
UVic Learn Anywhere
Virtual Centre for Student Learning
The Centre for Academic Communications
Learning Strategies Program
Goal setting, time management, exam preparation and more!
About us
We are here to support your academic success by building a toolbox of skills that can be used throughout your academic career.
Strategies for success include:
- managing course expectations and course learning objectives
- handling reading load and organizing course materials
- motivating self through goal setting and time-management planning
- offering stress reduction and self-compassion activities
- improving concentration through focus, retention, and recall
- preparing for test taking and reflecting/reassessing after an exam
Book an appointment
Meet with our team in person or virtually to discuss your learning needs. Our service provides free 25 or 50 appointments with coaches based on week-to-week availability.
In person
McPherson Library office 135M, at the end of the Learning Commons hallway.
Online
Zoom: you will receive an automated email prior to your appointment with a link for your meeting.
Hours of service
Monday – Friday: 10am to 5:30pm
Saturdays: 10am to 4:30pm
Sundays: 10am to 3:30pm
Fall Term: September 19 to December 11, 2022
Winter Term: January 16 to April 16, 2023
Self lead resources
Book an appointment now!
Book online and select the type of appointment you prefer. If you are a first-time user, you will need to register for an account to create a user ID (UVic email address) and password before logging in.
Interested in more tailored learning support for an accommodation?
Visit CAL’s Learning Assistance Program
Need assistance?
Contact us if you have any questions about the program or ways in which we can help you.
Meet the Team
The Learning Strategist team, through the division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation (LTSI), is here to assist you with your online learning needs.

Emily Arvay, PhD
CAC Coordinator and Learning Strategist
Biography
Emily enjoys working with a diverse range of undergraduate and graduate students. Her educational background specializes in English Literature (PhD, University of Victoria) and Creative Writing (MA, University of Toronto). Emily worked as a Student Academic Advisor in Scotland providing students placed on academic probation with strategies aimed at enhancing student success. Emily has both taught and assisted in the UVic English department (ENG 135, 147) and has worked as a Learning Strategist for the Centre for Accessible Learning. Her teaching practice centres on strength-based and self-regulated approaches to learning: helping students draw on their own strengths to excel in their upcoming academic presentations, papers, and assignments.

Brodie Drake, MA Candidate
Learning Strategist
Biography
Brodie grew up in Ottawa, or the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people. As a certified teacher, he has worked with young people and families in a wide variety of contexts including outdoor experiential education, school-based support, substance use counselling, and inpatient mental health. If he is not working or studying, you can find him playing disc golf, and mostly likely, contemplating how he can apply SRL theory to improve his game (much to the chagrin of his disc golf partner!).

Hannah Palmejar, MEd Candidate
Learning Strategist
Biography
Hannah was born and raised in Surigao City, Philippines. She is currently in Victoria, working on her Master in Education International Cohort degree. She is passionate about teaching and has been teaching in a state college in the Philippines for 15 years. Her free time is spent with her family exploring and integrating in the Canadian way of life.
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