Near Peer Mentorship

About Near-Peer Mentorship

The Near Peer Mentorship Program is a program offered in the University of Calgary’s Social Work Program to BSW students, MSW foundation students and MSW specialization students in Edmonton. Near-peer mentorship consisted of student peers, who have similar goals, interests and backgrounds, providing mentorship to one another. The mentor provided first-hand experience, advice and insight to mentees about different processes.

We thank the participants for their time in the Near Peer Mentorship program; if you would like more information on this initiative, please feel free to reach us at tfelproject@ucalgary.ca.

Orientation

Below is the PowerPoint slide deck and orientation video used for the orientation program for participants in the Near-Peer Mentorship Pilot program at the University of Calgary, Central and Northern Alberta Region. In these resources, you will find an overview of the program, its model, objectives, guiding principles, development strategy and plans for the pilot year of the program.

Orientation Slides 1

Orientation Slides 2

Orientation Video

PowerPoint Slides (PDF)

Near-Peer Coordinators

(2021-2022)

Abimbola Ariyo, MSW Student

Emmanuel Chilanga, PhD.

Martin Gendron BSW Student

Carolyn (Cari) Gulbrandsen, PhD.

Near-Peer Participants

Abimbola Ariyo	Charlene Vallee	Jane Ogbadu-Gbajabiamila	Rebecca (Jeeho) Lee
Abigail Mensah	Chelsea Hack	Jessica Ossais	Rebecca Namara
Aleksandra Prica	Chizobam Iwe	Jill Hoselton	Rezebeth Noceja
Amber Young	Christie Oswald	Jillian Walsh	Rida Mukhtar
Angela Dixon	Cindy Vera Galvan	Joan Bosire	Romit Panesar
Angela Samonte	Connie Wong	John MacPhee	Samantha Huang
Angelica Manalo	Dana Selk	Julia Kavanagh	Samantha LeBlanc
Aster Terefe	Daniella Kersey	Karen Pinkoski	Sara Wood
Avery Klein	Danielle Beaulieu	Komal Sandhu	Serena Mackey
Bonni McCallson	Danielle Peyton	Krista Weiss	Shana Hickmore
Brenda McClelland	Elizabeth Onofrychuk	Madelaine Robillard	Shane Yu
Bridget Tangham	Emily Kennedy	Maria Corpuz	Shaylah Hossain
Britni Chambers	Emma DeVynck	Martin Gendron	Sheila Jessop
Brittany Hayduk	Eric Wanjiru	Mehwish Shahid	Silvia (Jeny) Beltran Faryna
Brittany Thiessen	Fatima (Zahra) Samad	Nabeel Premji	Tek Khatri
C. Natalia Samayoa	Felicity Bohnet	Natalie Webber	Tiffany Weston
Cari Gulbrand	Hafisat Folorunso	Nik Jarvis	Ufuoma Odebala
Cesilia Bentley	Holly Reeve	Olayinka Dipeolu	Yvonne Ho
Chantelle Oevering	Jaclyn Kozak	Poonam Sharma	Zipporah Greenslade
	Jake Davies	Rachel Hansford

Webinars

These webinars reflect the research and findings of the Near-Peer Mentorship program. PowerPoint slides in PDF format are available for perusal alongside recordings of the webinars.

Peer Support and Mentoring: Professional Networking Lunch & Learn Q&A – February 9, 2022

Zoom Recording

A Meeting of the Minds: Mentorship & Leadership – March 23, 2021

PowerPoint Slides (PDF)

Zoom Recording

Field Instructorship and Supervision: A Panel Discussion – Feb 25, 2021

PowerPoint Slides (PDF)

Zoom Recording

Near Peer Mentorship Program + Field Image Showcase – December 18, 2020

PowerPoint Slides (PDF)

Zoom Recording

Resources

Free Online Trainings and Certificates (PDF)

This document contains free online resources to access training and certifications, as offered through a variety of institutions, including the Government of Canada, the University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, the Alberta Federation of Registered Health Professionals, and the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative.

Program Objectives

This image reflects the program objectives of the Near-Peer Mentorship Program. The four pillars of the program are to foster relationships between mentors and mentees, provide support for mentees, enhance the mentees’ knowledge of social work, and nurture leadership skill development in mentors.

Near Pear Mentorship Model

This diagram illustrates the Near-Peer Mentorship program model. The program is implemented so that students are mentored by peers “near” to them in their academic program and experiences. For example, a third-year Bachelor of Social Work student is mentored by a fourth-year Bachelor of Social Work student, who in turn is mentored by a Master of Social Work foundations student. Students have the opportunity to be both mentors and mentees simultaneously, thus creating a community of multiple levels of support and guidance as portrayed by the nested circles in the above diagram.

The Near-Peer Mentorship model encourages reciprocal learning within the student mentor-mentee relationships.

These five boxes represent the guiding principles of the Near-Peer Mentorship Program:

Support Over Guidance

Holism

Strengths-Based

Inter–Relational Reflexivity

Continuous Learning