About Us
We work with graduate students and faculty to support successful graduate mentorship and supervisory relationships, by facilitating informal conflict resolution and interpersonal skill-building.
Our team
Aziza Kajan (she/her)
Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship & Supervision
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
cgms@utoronto.ca
416-978-2379
Lauren Pais (she/her)
Case Coordinator, Centre for Graduate Mentorship & Supervision
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
cgms@utoronto.ca
416-978-2379
John Peever (he/him)
Vice-Dean, Students
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
sgs.vdeanstudents@utoronto.ca
416-978-5986
Our commitment to you
- Person-centered and solution-focused approach
- Timely and responsive service
- Essential and up-to-date resources
- Provision of high-quality training
Our vision
To ensure graduate students and supervisors experience a mentorship and supervisory relationship that is characterized by:
To ensure graduate students and supervisors experience a mentorship and supervisory relationship that is characterized by:
- Respect, inclusion and support of the whole person
- Continued learning and collaboration by both the supervisor and the graduate student
- Shared responsibility and commitment to advancing academic and professional goals
Our mandate
To support successful mentorship and supervisory relationships.
To support successful mentorship and supervisory relationships. Our mandate will be achieved by:
- Facilitating conflict resolution within the mentorship and supervisory relationship
- Building capacity through skill development workshops for both graduate students and supervisors
- System navigation and collaboration with other university partners
- Identifying and developing resources that are aligned with best practices in graduate mentorship and supervision