Mentorship is about sharing
experiences and knowledge that will help someone through obstacles in their
life and in their career. Often people are mentored or act as a mentor without
even realizing the importance of what has taken place. Canadian Angus wants to
promote mentorships to ensure these important relationships and sharing of
knowledge continues to occur.
The Mentorship Program has three primary
goals:
·
Support new and young Angus producers
·
Facilitate Angus producers with a network of
expertise and community
·
Provide a forum to access tools to ensure
success and longevity in the industry
Thinking of becoming a Mentor?
Being a mentor has great
benefits:
·
Broaden
your network and ties with the community
·
Enhance your analytical skills
·
Provide opportunities for professional exchange
with a fresh perspective
·
Meet and connect with new and
upcoming breeders
·
Help guide
the future of the Canadian Angus industry
·
It feels good to
help others
In
addition, as part of the mentorship program, Canadian Angus will work
with each engaged producer to identify
knowledge, experience and opportunities that have potential to make new and/or young
producers successful and sustainable within the
industry.
Looking for a Mentor?
Have you ever wanted a second
opinion? Looked for sage
advice and maybe a kind word? Do you want to know what works and what doesn’t, without the trial and error of testing it out
for yourself?
In
addition to being partnered with a mentor, the Mentorship Program will include four
workshops held at Angus Central and four others across Canada each year. These workshops will allow you to attend at least two information
sessions. The workshops will be led by experienced producers, industry experts and research collaborators.
One-on-one
mentorship will help ensure that information is understood
and you are able to put it to good use. Individual mentors will be able to
provide further details and more in depth
explanations as they pertain to each individual’s situation.
So
that you can access information repeatedly and at your convenience, videos and
printed material will also be produced.
Everyone Benefits!
The Canadian Angus Mentorship
Program provides a great opportunity for aspiring, new and experienced
cattle producers to exchange experience and knowledge. Mentorship provides
rewards for both the mentors as well as those being mentored.
Canadian Angus aims to develop a
database of expertise to fill commonly identified gaps of knowledge in the
industry.
Mentors
and mentees will be encouraged to connect in person (if geographically
possible) or by telephone. Ideally, the mentee would visit the mentor’s
farm/ranch at least once to review how they run their operation.
The
new producer development, support and Mentorship
Program
strives to engage young
and new Canadian Angus producers and provide them with a
structured avenue for support, mentorship and information in order to increase
their success and longevity within the industry.
For more information or to enroll
in the Canadian Angus Mentorship Program, please contact:
Nate Marin, Director of New
Generation Breeder Development
(306) 869-7130
Or
Carmen Koning, Member
Value Team Leader
(587) 230-3520
The Mentorship Program is proudly supported by:
