Communities ChooseWell is dedicated to increasing the capacity of healthy living champions to plan, implement and evaluate healthy eating and active living actions. Through a peer-to-peer approach, the Communities ChooseWell Mentorship Program provides a direct path for experienced healthy living champions to share their knowledge, skills and experience with champions looking for guidance and support. By doing so, we can empower all participants to build healthier communities across the province.
Thinking of becoming a mentor or mentee?
For our program – there isn’t much of a difference!
We believe that everyone, no matter what stage they are at in their career, has experiences to share and knowledge to offer. That’s why our mentorship program offers facilitation of a partnership, rather than a strict relationship of teacher and learner.
Both parties can learn from each other, and support their work in the active living and healthy eating space.
If you want to learn more about partnerships, check out the Partnerships Pillar of the Healthy Communities Framework!
Frequently Asked Questions
Anyone! If your work aligns with, or you are passionate about healthy eating and active living, then consider applying!
There are many benefits! But just to name a few:
- Gain communication and personal skills
- Goal setting experience
- Build partnerships
- Gain leadership skills
- Make improvements to your community
- Grow your confidence and skill set
Most of that is up to you and your partner to decide! But here are some of ours:
- Meet with your partner in-person or online periodically. The exact frequency is up to the partnership to decide, however, we would like to see every partnership meet at least 3 times during the program
- Support each other to make improvements to their community
- Work on your goals throughout the year
- Share your knowledge and experiences with each other to facilitate mutual learning
- Treat your partner with respect and courtesy
We will do our best to pair you with a partner who is a good fit for you. But we cannot guarantee a partnership. Matches will be facilitated on the basis of availability and relevance.
Once you are paired with someone, the program will last for six months. You are welcome to continue the relationship past that, but we encourage you to connect with others in the program to continue your learning and growth.
If we find you a suitable partner to pair you up with, we will facilitate an introduction over email, and give you some ideas for where to start.
After that, we leave you to decide how the partnership takes shape!
We will check in with you after the six month period is up to see how you would like to proceed.
No problem! Email choosewell@arpaonline.ca if you have any other questions.