By Veronica Beltran

Post Secondary opportunities for indigenous teens

Indigenous High School students explore post-secondary opportunities at CNC and UNBC

Aug 6, 2019 | 4:00 PM

PRINCE GEORGE–Indigenous High School students are spending four days exploring post-secondary opportunities at the CNC and UNBC.

The initiative is part of the Outland Youth Employment Program (OYEP) West’s Science Week which runs from Aug. 6 to 9. OYEP works towards providing equity and opportunity for Indigenous Youth through land-based education, training and work opportunities.

Student’s were given a tour of the campus before learning the ins-and-outs of the automotive trade on Tuesday, August 6 and more about natural resource clean energy projects with CNC’s Natural Resource and Forest Technology program. Wednesday, the students will head on a trip to Ispah Lake with the Natural Resource and Forest Technology program where they will get hands on experience with research techniques while out in the field.

“OYEP is an innovative program offering life changing opportunities for Indigenous youth throughout Canada,” said Edward Benoit, Dean of Community & Continuing Education at CNC. “We’re proud to partner with OYEP and UNBC to offer students an immersive post-secondary experience while in Prince George for Science Week.”

Students will receive a tour of the UNBC campus on Aug. 8 and will engage in forestry activities such as tree coring, dating culturally modified trees and tree identification. Ending their week with a terrestrial vertebrate lab demo and taking part in a fish lab exercise and lastly a bioenergy tour.

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