Surrey Post-Secondary Institutions Embrace Aboriginal Students

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Surrey Post-Secondary Institutions Embrace Aboriginal Students

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           SFU Surrey, in tandem with Kwantlen University College, have engaged in an initiative to welcome and embrace Aboriginal students that is now in its second official year. This furthers Surrey’s fast-changing reputation in the Lower Mainland and extending throughout British Columbia as one of the most diversified cities in the province. Though provincial government funding does exist to facilitate special programs for Aboriginal students, the motivation to take a step towards starting such programs just do not exist in very many other cities.

           British Columbia as a whole is known for its Aboriginal communities. It’s a pretty well-known fact that Aboriginal students are at a serious disadvantage when it comes to attaining a post-secondary education and continuing on to reach their full potentials. For this reason, the Aboriginal Prep Program is such a beneficial program. It allows these students to gain very important foundational skills that can be taken into limitless vocations, such as courses in university-level writing. Stress managing, counselling and areas promoting overall wellness are also available to these students to maximize their chances for success.

           What the program does is consequently set Surrey apart as a strong member in the advancement of our province. Western Canada is already known as the much more accepting and accommodating region of Canada, especially when contrasted by its Eastern counterpart. In Quebec and more conservative areas of Ontario and the Maritimes, there is a general movement towards a less accepting nature, something that probably was adopted from the United States. Living on the West often means just having a much more open outlook on diversification and that means accommodating and helping people of all groups and cultures to be fully represented in our post-secondary institutions and, later on, the workforce. And, SFU Surrey is set to become a revolutionary university in the trek to equate all peoples in our community.