Strengthening STEM pathways for Indigenous youth – UBC Faculty of Medicine

Apr 08, 2024
A look back at the early impacts of seed2STEM, an innovative UBC summer research program for Indigenous youth in B.C.

As a child, Shana George always loved science class. But it wasn’t until she spent a summer during high school working in a UBC research laboratory that she realized the possibilities that could come from pursuing post-secondary studies in science.

“I think it’s just amazing how science can help people,” says George, who is from the Squamish Nation. “I realized that by pursuing a career in science, I could maybe make a difference in people’s lives too.”

During the summer of 2019, George spent six weeks with seed2STEM, an innovative program at UBC that invites B.C. Indigenous youth in grades 9-12 to participate in six-week paid summer internships in research labs on either the Okanagan or Vancouver campus.

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