Meet your Match!
Mentor-Mentee pairing is happening now!
Whether you're a first year student or you've been at McGill for a while, peer mentors can help you navigate life at Schulich!
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Interested in a paid opportunity to support your fellow undergraduates?
Become a Schulich School of Music Peer Mentor and help music undergraduate students find their feet as they adjust to university life. Mentors and mentees together can learn more about the services and resources available at McGill.
Why become a peer mentor?
Benefits of being a Schulich School of Music peer mentor include:
- Make friends during small group meetings held by a pair of Peer Mentors
- Build connections through direct communication and one-to-one meetings with a Peer Mentor
- Learn new skills and important campus resources through workshops designed for first-year students
- Develop transferable, life-long skills as a Peer Mentor through extensive training opportunities.
- Enhanced yourself-awareness through positive role modelling
- Improve your career profile and gain credit for your co-curricular recognition.
- Learn more about equity, advising and support structures at McGill
- Help build a welcoming student community at Schulich
- Eat lots of provided snacks!
Did you know? Studies show being a mentor increases academic performance, self-understanding, communication, and personal growth.
We strongly encourage all interested returning students to apply! We are actively seeking applications from students who have faced systemic barriers to education. We are also seeking applications from Francophone Students.
To apply:
Submit a 2-minute video describing why you would be an excellent mentor along with your CV to nancy.czemmel2 [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Peer%20Mentorship) (Nancy Czemmel,) Student Services Manager. Kindly upload your video to YouTube and submit only the private viewing link in your email.
Pay: $16.50 per hour + vacation indemnity
- A mentor may be matched with a single or several mentees to form a small group.
- Mentors and Mentees meet approximately one hour per week for a total of 12 weeks each semester.
- A required peer mentorship orientation supports mentors and mentees.
- Mentor groups may meet in person or virtually through platforms.
- The mentor team will also support the student body year-round by answering emails and holding tabling and drop-in hours.
- All mentors will receive in-depth training on mentorship and McGill’s various resources and policies.
Peer mentor responsibilities include:
- Working closely with the Student Services team.
- Participating in tabling or information sessions as a Peer Mentor
- Participating in SSoM events as a Peer Mentor
- Participating in office hours and responding to emails
- Mentos are not expected to assist with mentee coursework
Job requirements:
To qualify as a peer mentor, you must:
- Be a returning SSoM undergraduate (or graduate student who completed the B.Mus. program here)
- Be in good academic standing.
- Demonstrate an ability to engage and encourage others.
- Demonstrate empathy towards the ideas and experiences of others.
- Be passionate about your SSoM experience.
- Be passionate about providing support, encouragement, and resources to your fellow students.
- Commit to meeting with your mentee for 1 hour per week or 12 hours per semester.
- Participate in a required peer mentorship orientation.
More information for mentees and mentors
MENTORS:
Interested in a paid opportunity to support your fellow undergraduates?
As a peer mentor, you’ll be paired with one or more mentees and meet with them throughout the winter semester. The mentor team will also support the student body year-round by answering emails and holding tabling and drop-in hours. All mentors will receive in-depth training on mentorship and McGill’s various resources and policies.
We encourage all interested returning students to apply! We are actively seeking applications from students who have faced systemic barriers to education as well as from Francophones.
MENTEES
Whether you’re an incoming student or you’ve been at McGill for a while, peer mentors can help you navigate life at Schulich.
Mentors can provide a fellow student’s opinion on courses, clubs, and important resources that you might not already know. They receive training in active listening and referral, which means they can help you connect with the support you need when you need it. They’re also there to talk about things like gigging, working, studying, practicing, making friends, exploring Montreal…
Other great reasons to come see mentors or sign up for a one-on-one pairing:
- Easing the transition into university life
- Learning about opportunities and resources that can help you throughout your degree
- Talking through your academic and career plans
- Meeting someone new
To sign up, see the application information above. We’ll match you with one of our student mentors at the end of the Fall term. Once you’ve been paired, you’ll meet with your mentor at least once a month in the winter. There will also be opportunities to meet and socialize with other mentors and mentees!
Even if you’re not paired with a peer mentor, you can still ask them questions about courses, deadlines, student services and more at tabling or drop-in hours, or via their email address (only peer mentors can see this email). Stay tuned for dates and times.
We strongly encourage all interested returning students to apply! We are actively seeking applications from students who have faced systemic barriers to education. We are also seeking applications from Francophone Students.
Questions?: Contact Nancy Czemmel (nancy.czemmel [at] mcgill.ca)
