Student Research Mentorship

Indigenous Summer Scholars Program

The Indigenous Summer Scholars Program (ISSP) is a 12-week applied research program that engages Indigenous undergraduate students and recent graduates from undergraduate programs in a variety of scholarly, collaborative, and community-based research projects while they explore the possibilities of graduate studies.

For more information see the ISSP webpage.

Pathway to Graduate Studies Program

The Pathway to Graduate Studies (P2GS) program is open to Indigenous students who have declared a major in a natural science and engineering field or are planning to declare a major in a natural science and engineering field.

For more information see the P2GS webpage.

External Mentorship Programs

Sistering Indigenous and Western Science (SINEWS) program

Sistering Indigenous and Western Science (SINEWS) is a paid mentorship program intended to increase the representation and participation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in science-related disciplines and research. Pairs of students, one of which must be Indigenous, will propose, develop, implement and report on research projects over the course of a 4-8 month term position. See the SINEWS website for more details.