For students with dreams of a career in health care but who face financial challenges, the road to becoming a doctor, physiotherapist or other health professional can be very difficult, if not impossible.

With your help, the Northern Medical Programs Trust has created the Northern Pathways to Medicine Bursary Program (NP2M) for high school students with a demonstrated financial need. The program includes a bursary to provide monetary support to northern students enrolling at UNBC who are interested in a health care career.

The support from donors is so instrumental in the success of UNBC student-athletes, says Emily Aase, who spent five years on the women’s basketball team as a student-athlete.

“Their continued support on and off the court made my university experience so memorable, and created further opportunities to achieve my goals,” she said. “I am thankful for donor’s selfless contributions to me, this program, and I know we are all looking forward to following in their footsteps by giving back to UNBC and the community.”

For two weeks in May under the hot African sun in Zambia, Hannah Magee learned about major health issues and gained insight into analyzing health situations, and how people come together to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion responses. This included an understanding of women and girls who experience gender-based violence and how communities are focused on reducing child marriages and teen pregnancies.

The semester was fast approaching and Sara-Lynn Harding was in a bind.

Entering her final year of studies for her undergraduate degree in Public Administration and Community Development at the University of Northern British Columbia, Harding was facing a series of challenges and a sudden case of financial hardship.

The University of Northern British Columbia partnered with the BC Oil and Gas Commission (Commission) to provide 30 Indigenous students with natural resource skills training used in today’s industry projects throughout Northern B.C.