Professional Mentoring Program 2025 Cohort 1 Timeline

The platform will elevate your experience, provide a mentoring journey with greater autonomy and transparency for participants, and facilitate a smoother and more seamless experience for mentors and mentees. 

The Professional Mentoring Program (PMP) is driven by a singular purpose – fostering professional development and meaningful career growth. Whether you are a newcomer to the field of HR, a mid-level practitioner, or a senior-level HR professional, the PMP can support you to expand, refine, and build new skills.

To learn more about the role & responsibilities of a mentor and protégé, or to discover some of the new features for our program, please read our Professional Mentoring Program Information & FAQ Guide.

Important Notice for Returning Participants from Professional Mentoring Program 2024:

If you are a returning participant from 2024, please be aware that you will not be able to send a matching request to your mentoring partner from 2024. The MentorCity system will indicate that you have completed a mentoring relationship with your previous match, and hence, they will not appear in your search results. You will need to send a request to another mentoring partner and continue the relationship on the platform. 

Access to the MentorCity platform will conclude at the end of the 4-month mentoring period. For those returning in future cohorts, access will be kindly restored at the start of the new program. Thank you for being part of the journey!

Timeline/Key Dates:

Info Session Recording

We hosted an online information session to explain the new platform as well as the many improvements based on member feedback. This info session was recorded and the video is below. While watching this info session is not mandatory for applying to the program, it will be helpful to set you up for success.

Click here to download the PDF of the presentation slides.

What’s New: 

• The Professional Mentoring Program will be administered through an online platform. 
• As always we encourage everyone to apply and express their interest in either being a mentor or a protégé (or both); it is a great opportunity to create new connections. The program length has been shortened to four months and a second intake has been added.
• Participants will enjoy increased autonomy in choosing and agreeing to a match.
• The online platform is designed to be user-friendly and is equipped to facilitate a seamless mentoring process throughout your entire mentoring relationship. 
• Mentors may choose to mentor a student 1:1 rather than in a cohort format.
• If you are a past participant from and wish to continue with your previous match, you can continue your relationship outside this platform and will not need to re-apply or utilize the MentorCity platform. Please only reapply if you would like to be matched with someone new.

The application processing fee: 

For Mentors: No charge 

For Protégé: $35 for General and CPHR members, and $25 for Student members 

To stay informed about the program, as well as program deadlines, please monitor our website and be on the lookout for communications from your Member Relations Managers via their regional email newsletters.

Please send your questions to the PMP Manager.