she’s here MEntorship Program

PROGRAM SPONSOR

honorarium sponsor

RaiseHer Co. X University of Regina Champions of Change

Celebrating 6 Years of Mentorship!

2027 Program Theme: Reimagining a community where women and girls are safe everywhere!

Thank you to the university regina alumni association for being this year’s program sponsor!

THE WHAT

WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM?

RaiseHER Co. and the University of Regina Champions of Change Club are proud to come together for their 6th year to host She's Here Mentorship Program. This program is a FREE, in-person, project-based mentorship opportunity for up to 20 women and/or gender diverse post-secondary students (from any post-secondary institution) or new professionals (with less than 5 years working in their field) aged 18 to 25 (“Associates”) and up to 20 women and/or gender diverse matched working professionals (with over 5 years in their field) aged 25+ (“Professionals”) to help foster leadership skills and help enhance the ability for local organizations (in which the “Professionals” work at) to better support, recruit and adapt to the needs of the leaders of tomorrow.

2027 Project Theme: UNSAFE BY DESIGN

In our 6th annual year of the “She’s Here” Mentorship Program, RaiseHER Co. and Champions of Change Club at the University of Regina are proud to launch a bold new theme that all 2027 mentorship projects will be centred around:

“Unsafe by Design: Reimagining a community where women and girls are safe everywhere”.

What if we stopped asking women and girls to change their behaviour to stay safe and started changing the environments, systems and behaviours that put them at risk?

For the 6th annual She’s Here Mentorship Program, Associate + Professional matches will tackle the normalization of gender-based violence and explore what it would take for women and girls to feel safer at home, at school, at work, online and in their communities. The need for action is especially urgent here in Saskatchewan, where rates of intimate partner and gender-based violence remain among the highest in Canada. Yet safety is about more than responding to violence after it happens. It means examining the everyday policies, spaces, cultures and systems that determine whose safety is considered from the start.

Through this year’s program theme UNSAFE BY DESIGN, matches will identify a real-world safety challenge, learn from research and community expertise, and develop an actionable solution. Projects could tackle everything from consent and dating violence, coercive control and workplace harassment to online abuse, safe nightlife and transportation, sport culture, bystander intervention, healthy masculinity and community safety.

We’re currently working on sourcing local partners (i.e. non profits, associations and organizations with work and services related to this topic) to advise on this program projects and outcomes, serve as judges on our final Project Pitch Panel and help drive sustainability of the project work forward. If you’re interested in partnering, please email shesherementorship@gmail.com.

This theme also intersects with reconciliation and the disproportionate violence experienced by Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people, supporting the intent of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action #39, #40 and #41 around victimization, culturally appropriate victim services and violence against Indigenous women and girls.

Because keeping women safe shouldn't be women's job. Let's redesign what isn't working.

BONUS: As a gesture of our appreciation for the time, insights and efforts that program participants put into their project, ALL participants (Associates + Professionals) will be awarded an honorarium thanks to the generosity of our Honorarium Sponsor, Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan (WESK).

THE PROJECT

What you will work on

Each mentorship match completes a small, impact-driven project, completed over a month in any format that works for you (in-person, virtual, or a mix).

Projects follow a simple structure: identify a problem, explore why it exists, propose a research-informed solution, and outline realistic next steps. You’re not expected to implement the solution - just design it thoughtfully. Projects should all include extensive research with a hypothesis and suggested solution and might take the form of a new initiative, policy change, campaign, resource, program, community intervention or something we haven’t thought of yet.

The program culminates on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2027, when matches will take the stage at our annual pitch showcase to present their solutions to a panel of community advisors, decision-makers and changemakers, alongside a public audience.

The goal? Move great ideas beyond the mentorship program and into the hands of people and organizations who can help fund, champion, pilot or carry them forward to create meaningful change in our community.

Because awareness matters but what we do next matters more.

Examples of Projects over the years

  • 2021: Diversity On Medical intake forms

  • 2022: Period Education in Regina Schools

  • 2023: Accessibility of Services

  • 2025: She Rise Business Directory

  • 2025: COMMUNITY, CONFIDENCE AND CONNECTION

THE WHY

WHY ARE WE HOSTING THIS PROGRAM?

The goal of this program is to provide post-secondary students and new professionals with first hand experience of what it is like to take on leadership roles in various industries, and reinforce that women do belong and thrive in leadership positions. The experience will provide students and young professionals or “Associates” with an opportunity to collaborate with a seasoned local “Professional” mentor to collectively solve a problem while both building and exercising leadership qualities. In turn, the “Professional” offers space for the “Associate” to share their experiences and knowledge on how their company/organization can better support youth-focused issues, attract young women and/or gender-diverse individuals and create spaces that set up the next generation of leaders for success.

Why is it important to offer space for youth in decision-making positions? The next generation of leaders is here and is watching. Youth have been at the forefront of all major social justice movements, and since youth experience the world differently, they are able to ameliorate work environments to a more modern and creative space. Including youth in conversations breaks down intergenerational divides to allow any and all organizations to have sustainable development. Welcoming the youth’s unique perspective offers insight into issues + context to issues that might have been largely ignored or simply unknown.

THE IMPACT ON PARTICIPANTS

After hearing from past participants of the program, some of the top skills gained and strengthened throughout the experience included, but were not limited to:

  • Leadership

  • Networking

  • Public speaking

  • Project management

  • Writing/communication

  • Creativity

  • Team-oriented thinking

Not only did they gain important skills needed to succeed and make meaningful changes in our community and the organizations within it, but feedback from our Mentorship Program participants also indicates that:

  • 83% say the Mentorship Program was valuable to leadership development

  • 100% would recommend the program to others

  • 100% say the Mentorship Program gave a new perspective on leadership and the value of youth perspectives 

  • 67% said Mentorship Program exposed them to new leadership opportunities and made meaningful change in Regina

THE WHEN

WHEN IS THIS PROGRAM HAPPENING?

The program sessions below will be held in person in Regina from January - March each year (see below for 2026 dates). Further details of the exact location and preparation for program sessions will be shared with all selected applicants once the application process closes.

-  Tuesday, January 12, 2027 from 7:00 -8:30 pm- Program Information Session (both Associates + Professional participants)

-  Tuesday, January 19, 2027 from 7:00-9:00 pm -  Mentorship Match Networking (both Associates + Professional participants)

- January 29 - March 5, 2027 - Mentee/Mentor working sessions (minimum 4 hours of meeting time planned by individual Associate + Professional groups). Mentorship Program Projects must be submitted by March 5. 

- Monday, March 8, 2027 from 5:30-9:00 pm- Mentorship Project Presentation + Celebration (both Associates + Professional participants)

THE HOW

HOW CAN I BE APART OF THIS?

To be part of this FREE, for-impact program, all participants must fill out an online application and fully commit to participating in all above above-listed in-person meetings and sessions.

Applications for the 2027 She’s Here Mentorship Program open in November 2026. In the mean time, please fill out the below Interest Form and we will contact you once applications open.

For questions or more information on this program, please email shesherementorship@gmail.com

FILL OUT THE INTEREST FORM

THE PURPOSE

WHY WE’VE COME TOGETHER

RaiseHER Community and the University of Regina Champions of Change Club are movements dedicated to enhancing the empowerment, equality and advancement of women and girls by providing them with unique confidence and leadership-building information, opportunities, experiences and resources.

Their shared commitment to raising up the leaders of tomorrow has spawned the creation of this free intergenerational project-based mentorship program.

This program was created to provide women at different stages of their career paths hands-on opportunities to learn what it is like to take on leadership roles in various industries, be change-makers in helping to make the local work landscape more inclusive to women and reinforce that women do belong and thrive in leadership positions.