Community Based Work Learn Program

The UBC Vancouver Work Learn program is piloting 2 cohort-based workplace programs for Indigenous students and students with disabilities.

If you self-identify as an Indigenous student or a student with a disability, join the program to gain work experience, expand your professional network, build practical skills, and meet professionals through off-campus work placements.

Indigenous students will receive culturally relevant career coaching, while students with disabilities will receive inclusive and accessible career coaching.

Work positions vary between employers and are off-campus, located across the province. There are positions from a variety of sectors in local community organizations, including social services, sustainability, technology, healthcare, and government.

Once you’re accepted into the program, you can also find your own opportunity directly with employers that interest you. All employers must have a legal name and WorkSafe BC coverage to be eligible.

You must meet the general Work Learn eligibility requirements in addition to the following criteria:

• You self-identify as an Indigenous student (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) and/or a student with a disability.
• You are a current student at UBC Vancouver with a UBC student number.

Indigenous students

Under this program, the term “Indigenous” refers to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people, either collectively or separately. In alignment with the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan, this program will prioritize applications from Indigenous students from nations and communities within Canada and trans-boundary nations whose governments are based in the United States. If you have questions, contact savanah.knockwood@ubc.ca.

Student with disabilities

To be considered a student with a disability, you must self-identify as having a disability. While you do not need to be registered with the Centre for Accessibility, according to the Disability Accommodation Policy LR7, all of the following must be true for you:

• You have a significant and persistent mobility, sensory, learning, or other physical or mental health impairment.
• You experience functional restrictions or limitations of your ability to perform the range of life’s activities.
• You may experience attitudinal and/or environmental barriers that hamper your full and self‐directed participation in University activities.

• Questions from Indigenous students to prospective employers (pdf)
• Self-locating and Self-Identifying for Indigenous Students (pdf)
• Career resources for equity-deserving students
• Career resources for students with disabilities
• A Legal Guide for People with Disabilities in BC
• Career resources for Indigenous graduates