Mentorship "has a significant, long-term, beneficial effect on the life or style of another person, generally as a result of personal one-on-one contact. A mentor is one who offers knowledge, insight, perspective, or wisdom that is especially useful to the other person." (Shea, 1992)

“I hope to give students the beneficial knowledge of another who has been there. Perhaps they struggled in the same course and thought they could not go on with such a terrible grade. And my goodness, their personal lives were a disaster, and yet they did continue…All the new person may need is the words it is possible, I made it, I can listen and here are some resources to help you reach success…”

mentors@uvic.ca