Core Area
Education
Strategic Area
Sustained focus on recruitment and services to attract and support an outstanding and diverse student population
Goal Status
In Progress
Objectives
- E-mentoring plans include more cross-Faculty activities including an early mentoring project with the Office of Student Services (OSS) with pharmacy mentors (in 2023, 120 high school students came on the program, including some E2P students as outreach ambassadors).
- Run second iteration of Verna Kirkness program (2024).
- Indigenous Student Collegium to develop Indigenous student mentor program (2024–2026).
Achieved Goals
- Participated in the Verna Kirkness Foundation program for two Indigenous high school students to participate in pharmaceutical science experiences (May 2023).
- Dr Jarvis-Selinger's e-mentoring program funded until 2026. The team was funded $249,350 through the UBC Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Fund, Stream 2: Transformative Projects, 2023–2026, for the project "Bridging the gap to UBC: transforming an online mentoring program to meet the needs of rural Indigenous youth" (July 2023).