The Prince Rupert Aboriginal Community Services Society is giving $500 to 16-year-old Brittany Innes to help send her down to the Lower Mainland to participate in the Aboriginal Summer Science Program at UBC.
This will be the second year that Innes will be attending the program, which costs about $700 for her to participate.
Innes, despite not even graduating from high school yet, has her sights set on going to medical school and the Society decided to give her the money in order to help support her in achieving that goal. According to the society’s chairperson, Joanne Finlay, they want to see more aboriginal youth go into the medical field.
“I think it’s a really valuable thing to support,” said Finlay.
“[The Society thinks] its very important to encourage young people in reaching their goals, This is important for the development of our community, and serving our community is what we do.”