Get Involved: Volunteer for UC International
We offer international and U of C students many opportunities to get involved with the international educational experience. Students can volunteer with the Centre for International Students and Study Abroad (CISSA) and participate in many of its programs.
Program Assistants for Student Services (PASS)
Volunteer Resource Assistants
We recruit students every year to volunteer short or long term as Resource Assistants. You play an important role in the operation of CISSA, working in the office and helping to organize programs and specific projects or events, such as International Education Week.
How to volunteer with CISSA
Online Volunteer Application Form
Program Assistants for Student Services (PASS)
We select 5 or 6 students every year to work as Program Assistants. You work closely with CISSA staff in coordinating and facilitating programs and services for international and U of C students in the Global Friendship Program and Study Abroad Promotions.
What does PASS involve?
- 130 hours per term commitment (normally 10 hours/week during a 13 week term). You are not expected to work during exam periods or between terms.
- An honorarium of $750 per term. If you leave PASS early, your honorarium is pro-rated according to the hours completed.
- Attending a monthly meeting and the monthly Volunteer Training session.
PASS application for Global Friendship Program Closed
PASS application for Study Abroad Promotions Open
Deadline for applications is May 24, 2013.
For more information on PASS, contact us.
Mentoring Program
This is a volunteer program in which current University of Calgary students are matched with new international students. The goal is to assist in the transition of new students to the U of C and enhance the new student experience.
Mentors are recruited twice a year: once in March (for the Fall Term) and once in October (for the Winter Term only). Once Mentors are matched with international students, they will correspond via email prior to the arrival of the international student to Calgary. Once the international student arrives, they will meet with their Mentor in person.
Mentors are trained to respond to routine questions, e.g. housing, using the Student Administration system, buying text books, getting around Calgary. Mentor commitment involves continued communication with the new student through email, monthly meetings, and optional social activities such as trips and events. The program ends at the end of April.
Mentor Application Closed
Mentor Reception RSVP Closed
Mentor Request Open
Mentor Training Registration Closed
E-mail imentor@ucalgary.ca for more information.**
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