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BaseCamp Guide
Volunteer
Package
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Altitude: Healthcare Mentoring
Altitude is a program aimed at empowering students to pursue and reach their goals. Students selected
for the program come from backgrounds and regions that are traditionally underrepresented in
Canada’s healthcare workforce. These students possess the passion, dedication, and aptitude to achieve
their dreams. Altitude is designed to provide them with the cultural capital needed to get them there.
Numerous studies and surveys have identified a lack of role models and mentors as a factor that limits
individuals’ chances of reaching their personal, professional, and career aspirations. Our goal is simple;
to use mentorship as a tool to help students, brimming with potential, reach a summit perceived to be
insurmountable – a career in healthcare. It is from this analogy that Altitude derives its name. The
program encourages the next generation of healthcare professionals to reach higher to achieve their
dreams.
Mission
The mission of Altitude is to empower students from underrepresented populations to pursue a career
in healthcare by nurturing high quality mentoring relationships, and to help these students realize their
potential as the next generation of bright, confident and compassionate healthcare professionals.
Vision
We will foster the development of healthcare professionals who reflect the diversity of Canada and who
strive to meet the needs of society’s most vulnerable populations.
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Base Camp
A base camp is a place at the base of the mountain where a team of climbers prepares physically and
mentally for their journey to the summit. This is the premise behind BaseCamp. The conference will
empower high school students before they embark on one of the most significant journeys of their life –
University. The transition from high-school to university can be difficult and often times overwhelming.
Through a two-night, three-day leadership experience, the conference hopes to help students develop
the necessary tools to transition and succeed in their post-secondary education. BaseCamp will be held
near the end of August so students can immediately put their new skills into practice.
Principles of Base Camp
Base Camp will be planned around three principles:
Student
Success
Relationship
Building
Personal
Empowerment
Student
Success relates
building the
skills necessary
for the mentees
to succeed in
first-year
Base Camp will
empower our
students to
inspire and
motive our
students to set
high goals,
Relationship
building is crucial
to the upcoming
mentorship
process. It is also
a life skill. We will
encourage
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university. This
includes
academic,
social, and
personal skills.
work towards
them, and
reach a new
altitude.
relationship
building with
other mentees
and mentors
BaseCamp Guide
A guide is a person who leads anyone through an unknown territory or region. When scaling a
mountain, the guide serves to transfer their skills, knowledge, and wisdom to the amateur, while at the
same time assuring the safety of the entire climbing party.
A BaseCamp Guide will serve to do the similar. They will be directly involved and responsible for
delivering the core content, building relationships, fostering growth, inspiring new ideas, and ultimately
motivating students to become top learners and leaders in their communities.
The Guides will be responsible for managing a group of 7-10 mentees. These mentees have recently
graduated from high school and will be entering one of 12 participating Universities in September. They
come from the lowest socioeconomic levels and marginalized populations. You will also be paired with
another BaseCamp Guide to work as leaders for your group.
Over the length of the conference, the Guide will aim to fulfill the three pillars of BaseCamp: Student
Success, Relationship Building, and Personal Empowerment.
Through various workshops and sessions, the BaseCamp Guide will engage and enlighten our mentees
on the skills and abilities needed to succeed in University. Topics that will be covered include:
 Debunking University Myths
 Academic Skills: taking notes, active reading methods, memory aids
 Stress and Time Management
 Living on Your Own
 Personal Budgeting
Furthermore, apart from tangible skills, success in University is heavily dependent on intangible skills
such as personal empowerment and social competence. The BaseCamp Guide will serve to promote,
inspire, and foster positive relationships amongst the mentees. This will be accomplished through
formal initiatives such as ice-breakers, interactive exercises, cheers, and collaborative games. But most
importantly this goal will be accomplished through informal conversations with students over the course
of the weekend. It will be these relationships that will
develop into a spirit of collaboration, camaraderie,
and community amongst these students. It will lead to
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the sharing of knowledge, skills, and insight throughout the year which holds the potential for greater
academic, social, and personal success.
BaseCamp Guide Responsibilities and Expectations
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Attending/attended a post-secondary institution in Ontario and completed your first-year in
high standings
Prepare online for an Training Session
Be available August 9th (morning) to August 1th for the BaseCamp Conference
Deliver the core content for the BaseCamp sessions
Communicate with all Altitude and BaseCamp staff and personnel
Inform the BaseCamp Coordinator of any difficulties or areas of concern that may arise during
the Conference
Follow all rules and guidelines as outlined by the Altitude BaseCamp Conference Policies and
Procedures
Keep any information that your mentee tells you confidential except as may cause him or others
harm
Never consume alcohol, tobacco, or other substances during any related Altitude BaseCamp
activities
Participate in the ongoing evaluation and feedback of the BaseCamp Conference
Be positive! Be cheerful!
Be a teacher, mentor, and role model!
Be a difference in someone’s life!
Schedule for BaseCamp 2012 Conference
Time
3:00
4:00
Friday
Registration & opening
ceremony
Session 1
Time
7:30
Saturday
Breakfast
8:30
Session 4
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5:00
5:15
6:15
6:45
8:00
9:30
11:30
Snacks
Session 2
Speaker
Dinner
Session 3
Group Activity (Cranium) &
Snacks
All delegates accommodated
overnight; lights out
10:00
10:40
11:00
1:00
2:00
3:30
Session 5
Snacks
Group Event and Lunch
Session 6
Speaker
Session 7
4:30
Closing Ceremonies
5:30
Delegates Depart for Home
Application Info
To apply for a position as an Altitude BaseCamp Guide, fill out an application form. The application form
is seen below. You can copy and paste the form into word, fill it out, and then email it in. Because of the
short duration of these position posts, we hope that all applications will be e-mailed in.
All applications should be addressed to the Altitude BaseCamp Coordinator, Altitude: Healthcare
Mentoring and should be submitted on or no later than July 20th, 2012.
Application Includes
1. Applicant Information
2. Screening Questions
3. Candidate Questions: four short-answer questions (700 character limit)
4. Referee: the name, phone-number, and email of one reference
5. A Curriculum-Vitae or Resume (optional)
Please address application to Altitude BaseCamp Coordinator, Altitude: Healthcare
Mentoring – corporate.affairs@altitudementoring.ca, no later than July 15, 2012
Remember to read the application thoroughly and fill it out completely. We will only contact those
applicants we wish to interview.
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Application
1. Applicant Information
Name
Address
City
Phone Number:
Postal Code
Home
Cell
Email
Current Occupation
Date of Birth
Have you ever participated in Altitude before?
Yes or No
(Circle One)
If yes, in what role?
Yes
No
Have you ever been convicted or plead guilty to a crime?
Yes
No
Have you ever been placed on probation or been granted adjudication or
deferral of proceedings for any felony or crime?
Yes
No
Would you consent to Altitude: Healthcare Mentoring performing a
criminal background check including a vulnerable sector screen, if
necessary to volunteer in the program?
Yes
No
Have you ever been refused to participate in any type of youth program?
If yes, please explain:
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2. Candidate Questions
a. Why are you applying for this position?
b. Describe any skills and experiences you have obtained in previous employment
positions or volunteer experiences that would be pertinent to this position.
c. Describe two of your strengths that make you a good fit for the program?
d. What is your T-shirt size?
3. Referee
Name
Phone
Relation
Email
4. Optional: Attach Resume or Curriculum Vitae to e-mail
Please address application to BaseCamp
Coordinator, Altitude: Healthcare Mentoring to
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the email address – corporate.affairs@altitudementoring.ca no later than Friday, July 20th 2012.
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