INFO

The Faculty of Health Sciences and FHS Graduate Caucus is hosting its inaugural FHS Graduate Student Speed Mentoring event on Wednesday, March 18, from 10:00am-1:00pm. Join us to speak with FHS faculty members over 5 speed mentoring Q&A sessions on soft skills, career trajectories, and research expertise.

Students will be in multiple small groups to speak to faculty mentors, rotating to other faculty over the course of the event.
Questions, prompts and topics will be provided to both students and faculty to initiate conversations.

Mentoring session will be ~20 minutes long, with a 5 minute rotation transition period. Pastries and coffee provided during rotation transition period.

There will also be a 25 minute lunch & open networking portion after the last session.

MENTORS:

1. David Bangsberg (Professor, Dean)
   
   
2. Nicole Berry (Professor)
   
   
3. Lindsay Hedden (Associate Professor, Michael Smith Health Research BC scholar)
   
   
4. Meghan Winters (Professor, CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Gender and Sex in Healthy Cities)
   
   
5. Angela Kaida (SFU Distinguished Professor, CRC Tier 1 in HIV and Sexual & Reproductive Health Equity, Scientific Director - CIHR Institute for Gender and Health)

WHEN & WHERE: 

Wednesday. March 18
10:00am-1:00pm

FHS Student Commons 
Access into the Student Commons is available to FHS students by code

RSVP: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/339R8ND

ITINERARY:

10:00 AM: Event Start

10:00 AM to 10:30 AM: Introduction from the Dean, and Event Instructions

10:30 AM to 10:55 AM: Speed Mentoring Session 1 - Soft Skills

10:55 AM to 11:20 AM: Speed Mentoring Session 2 - Soft Skills

11:20 AM to 11:45 AM: Speed Mentoring Session 3 - Career/Research

11:45 AM to 12:10 PM: Speed Mentoring Session 4 - Career/Research

12:10 PM to 12:35 PM: Speed Mentoring Session 5 - Career/Research

12:35 PM to 1:00 PM: Networking/Mingling Event with all Students and Mentors (lunch provided)

1:00 PM: Event End

ANY QUESTIONS?

Please feel free to email Sonia Velji (sonia_velji@sfu.ca).