Mentorship

Béatrice Crettenand Pecorini is currently a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Education, majoring in teaching health professionals. She holds a master’s degree in education from the University of Ottawa, a federal diploma in vocational education (adult education), a certificate of specialisation as a nurse anaesthetist, and her nursing training obtained in Switzerland is recognised in Ontario. She also has an advanced paramedic certificate and specialises in training USAR (Urban Search And Rescue) teams. As an independent consultant, she has carried out many humanitarian missions in response to disasters, as well as training health professionals and volunteers. With her atypical profile between health and education, Béatrice is currently focusing her research on an innovative educational technique for the psychological well-being of older people and social inclusion: digital narrative gerontology, which she began during her master’s programme. Based on lifelong learning and intergenerational learning, her research covers pedagogy as well as andragogy and gerontagogy, and she uses digital technology to link the generations. Béatrice also has a wealth of experience as a research assistant at the University of Ottawa (Faculties of Education, Social Sciences and Arts), as well as mentoring international students, which she was herself not so long ago.

Béatrice can mentor peers in French.

Derya is a third year international PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. She is a proud woman of color, a feminist ESL/EFL high school teacher/educator for thirteen years, and a former Fulbright scholar. Her research focuses on empowering women not only survive but also thrive through difficult circumstances. Her research focuses on a phenomenological study of silence and writing as a form of being and becoming. She has also professionally and voluntarily served as a mentor at various university writing centers, international student centers, and highschools. As for her non-academic interests, she likes writing poems, going on long walks or hikes, spending quality time with her son, reading for pleasure, working on her macramé skills, learning a new language and procrastinating on what to do next. She likes meeting new people and hearing about the exciting journeys that allow their paths to cross. She wishes everyone a smooth academic journey and hopes to be of help if need be.

Derya can mentor peers in English and Turkish.

Elise Guest is a PhD student in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. The focus of her research is on the multiple quality-assurance requirements for Nursing education programs in Canadian post-secondary institutions. She is employed full-time at Engineers Canada on the accreditation team and runs her own consulting firm (Noctua Consulting Services) at the intersection of her professional and academic work. Elise is available to mentor other graduate students who are also navigating their studies and professional employment. She is also available to discuss how to get started in consulting and managing those activities.

Elise can mentors peers in English.

Golshan Mahjoub is an international PhD candidate. She has studied English literature for her Bachelor’s degree and Teaching English as a Second language for her Master’s in her home country, Iran. She moved to Canada for her doctoral program in 2019 and chose to pursue a different path of study. She is currently studying the representation and inclusion of women in STEM education. Academic life aside, Golshan is a language enthusiast, mother of apartment plants, and a fiction reader. Golshan is eager to share her experience with new students, especially international students, and to support them in their academic path in the Faculty of Education.

Golshan can mentor peers in English and Farsi.