Past Tłı̨chǫ Students in Post-Secondary Education

Northern Youth Abroad is partnering with the Tłı̨chǫ Government to develop a Model for Post-Secondary Education Engagement for Tłı̨chǫ Citizens. We are gathering information to inform our work and identify what supports currently exist and how we can help develop additional supports to address the needs of Tłı̨chǫ Citizens. Masì for filling out this survey! Feel free to share this survey with anyone else who may want to give their input as well.

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* 1. First Name:

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* 2. Last Name:

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* 3. Email:

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* 4. Cell Phone Number

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* 5. What community are you from?

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* 6. Do you live alone or with family at home?

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* 7. Do you have dependent children or others you take care of?

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* 8. How old were you when you went to college/university/post-secondary?

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* 9. What type of post-secondary studies did you do?

Upgrading

College

University

Trades apprenticeship

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* 10. What post-secondary school(s) did you go to? (MacEwan University, Grande Prairie Regional College)

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* 11. What program(s) did you take? (Office Admin, Marketing, Engineering)

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* 12. What year(s) did you go to post-secondary? (Sept 2018-April 2019)

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* 13. Did you successfully graduate from that program? If no, why not?

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* 14. What was your attendance like? What percentage of classes did you attend? (I attended 90% of classes)

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* 15. Did you feel prepared when you started? Do you think that your high school experience adequately prepared you for college/university? Why/why not?

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* 16. What did you like about your experience?

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* 17. Where did you live? (Student residence, apartment, etc.)

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* 18. What difficulties, if any, did you have?

Academic

Mental health

Time management

Loneliness

Overwhelmed adjusting to a new environment

Housing

Financial (budgeting, paying bills)

Other (please specify)

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* 19. What supports did you access during post-secondary?

Family support

Tutoring

Mental health counselling

Career or academic counselling

Financial support (funding, scholarships, bursaries)

Cultural support (Elders, culture days, Indigenous Student Centre)

Accommodations for learning disabilities or individual education plan

Housing help (finding an apartment, getting into residence)

Other (please specify)

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* 20. What did you learn about yourself?

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* 21. What would have made your experience better?

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* 22. What was the biggest surprise about college/university/trades?

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* 23. If you could go back and do it again, what would you do differently?

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* 24. Did your parents go to college or university?

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* 25. What advice would you give to other Tłı̨chǫ youth going to post-secondary?

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* 26. What are you doing now? What are your goals?

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* 27. How can Northern Youth Abroad/Northern Compass support you? (Help with figuring out next steps, getting a tutor, access to a Northern Achievement Coach)

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* 28. Is there anything else you would like to say?

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* 29. Do you know anyone else that we can talk to?

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* 30. We would also like to get in contact with parents to get their input. If your parents are willing to help us out, please send us their names, phone number and email address to northerncompass@nya.ca or message Kira or Patti.