RezLife
What We're About:
Residence Life is...Enhancing the Student Experience. We provide programs and services to support a student's emotional, physical and psychosocial development. We work towards establishing communities of students that are grounded in a common sense of responsibility, purpose, integrity, respect and openness.
Residence Life is truly everything you experience in Residences between check-in and check-out! We want to ensure that your stay with us is not only comfortable, safe and successful, but we want you to leave a different person than you were when you came in.
Different, how?! Call it "development", call it "growth". Whatever term you choose to explain how students change while at university, Residence Life is an intentional part of supporting that change. We aim to be a positive support in each resident's growth while at SFU and we work hard to ensure that we enhance the student experience in Residences.
One way in which we support your residence experience is by identifying student needs, and responding with various programs and events to ensure that you have a place in our community.
Your time in Residence has the potential to be the most amazing time of your university career - so work hard, enjoy yourself, and get involved. This experience is yours to make, so make it happen!
Where we are located
We are located in the Madge Community Space. This is just west of the Visitor's Parkade. On the map, it is called "MHR".
Community Advisors (CA)
Community Advisors are student staff members who are the primary resources for students living in residence. The CA’s live in McTaggart-Cowan Hall, Shell House, Towers, and the Townhouse complex. Some of the responsibilities of a CA include: providing educational, social and recreational programming; planning floor activities; providing individual advising and counselling referral; assisting in the general administration of the residence; serving as a role model for residents; and explaining, addressing, and reporting community standards, policies and regulations.
Area Coordinators (AC)
Area Coordinators are the direct supervisors of each residence area. As full-time students, they take on para-professional duties such as lower-level discipline, administration tasks, and weekly staff individual check-ins.
Residence Life Coordinators (RLC)
Residence Life Coordinators are professional staff that work and live in the residences and maintain a presence on campus during non-business hours, weekends, and holidays. They supervise and coordinate the work of the CAs and the ACs. They also respond to crisis and disciplinary situations in the residences.
Residence Life Information Assistant (RLIA)
The Residence Life Information Assistant provides administrative services to the Residence Life Area. They act as a recource to the student staff and serve as a primary point of contact for residents in addressing immediate concerns and support needs; they answer the reslife@sfu.ca email and telephone.
Manager, Residence Life Training Programs (MRLT)
The Manager of Residence Life Training Programs is a professional staff member who prepares and plans for the annual training program for the student staff. They also focus on student staff recruitment and evaluation. In addition, the Manager coordinates the Residence Orientation Program.
Associate Director, Residence Life (ADRL)
The Associate Director of Residence Life is responsible for the overall management of the Residence Life unit. They directly supervise the RLCs, the RLIA, and the MRLT). They also act as a resource for all of the Residence Life staff members, liasees with other departments, and manages upper-level discipline cases.