Mentorship was the word of the day in Desmarais, as a small group of engineering students, professors, and community professionals gathered to discuss mentoring at Why Mentor? Why Be Mentored? . Organized jointly by the uOttawa and Carleton Women in Engineering branches, the event offered food and conversation, as well as inspiring discussion on mentoring, ranging from the benefits and goals of mentoring and of being mentored, to the logistics of long-distance mentorship. The speaker line-up included Associate Professor WonSook Lee, Ottawa section WIE chair Jennifer Ng, and Jeiyi Rong, a former Carleton IEEE branch executive. They covered the definition of a mentor, which ranged between each speaker. Mentorship was described as being a strictly formal relationship with documented goals and actions taken, a casual relationship with a role-model who can offer help and advice, and anything in between. It was agreed upon that the goal of mentoring is to help a mentee in growth. There was one common theme between each talk – anyone can be a good mentor to someone. Student leaders can be mentors to younger university students; junior university students can be mentors to high school students, and so-on, so become a mentor to someone today to make a real difference in their life!