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Undergraduate support and advising

Find support for new undergraduate students at ±«Óãtv’s Agricultural Campus, including course planning, tutoring, and academic advising.

Academic support and advising

Help Centre

The Help Centre is a free tutor service provided to students taking biology, chemistry, math, physics, or statistics-based courses. There is no registration required—you can simply stop-in.

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The Centre is open on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. (AT) with tutors available for the various subjects throughout the evenings.

A weekly schedule is posted outside the room. If a tutor is unavailable and a change to the schedule is needed it will be reflected in the schedule posted outside the Help Centre.Ìý

Location

Room 156, Cox Institute

Daily schedule

Monday

  • Mathematics, Statistics, & Physics 5:30pm - 8:30pm

  • General Chemistry 7:00pm - 8:00pm

  • Organic Chemistry 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Tuesday

  • Mathematics, Statistics, & Physics 5:30pm - 8:30pm

  • General Chemistry 7:00pm - 8:00pm

  • Organic Chemistry 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Wednesday+

  • Mathematics, Statistics, & Physics 5:30pm - 8:30pm

  • General Chemistry 7:00pm - 8:00pm

  • Organic Chemistry 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Thursday

  • Mathematics, Statistics, & Physics 5:30pm - 8:30pm

  • General Chemistry 7:00pm - 8:00pm

  • Organic Chemistry 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Friday

  • General Chemistry 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Resources

Academic advisors

Academic advisors at the Student Success Centre can help you:

  • Choose your program or major

  • Understand degree requirements and academic regulations

  • Map strategies to achieve your educational and career goals, which may include accommodationÌý

  • Assess whether your current program suits your aptitudes and interests

  • Develop action plans to deal with academic, or other, difficulties

  • Run a degree audit in Dal Online to better understand your degree requirements and GPAÌý
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Book an appointment:

Phone: 902-893-6729
In-person: Student Success Centre, Dairy Building

Advisors by program

Keah Gloade, Manager, Indigenous Students
Email: keah.gloade@dal.ca
Phone: 902-956-9270Ìý

International Food Business
Heather-Anne Grant
Email: h.grant@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6729

Truro Start
Ashley Coffin
Email: ashley.coffin@dal.ca
Phone: 902-890-0027

Undecided/Upgrading
Gillian Hatch
Email: gillian.hatch@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6729

Agricultural Business
Ashley MacDonald
Email: ashley.macdonald@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6280

Agricultural Economics
Gary Grant
Email: kggrant@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6704

Pre-Veterinary Studies
Jolene Vermeulen
Email: jolene.vermeulen@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-8148

Animal Science
Gillian Fraser
Email: gillian.fraser@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6024

Aquaculture
Audrie-Jo McConkey
Email: amcconkey@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-3951

Environmental Sciences
Mason MacDonald
Email: mason.macdonald@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-3135

Integrated Environmental Management
Gordon Price
Email: gprice@dal.ca
Phone: 902-890-2037

Plant Science
Sherry Matheson
Email: sherry.matheson@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-7821

Agricultural Economics
Gary Grant
Email: kggrant@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6704

Agriculture Business
Diane Dunlop
Email: diane.dunlop@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6307

Environmental Sciences
Mason McDonald
Email: mason.macdonald@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-3135

Integrated Environmental Management
Gordon Price
Email: gprice@dal.ca
Phone: 902-890-2037

Plant Science
Yunfei Jiang
Email: yunfei.jiang@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6032

Animal Science
Stefanie Colombo
Email: scolombo@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6646

Dara Pelkey-Field
Email:Ìýdpelkey@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6646

Bioveterinary Sciences (Honours)
Stefanie Colombo
Email: scolombo@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6646

Truro Start
Ashley Coffin
Email: ashley.coffin@dal.ca
Phone: 902-890-0027

Truro Start
Dr. Christine Farion
Email: c.farion@dal.ca
Phone: 902-221-0813

Ed Versteeg
Email:ed.versteeg@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6673

Christopher Hartt
Email: chris.hartt@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6224

Haibo Niu
Email: haibo.niu@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6713

Landscape Horticulture and Managed Landscapes
Karen Smith
Email: karen.a.smith@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6681

Plant Science
Tudor Borza
Email: tudor.borza@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-1404

Business Management - Agriculture and Dairy
Gillian Fraser
Email: gillian.fraser@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6024

Veterinary Technology
Lori D. Parsons
Email: lori.parsons@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6648

Joye Sears
Email: joye.sears@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-8146

Integrated Pest Management
Scott White
Email: scott.white@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-2273

Food Bioscience
Vasantha Rupasinghe
Email: vrupasinghe@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6623

Sustainable Soil Management
David Burton
Email: dburton@dal.ca
Phone: 902-890-0647

Organic Agriculture
Andrew Hammermeister
Email: andrew.hammermeister@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-8037

Food Bioscience
Xiaohong Sun
Email: xiaohong.sun@dal.ca
Phone: 902-893-6351