Hello! My name is Karanvir Dhillon and I am a 4th year Integrated Science (Physiology/Pharmacology) student at UBC. I have served as the peer tutor for BIOL112 for two years now, and have thoroughly enjoyed helping students. BIOL112 has been one of my favourite courses at UBC, as cell biology has always been fascinating to …
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Peer Tutor Spotlight – Kyle Fernandez
Hi there! I’m Kyle Fernandez, and I am currently in the latter half of my third year in the Integrated Sciences program, integrating medical microbiology and public health. I live in Port Coquitlam, but I was born and raised (for 11 years!) in Davao City, Philippines. Currently, I am a peer tutor for BIOL 112, …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Sunny Gong
Hi – I’m Sunny and I’m from Oakville, Ontario. I am currently a fifth year student majoring in biology, and this term I’m a Peer Tutor in the BIOL 121 course. What do you most enjoy about being a peer tutor? I really love interacting with the students and answering questions they have when they …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Violet Greebe
Hello, I’m Violet! I’m from Calgary, AB, and I moved to Vancouver for UBC where I’m now in my last year of my undergrad. I’m majoring in Biology and minoring in Arts with a focus in Bioarchaeology. I’m a Peer tutor for BIOL 121 where I get to help introduce students to some important topics …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Katie Meister
Hello! My name is Katie, and I’m from Richmond, BC. I’m a fourth-year biology student, and in my final term, I have been given the amazing opportunity to peer tutor BIOL 121. I am passionate about genetics, and I hope to work as a clinical genetics technologist in the future. Outside of academics, I am …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Chenille Wong
Hi everyone! My name is Chenille, and I am a third year Integrated Sciences student from Coquitlam, BC, integrating Physiopharmacology and Public Health. This past term I peer tutored BIOL 200, a second-year cell biology course, for the first time. Outside of peer tutoring, I can be found conducting genetics experiments with Drosophila to investigate …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Ruby Burns
Hello! I’m Ruby, and I’m in my third year in the Biology program working towards an Honours degree in marine biology. I’m from Mississauga, ON – you may notice that there are no oceans there, which is why I came all this way to study them! This is my first term as a peer tutor, …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Dana Lao
Hello! My name is Dana Lao, and I’m a third-year student majoring in Microbiology and Immunology. I’m from Surrey, BC, which is east of Vancouver. This term, I’m peer tutoring for BIOL 121, and it’s been a very exciting experience since this is my first time being a peer tutor. I’ve learned so much working …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Angela Mathews
My name is Angela Mathews, and I am currently in my fifth year of the Microbiology & Immunology program. I’ve just finished up a year of co-op terms working as a Research Assistant at the Division of Gastroenterology here at UBC studying esophageal cancer and at the BC Cancer Agency studying COVID-19 in the cancer …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Jessica Li
Hello! My name is Jessica Li and I just finished my third year as an Honours Animal Biology student. I was born and raised in Burnaby, BC, which is right next to Vancouver. Outside of academics, I’m also part of the Science Peer Academic Coaches (SPAC) and was awarded an NSERC USRA this year, so …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Ethel Wai
Hello! I’m Ethel and I’m a third-year biology student with a minor in English language. I’ve spent my whole life in Richmond, BC so you could say I’m pretty local. I was a peer tutor for BIOL 121 for the entire 2020/2021 term. Even though it was all online, it was such a fun experience! …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Arell Bryski
I’m from Vancouver and I’m working towards a degree in Honours Biology. I just finished my first semester peer tutoring for BIOL 121. Outside of school, I’m involved in the Science Undergraduate Society, the UBC Genetics Club, and I’m excited to begin my co-op term this summer as a Clinical Research Assistant in the Hematology …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Keylyn Filewich
My name is Keylyn Filewich and I am from Winnipeg, MB. I am currently finishing the last semester of my Biology degree here at UBC. I am a Peer tutor for BIOL 112 this term and enjoying every second of it! I am also a student athlete at UBC. I play on the women’s basketball …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Jennifer Liu
Jennifer Liu is a third year biology student. Originally born in Vancouver, she has also lived in Saskatoon and Edmonton. Recently, she received the Mildred Brock Memorial Scholarship for her efforts in undergraduate affairs. Jennifer is also involved in student government as the Vice-President, Finance of the Science Undergraduate Society and in volunteer work at …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Elliott Gee
Elliott is a 3rd year student in the Biology program with hopes to add a second major in the Microbiology & Immunology program. Elliott is a lower mainland local, originally from Burnaby, BC and his favourite thing to do is explore the Vancouver food scene. As a biology student with a passion for life at …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Madina Kagieva & Taylor Reilly
Madina Kagieva and Taylor Reilly met and became good friends when they took BIOL 463 last year. Since then they have collaborated on instructional materials for BIOL 463, co-presented a CTLT Remote Teaching Institute workshop, founded and serve as Co-Presidents for the AMS Medical Genetics Club, and currently work together as peer tutors in the …
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Peer Tutor Spotlight – Giselle Mirfallah
Hello, my name is Giselle and I am majoring in Behavioural Neuroscience and minoring in Biochemistry at UBC. I have peer tutored BIOL 111 twice now, and hopefully I can also do it next term. I was born in the capital city of Iran and shortly after I moved to one of the most beautiful …
Peer Tutor Spotlight – Nafeesa Alibhai
Nafeesa is in their 4th year of completing an Honours BSc in Integrated Science at UBC, focused on genetics, physiology, and neuroscience. Nafeesa is also a member of the UBC Neuroscience Club (UNC), Climate Justice UBC (formerly UBCc350), the Climate Hub at UBC, and sings in SARGAM UBC. They serve as a mentor for UNC …