BIPOC Mentorship Program

The BIPOC mentorship program aims to:

• Contribute to University of Regina’s strategic objective of creating spaces where everyone feels part of the community
• Ease transition for new graduate BIPOC students to graduate studies
• Facilitate communication and peer-to-peer relationships between continuing BIPOC graduate students and new BIPOC graduate students
• Promote and increase cross-cultural competency, communication and learning
• Invite new BIPOC graduate students to participate in social, intercultural and academic engagements

For Mentees

• Are you a graduate student and identify as Black, Indigenous or a Student of Colour, and interested in gaining additional support in your academic and professional development?
• Do you have any barriers that are not efficiently addressed by your current support systems in graduate school?
• Do you want to meet other students and learn about the University’s services and resources from another BIPOC graduate student familiar with the UofR?
• Mentees must have completed 3 or more credit hours in their Master's or PhD program.

For Mentors

• Are you a BIPOC graduate student who is committed, thoughtful, values confidentiality and provides supportive guidance and constructive feedback?
• Are you willing to hone your coaching and leadership skills, self-awareness and understanding of your own field?
• Do you have the passion of giving back, and having a great satisfaction of knowing you are helping another person?
• Mentors must have completed a minimum 6 credit hours of graduate course work and be willing to “meet” with a mentee twice in the Fall semester for ~30-60 minutes.
• Mentors will receive a $100 honorarium at the end of the semester.