TYP Alumni and Student Engagement initiative’s objective is to establish a formal and structured platform to support TYP alumni in their academic journey and future career progression. The program empowers the TYP community through building relationship and peer mentorship opportunities. This in return is going to shape the future of TYP and enhance the success of mature student education as TYP evolves to meet the needs of mature learners.
Furthermore, current TYP students and alumni now have access to their peers, spanning generations and times during the 50+ years of TYP. Their stories have become more valued and widespread across education networks and their respective communities.
Now that TYP’s alumni work is active, more alumni are reaching out to stay involved and know that they can be supported within the overall TYP community.
Focus
- Access and transition: promote successful academic and social transitions to post-secondary education
- Outreach and Engagement: increase awareness and understanding of post-secondary pathways
- Retention and Persistence: help participants complete and graduate from postsecondary programs
Features
- Academic credit: university
- Academic success
- Alumni engagement
- Career exploration
- Community engagement
- Experiential learning (e.g., co-op, internship, design challenges, field trips, etc.)
- Wrap-around services (e.g. provision of food, skills development workshops, writing centre and library access, etc.)
Timeframe
- Fall Term
- Summer
- Winter Term
Participants
Ages
- Mature students
Groups
- Adults who have not completed their Ontario Secondary School Diploma
- First-generation students
- LGBTQ+ students
- Low-income students
- Newcomers to Canada
- Racialized students
- Secondary school students with low credit accumulation and/or achievement rates
- Students from communities with limited access to post-secondary education (e.g. rural or remote communities)
- Students requiring outreach/transition support
- Students with disabilities