Pay it forward

 

Students who have completed the BioSkills program can apply to become workshop facilitators

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Workshop facilitators are committed to:

• Help students in their group complete all required learning activities, 

• Organize a BioSkills Workshops series at their post-secondary institution, 

• Contribute to the recruitment of participants.

• Participate in facilitator training and workshop preparations,

• Monitor student progress and sign certificates of completion,

• Improve the quality and content of the workshops.

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To be considered as a workshop facilitator, applicants must be:

• An alumni of the BioSkills or BioExperience program,

• Registered as a student at a post-secondary student in Canada, and 

• Endorsed by a current or former BioSkills workshop facilitator.

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To become a workshop facilitator, you must join an existing team or create a new team with other facilitators. Teams with four or more members can host a workshop series. which means that they schedule and manage workshop sessions and recruit participants. A workshop series must have from 4 to 8 participants per facilitator. In other words, a team with four facilitators must recruit 12 or more participants and can accommodate no more than 32 participants.

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Workshop facilitators are BioGroupe Canada volunteers and are eligible for an honorarium. The honorarium is $120-$240 per session, depending on the number of participants, refunded tickets, cancelled sessions, etc., and is shared among facilitators of that group. CRA rules dictate that an honorarium cannot exceed $500 per year.