Overview
The department of Alumni Affairs & Advancement at Victoria University is pleased to offer this program to the Vic community to support the University’s strategic priority of readying students and recent graduates to flourish in an ever-changing world.
Through consultations with students, alumni, faculty, staff, and other community stakeholders, we know that recent graduates are seeking more coaching, information about academic and career pathways and how to prepare successfully for their lives beyond Vic. In other words, recent graduates are looking for guidance and mentorship from someone who has been in their shoes.
Vic alumni have a reputation for being compassionate and community-minded, and have demonstrated their willingness to give back time and time again. This is what makes Vic so special and the perfect place to nurture connections and mentorship between alumni.
Program Expectations and Time Commitment
The Victoria Alumni Mentorship Program encourages and expects its participants to:
- Embrace curiosity, mutual learning and collaboration
- Build trust so that conversations take place in a safe and inclusive
space
- Respect diverse experiences, perspectives and ways of thinking
Our program is designed to be flexible so that Mentors and Mentees can
maintain their balance at work, at school and at home.
- Mentors and Mentees should conduct their meetings by phone call or video call only.
- Mentors and Mentees are encouraged to meet a total of five times between the months of November 2024 – April 2025.
- Meetings should be scheduled at times that are convenient for both parties and should be no more than 30-45 minutes in length.
More information about the roles and responsibilities associated with
becoming a Mentor or Mentee will be shared with those that are admitted
into the program.
Benefits of Mentorship
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Mentors
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Mentees
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Develop your coaching skills and help your Mentee
discover their strengths.
- Expand your professional network through meeting other
alumni and early-career professionals.
- Pay it forward to the next generation by encouraging
their ambitions and demystifying academic and/or career
pathways.
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- Identify and explore your skills, values, goals and questions about "What’s next?" in a supportive space.
- Practice and improve your communication skills.
- Learn from the vast professional and personal experience
found in the Vic Alumni Network.
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Interested in Participating? Here are your Next Steps:
Step 1: Apply to become a Mentor or Mentee
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Apply to become a Mentor
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Apply to become
Mentee
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Note:
Graduates from the following years are eligible to become Mentees in the program: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
Step 2:
After you have completed your application form, a representative from Alumni Affairs & Advancement will follow up with you to discuss your application and the program in more detail.
If you have questions about the program or would like to discuss other career development opportunities, please contact:
Meghan Junke
(She/Her),
Mentorship Coordinator & Alumni Liaison
E-mail: meghan.junke@utoronto.ca
Alumni Affairs & Advancement
, Victoria University in the University of Toronto
We appreciate your interest in the program and strong support of
the Victoria University community!