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Showing Up Alone
70-60 Minutes
Silent Reflection
Clubbing
Guided Discussion
Esther & Sai
Guided Discussion
Silent Reflection
Closing Thoughts and Evaluations
Participants will be able to:
Reflect on their personal transitions to college or university life
Draw conclusions about protagonists and consider connections to their own professional experiences through reflection and discussion
Set intentions to foster connections between students in collaboration with colleagues
This class is designed to offer staff and faculty professional development around student experiences. Participants will watch short films that follow students who are just starting at a new school; one film with a student who comes from a very small town and another featuring two international students. Participants will have the opportunity to consider and discuss ways to support students in making meaningful connections.
PD - Student Experiences
topics covered
Isolation and Loneliness, Social Connections
aom nutrients
Empathy, Creativity
casel sel
Relationship skills
wellness wheel
Academic / Career, Physical, Social, Emotional
identities
College age, Immigrant, Black, East Asian, White, Woman / female
film style
Drama, Comedy
Films Included
Esther & Sai
The night before their first day of nursing school in 1976, two female immigrants to Vancouver face unbearable homesickness.
film style
Drama
identities
College age, Black, East Asian, Immigrant
Clubbing
Facing social isolation and anxiety, a college freshman who has never left her rural town attends a club fair, where she is bombarded with comedic yet overwhelming monologues by each club leader on what it takes to join their clique.
film style
Comedy
identities
College age, White, Woman / female
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