We offer peer-to-peer tutoring in person for postsecondary students, with a university level focus on law, the humanities, physical sciences, life sciences, and mathematics. We can work with any set of problem, including tutorial questions, projects and assignments, quizzes, and examination preparation, and provide hands-on problem solving techniques that can guide students to reach their own solutions.

The tutoring and academic coaching process involves a number of steps that are designed to personalize the program for every student:

• Our initial goal is to gauge each student’s level of understanding in particular subjects and topics and identify their strengths and weaknesses to create an ideal study plan.
• Next, short term targets and milestones are identified and examined then placed in a timeline that corresponds with the routine of every student and the deadlines of their schedules.
• Following another set of meetings, a one-on-one teaching schedule is set up and lesson plans are finalized.
• Tutors and students may keep in touch through personal, email, and online communications, that pertain to their respective programs for on-going support.
• Tutors will act as mentors and academic coaches for students to help them develop the types of skills necessary to manage university level courses and seminars.

We live in a world saturated with the written word. Our English tutoring program assists students with studying the culture of the word in its most sophisticated form and literature. Our approach emphasizes interpretive thinking and creative writing, examining the dynamics of literary and cultural history, the structures of literary form and genre, and the practice of reading, writing, and critical analysis.

We tutor English from novice to advanced levels, and prepare our students to excel in professional fields, including law, education, writing, publishing, medicine, and technology. The ultimate goals of the English program at Universal Learning is to improve the writing, comprehension, and reading abilities of our students, and to equip them with the ability to fully comprehend English at the highest levels.

The mission of our biology program is to train the next generation of scientists and help them develop the necessary skills to uncover how life works at the molecular level. We specialize in evolutionary biology, molecular biology (PCR, RT-qPCR, immunohistochemistry, cloning, genomics, FISH), bioinformatics, physiology, neurology, endocrinology, human development, ecology, and environmental biology to bring students a comprehensive tutoring program that can bolster their understanding of biology and its functions

Biological advances are at the heart of the solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, including energy, health, and the environment, and Universal Learning is proud to provide students at every level an outlet that can redefine their approach to the fundamental methods of inquiry and the discipline as a whole. The biology program is designed as a stepping stone for students to launch themselves into careers in medicine, pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cell biology, cancer research, genetics and genomics, microbiology and virology, or neuroscience.

The History tutoring program teaches the foundational knowledge and skills (analytical, interpretive, writing) necessary for understanding the deep connections between past and present. History is a pragmatic discipline in which the analysis of change over time involves sifting the multiple influences and perspectives that affect the course of events, as well as evaluating critically the different forms of evidence historians exploit to make sense of them.

Teaching students how to weigh these sources and convert the findings into a persuasive analysis lies at the heart of our tutoring agenda. Whether our students are interested in obtaining a general overview of Medieval history in Europe or exploring the intricacies of the Dead Sea Scrolls, our tutors will ensure that they are capable of understanding and examining their materials, and help them in their eventual pursuit of graduate study in history, law, public service, business, writing, or education.

Our chemistry program features introductory chemistry tutoring, as well as a focused organic chemistry program. The examination of matter, its properties, and the way that substances interact with energy will provide students with a thorough understanding of the basics of chemistry, and help students develop the necessary foundation to branch out into a myriad of careers that are related to chemistry and specialties such as food chemistry, environmental chemistry, agricultural chemistry, chemical engineering, geochemistry, and forensic chemistry.

All materials are made of matter, and having a good grasp of chemistry is important for almost every profession. Universal Learning aims to equip students with the necessary tools to traverse what is arguably the most important physical sciences that help to describe the world. Our specialty is in studying the chemistry of life with a focus on compounds that contain carbon, which has complex properties that help it form chemical bonds. The program is meant to help students comprehend chemistry as a whole and optimize their comprehension of organic chemistry.

Our tutoring in political science is dedicated to explaining and helping students understand the nature of politics in Canada and abroad. The political science program offers tutoring sessions on a range of topics both on domestic and international politics. Students study governance systems, public policies, political behavior and institutional design.

The program is based on enhancing the analytical skills of students, and optimizing research methods, both quantitative and qualitative and stress written and oral communication. The program is ultimately meant to prepare students not only to obtain satisfactory grades and function as effective citizens, but also to set them up for a large number of contemporary careers which require analytic thinking and the knowledge of sophisticated research methods.

Physics is a fundamental natural science that is based on experimentation, measurement, and mathematical analysis aimed at finding and expanding our understanding of quantitative physical laws. Whether students are interested in obtaining an elementary appreciation of physics to study about the nanoworld of the microcosmos or the solar systems and galaxies that occupy the macrocosmos, or have want to specialize in biophysics, the physics programs at Universal Learning are designed to bolster all levels of understandings in physics.

Comprehending the laws of nature, at a high level, can help students predict the behaviour of the world and learn that the basic laws of physics are universal and tie into a host of sciences including optics and thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. The focus on biophysics offers students an opportunity to bolster their knowledge about the mechanics of how the molecules of life are made, how different cell parts function, and how bodily systems work.

Our math tutoring focuses on a host of areas, including but not limited to calculus, statistics, biostatistics, and algebra. The mission of our math program is to ensure that students master the skills necessary to excel in school and in future careers, in STEM fields and beyond. Universal Learning instructors have developed a unique assessment process to determine what students know before customizing teaching plans to help every student make advancements towards developing a stronger foundation in mathematics.

Knowledge of mathematical concepts is not based on mere formulaic understandings, but is rather based on the comprehension of underlying strategies and structural concepts. Our mathematics program is geared toward teaching new ways to think about mathematics and analyze problems with more practicality. Through individualized tutoring and unique approaches to understanding mathematics, Universal Learning aims to furnish students with the ability to solve any mathematical question and grasp the intricacies of mathematics, algebra, calculus, statistics, and biostatistics.

The law in Canada is a living tree that continues to grow organically and develop along with sociocultural trends in many areas including but not limited to constitutional law, property law, tort law, criminal law, to family law. Our law and LSAT prep programs are respectively designed to assist law students in preparing and guiding students through the complexities of law school, and helping students to obtain high LSAT scores to assist with their admission to Canada’s top law schools.

Whether you are a law student that wants to improve their grades by developing a better approach to preparing for class, reading and briefing cases, taking notes, building summaries, and writing exams, or a potential law school student that wants to boost their score by better understanding logic games, logical reasoning, and reading comprehension, our law and LSAT prep programs will provide you with the techniques and processes that are necessary for students to enter and perform well in law school.