Okanagan-native Cameron McDermid knew from an early age that he liked science but it wasn’t until his final years in high school, with the help of both family and school mentors, that he set his sights on an engineering career. ”Along with my family, who always supported my interest in science, my high school math teacher encouraged me to pursue engineering,” he said.

Current reclamation research taking place at the historic Ajax-Afton tailings site has earned graduate student Paul Antonelli a $5,000 scholarship.

UNBC’s PhD in Health Sciences was launched in 2012. It is interdisciplinary in nature and directly addresses the needs of health science researchers and professionals in B.C. and beyond.

Kamloops native Jayden Ockenden has always wanted a career where he could make a difference in someone’s life. He had initially planned to pursue a career in law enforcement. But spending his summers as a wildland firefighter while he studied at SFU helped him discover his true calling as a firefighter.

Chris Taylor speaks enthusiastically about his time at Camosun: “It’s a great college, I really like it. I’ve met a lot of friends here and I love to expand my horizons.”

Jacquelyn Cragg, ICORD Postdoctoral Fellow has won the Society in Science – Branco Weiss Fellowship (http://www.society-in-science.org/jacquelyn-cragg.html) for her postdoctoral studies.

Josh enrolled in the electrical pre-apprenticeship training at College of the Rockies in 2008. Upon graduating, he decided to continue his learning through the apprenticeship program.

For a kid who grew up watching a lot of cartoons, it’s not surprising that Benson Shum (http://bensonshum.com/) first heard about Capilano University’s 2D Animation diploma on television. It was 1997 when the 17-year-old first saw a news profile on the fledgling animation program. He told his parents, “I want to try that out!”

When Graeme, a member of the Gitxsan Nation, was younger, he struggled in high school and didn’t believe he’d ever make it to university. His family and aunt, Shirley Joseph, believed otherwise. She was the Aboriginal Coordinator for Langara at the time, and encouraged him to enroll at Vancouver Community College and then Langara to begin his post-secondary studies.