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As we head into student staff and volunteer recruitment season, February's CoP gathering will focus on student peer educators. Our CoP Co-Chair Jason Laker will open the session with a short presentation on his recent research on the use of student peer educators in post-secondary GBV prevention and response programs. Then, we'll have an informal panel discussion and Q&A with three of our CoP members: Wil Prakash Fujarczuk, Ella Haladin, and Jason Laker on the following topics: 

Job description and scope of role for peer educators

Recruitment and selection

Initial onboarding and training 

Ongoing mentorship and support

Working conditions (compensation, recognition, scheduling, etc)

Successes? Challenges?

Ella Haladin is a student-staff at the University of the Fraser Valley. Since 2022, she has worked with UFV's Sexualized Violence Prevention Education peer program, called In This Together- first as a volunteer, then as the Education Assistant. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and is working towards a Bachelor of Social work degree.

Wil Prakash Fujarczuk is an enthusiastic educator with over a decade of experience working in sexual violence prevention across community-based, high school, and post-secondary settings. He is currently completing his doctorate in educational research at the University of Calgary, focused on post-secondary student survivor experiences navigating institutional policies. Wil also has a content-educating drag persona named Unita Assk.