your academic challenges and successes.
  • Connect with a warm community of students for structure and accountability.
  • Apply new learning strategies, productivity habits, and well-being practices.
  • Access personalized support so you can implement your academic action plan for success.

Location: Student Commons, 230 College St. (rooms 556/558)

Fall 2025 schedule (all sessions in-person)

  • Monday, September 15, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
  • Monday, September 22, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
  • Monday, September 29, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
  • Monday, October 6, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

Register for Learning Well in Second Year

  1. Log in to Folio and go to the Learning Well in Second Year Workflow.
  2. Go to the end of the page and select the “enroll” button.

What happens next?

  • As you enroll in the program, you will be asked to complete two program surveys so we can understand your academic and well-being goals.
  • You will be registered in each individual session of the program so that you receive weekly reminders.

Need to cancel or modify?

You can manage your registration anytime through the Learning Well in Second Year Workflow on Folio.

We are also hosting an optional but recommended, virtual Open House for Learning Well in Second Year on Monday, September 8 from 5 – 6 p.m. where you can get a sense of the program, ask any questions and meet the facilitators.

If you’d like to set up a meeting with one of the program facilitators before the program begins, you can email Yaseen Ali (yaseen.ali@utoronto.ca) or Taif Zuhair (taif.zuhair@utoronto.ca) to connect.