Supporting Indigenous Health Science StudentsSince 2014, the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in awards to Indigenous students at UBC training to become health care practitioners and health researchers. The Lindsay and Elizabeth Gordon awards were the first awards in UBC history to allow students from both the Vancouver and Okanagan campus to apply to the same award funding pool. These awards continue to be an important source of funding for Indigenous students at our Okanagan campus. EligibilitySelf-identified Indigenous students who fall into one, or more, of the following categories are eligible to apply to our awards:
Indigenous students at the Okanagan campus are only eligible to apply to the Lindsay and Elizabeth Gordon awards. |
Health Science AwardsWe currently have 6 award competitions available to Indigenous students enrolled in health programs with variable award amounts available each year, including:
To apply, fill out the online application form and select all of the awards you wish to apply to. There is only one application form that is used for all currently open awards, including the Graduate Research and Future Health Professional awards. Upload your additional documentation into the application form and ensure your reference letter is emailed to ceih.awards@ubc.ca by the posted deadline. Additional Documentation Required
Eligibility Criteria
Evaluation Rubric Academic Excellence (scored out of 10)
Letters of Reference (scored out of 10)
Statement of Intent (scored out of 30)
Total possible score is out of 50Financial need may be considered in the case of multiple outstanding applicants. APPLICATION DEADLINE: CLOSED |
Graduate Research AwardThe Lindsay and Elizabeth Gordon Graduate Health Research award is for Indigenous students who are pursuing health-related research in either academic or community settings. This award is open to full-time graduate students from both UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan and is made on the recommendation of the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral studies or the College of Graduate Studies. To apply, fill out the online application form and select all of the awards you wish to apply to. There is only one application form that is used for all currently open awards, including the Health Science and Future Health Professional awards. Upload your additional documentation into the application form and ensure your reference letter is emailed to ceih.awards@ubc.ca by the posted deadline. Additional Documentation Required
Eligibility Criteria
Evaluation Rubric Academic Excellence (scored out of 10)
Letters of Reference (scored out of 10)
Statement of Intent (scored out of 20)
Research Potential (scored out of 10)
Total possible score is out of 50Financial need may be considered in the case of multiple outstanding applicants. APPLICATION DEADLINE: CLOSED
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Future Health Professionals AwardThe Lindsay and Elizabeth Gordon Entrance Award for Community Health Scholars is for Aboriginal students who have not yet pursued formal post-secondary education, or who are returning to post secondary education after a gap. This award is open to full-time students from both UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan in undergraduate or graduate programs and are made To apply, fill out the online application form and select all of the awards you wish to apply to. There is only one application form that is used for all currently open awards, including the Health Science and Future Health Professional awards. Upload your additional documentation into the application form by the posted deadline. Additional Documentation Required
Eligibility Criteria
Evaluation Rubric Academic Excellence (scored out of 10)
Statement of Intent (scored out of 40)
Total possible score is out of 50Financial need may be considered in the case of multiple outstanding applicants. APPLICATION DEADLINE: CLOSED |
Entrance Award for Community Health ScholarsThe Lindsay and Elizabeth Gordon Entrance Award for Community Health Scholars is for Aboriginal students who have not yet pursued formal post-secondary education, or who are returning to post secondary education after a gap. This award is open to full-time students from both UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan in undergraduate or graduate programs and are made Apply, fill out the online application form and select all of the awards you wish to apply to. There is only one application form that is used for all currently open awards, including the Health Science and Future Health Professional awards. Upload your additional documentation into the application form by the posted deadline. Additional Documentation Required
Eligibility Criteria
Evaluation Rubric Academic Excellence (scored out of 10)
Statement of Intent (scored out of 40)
Total possible score is out of 50APPLICATION DEADLINE: CLOSED |
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Frequently Asked Questions |
1. Who is eligible to apply to these awards? |
2. Do I need to be registered in a health program to apply to these awards? No! If you are a student and are interested in applying to a health program in the future but are not currently enrolled in one, you are eligible to apply to the Lindsay and Elizabeth Gordon Future Health Professionals Award. This award is only open to students who are not currently registered in a health program.If you are a new student at UBC you can apply to the Lindsay and Elizabeth Gordon Entrance Award. This award is open to students entering any program (both health related and non-health related) provided you can demonstrate your interest in working in health in the future.All other awards require applicants to be registered in a health program. |
3. Are these awards part of the general UBC awards found on the students.ubc.ca page? No, these awards are separate from the UBC awards and have a separate timeline, application process, and adjudication period. Applying to awards administered through the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health does not submit your application to the UBC general awards process and vice versa. |
4. Do I have to submit “proof of ancestry” to apply to these awards? No, we do not require students to submit proof of Aboriginal ancestry to apply to our awards. Students are asked to self-identify as Aboriginal in the application form as part of the application process. |
5. How are you defining Indigenous/Aboriginal? UBC uses the term "Aboriginal" in the spirit of its use in section 35(2) of the Canadian Constitution, to refer inclusively to members of First Nations, status and non-status, treaty and non-treaty Indians, Métis, and Inuit peoples in Canada, recognizing in doing so that many people prefer the terms that are specific and traditional to their communities. |
6. I have questions about the additional documents required to apply to these awards. Where can I find further information? The UBC Learning Circle hosted the Indigenous Student Programs Coordinator for a session about creating the strongest possible awards application. The session is available on The Learning Circle. |
7. Will you email me to confirm you have received my application?" No, when you submit your application via the online form you will receive a confirmation saying your submission has been completed. We will only email you if there was a problem with your application, or if you were missing documentation. |
8. Can I save and restart the survey? No, when you submit your application via the online form you will receive a confirmation saying your submission has been completed. We will only email you if there was a problem with your application, or if you were missing documentation. |
9. Will you email me to confirm you have received my application?" No, when you submit your application via the online form you will receive a confirmation saying your submission has been completed. We will only email you if there was a problem with your application, or if you were missing documentation. |
10. Does my program qualify as a “health” program? We have created a health programs search – if your program is listed as part of the search it is considered a health program for the purposes of our awards. If your program is not listed and you have questions about which awards you are eligible to apply to please email ceih.awards@ubc.ca for more information. |
11. I am a graduate student currently receiving the Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship. If I receive one of these awards will I forfeit my fellowship? No, receiving an internal UBC award will not conflict with your fellowship funding. If you have specific questions regarding potential funding conflicts, please contact the Faculty of Graduate |
12. What is the amount of each award? Funding amounts are variable and change yearly, so it is impossible to give a static number. In the past we have granted awards up to $10,000 from award pools as large as $60,000. |
13. How many reference letters am I required to submit? Reference letters are only required for applications to awards in the Health Science Awards pool and the Graduate Research Award. Undergraduate students are required to submit 1 reference letter, while Graduate students are required to submit 2 reference letters. For graduate student applicants who apply to both the Health Science awards and the Graduate Research award you only need to submit 2 reference letters total – the same letters of reference will be used for both adjudication pools. Please note only the first letter(s) of recommendation received by our office will be reviewed by the adjudication committee in the event that more reference letters than required are received. Reference letters are not required for the Future Health Professionals and Entrance Awards. |
14. How do I submit my letter(s) of reference?
Reference letters must be emailed directly to the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health from the reference to ceih.awards@ubc.ca. Reference letters received directly from the applicant are ineligible for adjudication and will not be reviewed. I have a question that isn’t answered here, who do I contact? If you have a question that isn’t answered here please email your inquiry to: ceih.awards@ubc.ca
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