Eligibility and Application

VMS is a free, confidential mentorship program for the Arts & Sciences community. Our goal is to educate entrepreneurs by helping them create and sustain for-profit and non-profit ventures in the real world.

Eligibility:
 

  • VMS serves current undergraduate students, graduate students, alumni, staff and faculty from the Faculty of Arts & Science who have a leadership role in a venture.
    • While we mentor the entire venture team, our actual client is the founding entrepreneur with an Arts & Sciences-affiliation. We expect that he or she will remain an active and central participant in all mentoring activities.
  • Participants must be local to the Greater Toronto area.
  • Entrepreneurs must commit to an on-going relationship with VMS.
    • Expect to send updates on your venture and meet with your mentors on a regular basis.

Application Process:
 

  • If you have extensive entrepreneurship/business experience, live in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and would like to apply to be a VMS mentor, please fill out the Mentor Expression of Interest form.

    • Please Note: Our 2024 application cycle has closed and we’ll review all received applications in Spring 2025 when the application cycle opens again.

  • If you are a U of T Faculty of Arts & Science student or alumni and would like to apply to be a mentee, please fill out the Mentee Expression of Interest form.
    • Please Note: Our 2024 application cycle has closed and we’ll review all received applications in Spring 2025 when the application cycle opens again.

Enrolment:
 

  • If accepted, you will receive an enrollment package by e-mail. The enrollment package materials describe the rules and procedures of VMS. There is also a required acknowledgement and release form for you to sign.
  • By enrolling, you acknowledge that the VMS mentors are working with you on a volunteer basis and that the Centre for Entrepreneurship incurs no liability in the process.
  • Once you have reviewed that material and returned your signed waiver of liability, staff will work with you to schedule your first mentoring session.