INDIGENOUS BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK APPLICATION PACKAGE
INDIGENOUS BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK APPLICATIONPACKAGE
The application process is detailed and will require the commitment of a significant amount of your personal time and effort. The completion of each of the components of this admission package is integral to ensuring that your application will be processed in an effective manner. Applicants are also encouraged to submit the necessary documents to meet the funding deadlines set by their sponsors.
If you have any questions about the application procedure, please contact the Admissions Officer at (780) 484-0303 or email admissions@ytced.ca
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Official High School Transcripts
Official Post-Secondary Transcripts, if applicable
Confirmation of English 30-1 or equivalent course and final mark of at least 65%. Applicants without English 30-1 are invited to apply but must complete the equivalent of English 30-1 prior to the commencement of the program
Verification of 100 hours of volunteer or work experience in human service setting within the previous four years
Current Resume
Personal Statement
Applicants identified to move onto next steps in the application process will be invited to do an academic readiness assessment
Complete the College Application.
$75.00 Program Application Fee
Two letters of reference (one should be from the supervisor of your volunteer or work experience and the second from a community, education or employment).
Reference letters must be emailed to Registrar@ytced.ca DIRECTLY from the person providing the reference. The sender must ensure the subject line includes:
“Social Work Program Application: ISWD References for FirstName LastName
Reference letters can also be mailed to YTC, Attention: Registrar’s Office.
Criminal Records Check/Child Intervention Check
Personal Statement
Upload your completed statement in the form below.
By completing your Personal Statement you will be provided with an opportunity to explore and describe how your prior life experiences have encouraged you to consider embarking upon an educational journey which is founded upon Indigenous Knowledge systems.
Please answer the following questions in paragraph format (double-spaced word-processed responses are preferred)
Please describe your reasons for pursuing a career in social work.
Please describe your reasons for wishing to complete your social work education within a program that possesses an Indigenous cultural foundation.
Please identify and describe those skills and experiences that you believe indicate your personal suitability to the field of social work.
Leading a healthy lifestyle is an essential requirement for successfully participating in a social work education program that is founded upon Indigenous values, knowledge and philosophy. Please describe your plans for ensuring that the following elements of your life will be addressed in a healthy manner throughout the duration of your social work degree program studies.
• Potential life challenges
• Family and community commitments
• Spiritual needs
• Academic responsibilities
• Financial considerations (we understand that committing to school will be a financial hardship and ask that you identify
any potential financial barriers.In one to two paragraphs please describe your knowledge of Indigenous worldview and social issues that currently face Indigenous peoples in Canada.
DECLARATION OF THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS FOR THE FNAKEC* INDIGENOUS SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
OUR VISION: COMMUNITIES LIVING IN A SACRED MANNER
We, as the Indigenous peoples of this land, have a fundamental responsibility to maintain balanced and harmonious relationships with all forms of life;
We hold in reverence al that Mother Earth has given us;
We recognize that our sacred knowledge is carried in our languages , our ceremonies and the gifts of Creation;
We possess a fundamental right to meet our sacred responsibility of raising our children in a manner so that they will fulfill their sacred responsibility of conducting their lives in a harmonious manner;
We recognize that our sacred ways ensure our survival; and
We recognize that the survival of the collective is critical to ensuring that individuals are able to fulfill their sacred responsibilities and thus achieve a state of personal well-being.
Therefore, we agree and commit ourselves as Elders and members of our Nations to respectfully work together to fulfill our fundamental responsibility to:
Ensure that our sacred ways are sustained through:
Speaking our languages;
Conducting our ceremonies; and
Living in good relationship with our families, clans, tribes, and all of Creation.
The Council of Elders is a body that possesses the authority to protect the sacred ways of our people. This authority has been transferred through the generations and honors sacred ways of knowing. The mandate of the Council of Elders is to ensure that the FNAHEC Indigenous Social Work Program graduates people who will practice social work in a manner true to our sacredness.
* The Indigenous Social Work Program has been collaboratively developed by members of the First Nations Adult and Higher Education Consortium, Alberta.