About Us
Overview
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
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:
- 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. 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