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Peer mentorship program

Are you a senior undergraduate student who wants to teach courses? Apply to become a peer mentor in ARTS 507. This academic for-credit class offers you the opportunity to learn more about learning. You'll get the chance to be a mentor in an undergraduate class you've already completed.

You'll offer guidance and support to fellow students who are taking courses you've already taken. You'll get to connect and learn in an innovative environment and work closely with an instructor you admire and respect.

What does a peer mentor do?

Builds fellow students' self-confidence
Encourages active learning
Participates in high education innovation
Co-leads out-of-class study groups
Co-leads in-class activities
Comments on essay drafts
Arranges guest speakers
Does in-class presentations
Makes higher learning more fun and less stressful

Why become a peer mentor?

Join a select team of fellow peer mentors
Enhance learning in a course you enjoyed
Co-design your own mentoring role
Receive mentorship from two or more instructors
Gain insight into higher education teaching and learning
Combine academic learning with practical experience
Develop a deeper understanding of course material
Grow leadership and communication skills
Prepare for a graduate teaching assistant role or professional mentoring role

Current opportunities

Arts 507, Collaborative Learning and Peer Mentoring

A one half-course equivalent credit course open to third- and fourth-year students. As a participant, you will read about and discuss collaborative learning and mentorship in higher education and apply this knowledge as you mentor fellow students within a course you have taken in the Faculty of Arts.
Arts 509, Research in Peer Mentoring and Higher Learning

A one half-course equivalent credit course open to those who have completed ARTS 507. As a participant, students will assist new peer mentors to grow into their roles and conduct research related to their peer mentoring roles.

How to apply

To apply or for more information contact Lisa Stowe at lstowe@ucalgary.ca

Application deadlines:
For fall term peer mentorship: July 15
For winter term peer mentorship: November 15

* Applications will be accepted until the course is full.

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Office information:
Office location: Social Sciences 102
618 Campus Place NW
Phone number: 403.220.3580

Interested in grad studies? Talk to a graduate program advisor through the Arts Graduate Students' Centre.

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Program advising

The arts advisors are available through a combination of in-person and phone drop-ins, in-person and virtual appointments, as well as email.

BOOKED APPOINTMENTS:

Virtual: 9am to 12pm: Monday-Thursday

In-Person: 9am to 12pm: Monday-Thursday

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DROP-IN ADVISING:

ln-Person (Social Sciences 102): 1pm to 4pm: Monday-Friday; 10am to 12pm: Friday

Phones 403.220.3580: 1pm to 4pm: Monday-Friday; 10am to 12pm: Friday

ADVISING EMAIL: artsads@ucalgary.ca

*In order to process Spring 2025 graduation applications the Arts Students' Centre will have advising and phone closure for the afternoons of April 23, April 30th, and May 2, as well as the mornings of April 25th and May 9th.