Peer Resources Network

Benefits of Membership
The Peer Resources Network is a world-wide association of peer program leaders, coaches, mentor program developers, trainers, supervisors, and consultants, and related service users. Members receive discounts on Peer Resources publications in addition to unlimited toll-free telephone support, access to our research databases, help with training curriculum design and content, no-cost expertise for program development, and subscriptions to our two periodicals, Compass: The Magazine for Peer Assistance, Coaching and Mentoring and The Peer Bulletin, a monthly e-mail newsletter that includes tips, information, news and learning event notices for coaches, peer assistance, and mentoring

If you are interested, we have created a list of the additional benefits and services associated with the Network. We have also created a comparison chart listing the differences between member and non-member benefits and services.

Membership in the Network is available on a fee basis. Individual membership is $75.00; Institutional Membership is $140.00; and Student Membership is $32.10. You can join the Network by completing an on-line Application Form.

The Peer Counsellor Journal
Back issues of this journal are available to members online and in a print format. Previously published twice a year, the Peer Counsellor Journal was Canada's major source of information on peer helping. In December, 1999 after being published for thirteen years, the Journal which typically contained news briefs from the peer helping movement, tips, hints, and practical ideas for peer programs, and bibliographic information, was merged with Compass: A Magazine for Peer Assistance, Coaching and Mentoring. Some issues contained articles in French as well as English.

Oddysey: The Mentor Program Newsletter
Back issues of this newsletter are available to members online and in a print format. Previously published four or more times a year since 1994, Oddysey was the newsletter for Canadian Mentor Strategy National Training Leaders. Subject matter dealt with mentoring and mentor programs in schools, universities, and industry.

Keen-eyed readers have observed that the newsletter title Oddysey has a different spelling than the classic work Odyssey (written by Homer). The newsletter title was an attempt to capture the flavour of the origins of mentoring (as depicted in Homer's Odyssey) but to also reflect an "odd" or irregular publication schedule.

The Peer Bulletin
Published monthly, the Peer Bulletin is distributed by e-mail to all members of the Peer Resources Network. The Bulletin contains news briefs about peer, mentor, and coaching activities plus program tips, announcements, important dates, relevant internet links, reviews of resources, and practical ideas. Back issues are maintained in the password protected area of the Peer Resources website. The Bulletin is free to members of the Peer Resources Network. View a sample of the Peer Bulletin or the Table of Contents for all Peer Bulletins.

Subscriptions to all these publications are free to members of the Peer Resources Network. If you would like to receive a sample copy of one of the above publications, please complete our Online Survey.

For more information about Peer Resources or the Peer Resources Network, you can contact us in four ways:

Email: rcarr@islandnet.com

Phone: Toll-free within North America, 1-800-567-3700. Outside North America, call (250) 595-3503

Snail mail: 1052 Davie Street, Victoria, B.C. Canada V8S 4E3

Fax: (250) 595-3504