January 2020

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January 2020. VOL 24 ISSUE 03

LET’S GET STARTED! Start your new year off right with the CCSAI! Take a look inside for tips on conquering weight loss and writer’s block, and check out some exciting new developments on campus!

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Index Welcome to COLLEGE CORNER, the new spot for updates on campus!

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Story Arts Centre is home to a novel new idea NovelBranch! Read all about the new library system.

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Tragedy struck on campus over the holidays last semester. See how our community is coping with this tragic loss.

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Ever wondered how the Centennial Student Centre came to be? Take a trip to the past to discover how this happened!

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Looking to trim down this new year? A personal trainer gives you tips and tricks on how to lose weight in a healthy, sustainable way!

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Suffering from the dreaded Writer’s Block? Here are some tips on getting through it and preventing it in the first place!

MASTHEAD Editor-In-Chief Geoffrey Mosher

6-7 It’s a new year at Centennial and we were honoured to welcome a brand new cohort at Experience Centennial! Take a look at our gallery for more!

Graphic Designers Mary Assenza Jaime Muñoz

Contributors Michelle De Berardinis Marilou Gannapao Victoria Redden Ron Simeon

Get your quick fix: CALENDAR PAGE5

PROFILES PAGE 12-13

HISTORY PAGE 11

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QUESTIONS/ CONCERNS? Geoffrey Mosher Communications CCSAI 416-289-5000 Ext. 8713 gmosher@centennialcollege.ca

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Letter from the

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Welcome to the winter semester! I hope the beginning of your year is going well and for any students experiencing winter for the first time, that you are making the most of it! We have lots of great events coming up including our WinterFest at Progress if you want to experience some seasonal fun.

Visit ccsai.ca/events for all the details.

We have a number of other ways to get involved as well. If you are interested in clubs, we just had our clubs open houses across the college and Jan. 31 is the deadline to start a new club. You can find the application and a list of existing clubs on our website ccsai.ca/clubs.

Thank you for all your feedback on the changes to the Board of Directors. The changes were approved at our special general meeting in January. We have created a more streamlined board. The board now has six elected positions; the president, and five campus vice presidents. Our election nomination period opens Jan. 27 so visit ccsai.ca/elections for more information and to find out how you can make a difference.

We have some big news with our campus spaces as well. The Story Arts Centre student lounge and office are getting a full update and we are getting ready to debut a new space at Downsview Campus. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for all the details and updates!

Your feedback and suggestions are always appreciated so please feel free to reach out. You can connect with your campus representative by dropping by your local campus CCSAI office, or find their contact information on ccsai.ca/our-team/board-of-directors/.

Karamjeet Singh, President CCSAI KARAMJEETSINGH@CENTENNIALCOLLEGE.CA 416-289-5000 EXT. 2324

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On January 2nd and 3rd, 2020, we welcomed a brand-new group of Centennial Students! The perfect way to start the new year, and new decade!

We welcomed students to explore all the services, resources and opportunities available to them on campus. We had a great time playing some Rivalry Games and engaging in some ice breakers to get to know you!

Take a look at some of the great events held campus-wide! And for our new students, We hope you got the most out of Experience Centennial!

Photos courtesy Mary Assenza.

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Your college. Your news.

This is a new segment to bring you quick updates about exciting things happening at the CCSAI, Centennial College, on campus and around post-secondary education.

Food Accessibility Healthy food accessibility and affordability have become some of the biggest issues raised this semester. With the changes to OSAP and everything seemingly getting more expensive, student budgets are getting squeezed more and more every day.

We have been working with Toronto FoodShare distributing Good Food Boxes through the Progress Campus Student Centre for years but we wanted to do more.

This semester we have also been teaming up with Colts and CALCS to distribute free healthy food at pop-ups across the college. We have received a lot of positive feedback about the initiative and demand has been high. We are looking to continue these pop-ups throughout the semester.

Another additional support that we have been working on for a while is a campus food bank at Progress. While we have partnered with organizations in the past on food drives, we wanted to make a permanent service that could provide non-perishable food items to students in need on campus. Continue to follow us for announcements and more details as they become available.

Transforming the Future It’s almost that time of the semester again!

Every year we pledge up to $100,000 to support projects that will transform the future of Centennial College. We will be opening applications in the next few weeks. All you have to do is put together a proposal for an initiative that you feel will make a difference for years to come. The opportunity is open to all Centennial College students, faculty, and staff.

Last year we installed secure charging stations at all campuses, new furniture in common spaces, nap pods, Trug Gardens at Progress, and much more.

Do you have an idea that you think will have a positive impact at Centennial? Simply visit ccsai.ca/services/ttf/ for more information and for the application package when it becomes available.

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Toys for Tots!

Students have all kinds of different lives and often need many different kinds of supports. Students who are also parents can occasionally find themselves needing to bring their children along with them to campus and the library.

When the children get bored or need something to keep them entertained it can sometimes be hard to make sure they have access to a variety of fun and engaging materials.

Centennial Libraries has come up with a great solution, Busy Boxes! These are containers filled with age-appropriate activities materials and toys including; crayons, stickers and craft materials, a variety of toys, blocks and building items.

They are available at every Centennial campus library. All you have to do is ask at the circulation desk.

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NovelBranch arrives at SAC!

By Victoria Redden

The Story Arts Centre has installed a new kind of tech, and it’s the first college in Ontario to do so!

Another student, Cheska Lim, also said that he hadn’t tried it out yet, but that he thought it “looked cool”. While the new piece of machinery may seem intimidating, it is extremely simple to use, as long as one has a Centennial student card.

Sitting just outside the southern doors of the cafeteria, the NovelBranch somewhat resembles the vending machines inside.

But rather than snacks, this kiosk dispenses books to borrow.

The NovelBranch operates by using radio frequency identification (RFID) sensors. When someone uses their Centennial card to open the door and remove the required materials, after the door closes the scanners are able to detect which materials were removed, and track which student rented them. A receipt is printed which indicates the due date, and once the student is finished with the material they can simply open the NovelBranch and return the book.

Librarian Mikayla Redden was first made aware of the “book vending machines” in the Halifax airport, where she used to live.

Inspired by the discovery, she had originally pitched them for some of the smaller Centennial campuses that lack a full library.

But when it was announced that the Story Arts Centre library would be under renovation for some time, it was decided that NovelBranch would come here instead.

“The plan is for it to be permanent,” said Redden, when asked about the Novelbranch’s future after the library renovations are complete. “We’re hoping that if it’s used enough, we’ll be able to justify buying another one for other campuses.”

At the moment, the librarians on campus operate out of a small space on the second floor, no bigger than a classroom. The former contents of the library are currently in the school basement, where students are unable to access them. Several times a day, a library tech goes to the basement with a box in order to pick up the requested material.

“The current setup with the books is unfortunate,” said Redden.

“We are upstairs, there are no books, and there’s nothing in the old library.”

History of the NovelBranch “NovelBranch was originally conceived from a conversation with a customer who was interested in a creative and intuitive way of engaging residents in an underserved community,” said Allison Standen. Standen is the cofounder of NovelBranch maker Convergent Library Technologies, which is based out of Ontario.

“While a branch was planned for this part of town, it was several years away from reality, so in the meantime, the Library sought to find an outreach kiosk option.”

The resulting piece of technology became NovelBranch. Standen said that she had originally anticipated further orders to be in the same vein of need, but she was surprised.

Mikayla Redden poses with the NovelBranch

A student must know ahead of time the specific resource they need. There are no impulse rentals this way, no spontaneous choice based on an eye-grabbing cover or interesting subject matter. Additionally, the librarians are only around to retrieve books during certain hours, unlike the NovelBranch, which will be available as long as campus is open.

“It’s always going to be available around the clock,” said Jane Burpee, Centennial’s Director of Libraries and Learning Centres.

Burpee adds that she believes that it will be very beneficial to students to have access to.

How does it work?

“I’m aware of it, but I’m a bit nervous to approach it,” said student Alexis Ramlall, but added that she might feel differently if she knew more about it.

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“NovelBranch’s potential was far broader,” Standen said over email. “It provides open but secure access to specialized collections, such as Course Reserves in universities and colleges, as well as fulfills an outreach mandate where satellite campuses would benefit from a local library collection.”

The NovelBranch holds approximately 125 books, and Redden says that the plan is to rotate the collection every two or three months. The turnover could be potentially quicker, if students return rented materials to the temporary library node on the second floor instead of placing them back in the NovelBranch.

“It made a lot of sense,” said Burpee. “It’s allowing students to be independent in borrowing books again.”

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T R A G E D Y

On Campus Centennial College has been faced with some unimaginable tragedies over the last few weeks. We have joined the community in mourning these loses and sharing in the sadness that such incidents bring and have offered our support in the healing process.

On December 22, a single-vehicle collision on Progress Avenue took the lives of two of our international students; Food and Beverage Management student Wei Jie Zhu-Li and Automation and Robotics Technician student Damir Kussain. It also seriously injured Wei Jie‘s older brother Jun Jie Zhu-Li. We were shocked and deeply saddened by this tragedy and joined the College in offering our support, helping with arrangements and working to honour the memories of these bright and vibrant individuals lost to this senseless act.

We are working with their families and our community partners to

set up memorial scholarships in their names. We hope to share more details shortly. If you have any suggestions or want to get involved please reach out to us at your local campus.

We also received the tragic news that a Centennial College faculty and his family were on board Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 that crashed shortly after takeoff in Iran.

Dr. Razgar Rahimi had been a partial-load faculty in the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science since Sept. 2018.

A moment of silence was held across Canadian campuses on Jan. 15 highlighting the impact this has had across education in Canada.

We join the academic community in mourning these profound losses and offer our deep condolences to the Rahimi family and all the victims of this disaster.

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For all students in need of support there are resources available: Visit the Centre for Accessible Learning and Counselling Services (CALCS) office at your campus or call 416-289-5000 ext. 3850.

We Speak Student Real Campus Domestic Student Helpline/On Line Supports 1-877-390-7325 Guard Me Keep Me Safe International Student Helpline/On Line Supports 1-844-4519700 Good2Talk Helpline 1-866-925-5454

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CLUB Fill out club proposal forms

Hand in list of club members

Complete club training You have started a club Deadline to start a club January 31st 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

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Flashback: Student Centre

“Final approval for new student centre getting closer.” Sept. 24, 1996 “Planning for Student Centre in the works.”

Feb. 24, 1993 Plans to begin construction of a student centre at Centennial’s Progress campus are tentatively scheduled for fall 1993, said the vice-president of the Student Association (SA) Danielle Tower, at an open meeting on Feb. 4.

The centre will most likely be licensed to sell alcohol and be a place in which students and alumni can socialize, said Chuck Gullickson, director of student life, during a telephone interview.

The SA has delegated $50,000 out of its budget for the construction of the centre this school year and all students contribute to funding as well.

“We started levying a building fund of $10 as of the fall of 1992,” Gullickson said. “All full and part-time students are charged this amount each semester through their tuition.”

Construction for the much-anticipated Student Centre at Centennial College’s Progress campus is getting closer to beginning each day.

The often-delayed centre, which will house various services for students such as a pub, arcade and medical clinic, is now very close to getting final approval from the college.

The only sticking point is what to do about a proposed restaurant food kiosk the SA wants in the centre, says Chad Peters, student association president.

“We’ve been having two meetings a week to get this done,” Peters says.

Peters is hoping to get an established restaurant chain into the centre, but the SA’s proposal to have a food vendor in the Student Centre conflicts with the college’s contract with Beaver Foods.

A new restaurant on campus would violate Beaver Foods exclusive rights contract.

Members of the SA and administration members on the committee for the building of the Centre, have visited similar spaces at Sheridan, Humber and Mohawk colleges “to look at the kinds of facilities they have, how they’re managed and how students use them,” Gullicson said.

In addition, the Student Centre restaurant would take profits away from the college, giving them to the SA, says Peters.

The 7,000 square-foot space will most probably hold a pub, study and lounge space and some kind of food court, he added.

There’s been successful models for this. York University’s “Underground” is a successful restaurant/pub/nightclub which is a perfect example of a quality, student-run facility, he says.

Eventually, there will be student centres at all Centennial College locations, said Lisa LeBlanc, applied arts representative of the SA. “One of the reasons the Warden Woods campus isn’t getting a centre first is that there is a multi-million dollar plan for renovations of that campus in the near future,” LeBlanc said, adding that those renovations would include the addition of a student centre.

One proposal the SA has just begun to consider is running their own restaurant instead, says Peters.

The benefits would be that the restaurant is student owned, therefore students can control the menu and have lots of input, Peters said. The problem is initial costs would be very high.

“Student Centre gets go ahead from college.” Jan. 8, 1998 The Centennial College Student Centre has been approved.

Without much fanfare, but with most Student Association Board members in attendance, the business plan for the Student Centre was passed at the College’s Board of Governors meeting on Dec. 10.

Centennial College Student Association (CCSAI) president Chad Peters called the approval of the centre, “A big weight off our shoulders.” Although he won’t be around to enjoy using the centre, Peters said he is very satisfied to have been in office when the plan was finally approved.

“We knew all along that we were quite capable of doing it,” said Peters, referring to the process it took to put together the business plan for the Student Centre. Because of all that work though, Peters said the moment when the Board of Governors passed the motion was a little anti-climactic.

The project has been under discussion and planning since 1989. In 1991, a student referendum approved a student levy to help fund the project, which students have paid every year since. From 1992 until 1996 full-time students paid $10. The fee was raised in 1996 to $17.50. Part-time students pay $1.50 per course for the project.

According to Peters, the next few steps before actual construction begins will take two to three months. This includes approval from the provincial Ministry of Education, working out an operating agreement and lease with the college, acquiring building permits and hiring a contractor.

The Student Centre, which will be located next to the DEL gym at Progress, will be a 34,000 square foot two-storey structure.

The centre will be a self-sufficient operation using existing CCSAI funds, the ongoing student levy and revenue-generating activities such as renting out meeting rooms as well renting out retail space in the centre.

An administrative board, made up of students, college representatives and community leaders and project manager will work with the CCSAI to oversee operations.

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“Student Centre @ Progress Campus.”

Oct. 1, 1998 Construction for the Student Centre at Progress campus has begun!

Hoarding (the fencing that contains the construction site) is being erected this week.

This map details the site and shows where the Student Centre will be built. Changes in traffic flow will be phased in over the next month.

Watch The Courier for regular updates on the project.

If you have any questions about the project, please do no hesitate to contact Shan Rajadurai, CCSAI President (ext. 2324), Penny Kirlik, CCSAI Executive Director (ext. 2206).

Questions specific to construction can be forwarded to Mark Simpson, Manager, Special Projects & Renovations (ext. 7021).

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NEW YEAR, NEW YOU! Think trendy diets and cutting out food groups are the best way to lose weight? Think again!

Read more for tips on how to trim-up effectively and sustainably this new year!

By: Ron Simeon As a trainer for 4 years, I have had my own set of experiences with diets and trends out there in the industry. One thing that I’ve noticed is, everyone thinks that a “diet” is supposed to be really hard or you have to cut out a food group like carbohydrates in order for it to be successful. In this article, I will be talking about how to get into a caloric deficit for weight-loss without “DIE-ting” or cutting out certain food groups.

4. Clear your house & workplace of treats

First off, I’m going to talk about what macronutrients are.

Macronutrients are your carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

Each one of these has a calorie to them, which is how much energy a food gives you. Carbs are made up of starch and sugars which the body breaks down into glucose. Your body loves glucose and uses it as its main source of energy. Fats are needed for brain development and aiding in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K). Protein provides you with amino acids, which are building blocks for your muscles. It also helps with muscle repair, growth, and support of a healthy immune system.

5. Indulge! (In healthy doses)

BUT I HEARD CARBS ARE BAD FOR YOU???? I’m here to tell you that it is not necessary to cut out a food group in order to lose weight. There is one thing all diets have in common -THEY ALL CREATE A CALORIC DEFICIT! The most popular diets out there involve cutting out a macronutrient like carbs. While this will definitely make you lose weight on the scale, it won’t be sustainable. The first couple of pounds of weight-loss when cutting out carbs is through the loss of water weight. Most of us love our food, so this is my least recommended way of losing weight!

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- Let’s be honest, it’s hard to resist food when it’s readily available. Do yourself a favour and do not buy that tub of ice cream in the grocery store. Make it inconvenient for you to have those treats. If you really want ice cream, make it so that you have to go out of your way to get it. Do not leave it at home.

Here are my top 5 tricks to create a successful and sustainable caloric deficit: 1. Avoid sugary drinks like added sugar in coffee, fruit juices, or soft drinks.

- This is straight forward, these drinks have calories and when you’re trying to create a calorie deficit, you can’t afford these added calories. Save them for solid foods that will actually keep you full.

-Drink lots of water (only water if possible, occasional nonwater beverages are fine as a treat) 2. Eat calorie-dense foods.

- Just because the key to a successful diet is creating a caloric deficit, doesn’t mean that you can get your calories with ice cream, chips, and beer! Save your calories for meals that fill up your stomach and involve all three of the macronutrients (carbs, proteins, fats).

3. Make most of your meals yourself - EAT FEWER TAKEOUT FOODS!!

- Whenever you eat out for a meal, it’s often way more calories than you need. When you make the food yourself, you’ll know exactly what goes into it and how much to have.

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- Yes, give yourself some treats. But in order for this to work, it needs to be a rare occurrence. It’s best if these occurrences are scheduled so that you have more control over them. A treat is no longer a treat if it happens every single day! When you indulge, do it guilt-free. Are you really going to enjoy that treat or are you just going to feel bad about it after? Enjoy it! But do not have your treats readily available around you.

To conclude, yes you can lose weight without having to suffer harsh dieting. Take a very simple approach in order to create a caloric deficit.

Still unclear? Book a free appointment with me and I can guide you through it!

Email me at rsimeon@centennialcollege.ca

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Why You Need a Personal Trainer Health is wealth - wise words to consider! But all of your hard work in the gym is wasted if you are unhealthy! Here’s how having a personal trainer can get you - and keep you - on the right track for the New Year!

By: Marilou Gannapao Being healthy includes a healthy mind, body and spirit. These days people are becoming busier, more occupied with the latest technologies rather than spending time outside, being active and going to the gym. With so many distractions it is difficult to stay fit and healthy without guidance. This is where a personal fitness trainer comes in. Here are 5 reasons why you should hire a personal trainer!

5. Fun

1. Guidance and Motivation

Remember that life is beautiful and we all want to be fit and healthy as we age. It is not too late to change your life.

Yes, I am talking to YOU. Now is the perfect time to start a healthier, active lifestyle.

Personal trainers are important for those people who don’t have any experience in exercising. They are also for those people who need motivation and don’t know where to begin.

It is not easy to organize your exercise and reach a goal. Hiring a personal trainer will help you achieve your goals, enjoy the workout and help make fitness a part of your daily living.

Going to the gym alone can get boring and unmotivating for someone new to the gym. Having a personal trainer will make the work out fun and interesting. Your trainer will not only adapt to a variety of exercises but they can also adapt the environment to suit your needs.

3. Commitment Working with a personal trainer is not a one-sided commitment. Both the client and trainer invest their time and energy. When one is waiting in the gym and expecting the other, there is less likely to be an excuse to not show up.

It is the responsibility of the personal trainer to help the client get results and motivate them to come regularly. It is the client’s responsibility to do their workouts and eat a healthy diet. Results will come easily if both sides are committed.

Marilou is an experienced personal trainer in the AWC with an educational background in physiotherapy.

Read more about Marilou here: myawc.ca/about/meet-the-trainers/ For more information or to book a free fitness consultation with Marilou you can contact her at: mgannapao@centennialcollege.ca

2. Safety 4. Effective Training Many people who train alone with no experience in the gym get injured because of poor exercise execution and improper use of equipment. Knowledgeable personal trainers will teach and guide you to reduce the risk of injury and see the best results from each exercise!

Wasting plenty of time and energy in the gym without getting any results can leave you demotivated to continue your exercises. Personal trainers can give you the most efficient one hour of training possible. These sessions are efficient, effective and can be life-changing!

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By Michelle De Berardinis Writer’s block is an all-too-common nightmare that every writer faces in their career. But it doesn’t have to be if we learn how to cope and accept it for what it is – a completely normal part of the writing process!

If you’ve been working on it for a long time, leave it for the rest of the day and let your brain recharge. You will be looking at your work with a fresh set of eyes the next day and everything will flow much easier. If you’re on a tight deadline, then at least give yourself a 20-minute break to relax; you’ll still reap some of the benefits.

Give Yourself Time, Set a Schedule

We often make our writer’s block worse by reacting negatively.

Too often we immediately get down on ourselves or try to fight it. Neither of these are workable solutions. This piece will go over a few preventative strategies as well as how to overcome it when it does happen.

The best way to prevent a major writer’s block from happening in the first place is to avoid unnecessary stress, which means giving yourself ample time. It is also important to account for extra time towards the end to edit and proofread your work until you feel that it’s perfect. I strongly suggest that you make a schedule for yourself where you dedicate a certain time every day towards writing with no distractions. With a set schedule, procrastination is less likely to happen. And less procrastination means less stress!

Relax, Take a Break!

Create an Outline

The first thing to do when you experience writer’s block is to take a deep breath, remind yourself that this is normal.

You should ideally take an extended break from your project if you can. Close your computer or notebook and do something fun.

Also, be sure to create a structured outline of what you plan to write before you begin writing. If you have all your main points outlined beforehand, the whole writing process will be a lot easier. In fact, you should be spending more time planning and researching than on the actual writing process.!

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Proper time management and planning will put you into a calmer and empowered state of mind whenever you sit down to write, which decreases the chances of major writer’s block from occurring in the first place!

Write First, Edit Later Writer’s block often stems from anxiety and a fixation with making your writing perfect the first time around. The more you try to make your first draft perfect, the whole process will be much more difficult. It’s a lot better if you lay out all your ideas on paper, even if it’s disorganized. If you followed the previous steps by giving yourself ample time with a proper schedule, you will have many opportunities to edit before the due date. Editing makes your writing slightly better each time, so you should keep doing it to every draft until it feels right.

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Proper time management and planning will put you into a calmer and empowered state of mind whenever you sit down to write, which decreases the chances of major writer’s block from occurring in the first place!

If you find yourself getting hung up over a single word or sentence, just write what you are generally trying to say in a different coloured font to make it stand out. Alternatively, you can put a blank line to show that you couldn’t find the right wording for that part while reminding yourself to fix it later. Try focusing on the next part of your piece in the meantime, it’s never worth getting flustered over a tiny idea. Consider this to be a mini writer’s block, which is much less difficult to overcome since it can be temporarily ignored.

If you follow these steps, I can assure you that writer’s block will happen less often, and when it does, you will equip yourself with the proper strategies to deal with it. Remember, it happens to even the most successful writers. What makes them successful isn’t their perfection, but their ability to plan and adapt, which is great news for you! It means that there is always room for improvement.

Best of luck with your writing!

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2020 ELECTIONS

NOMINATIONS OPEN JANUARY 27TH

VISIT CCSAI.CA/ELECTIONS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ELECTIONS AND NOMINATIONS

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