Become a Career Mentor
- Explore and share how your identity relates to your industry/occupation
- Share your expertise and advice to support in the transition of an upper year student into the workforce
- Enhance your personal and professional career portfolio through your involvement
- Connect with students and other professionals to expand your network
- Be a working professional in any field of study and/or work. Graduate students are also welcome to sign-up.
- You are comfortable sharing your knowledge and experience with students, and supporting them in meeting their goals
- Be available to connect with your career mentee a maximum of 2 hours per month; a maximum of 8 hours per semester - not applicable to Flash Mentoring
Applications remain open for career mentors to sign-up at anytime. To be considered for a one-on-one match, you need to sign-up between March and August. If not matched, you will automatically be approved for Flash Mentoring
Apply to become a career mentor (user type: alumni or non-alumni) at ryerson.peoplegrove.com
- Complete career mentor training before you are matched
- Minimum of 2 interactions with your mentee each month. Online communication through portal (preferred method), social media, text messaging, video call, in person (on campus or off campus)
- Complete all TMP Monthly Engagement Reports, including letting TMP staff know about mentee progress, challenges and concerns
- Application opens: On-going
- Matching: August - not applicable to Flash Mentoring
- Mentoring starts: August/September
- Mentoring ends: end of March
- All industry professionals will be contacted to get more information about their expertise, field of work and study; and be provided with clarification about program expectations
- Career mentors are not guaranteed a match. This depends on career mentee availability. If you are not matched or have signed up for Flash Mentoring only, you will be approved to interact with multiple career mentees
For more information on Career Mentoring and/or Flash Mentoring, please email us at pmentor@torontomu.ca or contact us directly:
Maricruz Rodriguez
She/Her/Hers | Mentoring Facilitator
maricruz.rodriguez@torontomu.ca
416 979 5000 ext 4205
Alumni Association
The mission of TMPAA is to foster and build relations with program's alumnus, to facilitate the growth of those graduates, and to connect them to the Tri-Mentoring Program and the TMU community as a whole.
TMPAA currently runs events throughout the year including speaker events, socials and more. For more information, please contact Kareem at krahaman@torontomu.ca.
Please join the Facebook Group for updated information (external link) .
Current President: Kareem Rahaman
VP Events: Yaasiin Mauthoo
Treasurer: Salisha Randel