Prepare for a career in health
Help make your community stronger and healthier through a rewarding career in health care. Nursing, midwifery, and dental hygiene are only a few opportunities you can choose from.
In SFU’s eight-month Aboriginal Pre-Health Program, you’ll get a solid orientation to your career options, a boost of encouragement and support, and the academic pre-requisites that will set you up to succeed in a university bachelor’s degree program.
Build a foundation for academic success
In addition to taking the health pre-requisites you need, you’ll build a solid foundation of academic and personal success skills as you prepare to transition to university. You’ll study a variety of topics:
- Diversity, knowledge, and cultural traditions in indigenous communities
- Foundational, university-level reading, writing, and mathematics
- Foundational, university level biology and chemistry, with a specific focus on Aboriginal health and wellness issues
- Other selected topics in Aboriginal health
As you work through this bridging program, you’ll receive support from Aboriginal Elders and student mentors who provide subject-specific tutoring. You’ll also become familiar with SFU and our student support services.
Get into Simon Fraser University
When you successfully complete the Aboriginal Pre-Health Program, you'll earn academic credit as well as conditional acceptance into SFU, Canada’s leading comprehensive university.
Is the Aboriginal Pre-Health Program for you?
This university bridging program is for students of Aboriginal heritage (First Nation, Métis, and Inuit) who are thinking of pursuing a health career, but don't feel quite ready to go to university. Whether you've just finished high school or you've been out of school for some time, this bridging program is for you.