Student Connections

BC HRMA is connected to several post-secondary institutions throughout the province which offer academic programs/studies in human resources management. BC HRMA student members use this connection to support their educational pursuits toward a career in the human resources.

Get Involved

At BC HRMA, there are seven regions throughout the province which have an Advisory Council and a Post Secondary Liaison whose role is to develop relationships with the regions’ post-secondary institutions. Through these strong links the student membership flourishes and programs and services are developed to support our future HR professionals.

Student representatives, who are members of BC HRMA, may be appointed to foster the relationships between the institution’s students, faculty, staff and BC HRMA. These roles are typically available at the end of the school year in preparation for the next year. This provides an excellent opportunity for our student members to get involved with their professional association.

Student Events and Programs

BC HRMA undertakes and supports many post-secondary events and programs across BC. These vary from region to region and may include:

HR Cafés – speak directly with HR professionals about what it is like in their job and how they got there (check out one of the 2012 conversations at #hrcafe)
Student Roundtables – discuss, connect and learn with professionals
On-campus HR Clubs – student-lead HR groups
Case Competitions – BC HRMA supports business competitions such as Excalibur and Jeux du Commerce (JDC) West as well as the teams attending them
Job Shadowing – join a HR practitioner on the job for a day (limited availability)

Scholarships & Bursaries

BC HRMA supports several annual scholarships and bursaries throughout the province. The size of the award, nature and terms of reference vary from region to region and school to school. The following are the current awards in each region:

Central Interior

Thompson Rivers University

Coastal Vancouver

Capilano University
University of British Columbia

Greater Vancouver

British Columbia Institute of Technology
Simon Fraser University

Fraser Valley

Kwantlen Polytechnic University
University of the Fraser Valley

Northern

University of Northern BC
Scholarship open to students in all other institutions in Northern BC region

Southern Interior

Okanagan College
Scholarship open to students in all other institutions in Southern Interior region

Vancouver Island

Camosun College