Emcp Web Page Presentation

Would you like to spend a week at one of Ottawa’s universities?

Program Overview ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾

a one week program for students in grades 8 -12 established in 1980 by four Eastern Ontario school boards courses are delivered by three post-secondary institutions approximately 2,200 students participate annually students choose a course from one of eight disciplines courses stimulate higher learning and career exploration

Students have the opportunity to… ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾

experience a university campus interact with peers from across Eastern Ontario interact with graduate students and professors learn in a state of the art classroom or laboratory visit nearby political institutions and national landmarks

Participating Institutions 1. Carleton University 2. University of Ottawa 3. La Cité Collégiale

Student Eligibility Students are nominated by teachers if they meet or exceed the following five criteria: ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾

a mature and responsible attitude a desire to attend university independent learning skills a need to be challenged academic achievement

Carleton University Courses Aliens in the Wheat Fields: Skepticism and Pseudoscience The Art and Rhetoric of Blogging China: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dragonology Gold in the Video Game Industry Going Green with Psychology Is There a Chemist in the Court? Real Pests: The World’s Worst Diseases School of Rock: An Introduction to Earth Science Searching for Clues: Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology

University of Ottawa Courses Archeology - Our Amazing Link with the Past Athletic Insight: The Psychology of Sport Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering: Repairing Body Parts From Microbes to Humans: A Tale of Evolution and Diversity Holy Smoke! Gods in the Kitchen Neurological Disease: Impacts on Behaviour and Personality Pirates and Emperors Robotics: Intelligent Connection and Action Perception R U Online? Linguistics and Net Lingo The World of Harry Potter: Magic and Metaphysics

On Campus

On Campus

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Bioscience Lab

Physics Lab

Off Campus

Off Campus

Off Campus

Gatineau Park Canada’s Capital Conservation Park

Aquatic Diversity

Participation Certificates Upon successful completion of the one week program, each students is awarded a participation certificate. This certificate can be placed in a career portfolio.

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Scholarship Program EMCP students become admissible to receive one of four scholarships offered at each university. Two scholarships of $1000 and two scholarships of $500 are awarded annually to students who have completed high school and who are accepted as full time students in the first year of a baccalaureate program at either university. Scholarship application forms are available in high school guidance offices across the region.

2007 Participants

2008 Participants

Questions? Comments? Ms. Jalette would be happy to answer them. (613) 735-5496 x 248