Welcome to ReMBC’s database of resources for indigenous students and youth! Find health and mental health resources, career development
opportunities, financial resources to pay for school, and admissions pathways – all specifically designed for indigenous people.
We also have a database of resources for rural students, and a page dedicated to education about Indigenous issues and topics.
Health and wellbeing resources
- UBC Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing Program
- BC Government: Virtual Mental Health Supports for Indigenous Peoples
- BC Government: Aboriginal Youth Support
Resources for Indigenous students and community members at UBC
Financial resources for Indigenous students
- First Nations Health Authority: Scholarship and Bursaries (scroll down) and Guide (last updated 2015)
- List of scholarships for Indigenous students from GrantMe
- Indigenous Bursaries Search Tool (Government of Canada)
- Scholarships from the Metis Authority
- Canadian Council for the Arts: Creating, Knowing and Sharing: the Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples: Funding for artists and arts projects
- Pacific Association of First Nations Women
- Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health Indigenous Student Awards
- ReMBC Travel Funding: travel and accommodation stipend for rural high school students attending a camp, summer program, or other opportunity. Reach out to e.mentoring@ubc.ca.
Career development and exploration
- UBC’s Summer Science Program:A one-week cultural, health and science program for Indigenous students grades 9-12 held in August of each year. The camp organizes workshops in drum-making, medicine bag crafting, a virtual reality medicine lab, and more! Explore UBC’s campus, learn about university, make friends, and connect with Indigenous mentors.
- 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.
- Seeds2Stem: University labs host Indigenous high school students in Grade 9-12 for a 6-week, paid summer research internships on a topics including neuroscience, engineering, chemistry, biology, math, physics, and other areas of STEM. Students are paid minimum wage to work 25 hours a week.
- Medicine Cousins: for grade 11 and 12 students and post-secondary students to be paired with a current Indigenous medical student mentor.
- 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.
- EducationPlannerBC for Indigenous Students: Post-secondary resources for Indigenous students. This page has scholarships and funding for Indigenous students, as well as available services for Indigenous students at each of BC’s colleges and universities.
- Aboriginal Learning Links: Information for Indigenous students about applying to, planning, and thriving in post-secondary education.
Admissions pathways for Indigenous students
- UBC Medicine Indigenous Pathway: UBC Medicine reserves seats for Indigenous students.
- UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences: Indigenous applicants are given interview priority and special consideration for admission. Once admitted, the program offers a variety of supports for Indigenous students.