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Learning to Lead™ Virtual Spring 2026 Registration Form
We are accepting registrations on a rolling basis.
This information is collected to help us assess your suitability for the Learning to Lead™ program. Your personal information is treated as confidential by Minerva BC and is collected and managed in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please note that you cannot save your progress in this application. We encourage you to save your responses in a separate document to ensure you don't lose your work.
As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to the following three questions:
1. Why would you like to participate in Learning to Lead?
2. Tell us about something you care about.
3. Tell us about a time you faced a challenge. How did you respond to it?
You will have the option of providing written responses in the text boxes below,
OR
submitting a video of yourself sharing these responses verbally. If you choose to submit a video, please use WeTransfer to upload your video and paste the link in the appropriate textbox below. Please note that your video will not be made public and will only be viewed by the selection committee. Here is a guide on how to use WeTransfer: https://www.acecloudhosting.com/knowledgebase/how-to-transfer-files-using-wetransfer/
Acceptance
Acceptances will be made on a rolling basis. Get your application in early to save your spot!
Program Dates:
Spring: 4 virtual weekly evening sessions
Wednesday, April 8th: 6pm - 8pm PST
Wednesday, April 15th : 6pm - 8pm PST
Wednesday, April 22nd: 6pm - 8pm PST
Wednesday, April 29th: 6pm - 8pm PST
Minerva BC welcomes participants from diverse backgrounds and experiences and creates space for people to share their stories as well as learn from others' stories. Opportunities for conversations about reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people as well as the intersectionality of diversity is an integral part of the Learning to Lead™ program. All participants are asked to enter these conversations with an open and respectful heart and mind.
Questions?
Please contact our Youth Programs Manager, Ashley Milbury at ashley@minervabc.ca
Please note: We ask for your mailing address in order to be able to send you the welcome package. We ask for your phone number as we have a two-factor verification process to access our Zoom calls.
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1.
APPLICANT INFORMATION
(Required.)
First Name
Last Name
Age
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Number
Home Phone (please write n/a if not applicable)
Preferred Email
Secondary School
Secondary School Address
Do you have Parent/Guardian Approval? (Yes or No)
Parent/Guardian Email
Is your Nomination Sponsor a Learning to Lead alumni?
Tee shirt size
2.
Have you taken a Minerva workshop at your school?
Yes
No
3.
Do you know what career field you are interested in exploring after high school? (Not knowing is perfectly fine, too!)
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4.
What are your preferred pronouns?
(Required.)
She/Her
They/Them
I don't know yet
I would rather not say
Other (please specify)
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5.
What racial or population group(s) do you belong to? Select all that apply to you, or please specify in the other text box below.
(Required.)
First Nations
Métis
Inuit
International Indigenous Peoples
White
South Asian
Chinese
Black
Filipino
Latin American
Arab
Southeast Asian
West Asian
Korean
Japanese
Would Rather Not Say
Other (please specify)
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6.
Do you identify as any of the following?
(Required.)
Immigrant
Refugee
Newcomer to Canada
None of the above
Other (please specify)
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7.
Do you identify as a person with a disability?
(According to the Employment Equity Act (Canada), "persons with disabilities means persons who have a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric or learning impairment who:
- consider themselves to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that employment, or
- believe that an employer or potential employer is likely to consider them to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that impairment, and includes persons whose functional limitations owing to their impairment have been accommodated in their current job or workplace.)
(Required.)
Yes
No
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8.
Do you self-identify with any other marginalized groups that you would like to share with us?
(Required.)
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9.
As part of your application, please respond to the following three questions:
- Why would you like to participate in Learning to Lead?
- Tell us about something you care about.
- Tell us about a time you faced a challenge. How did you respond to it?
You have the option of providing written responses in the text boxes below, OR uploading a video (no more than 2 minutes) of yourself sharing these responses verbally. Please indicate how you would like to provide your responses.
(Required.)
Written responses
Video response
10.
Why would you like to participate in the Learning to Lead™ program? (100 - 200 words)
11.
Tell us about something you care about. (100 - 200 words)
12.
Tell us about a time you faced a challenge. How did you respond to it? (100 - 200 words)
13.
If you have chosen a video response, please submit a video (no more than 2 minutes) of yourself responding to the 3 prompting questions. Paste the WeTransfer link in the textbox below.
Please note that we assess the video according to the quality of your responses and not the quality of the video.
14.
If selected for the Minerva Program, you could also be eligible for Shad, an annual event that brings together students from across Canada and internationally to attend a month-long summer program focused on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts & math).
Shad looks for diversity and well-roundedness in Shad participants with an over-arching commitment to excellence. Students with a strong academic foundation, who are natural go-getters, curious about the world, community-minded, creative and engaged are the type that excel at Shad.
If that sounds like you, please check the box below and your application will be shared with a representative from Shad.
Yes, I would like to be considered for the SHAD program!
No thanks.
15.
If anyone referred you to this program, please enter their name and email below.
Name
Email
How do you know them?
Please submit your application by clicking the "done" button below.
