For Staff

How can your department benefit from Peer Education?

Improve your impact - Students are highly influenced by their peers. A Peer Educator can help strengthen the connection between your department and your student audience.

Be cost effective – Peer educators assist staff in serving a far greater number of students than would otherwise be possible. Departments are able to do more with limited resources.  

Contribute to student learning - these volunteer positions provide learning and leadership opportunities for students outside of the classroom.  Students gain a wealth of work-related skills and hands-on experience that is beneficial for their career development, as well as a personalized, professional-development action plan.

Gain student perspective - Peer Educators understand student issues and can provide you with valuable insight on how to reach student audiences effectively. Our experience shows that Peer Educators are keen to contribute ideas and bring with them their own unique enthusiasm, creativity, and energy.

Getting Started

Peer Education starts by partnering with you to outline and implement your program from recruitment and training to evaluation and recognition within the Peer Education framework. Ongoing support in managing your student volunteers is supplied as well as direct work with your Peer Educators on meeting their individual personal and professional goals.

To discuss the possibility of creating a peer education group in your department contact:

Marissa Funaro
Student Life Educator
Student Engagement & Retention, Student Success
p: 778.782.2362
e: involved@sfu.ca