Aboriginal Seats in Health Programs
Priority seating for Aboriginal students in Nursing, Practical Nursing, and Early Learning & Care
We are pleased to announce that Camosun College has priority seating for Aboriginal students in some Health programs. Five percent (5%) of seats in Nursing, Practical Nursing, and Early Learning & Care are set aside for Aboriginal students. The process for applying for these seats is called the “Aboriginal Limited Priority Admissions” process. It has been approved by our Board of Governors, supported by the Education Council, and approved by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal.
Camosun College wishes to increase Aboriginal student enrollment in these programs. We also wish to be part of the process to help meet critical health and child care needs in urban and rural Aboriginal communities.
We welcome applications from all qualified Aboriginal students.
How to apply for Aboriginal Limited Priority Admission
As an Aboriginal applicant,
- you will check "Yes" on the Aboriginal self-identification box on the Camosun College application form,
- you must meet Qualifications for College and Program Admission including
- being a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant with proof of Landed Immigrant Status and
- being 18 years of age or older by December 31st of your first academic term,
- you will be contacted and asked if you want to apply through the Aboriginal Limited Priority Admissions process. If you do, you will be required to provide information that documents your indigenous heritage. Acceptable documentation includes:
- a certified copy of a Status or Treaty card,
- a certified copy of a Métis card,
- a certified copy of a Nunavut Trust Certification card, roll number of any other proof accepted by Inuit communities,
- a certified copy of a Nisga'a card,
- proof that an ancestor's name has been entered in the Indian Register according to the Indian Act or on the Band list of an individual Indian Band or on the Inuit roll,
- evidence that an ancestor received a land grant or scrip grant under the Manitoba Act or the Dominion of Canada Lands Act,
- written confirmation of ancestry from the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
- written confirmation of membership in a Band by a Band Council or Tribal Council which has enacted it own membership code,
- a declaration by the applicant attesting to Aboriginal ancestry, supplemented by letters supporting the declaration from an official of a recognized Aboriginal organization,
- a certified copy of official documentation attesting to membership in a Native American tribe.
- Provided your documentation is acceptable, you will be invited to the program information session and learn about services that are available to Aboriginal students at Camosun College and about the Aboriginal Limited Priority Seating Admissions project.
- These seats are provided on a basis of first come, first served to qualified applicants. Once the 5% of priority seats have been assigned, other Aboriginal applications will go through the regular admissions process. Such students may apply through the Aboriginal Limited Priority Admissions process the following year.
- It is important to note that priority seats for Aboriginal applicants are held only until eight (8) weeks prior to the beginning of the program. Usually, this is the end of June. After that, all unused seats are returned to the regular applicant pool.