Graduate Peer Mentor Program
Congratulations, and welcome to ULethbridge Grad Studies!
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Starting your graduate studies can be exciting and overwhelming, the journey will look different than undergrad with many different milestones and deadlines that vary across disciplines, departments and programs.
The School of Graduate Studies has created the Graduate Peer Mentor Program to provide you with a connection to institution, a guide through the polices and resources and someone to connect with if you are not sure where to start. Oh and of course to provide you with tips and tricks to navigate graduate school, including the fun, and finding the balance.
Whether you are receiving regular outreach from a mentor or just have a question, all graduate students are mentees. Please reach out to a mentor if we can support your journey.
Graduate Peer Mentoring
Support from someone who’s been there, backed by a strong support team
Graduate school can be challenging at any stage. Whether you are navigating academic expectations, transitions, workload, or simply trying to feel more connected, Graduate Peer Mentoring offers supportive conversations grounded in shared graduate experience.
Graduate Peer Mentors are trained graduate students who provide peer‑based, non‑judgmental support and help connect students to appropriate resources within the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) and across campus.
What can a Graduate Peer Mentor help with?
Graduate Peer Mentors can support you with:
Adjusting to graduate school expectations
Navigating common challenges such as time management, motivation, or uncertainty
Talking through transitions, priorities, and goals
Exploring questions about graduate student life and culture
Identifying and connecting with SGS or campus resources
Building confidence and a sense of belonging in graduate studies
You don’t need to be in crisis or struggling significantly to meet with a mentor, peer mentoring is for everyday graduate experiences, too.
What Graduate Peer Mentors are not
Graduate Peer Mentors do not provide:
Academic advising or policy interpretation
Counselling or mental health treatment
Conflict mediation or supervisory input
Decisions about academic standing or progression
When needs extend beyond peer support, mentors can help you explore appropriate referral options and connect you with specialized SGS or campus services.
A holistic approach to graduate student support
The School of Graduate Studies takes a holistic approach to graduate student wellbeing, recognizing that academic success is shaped by many interconnected aspects of life.
Graduate Peer Mentors are trained to attend to the whole graduate student experience, including academic, emotional, physical, and purpose‑driven dimensions, and to support reflection rather than provide solutions.
How the Graduate Peer Mentor Program is supported
The Graduate Peer Mentor Program is supported by a dedicated graduate leadership and coordination structure:
Graduate Peer Mentors provide direct peer‑to‑peer support
Oversight Graduate Assistant (GA) supports program coordination, mentor training, quality assurance, and ethical practice
Outreach Graduate Assistant (GA) supports visibility, communication, engagement, and connection between SGS and the graduate student community
This structure ensures that peer mentors are well‑supported, appropriately supervised, and working within clearly defined roles.
A self‑supporting graduate program
The Graduate Peer Mentor Program is a self‑supporting graduate program, sustained through graduate assistant roles and institutional commitment rather than external funding models.
This structure allows the program to:
remain responsive to evolving graduate student needs
support continuity across academic years
create meaningful, paid leadership opportunities for graduate students
invest in training, reflection, and program improvement
Please reach out to us anytime with any question or request and we will do our best to guide you to the resources and supports or find someone with the answers.
Email us: sgs.peermentor@uleth.ca
Meet Your Graduate Peer Mentors for May 2025 - April 2026
Alyssa Hughes
Name: Alyssa Hughes
Pronouns: She/Her
Program: Master of Science, Psychology
Emmanuel Ideba
Name: Emmanuel Ideba
Pronouns: He/Him
Program: Master of Arts, Economics
Razeen Mujarrab
Name: Razeen Mujarrab
Pronouns: He/Him
Program: Master of Science in Management, Marketing
Supriya Middha
Name: Supriya Middha
Pronouns: She/Her
Program: PhD Population Studies in Health (Diversity, Disparities, Inequalities and Social Determinants of Health
Oluwaseun Soneye
Name: Oluwaseun Soneye
Pronouns: He/Him
Program: PhD Cultural, Social, and Political Thought (Ethnomusicology)