Diversifying Health and Human Service Professions Education (D’HoPE) Summer Program 2025

Join us on the UBC Okanagan campus for an Interactive Summer Program

About D’HoPE Summer Program

The D’HoPE Summer Program at UBC Okanagan is a summer program designed to help equity-denied youth and young adults from outside of the Vancouver Lower Mainland develop sustained interest in a health profession education program of their choice. Equity-denied groups include, but are not limited to, people who identify as disabled, first in their family or community to attend post-secondary, Indigenous, racialized, living in rural or remote communities, economically disadvantaged, and/or 2SLGBTQIAP+. At this program you will:

  • Meet practitioners and students from the health professions and engage in mentorship & connection opportunities
  • Familiarize yourself with the offered health professions programs at UBC, including Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, and Social Work. Learn about the admissions process, scholarship & funding info, and more.
  • Visit research, clinical, and teaching sites in the interior for the UBC health profession programs.

This is a five-day program running from July 14th to 18th, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, held at the UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna.

Interested in attending?

Complete the Expression of Interest Form by Friday, July 4th at 11:59 PM to be considered

For more information regarding the Summer program, please contact diversifying.health.professions@ubc.ca