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Marcia Guno, 604-268-6891, mpguno@sfu.ca
Marcia Guno, 604-268-6891, mpguno@sfu.ca
April 4, 2005
Simon Fraser University student services is expecting a large delegation of aboriginal youth from grades 8-12 at a two-day conference April 28-29 at SFU. The event will help them make the transition from high school to post-secondary education.
Organized in conjunction with the IIG-All Nations Institute, the conference, Youth in Motion: Education and You includes a career fair and workshops on topics such as applying to university, budgeting, writing and research, identity and self esteem, spirituality and drumming and singing.
There will also be information sessions for band workers, support workers, educators, counselors and others involved in aboriginal education. “We're receiving strong interest from all over B.C. and even the Yukon,” says SFU First Nations recruiter Marcia Guno, who is helping to coordinate the event. “Our goal is to strengthen the connection between First Nations youth and available post-secondary options.”
Guno says the conference also complements SFU's goal to support aboriginal education and recruit more First Nations students.
For more information visit students.sfu.ca/youth_in_motion.
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Websites:
First Nations student centre
Organized in conjunction with the IIG-All Nations Institute, the conference, Youth in Motion: Education and You includes a career fair and workshops on topics such as applying to university, budgeting, writing and research, identity and self esteem, spirituality and drumming and singing.
There will also be information sessions for band workers, support workers, educators, counselors and others involved in aboriginal education. “We're receiving strong interest from all over B.C. and even the Yukon,” says SFU First Nations recruiter Marcia Guno, who is helping to coordinate the event. “Our goal is to strengthen the connection between First Nations youth and available post-secondary options.”
Guno says the conference also complements SFU's goal to support aboriginal education and recruit more First Nations students.
For more information visit students.sfu.ca/youth_in_motion.
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Websites:
First Nations student centre