Building pathways to health careers for Aboriginal Youth
On Thursday May 5th, the eMentoring team held a Mentor Curriculum Training feedback session at the Xwi7xwa Library. Ten representatives from various areas such as the Urban Native Youth Association, UBC Institute of Aboriginal Health, School District 36 (Surrey), and First Nations House of Learning had the opportunity to attend and provide feedback on the […]
Here’s a sample of logo submissions that were completed by high school students from Boston Bar, BC! Let us know what you think!
On Thursday April 14th, 2011 two members of the eMentoring team went to the Boston Bar Elementary Secondary School Career Fair. We met 35 students, their teachers, their Principle, and some parents. The students got to meet people from Service Canada, CP Rail, the Nicola valley Institute of Technology, the Taxation Office, and of course, […]
eMentoringBC is an online program that connects Aboriginal youth with mentors that are 100% dedicated to helping you figure out what career you want and how to get there! As this is a new program, we are just getting ready to launch in Sept 2011. In the meantime, there are many exciting opportunities for you […]
“If you could have dinner with any one person, past or present, who would it be and why?” We asked youth to answer this question at the Sto:Lo Career Fair, February 4th, 2011. Check out what they said! An article with images of the Career Fair can be found here!
The eMentoring forum was held on December 6th, 2010, and brought together First Nations community partners, First Nations organizations, and Institutional partners to discuss the eMentoring project. We hired Avril, a graphic facilitator to visually represent our discussions. Click on the image below to see the end result!
Welcome to the eMentoring Project! The aim of this project is to encourage Aboriginal students to first stay in school and hopefully choose a career in health. We need more Aboriginal doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, social workers and more. But first, our Aboriginal students need to graduate high school, with a belief that they can and will go […]
