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Aug 26, 2023
Small Fish, Big Pond
by Julia Harper, student My involvement with Open Circle has been one of the highlights of my undergrad journey so far. Many will remember the feeling of being a small ...
Aug 26, 2023
Serving Children and Youth
Our weekly student volunteers provide mentorship and tutoring for underserved children and youth throughout Hamilton. Above: online tutoring for recent immigrant youth at YMCA. Bottom-left: childcare at a local women’s ...
Aug 26, 2023
A Different Kind of Success
Divya (centre) with Marybeth, Julia, and others during our streetwalk training By Divya Tamilselvan, student Something you don’t normally find at university: a service that is devoted to helping students ...
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
When it rained on our end-of-term bonfire event, we moved inside and… New Beginnings Bonfire in May Story in pictures continued…
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 ...