Mentoring, tutoring and outreach opportunities -- 2023
Volunteer Opportunities:
Homework Zone
Audience you will interact with: Elementary and Secondary Students
Description of Activity: The Homework Zone program is designed to provide elementary and high-school students with after-school homework help through one-on-one mentoring activities and group workshops.
Time Commitment: ~3 hours per week/10 weeks
Initiator: McGill Branches (University Wide)
Extra Info: Public transportation costs to schools can be reimbursed. Letter of attestation from the Dean for >30 hours of work. Due to restrictions from the Kahnawake Education Center, all mentors need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Timeline: Apply by Sept 15
The Tutoring Program
Audience you will interact with: High School and CEGEP Students
Description of Activity: The Branches Tutoring Program aims at providing academic and mentorship support to youth in high school and CEGEP who face socio-economic barriers to their education and are facing academic difficulties in the subjects of Math, Science, English, French, Writing or History.
Time Commitment: Weekly Tutoring Sessions: 1-2 hours per week, can be done online or in-person
Initiator: McGill Branches (University Wide)
Timeline: Apply by Sept 10
Explore McGill
Audience you will interact with: CEGEP Students
Description of Activity: Explore McGill is created to introduce high school and CEGEP students to university life and learning by taking part in workshops, breakfast and lunch provided by McGill, and a campus tour in the afternoon.
Time Commitment: 1 day, happens twice per year
Initiator: McGill Branches (University Wide)
Extra Info: Lunch will be provided the day of
Timeline: Event is in October, apply soon!
Diversity in STEMM mentorship program
Audience you will interact with: Undergraduate Students
Description of Activity: Our goal is to break the barriers that impede undergraduate students in under-represented groups within STEMM. Through an individualized mentorship program, we pair undergraduate or incoming graduate students (mentees) with graduate students (mentors) to support them in their academic trajectories while creating an open community.
Time Commitment: 1 welcome session and at least one meeting with your mentee during the semester
Initiator: McGill Branches (University Wide)
Extra Info: Monthly newsletter sent to mentor-mentee pairs, and workshops will also be available to all
Timeline: Apply in September, as soon as you can
Paid Opportunities:
Pick your Path for Black Youth
Audience you will interact with: Black High School and CEGEP Students
Description of Activity: Pick Your Path for Black Youth is a mentoring experience designed to offer networks of support for Black learners to pick their educational paths. Workshops support an informed transition to university life and include information on admissions requirements, financial planning, and what to expect upon acceptance. Students complete a final project with their mentor that aims to answer the question: What are the next steps in my educational path?
Time Commitment: 1-2 hours bi-weekly to meet with your mentee from October-June.
Pick your Path for Black Youth website
Initiator: McGill Branches (University Wide)
Extra Info: Mentors will be provided a monetary award and a letter of attestation from the Dean
Timeline: Apply by Sept 10
Pick your Path for Indigeneous Youth
Audience you will interact with: Indigeneous High School and CEGEP Students
Description of Activity: Pick Your Path (PYP) program for Indigenous youth is a 6-month long mentorship program and paid opportunity that runs from October 2022 to April 2023. Indigenous CEGEP students are paired with a mentor, a McGill student or alum in a similar field of educational and career interest. The program includes bi-weekly mentor and mentee meetings, and a final project, where students explore the next steps in their educational path with support from their mentor and PYP staff.
Time Commitment: Weekly Tutoring Sessions; 1-2 hours bi-weekly to meet with your mentee from October-June.
Pick your Path for Indigeneous Youth website
Initiator: McGill Branches (University Wide)
Extra Info: Mentors will be provided a monetary award and a letter of attestation from the Dean
Timeline: TBD (last year, deadline was Sept 15)
IMPRESS
Audience you will interact with: Indigeneous Undergraduate Students
Description of Activity: The Indigenous Mentorship and Paid Research Experience for Summer Students, or IMPRESS is designed to increase access to graduate studies and to boost career-readiness for Indigenous undergraduate students. Through IMPRESS, Indigenous students are offered a unique opportunity to undertake a paid research and professional internship with a McGill faculty or unit.
Time Commitment: Weekly Tutoring Sessions; >5 hours per week for 8 weeks of the summer
Initiator: McGill Branches (University Wide)
Extra Info: Mentors will be provided a monetary award and a letter of attestation from the Dean
Timeline: TBD
Directed Reading Program
Audience you will interact with: Undergraduate Math and Stats Students
Description of Activity: The Directed Reading Program (DRP) pairs undergraduates with graduate student mentors to learn about research-level or research-aimed topics in mathematics and statistics in a casual setting. Undergraduates obtain guidance from someone further along the research path but can still relate to them as a peer. One hour-long meeting a week is suggested. Each undergraduate should aim to write an expository paper about their project by the end of the term, with the help of their mentor.
Time Commitment: Weekly Tutoring Sessions; 1 hour meeting plus prep each week, during the Winter Semester
Directed Reading Program website
Initiator: Department of Math and Stats
Extra Info: Mentors will be provided a monetary award for their participation.
Timeline: Applications open on Sept 11, close on Oct 15.
Private Tutoring
Audience you will interact with: High School, CEGEP, and Undergraduate Students
Description of Activity: You may be listed as a Private Tutor on the Department of Math and Stats Website by sending an email to grad.mathstat [at] mcgill.ca (Jason Stillman), Graduate Program Coordinator.
Time Commitment: Weekly Tutoring Sessions; As you wish
Initiator: N/A
Extra Info: Be mindful of your safety: meet your tutee in a public space (library, cafe), and accept safe and immediate forms of payment.
Timeline: As you wish