Month: April 2012

We are beginning recruitment for the fall intake!  Our community leads, eMentoring staff who oversee the mentees in each community, are working diligently to recruit new students who are interesting in participating in the eMentoring program.  Each community lead is situated within the community so that there is always someone close by to encourage and facilitate.

Any Aboriginal youth in BC between the ages of 11-18 can participate in the program!

eMentoring is an online mentorship program that matches Aboriginal youth with a mentor, where together, they will work trough a Personal Quest in which mentees gain the confidence and skills required to pursue a university education and possibly a career in the health sciences.

Mentees benefit from the program by:

-Getting a chance to communicate and build a relationship with a post-secondary student who has similar interests
-Supporting youth to believe they can graduate high school and enter university or college
-Learning how to develop attainable steps to reach a goal
-The program may spark an interest in the health sciences, which is an area that desperately needs more Aboriginal professionals!

Interested in becoming a mentee? Know an Aboriginal youth who would benefit from having a mentor?

Click here to download an application: Aboriginal eMentoring BC: Mentee Application Form

Got a question? Contact our Mentee & Mentor Coordinator!

Nahannee-fé Gillett
(t) 604-875-4111 ext. 69152
(e) nahannee-fe.g@ubc.ca

To be held on Sept 28, 29, & 30, 2012 – Chase, BC

Hosted by:  Adams Lake Indian Band,  Education Department

The 3 day conference features hands on workshops and activities; where youth get a chance to explore and exposes them to:

• Careers
• Restorative Justice
• Canoe Journey
• Traditional Games
• Digital Filming
• Fish Camp
• Technology
• Survival/Spirituality

Scheduled evening events:

• Lahal Tournament
• Shuswap Idol
• KASP

Please view video clip from last year’s Dreamcatcher Shuswap Youth Conference 2011. I would like to acknowledge Doreen Manuel and her students (Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking Program, Capilano University) who worked with youth and put together this video:

http://youtu.be/TdA5YUFDesU

If you are interested in attending the Dreamcatcher Shuswap 4^th Annual Youth Conference, please complete and submit this registration package: Dreamcatcher Complete Registration Package-2012

Additional information contact Adams Lake Band, Education Department – 250-679-8841.

Show your support for eMentoring via twitter by checking out our twitter account @ementoringbc and join the conversation at the Ashoka Inspiring Approaches to FNMI award ceremony using: #ashokafnm and #fnmisummit

Don’t forget to watch the award ceremony that is streaming live right now at:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/inspring-approaches-to-fnmi-learning-summit

Hey eMentoring supporters! Tomorrow Ashoka will be streaming live the “Inspiring Approaches to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learning” summit in Gatineau, Quebec at 10:45am (PST-Vancouver).  Be sure to check out the link below to see Katherine receive the 2 awards we won!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/inspring-approaches-to-fnmi-learning-summit

Wow! I can’t believe it is the end of the University term already! So far this year has just flown by.  Although the school year is winding down, here at eMentoring we are gearing up to finish off the eMentoing term with a bang!  We have received research approval to begin recruiting in School District 23; which is the Central Okanagan area.  We are hoping this will increase our recruitment of mentees for the fall.  We are planning an end of the year celebration for active and potential new mentees to celebrate our successful year of eMentoring.  We also hope the event will give potential mentees a chance to check out the program. We are discussing the potential of making eMentoring a credit course for mentees, if this is achieved it would be a great way at making our program sustainable over the long term.  We have begun asking our mentors to give us feedback on how our personal quest is structured.  This is only the beginning in improving our program so that it will continue to grow and develop over the years to come.