Reflections on the Volunteer Canada Leading with Intention report Volunteer Canada recently put out a report Leading with Intention: Employer Supported Volunteering in Canada which is a must-read for mentoring agencies interested in building partnerships with businesses in your community. You can download the document here. While many mentoring organizations often look to corporations for friendraising and fundraising, Employer Supported …
A Mentor and his story: the Importance of Mentoring – Episode 4
Eric is an award-winning, long-time Mentor, who has been involved with mentoring for many years. Becoming a Mentor through some nudging from a supportive friend, Eric has been a Mentor to many and still has contact with his first Mentee, even after 35 years. Listen to Eric’s story and learn about his story on the importance mentoring and how it …
The National Mentoring Symposium 2016 – Episode 3
Wouldn’t it be great to get together with other mentoring professionals who are delivering programs for youth? And wouldn’t it be great to brainstorm opportunities where you can learn about new programs, improve your practice, and sharpen your service delivery? What if that conference was right here in Alberta this fall? Visit www.nmsevent.ca and register now. Early Bird registration end September …
Let’s Get Mentoring Going In Your School! – Episode 2
We know mentoring in schools makes and enormous contribution to student achievement, academic persistence, positive health outcomes and much more. But how do you get a program started in your school? What resources are available to you in your work? How can you as a volunteer or citizen get involved in a school, even if you don’t have kids? We …
Welcome to the AMP MentoringMinute Podcast – Episode 1
The Alberta Mentoring Partnership is an organization comprised of 140+ partners from government, community, and non-profit organizations. We take a collective impact approach to our work and we focus on a few key areas including promoting mentorship in Alberta and providing tools, training, and resources to front line mentoring staff to improve their programs and their practice. Learn more at …
Mentoring Children & Adolescents University Course EDPY 465
For More Information Visit albertamentors.ca/edpy465
Alberta National Mentoring Symposium Youth Forum Application 2016
Are you passionate about mentoring? Would you like to have your voice heard by mentoring experts from across Canada and the United States? The National Mentoring Symposium is looking for engaged, enthusiastic youth who would like to have a say in what the future of mentoring should look like in Canada! Overview of the Forum The National Mentoring Symposium 2016 …
Mentoring Girls – Alberta Mentoring Partnership Webinar
Welcome to the Mentoring Girls webinar hosted by Michael Janz with the Alberta Mentoring Partnership and Samantha Cochrane with the Canadian Women’s Foundation. This webinar was based on the Girls Group Mentoring toolkit done in Collaboration with the Canadian Women’s Foundation. Your homework is as follows: Please visit and explore the Girls Group Mentoring toolkit at mentoringgirls.ca. This Toolkit pairs …
Funding Policies and the Nonprofit Sector in Western Canada – Featuring the AMP Ch. 6
The Alberta Mentoring Partnership is featured in the Funding Policies and the non Profits Sector in Western Canada book authored by Peter R. Elson, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Community Prosperity at Mount Royal University and an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria. Visit http://www.utppublishing.com/ to learn more. About: …
Welcome AMP's New Partnership Engagement Manager
Michael Janz is excited to join the Alberta Mentoring Partnership team as our new Partnership Engagement Manager. Michael has extensive experience in public policy, education, and mentoring. He is passionate about public education and continues to serve as Board Chair of the Edmonton Public School Board in his second term as elected trustee (2010-2017). Prior to holding elected office, Michael …