Student AffairsThe Indigenous Peer Mentor program matches upper-year Indigenous students with Indigenous students in their first year at Queen's. This provides new students with the opportunity to learn from a peer who can share their experiences of being a new Queen's student and how they successfully completed one or more academic years at Queen’s. The goal of the program is to assist students in navigating the transition and developing skills needed to be successful at university. Indigenous peer mentors form meaningful relationships and promote wellbeing for Indigenous students!
Indigenous Peer Mentors support their mentees holistically through providing support with:
- Questions about life at Queen’s
- Study skills
- Navigating classes and buildings on campus
- Accessing on-campus services/resources
- Becoming involved within Indigenous community at Queen’s
- Time management/ organization skills
- Tools to live a healthy active lifestyle
- Social opportunities
- Goal setting
- Self-care strategies
- Learning about student clubs/groups on campus
- Increasing motivation
- Making new friends/meeting new people
- And much more!
This program is strongly encouraged for first-year students as the transition to university can be challenging at times, but is also open to students of all level of study. We encourage all students new to Queen's to apply!.
To register for the program, click here! To learn more about the program, please contact Jessica Parks (Indigenous Advisor) at jessica.parks@queensu.ca!