Virtual Library for Mentors and Learners

Virtual library for Mentors and Learners

http://lone-eagles.com/mentor.htm  Lone Eagle Consulting: Distance Learning Key Issues. Issues in on line mentoring, including a  learn to mentor toolkit. Although this is aimed at mentors working with youth, the principles are the same.

http://www.fngovernance.org/toolkit/FMC_MartinRainy.htm  The National Centre for First Nations Governance : Program for mentoring students of financial management .This refers to mentoring students who wish to become accountants, but there are some key concepts in the section on Success Factors.

http://www.iearn.org/circles/lcguide/p.intro/a.intro.html#Concept  Online learning circles concept and introduction Value lies in the description of the learning circle concept and in the encouragement of learners to broaden their participation with others in educational/learning projects.

http://www.nwac.ca/sites/default/files/reports/StrengtheningAboriginalGirlsandWomensSuccess-EducationSummitDocument.pdf Native Women’s Association of Canada Helpful summary of issues challenging Native Women regarding education including the need for distance learning.

http://www.child.alberta.ca/home/documents/youthprograms/AR_17297_-_Mentor_Handbook_with_changes.pdf Alberta International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Relations : Handbook for Aboriginal Mentoring A handbook for mentoring youth, but inclusive of the principles and values necessary for successful mentoring of all ages.

http://ius.uwinnipeg.ca/pdf/mentoring_aboriginal_devel_interim.pdf  Mentoring: One Pathway to Aboriginal Talent Development Although this is primarily an academic paper, it reviews the challenges and benefits of mentoring and  shares an optimistic approach to an age old practice.

http://www.ccl-cca.ca/pdfs/StateAboriginalLearning/SAL-FINALReport_EN.PDF Canadian Council on Learning, The State of Aboriginal Learning in Canada: A Holistic Approach to Measuring Success This is an extensive report on models of learning and how learning may be evaluated.

It will be worthwhile particularly to persons deeply interested in Aboriginal learning patterns and those who want to understand why mentoring may be very important to Aboriginal confidence and life -long learning.

http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/infoCntr/cdm-mc/index-eng.cfm?action=doc&DocIDCd=CR071999

Through Canadian Heritage, the Aboriginal Women’s Professional Association is  running a mentoring program. Aspects of the program provide insights for potential mentors.

http://www.cybermentors.ca/wp-content/uploads/CYB_mentor_hbook.pdf Cybermentors: Inspiring girls and women in Science and Technology a mentoring handbook. A handbook for online mentoring of young women interested in science and technology. Good tips on what a mentor is, and is not and insights into how to mentor.

http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Resource_library/proceedings/02_30.pdf

U of Wisconsin 18th annual conference on Distance Teaching and Learning: An In-depth Look at Strategies for Mentoring Online Adult Learners  Academic report, but includes practical data about how to assist learners by mentoring at a distance.

http://www.mentors.net/03journal/j1_gt_chr_gmentor.html MLRN The Mentoring and Leadership Research Network: Is a Good Teacher always a Good Mentor? How adult learning principles apply to mentoring.

http://www.aboriginalhr.ca/en/programs/guidingcircles  The Aboriginal Resource Council’s “Guiding Circles is an interactive, flexible, and fun holistic career development program designed to guide individuals toward career paths. The workbooks combine a traditional Aboriginal worldview with contemporary career development concepts to help you achieve career satisfaction, break down cultural barriers, and better understand Aboriginal workforce challenges.

Youth and adults can become engaged in school or life-long learning as they discover their potential career options and see the relevance of education to job opportunities. The ‘rings of influence’ delivered through the series gives individuals hope for a rewarding career.” Available through the Aboriginal Resource Council.

http://firstnationspedagogy.ca/circletalks.html  All  about talking circles on line from First Nations Pedagogy Online. Many of the principles are applicable to situations where two or three individuals may be meeting with a learner to share ideas and experiences.

 http://www.magle.ca/course-contents-action/id.343/chapter.2  Yoda as mentor. This 5-minute You Tube clip is a good depiction of mentorship strategies. In the clip, Yoda supports and guides Luke Skywalker as he attempts to mater use of “the force”, provides a map or vision to help Luke get to where he wants to go in his learning, challenges Luke in order to help him to learn and improve upon his skill, lets Luke learn by doing, and models use of the force.

http://www.students.ubc.ca/careers/index.cfm?LinkServID=C4D861B0-C295-9743-FAF6A1CAAFA94238&showMeta=0 Mentoring Orientation Guidebook. This concise guidebook was developed for mentors in UBC’s Tri-mentoring program. Topics include tips for effective mentoring, a code of conduct that is a guideline to the mentoring relationship, and some suggested activities.

http://www.dreamcatchermentoring.ca  DreamCatcher Mentoring program, an innovative e-mentoring program designed to empower students to realize the rewards of staying in school, and to bridge the education, cultural, communication, and geographic gaps in Canada. This program connects Yukon and Nunavut high school students with Canadian mentors who work in their aspired "dream careers".