Become a Planning Mentor in the SCARP Mentorship Program

UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning trains the professional planners of tomorrow. Part of their journey is the chance to collaborate with those who have been in their shoes. 

What did you wish you knew right from the start?

"It’s taken time, but it’s been rewarding to see my Planning career start to get off the ground. I wish I had someone to talk to at the beginning, someone who, not long ago, was just like me. There are just things I didn’t know to ask or find out or do. I made it in the end, but I’d have loved someone like – well, me! And now, there are just things I wish all Planners knew from the start."

If this sounds familiar, this isn’t just common, it’s a valuable part of professional life: finding and forging a collegial relationship with someone who is very much where you used to be, who has similar aspirations and values, who you can just tell can be remarkable, with a little bit of industry wisdom.

A protégé.

Why be a mentor?

• Grow your professional network with tomorrow’s upcoming professionals and peers

• Hone your communication skills and leadership skills

• Learn from new experiences and perspectives

• Reignite your connection with SCARP and all the networking and professional opportunities that may bring

• If you’re a candidate member of PIBC, you may earn Continuous Professional Learning points towards PIBC planning certification

• It’s rewarding to give someone a solid foundation in your field and watch their unique insights and contributions take shape!

What will joining look like?

After you apply by April 28, we'll take the answers you give to pair you with someone whose interests and acumen match your own! After that, we'll launch the program together on June 5. 

Your collaboration with your protégé will span from June through to August, with a time commitment of 20 hours (or more!) In the end, though, you get from this program whatever you give! This is a unique opportunity to have a relationship that takes self-starting networking skills be initiated for you.

If especially successful, this relationship could last your entire professional life. Even accomplished and decorated Planning professionals (and professionals of any stripe) get life-long value from a mentorship relationship with someone who has learned from them, shares their values, and shares a lasting professional bond in the Planning industry.

Click here to apply by April 28!