School of Indigenous Studies
Further Information
2009 Workshop
- 13 - 16 July 2009
- Applications close 12 June 2009
Contact Brendon DeGois to register your interest.
The Health and Science Careers Workshop is a week-long camp held in the July school holidays every year.
It is aimed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Years 10 to 12 who are interested in science and health-related professions.
Students stay on campus for the week at a UWA Residential College.
They visit various health centres and medical facilities around Perth, including:
- Derbarl Yerrigan Aboriginal Medical Service
- Oral Health Centre
- Telethon Institute of Child Research
- Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital,
- Marr Mooditj Health Campus
- Nursing and Physiotherapy Schools at Curtin University
- CTEC medical building,
- Human Movement, Physics, Chemistry and the Anatomy museum on campus at UWA.
The camp also includes various social and sporting activities as well as a careers night, attended by Aboriginal doctors and health professionals.
Selection is limited to 25 students and is based on applications and school reports.
The workshop is fully funded by the University of Western Australia.
