Links:
Rural eMentoring BC
Resources and Partners
Career development and exploration:
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Virtual Healthcare Roadshow: healthcare career snapshots and videos https://www2.unbc.ca/healthcare-travelling-roadshow/virtual-roadshow
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PostSecondaryBC: Find the BC-based post-secondary institution that’s going to open up the right doors in your future. https://www.postsecondarybc.ca/
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Reach U: a resource for students, teachers, counsellors, parents and institutions to understand rural education access in British Columbia. https://www.reachu.org/
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KAST (Kootenay Association for Science and Technology): Tech, business and science opportunities in the Kootenay area https://kast.com/
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Verna J. Kirkness Education Foundation: offering scholarships to Indigenous students in grades 11 and 12 to spend a week at a Canadian university interacting and learning with professors and their team https://vernajkirkness.org/
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UBC's Summer Science Program: A one-week cultural, health and science program at UBC for Indigenous students in grades 9-12. Deadline to apply is May 1st. Learn more: https://health.aboriginal.ubc.ca/programming/summer-science/ubcssp/
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UBC Physics Circle: invites high school students (grades 10–12) to listen to a lecture and then ask questions https://outreach.phas.ubc.ca/events/metro-vancouver-physics-circle/
Information about college/university pathways and programs:
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Pathways to Medical Careers for students from Northern and rural communities in BC https://mdprogram.med.ubc.ca/admissions/before-you-apply/pathways-to-medicine/northern-rural-pathway/
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Pathways to Medical Careers for Indigenous Students https://mdprogram.med.ubc.ca/admissions/before-you-apply/pathways-to-medicine/indigenous-pathway/
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Pathways to Medical Careers for Black Students https://mdprogram.med.ubc.ca/admissions/before-you-apply/pathways-to-medicine/black-student-pathway/
Other mentoring programs and resources:
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MentorCanada: a coalition of organizations that provide youth mentoring https://www.mentoringcanada.ca/en
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Medicine Cousins: for grade 11 and 12 students and post-secondary students to be paired with a current Indigenous medical student mentor https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3KvfrsazGfbXF9Y
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IMPulse: Indigenous Mentorship Program for Indigenous high school students to provide them with an opportunity to develop meaningful relationships with role models at the university who understand their cultural history, and to experience elements of university campus first-hand. https://stemfellowship.org/impulse/
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Fostering Science: for youth in or from care (eg. foster care, group homes) interested in doing science fair projects with the help of a mentor https://pharm-sci-fosteringscience-2021.sites.olt.ubc.ca/