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From: Jodie Salter jsalter@uoguelph.ca Subject: Join the Writing Peer Team in the Library - Apply today to start in Winter 2026 Date: September 25, 2025 at 3:29:40 PM EDT To: Jodie Salter jsalter@uoguelph.ca
Hello! We would greatly appreciate if you could please help us promote this amazing student opportunity to your undergraduate student population. Thanks! --- Hello! The Writing team in the Library is recruiting 6-8 undergraduate students to join our Writing Peer Helpers. New peers start training in the Winter 2026 semester. The deadline to applyhttps://experienceguelph.ca/entityredirect1.htm?postingId=140209 is October 19, 2025.
* Are you a student who likes helping others? * Do you want to improve your skills as an effective writer and communicator and receive ongoing training and interpersonal mentorship from university staff? * Would you like to be more involved on campus and become a part of an amazing group of 50+ student staff who work in the library?
CHECK OUT this awesome video that the Writing Peers madehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JbM03Pjmzc to give you a sense of what you would gain from joining our team!
Required Time Commitment 5 hours/week (~60 hours/semester) For full details and applicationhttps://experienceguelph.ca/entityredirect1.htm?postingId=140209
As a Writing Services Peer Helper you will...
* receive a full semester of training and ongoing mentorship * increase your confidence and improve your communication skills * support first-year students in developing successful writing strategies * increase your awareness of different campus communities and resources * join the Writing team of undergraduate writing peers, graduate writing TAs, and professional staff * become a part of the larger campus-wide Peer Helper Program with its 30+ year history of students helping students at U of G!
Benefits include professional skill development, quality training and coaching from professional staff, dedicated workspace in the McLaughlin Library, cross-unit engagement with other Library Peer Helper teams, an honorarium, and recognition of participation on your official academic transcript. Questions?
* Email memailto:jsalter@uoguelph.ca [Dr. Jodie Salter, Writing Peer Supervisor] * Stop by the Library Writing Centre (Monday – Friday between 9:30AM and 5:30PM) and ask our student staff about the position and their experiences. * Book a writing appointmenthttps://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/using-library/appointment-booking/#5 and meet with one of our student staff.
Deadline to applyhttps://experienceguelph.ca/entityredirect1.htm?postingId=140209: before midnight on Sunday, October 19, 2026.
With kindness, Jodie
Jodie Salter, PhD (She/Her)
Writing Specialist
(519) 824-4120 x53373 www.uoguelph.cahttps://www.uoguelph.ca/ | www.lib.uoguelph.cahttps://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/
Room 120G, McLaughlin Library 50 Stone Road East Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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