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Future Ready 2026 Registration Form
We are accepting registrations on a rolling basis.
This information is collected to help us assess your suitability for the Future Ready 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 briefly respond to the following three questions:
1. Tell us about something you hope to learn through this program.
2. What barriers or challenges have you experienced in navigating school, work, or life that you hope this program can help with?
3. Share a moment when you felt proud of yourself. What contributed to that feeling?
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:
7 virtual sessions every second Tuesday from 6-7:30pm PT:
March 10: Opening Session and Values
March 24: Managing Change
April 7: Effective Communication
April 21: Emotional Resilience
May 5: Building Confidence
May 19: Effective Networking
June 2: Advocating for Yourself and Closing Circle
Application deadline: March 3
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 Future Ready 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
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1.
APPLICANT INFORMATION
(Required.)
First Name
Last Name
Age
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Number
Preferred Email
Secondary School
Secondary School Address
2.
Do you know what career field you are interested in exploring? (Not knowing is perfectly fine, too!)
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3.
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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4.
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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5.
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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6.
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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7.
Do you self-identify with any other marginalized groups that you would like to share with us?
(Required.)
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8.
As part of your application, please respond to the following three questions:
1. Tell us about something you hope to learn through this program.
2. What barriers or challenges have you experienced in navigating school, work, or life that you hope this program can help with?
3. Share a moment when you felt proud of yourself. What contributed to that feeling?
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
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Tell us about something you hope to learn through this program. (100 - 200 words)
10.
What barriers or challenges have you experienced in navigating school, work, or life that you hope this program can help with? (100 - 200 words)
11.
Share a moment when you felt proud of yourself. What contributed to that feeling? (100 - 200 words)
12.
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.
13.
Have you done a Minerva youth program before? If yes, please include which program and what year.
14.
How did you hear about Future Ready?
A teacher/professor
A friend/family member
Word of mouth
Social media
Email
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.
