Navigate your academic journey with peer-to-peer support from Arts Peer Advisors or Arts Peer Academic Coaches.
Arts Peer Advisors
Peer Advisors play an integral role in Arts Academic Advising Services, providing accurate and timely information on academic requirements, campus resources and much more – assisting you to confidently navigate your academic journey and make the most of campus life.
Arts Peer Academic Coaches
Connect with upper-year students that will work with you long term to meet your academic goals..
Our Arts Peer Academic Coaches are friendly, inclusive, and knowledgeable upper-year students who:
- Know what it’s like to learn and study in UBC Arts
- Share a common goal of seeing other students succeed
- Are trained to support student self-reflection and growth
- Can provide you with strategies and resources to improve your academic experience
Coaching topics
- Study strategies
- Time management techniques
- Ways to approach academic tasks
- Campus involvement opportunities
Chat with a coach to set academic and personal goals, discuss study habits, brainstorm ways that you can adapt your approach to learning and studying, and co-create an action plan going forward.
All conversations with a coach are confidential.
Meet with a Coach
Arts Peer Academic Coaches are available to meet with you for one-on-one coaching conversations by appointment or during their drop-in hours in the Coaching Space, located on the third floor of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Appointments can be requested via the link below from September to March (excluding exam period).
Drop-In Hours
Our Arts Peer Academic Coaches will be taking a short break for the summer months of May through August. Drop-in hours will be paused until then and will resume on September 15, 2025. Be sure to check back in early Term 1 for updated hours!
Have questions? Contact our team at: contact.apac@ubc.ca
Peer Advisors are student employees that work in the Arts Advising office. If you imagine going to the gym, Peer Advisors are the front desk staff. They'll help you with your gym membership and make sure that you registered properly for that 8 a.m. group yoga class but, beyond maybe offering a few tips, they aren't there to help you workout.
Peer Academic Coaches are those gym regulars that are happy to take newcomers under their wing. They aren't employees but they will go out of their way to show you how to lift weights properly so you don't hurt your back and are happy to share the lessons they learned along the way towards their own academ— or, we mean fitness success.