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Aug 26, 2023
Serving Children and Youth
Our weekly student volunteers provide mentorship and tutoring for underserved children and youth throughout Hamilton.
Aug 26, 2023
A Different Kind of Success
By Divya Tamilselvan, student Something you don’t normally find at university: a service that is devoted to helping students become who they are and learn about their true motivations, values ...
Aug 26, 2023
Finding My Place
By Rose Leishman, student Student Open Circles (SOC) has been an integral component to my university experience and impacted me in multiple ways. It provides an incredible community space. Coming ...
Aug 14, 2023
Get our Crowd-sourced Recipe Book!
Enjoy recipes from around the world and support Student Open Circles with our 20 th anniversary downloadable recipe book! It’s often said that the Student Open Circles community is like ...
Jun 10, 2023
Newsletter: June 2023
This is an exciting, scary, sad, and hopeful time of year for students who are graduating. Many tell us how much it’s meant to them to have the safe space ...
Jun 10, 2023
Tools to Brave the Wilderness
By Vivian Li, student leader When in-person school reopened in 2021, I was still two years away from graduation. Although at the time I had already been at McMaster for ...
Jun 10, 2023
Story in Pictures
A comic-strip depiction of our end-of-term bonfire event...
Jun 10, 2023
Building Success for Underserved Youth
By Matthew Markou, student leader Volunteering with Student Open Circles has been a truly rewarding experience. I was placed with Pathways to Education, a program that boosts graduation rates in ...
May 06, 2023
Planetarium Show and Info Session
Monday May 15, 5:30-6:30pm, with a reception following W.J. McCallion Planetarium at McMaster University Enjoy a tour of the Universe, hear stories from students about how their involvement in Student ...
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Mar 11, 2023
Newsletter: March 2023
What does a snickerdoodle, fuzzy blanket, fragrant garden, sailing crew, and harmonizing chorus have in common? According to Elizabeth, one of our student leaders, they all relate to cherished values ...