Do you want to apply to current paid or volunteer opportunities at Renison?
Visit the News page on our Homepage for Current Opportunities.
Our Renison community is proud of the many paid and volunteer leadership opportunities available for students to grow and develop their essential skills. Learn more about the opportunities available throughout the year for our Renison student community.
Meet Your Student Leaders
Renison is proud to have a great team of passionate student leaders available to support our community. Get to know your Renison student leaders by visiting our One-on-One Meet-ups Page.
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Peer Leaders
Peer Leaders are paid leadership opportunities at Renison that are perfect for students to strengthen their leadership and intercultural experience. This position is ideal for students with a strong knowledge of campus services and resources, student leadership experience. For roles that support our English language programs at Renison, a solid understanding of the international student experience is also valuable.
Our Peer Leaders must exhibit strong mentorship skills and facilitation experience. They must be positive role models both personally and academically, and exhibit awareness and knowledge of strategies for academic and personal success.
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Residence Dons
Primary responsibilities of Residence Dons are to promote a positive sense of community and an environment that is conducive to learning and personal growth. The specific duties include: enforcing residence policies, helping residents adjust to residence life, planning and implementing social activities, and being available to students as a resource for academic and personal issues.
These positions are posted annually in the Winter term and are posted to the Student Experience & Housing News page.
Questions?
Jennifer Burton, Housing Manager
jburton@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 0207
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Student Leadership Committees
Renison facilitates student leadership committees whose specific goals are to contribute to the liveliness of our vibrant student community.
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Curious about being on one of Renison's College Committees?
To support students who are joining a college committee at Renison, the Student Experience and Housing team have developed online LEARN modules.
This training is designed to help students better understand the ins-and-outs of boards, councils, and committees at Renison, and how they can make a valuable contribution to committees as a student serving on a committee.
This online training program has multiple components, including:
- An introduction to Renison University College
- An overview of Renison’s Board of Governors, College leadership, and committees
- A "crash course" on parliamentary procedure
- The value of student committee members and tips for thriving as a student representative on a committee, featuring a video from our President & Vice-Chancellor The Rev. Dr. Marc Jerry!
Upon completion of the modules and the final quiz in the course, students will receive a LEARN “badge” to recognize their completion of the course.
Instructions for how a student can self-register for the LEARN training modules can be accessed online.
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Student Involvement on College Committees
Renison University College coordinates a number of college committees that include Faculty, Staff and Administration at the college. An important part of the membership for these college committees include students! The voice of students are imperative on these committees to ensure that Renison is able to meet its mission and vision.
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Student Involvement on Academic Committees
Renison University College houses an Academic Council that offers direction and receives input from various academic committees. Each of these committees consists of Faculty, Staff and Administration at the college. Student voices are essential for these committees, making the student members an important part of their membership.
Want to build your intercultural skills more?
You're joining a diverse and multicultural community at Renison! Take part in our Intercultural Training modules online on LEARN to get a head-start in enhancing your intercultural skills.
How to enroll in the Online Intercultural Training
- Visit the LEARN website at learn.uwaterloo.ca
- Log in with your WatIAM credentials (your Quest account information)
- Click the "Self Registration" link in the toolbar menu.
- Search "Renison Intercultural Training" in the list of course options and click the link.
- Click the "Register" button on the next page.
- Click the "Submit" button on the next page.
- Click the "Finish" button on the next page.
- Click "Go to course offering Renison Intercultural Training".
- Click the "Access the Renison Intercultural Training" button on the homepage.
- Begin the training!
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Volunteer Opportunities for Renison & UWaterloo Students
Our volunteer opportunities are a great way to build your peer mentorship skills while helping our students develop their language skills and meet other students studying at the University of Waterloo. You can choose to attend our events, help with our student volunteer committees, or attend classes alongside our students. We have many different opportunities available throughout the year.
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Do you have a Renison opportunity to add to this page?
Contact:
Ryan Connell, Student Experience & Housing Assistant Director
ryan.connell@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 1108 (Renison Ministry Centre)