Indigenous undergrad researchers arrive on campus for innovative summer program

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Community members, McMaster faculty, staff and graduate researchers welcomed Indigenous undergraduate students from across Canada at a dinner to celebrate the kickoff to this year’s Indigenous Undergraduate Summer Research Scholar (IUSRS) program.

Over the next eight weeks, 22 IUS Scholars – most of whom are in the latter stages of an undergraduate degree – will get a taste of graduate student life, in the labs, libraries and even in the field, spanning diverse areas of study across the University.  Working with a faculty supervisor and often in collaboration with current graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, IUS Scholars will learn new skills and enjoy new experiences aimed at helping them determine if graduate school is for them.

IUS Scholars will also have the opportunity to experience the local communities – Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and Hamilton – through day trips, talks and social events. Activities include medicine walks, talking circles, workshops on language and Indigenous research methods, and walking tours of McMaster and the local area.

Students have travelled from as far west as Victoria, British Columbia, and Goose Bay, Labrador, in the east, to take part in the second year of this unique-to-McMaster program.

 

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