George Brown Polytechnic is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work and live in the community with each other.
How to Prepare for your Counselling Appointment
- Arrive on time to your appointment and ensure you have appropriate time in your schedule to attend. Appointments can be up to 60 minutes in length.
- Please arrive 5 minutes before the start of your appointment for the check-in process. This ensures you have more time for your counselling appointment.
- Provide at least 24 hours notice if you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment. If two appointments in a row are missed or cancelled without proper notice, further requests for appointment bookings with a counsellor will be referred to the counselling team coordinators and/or manager to ensure effective use of counselling resources. Thank you for your cooperation.
- If you are more than 15 minutes late for your appointment, you may be asked to reschedule for another day/time.
Additional tips for virtual appointments
- To check in to your appointment and access the appointment via Zoom, please go to the Counselling Student Portal on the Counselling website. You can check-in up to 10 minutes prior to your appointment. You may be asked to complete a pre-visit questionnaire or survey. Once this is complete, you will be able to join the Zoom session.
- If you log into the session 15 minutes past the start time of our session, the Student Portal will not let you join the session and you may need to reschedule.
- Ensure you have a working microphone and camera for your appointment. You are required to have the camera on during the session; however, if you have disability-related accommodation needs, please contact us at letstalk@georgebrown.ca to make alternative arrangements. Please note that our virtual services are set up to only offer sessions via Zoom. If telephone or another platform is preferred, we can recommend other services for you.
- Please treat this appointment like you would any other in-person meeting so appropriate attire and your physical location are important.
- Find a private/confidential space where you feel comfortable for your appointment. Having a session while you are in a moving vehicle or walking/sitting in public is not appropriate.