Aboriginal Student Achievement Program - ASAP
Medicine Wheel Learning Community
For more information, contact:
ASAP Program Information:Lori Slater PollockDirector of Arts and Science Learning [email protected]
ASAP Registration and Advising:Trish Monture Centre for Student SuccessASAP Academic Advisors [email protected]
College of Nursing AdvisingTrudy UngerAboriginal Nursing Advisor – [email protected]
http://artsandscience.usask.ca/aboriginal/asap.php
College of Nursing UCAN provides the following services:
• Academicandpersonaladvisinginaculturallysensitive environment
• Referrals/Advisementforchildcare,housingandfunding concerns
• Accesstoemergencyloans
• Tutoringforvariousclasses(whenneeded)
• Gatheringsandlunches
• Studentspacewithcomputer,printingandinternetaccess(mayvarybysite)
• AccesstoElders
• Assistancewithapplicationsandcourseregistration
• Partneringwithpost-secondarycoordinatorsandcommunities
The College of Nursing has set aside 16.6% of seats for Aboriginal applicants who meet the minimum entrancerequirements,includingseatsinourgraduate level Nurse Practitioner program.
For more information on UCAN:
http://www.usask.ca/nursing/aboriginal/ucan.php
Medicine Wheel Learning Community
Pathway to Nursing Pathway to Nursing
Medicine Wheel Learning CommunitiesMedicine Wheel Summer Orientation Camp:
• August9–12,2016
• Nofee,roominVoyageurPlace(free)
• MarquisMealPlan
• OrientationwithPeerMentors
• Biology120–preparation,terminology
• Chem112–preparation,terminology
• INTS102–overview–labtour
• MathWorkshop
• AcademicCoachingSessions
• CollegeofNursing–PresentationandTour
Medicine Wheel – 1 Learning Community:
• Term1courses-Sept2016
• Biol120–Eng113–INTS102
• Tutorialsforeachcourse
• Holisticandculturally-informedadvising
• ASAPHourwithPeerMentors
Aboriginal Student Achievement Program – ASAP The College of Arts and Science and the College of Nursing are excited to announce the creation oftheMedicineWheelLearningCommunities.This program will provide first year Aboriginal studentsinterestedinnursing,lifesciencesandprofessional health sciences the opportunity to study in a culturally rich environment. The ASAP MedicineWheelLearningCommunitiesareopentoAboriginal students that register together in small classes,takingcommonsetsofcoursestogether,with additional tutorials to build academic skills.
AboriginalstudentsenrolledintheMedicineWheelLearning Communities will also receive dedicated academic,cultural,socialandcareersupports.Inadditiontosharingaclassroomexperience,thestudentsgatherforaweeklyASAPHourguidedby two upper year Aboriginal Peer Mentors. These students will have the opportunity to complete nearly all of their pre-nursing courses through the program,andwillalsohavetheopportunityofattendingaSummerOrientationCampinAugust.
The College of Nursing in partnership with the ASAP Learning Communities seeks to provide Aboriginal pre-professional year students opportunities to feel a sense of belonging and identity with the University of Saskatchewan and the College of Nursing. The promise of this collaboration effort is to further increase access for Aboriginalstudentswhowanttostudyscience,nursingorotherhealthprofessions,andtocreateamutually supportive community around this goal.
Medicine Wheel – 2 Learning Community:
• Term2courses-Jan2017
• INDG107–Psy120–WGST112
• Tutorialsforeachcourse
• Holisticandculturally-informedadvising
• ASAPHourwithPeerMentors
Medicine Wheel – 3 Learning Community:
• Term2Course–Jan2017–Chem112
• FitsintoallASAPTerm2LCs
• Chem112PeerLedTeamLearningSessions
• Restrictedadmission–askanASAPAdvisor
Medicine Wheel –4 and 5 Learning Community:
• May2017andJune2017
• Courses:STATS244–NUTR120
• PeerLedTeamLearningSessions
• PeerMentors
Apply to the College of NursingPre-Professional Year students should apply online to the College of Nursing by March 31, 2017 at:
http://www.usask.ca/nursing/bsn/admission/apply.php
ASAP students meeting minimum requirements for admission would be conditionally accepted pendingsuccessfulcompletionofSTATSandNUTR.
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