Health and medicine programs

International organization supporting health science students (no separate Canadian entity). Students conduct deep research to compete in events spanning biomedical laboratory science, epidemiology, and medical law. Canadian students can form local chapters at their own high schools and compete at HOSA international levels.

Volunteer placements in AHS regional hospitals and clinics offering direct exposure to clinical environments, health administration, and medical technology. South Zone placements available for students in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, and surrounding communities.

Applications close in mid-March for the July–August placement. Paid six-week summer health research at the U of A with a ~$3,000 stipend, cohort programming and a closing poster symposium.

Applications close in mid-March for the July–August placement. Paid summer research in biomedical and health sciences at UCalgary, with cohort programming, guest lectures and a poster symposium.

Applications close in late March for the July–August placement. Paid six-week health research placement at ULethbridge with cohort programming and a closing poster symposium.

Postponed: U of T states Med YSP is pushed to Summer 2027. The program runs hands-on medical modules (human physiology, microbiology) with labs, lectures and discussions for high school students, open to Canadian and international applicants.

Regional neuroscience knowledge competitions for high school students in Calgary and Edmonton. Winners advance to the national Brain Bee where competitors analyze brain tissue and patient diagnoses. Top finishers represent Canada internationally.

The national exam is written in early April, with a training camp at UBC Okanagan for those selected. The Canadian Biology Olympiad is the qualifying route toward Canada's International Biology Olympiad team.

Student registration opens roughly six weeks before each event and is handled through your school's contact teacher. Discovery Days bring students onto a medical campus for hands-on health-science workshops and career panels with clinicians and researchers.

Registration is closed. UCalgary states the camp form "is no longer available" while the service is being updated. Active Living runs multi-sport and recreation summer camps on campus; sign up for their notification list for the next intake.

Exposure to Olympic-level sports science, biometric tracking, and physiological recovery research at state-of-the-art testing facilities used by Canada's national athletes. Students learn how elite performance data is collected and analyzed.