About Us
About the Graduate Student Peer Advising Team
The Peer Advisors offer advice and access to resources to all graduate students in the department, and facilitate lively, collegial exchanges with students from many countries and backgrounds. Their role as a community builders is unparalleled. They stay tuned into what goes into building and sustaining collegial relations amongst diverse participants. The Peer Advisors are available for support and questions with respect to:
- Day-to-day UBC logistical questions
- Degree progress and time-lines
- Technology resources
- Writing, research, and assignments
- Conferences, presentations, and publishing
- Relationships between students and their supervisors
- Relationships between students and other students
- Adapting to life in Vancouver
This Blog site has been created to enable the Peer Advising team to share important information and useful academic and personal resources.
If you have any questions, please don’t be shy: Contact us by email anytime! Our address is: edcpgradpeeradvisor@gmail.com
Who We Are
2015-2016 Peer Advisors
Davor Egersdorfer, MEd student
Tiantian He, MA student
Fernando Murillo, PhD student
Rachel Ralph, PhD student
Jee Yeon Ryu, PhD student
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2014-2015 Peer Advisors
Liz Beattie, PhD student (also the 2015 Summer Peer Advisor)
Michelle Gautreaux, PhD student
Conrad Nickels, MEd student
Nasim Peikazadi, MEd student
Junsong Zhang, MEd student
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2013-2014 Peer Advisors
Mahtab Eskandari, PhD student
Heather Fisher, Masters student
Sam Stiegler, PhD student
Andrea Webb, PhD student
Kwesi Yaro, Masters student
Guopeng Fu, PhD student (2014 summer PA)
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2012-2013 Peer Advisors
Anita Prest, PhD student
Sarah Meli, MA student
Andrea Webb, PhD student
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2011-2012 Peer Advisors
Julia Ostertag, PhD student
Anita Prest, PhD student
James Gautier, PhD student
Jung-Hoon Jung, PhD student
Sarah Meli, MA student
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2010-2011 Peer Advisors
Julia Ostertag, PhD student
Hannah Spector, PhD student
Chessa Adsit-Morris, MA student
Gloria Rodriguez, MA student
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2009-2010 Peer Advisors:
Ashley Welsh, MA student
Maria José Athie Martinez, PhD student