Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (ViMLoC) Mentorship Program 2023

April 13, 2023

Update to the 2023 mentorship program
April 17, 2023

We sincerely apologize, however, we experienced an issue with our Google forms last week. We had to create new forms and links for the mentor application form and mentee application form. We were able to salvage the applications from mentors who have already applied, however, we still have not been able to get the responses from mentees who applied before April 7th. If you are wanting to be a mentee, unfortunately you will have to reapply. We have extended the application deadline to April 25th to accommodate the mentees that have been affected by this issue.

The Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (ViMLoC) Mentorship Program is now accepting applications for the 2023 session! This mentoring session will run from May 1st to June 30th, 2023.

To apply as a mentor or mentee, please fill out the mentor application form or mentee application form.

Applications will close on April 21, 2023

About this program

The Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (ViMLoC) recognizes the need to help visible minority librarians, especially early career and new immigrant librarians, develop their professional careers, as well as the need to encourage and guide visible minority library students with career planning. Lack of mentorship is often cited as a challenge among visible minority librarians, and through our mentorship program, we found that small acts of mentorship were able to make an impact on our mentees. Applying for this program will help create a larger network of visible minority librarians and increase our representation in the library profession.

The 2023 ViMLoC mentoring program will recruit experienced visible minority librarians as potential mentors, as well as facilitate the matching of potential mentors to mentees.

ViMLoC membership is NOT required to participate in this program, however, you are encouraged to sign up for ViMLoC membership.

Please visit our mentorship program page for more information.

Should I apply?

This program is open to visible minority librarians at all stages of their career, and visible minority library students. In Canada, the visible minority population consists mainly of the following groups: Chinese, South Asian, Black, Arab, West Asian, Filipino, Southeast Asian, Latin American, Japanese and Korean. Participants with the intersectionality of these backgrounds are welcome to apply. We need mentors with all kinds of experience and skills. In recognition of your contribution to the mentorship program, we would be happy to provide mentors with a reference letter.

Expectations

Applicants to the program are expected:

• To commit to the full term of the session;
• To keep in touch with your mentorship partner a minimum of twice per month (by email, phone, Zoom, or other means of communication upon mutual agreement);
• To complete an exit survey (online) at the close of the session.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at vimloc@gmail.com.

Best regards,

ViMLoc Mentorship Committee

Valentina Ly and Jess Yao