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Engineers reach out to First Nations

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Education / Èducation

At the Dawn ofFirst Nations Engineering

P25by Jorge Campos

A UBC First Nations Professional Sciences Access Program P26

by Paul Freedman

Power / Electricité

Geomagnetically induced currents:- Causes, Effect,

and Mitigation P27by Tom Molinski

There has been longstanding under representation of First Nations members in the engineering profes-sion. Currently less than 1% of

engineers have First Nations heritage. Youth miss out on career opportunities and com-munities lack needed skills among people in their own culture. In 2010, to try to remedy this situation Engineers Canada entered a partnership with the Assembly of First Nations to promote awareness of and increase access to careers in engineering. In 1996, we

profiled two programs tackling a multifaceted problem in different ways. UBC initiated and continues to offer “First Nations Professional

Science Access.” The focus is on providing a bridging year of personalized academic study coupled with the unique cultural support of

their campus Longhouse activities. At Concordia University, a joint program was developed with the Québec Order of Engineers called “Engineering Exploration Summer Camp for Aboriginal Students.” It was held annually in Montreal from 1994 until 2006 with a mission to inspire budding engineers. Experience has shown that successful pro-grams require much more than simple aca-demic support to bridge the cultural gaps and enable success for First Nations students in what seems to many a foreign environment.

“We as students, are here not only to brighten the future for ourselves, but also for the whole Native community“

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