PEER advisors

Peer Advisors

The Peer Academic Advisors offer advice and access to resources to incoming graduate students and lively, collegial exchanges with students from many countries and backgrounds. The Peer Academic Advisor at the Doctoral level is a significant source of information and support for incoming PhD students. Her role as a community builder is unparalleled in the Department. The Peer Academic Advisor at the Masters level is devoted to attending to the concerns and questions central to the experiences of masters’ students in EDCP. They stay tuned into what goes into building and sustaining collegial relations amongst diverse participants in the Department. The Peer Advisors are available for support and questions with respect to:

• Office space
• Day-to-day UBC logistical quesions
• Technology resources
• Writing, research, and assignment related questions
• Relationships between students and their advisors
• Relationships between students and other students
• Adapting to life in Vancouver

PhD Peer Advisor

Feda Ghaleb
Phone: 604-822-9526
Email: paridot@interchange.ubc.ca
Office: Scarfe (The Palace) 1323

Masters Peer Advisor Aparna Rae
Phone: 604-822-9526
Email: arae07@interchange.ubc.ca
Office: Scarfe (The Palace) 1323