Undergraduate Opportunities

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 (2 sessions per year during the semesters)

Homework Zone website

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; can be done online or in-person

Tutoring Program website

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 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

Explore McGill website

Initiator: McGill Branches (University Wide)

Extra Info: Lunch will be provided the day of

Timeline: Event is in October, apply soon!


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

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 every 2 weeks

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)

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