Month: December 2021

Use your education to make a difference!

Global Brigades is the largest student-led nonprofit organization. We work towards resolving health and economic disparities in our partner communities in Central America, Africa and Greece. We do this by sending groups of students on brigades to partner communities to aid our teams in-country with implementation of mobile medical clinics, water system design and construction, economic development workshops and much more.

The Global Brigades Club at UVic has a very big presence on campus and has sent 47 brigades to Central America. We currently have medical/dental, engineering and business chapters at UVic.

Our Medical Brigades help with a mobile medical clinic where students get to shadow doctors, dermatologists, dentists, optometrists and interact with patients in an experiential learning experience like few others. Brigaders spend time leading up to brigade learning skills they will need when they are in-country including taking vitals and medical spanish.

If you would like to learn more please checkout our website uvicglobalbrigades.com and our instagram page @uvicglobalbrigades.

UVic Career Services is offering our annual Mock MMIs (Mock Multiple Mini Interviews) over Zoom this coming January and February for 3rd and 4th year students and alumni who have been invited to interview for medical schools, physiotherapy and other health related programs that use the MMI format for assessing applicants.

UVic Career Services Mock MMIs (Mock Multiple Mini Interviews):

• The sessions include taking part in interview scenarios and receiving feedback/coaching
• Students and Alumni need to have received a letter/email inviting them to an MMI style interview to be eligible to participate
• Our group Mock MMIs will be held on Zoom on Fri Jan 14th, Fri Jan 28th, Fri Feb 25th
• There are no charges for these sessions

To register for a Mock MMI, please contact Blenda, Career Assistant, UVic Career Services: careers@uvic.ca.

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One of UVic’s ICS Exchange Program partner universities, the University of Washington (UW) is giving UVic students the chance to apply for a virtual, extra-curricular (not-for-credit) scholarship program, running from January – April 2022, and with a stipend amount of $2400.00.

Program Application Form

Application deadline: December 20, 2021

Stipend amount: $2400.00

Please note: This program is only open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

The program is designed to enhance students’ knowledge of American-Canadian, pacific northwest cross-border relations, and gives students the chance to learn from, and network with experts in various cross-border related fields. Successful applicants will also have the chance to meet and form a virtual cohort with other students from UVic, UW, and UBC.

Student expectations within the program:

1. Participate in monthly workshops and discussions (January-April) facilitated by experts
2. Attend 2-3 virtual cultural events (from a suggested list or of their own choosing and with approval from the program lead)
3. Contribute to a collection of virtual city tours led by students and alumni
4. Write 2 blog posts based on their workshops and/or event attendance
5. Complete a final project (with the aim of building cross-border understanding) of the student’s choosing, along the lines of (but not limited to):
   1. 1000-word policy brief on a current cross-border issue
   2. Multimedia project – 5-minute video or photo essay exploring an aspect of the region
   3. Podcast interview of regional expert/person of note
   4. Students may suggest their own project, subject to program approval

If you are interested in the virtual program, please apply here by December 20, 2021! Please note: This program is only open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

Note: The University of Washington (UW) also offers several fully funded full-year exchange opportunities (see more about the $12,000.00 Corbett scholarship here) to UVic students each year. If you are interested in completing a year abroad at UW, apply for the ICS Exchange Program by February 1, 2022 for an exchange in the 2022-23 academic year!

BC Parks has created the BC Parks Student Ranger Program to promote outdoor youth employment opportunities across the province.

This BC Parks Student Ranger Program will see a minimum of 48 students employed across the province. Eligible candidates for the 2022 season are legally entitled to work in Canada, are between the ages of 18 and 30, and have been enrolled in full-time studies at an accredited institution within the past 6-months. Additional requirements and criteria can be viewed in the job postings. BC Parks strongly encourages students from Indigenous backgrounds to apply for these positions.

This season, a minimum of twelve Student Ranger crews will be formed across the province. Confirmed crews will be based out of the following locations: Victoria (Goldstream Provincial Park), Black Creek (Miracle Beach Provincial Park), North Vancouver, Squamish, Nelson, Penticton, Kamloops, Williams Lake, Prince George, Fort St John, Smithers, and Terrace. With additional crews being considered in Dease Lake, Mount Robson, Muncho Lake/ Liard River Hot Springs, Hagensborg, and Port Renfrew. Each crew will work within various parks and protected areas on recreation, conservation, Indigenous relations, and public outreach projects and education projects.

The competitions for these positions are now posted to the BC government job board and the application deadline is January 9^th, 2022. Please visit the BC Parks Student Ranger Program web page (https://bcparks.ca/employment/student-ranger/) for more information on how to learn more and to apply for these job opportunities.

Please contact the BC Parks Student Ranger Program Coordinator with questions Parks.StudentRangers@gov.bc.ca