Who Am I?
I am a student leader who lives on every floor in first-year residences.
Who is the Residence Don?
Areas of residence life that the Don's programs are designed to explore, including social transition and personal development.
What are academics, safety, and diversity?
The professional staff member a Don reports directly to.
Who is the Residence Life Coordinator (RLC)?
I am the name of the central staff member or office that the REA liaises with to support international students in residence.
What is the International and Exchange Student Centre (IESC)?
The professional staff member an REA reports directly to.
Who is the Programming Coordinator?
I am a student leader who works to promote academic success and leadership development, and I have the option to live on or off-campus.
Who is the Residence Education Advisor (REA)?
I am the name for the shifts a Don participates in to uphold residence policies and respond to emergencies
What are evening duty and on-call shifts?
The minimum academic average a full-time Western student must maintain to hold the Don position.
What is a 60% average or higher?
In addition to academic success, this is the main learning outcome that the REA's role and programs are designed to support.
What is leadership development (or leadership involvement)?
The REA must maintain this minimum academic average to be eligible for the position.
What is a 65% average or higher?
We are the highly spirited connecting links for students, especially during Move-in Day.
Who are the Sophs?
As a Don, I am described as a friend, resource, mentor, role model, and this type of person on the floor.
What is a community builder?
The Don facilitates this meeting during the first six weeks of the academic year, moving to a bi-weekly schedule thereafter.
What are weekly floor meetings?
In terms of programming, the REA develops initiatives that foster a positive living and learning environment, personal growth, and this.
What is leadership development?
The REA provides this primary support to the Residents' Council Executive, including aspects of finance and programming.
What is principal support (or mentorship/guidance)?
I am the minimum academic average required for a Residence Education Advisor.
What is a 65% average?
Students who live in my specific community share a faculty, identity, or lived experience, and I liaise with the REA to support their academic success.
Who is the Living-Learning Community (LLC) Don?
The Don is responsible for maintaining this area on the floor with academic information, event updates, and initiatives.
What is the communications area (or bulletin board)?
The REA supports student leaders by acting as a resource for academic support and this kind of involvement in residence and on campus.
What is leadership involvement?
The two main areas of student success and development that the REA's role and programs are specifically designed to support.
What are academic success and leadership development?
I am the minimum academic average required for a Don.
What is a 60% average?
I am the Don's direct report
Who is the Residence Life Coordinator
The Don must have a solid understanding of these three key documents, in addition to the Residence Contract.
What are the In-Room Guide, the Move-In Guide, and the Community Development Model (or referral procedure)?
The REA must host an event with these three learning outcomes per phase.
What is leadership, international, and academic
In addition to international students, the REA works with the Programming Coordinator to facilitate this specific type of programming during high-risk times of the year.
What is harm reduction programming?