{"id":12737,"date":"2025-11-21T10:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=12737"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:11:13","slug":"ufv-science-student-volunteer-opportunity-genome-bc-geneskool-at-cep-dec-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2025\/11\/21\/ufv-science-student-volunteer-opportunity-genome-bc-geneskool-at-cep-dec-18\/","title":{"rendered":"UFV Science Student Volunteer Opportunity: Genome BC Geneskool at CEP \u2013 DEC 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genomebc.ca\/geneskool\/what-is-geneskool\">Genome BC\u2019s Geneskool program<\/a> will be visiting our <strong>Chilliwack Campus on Thursday, December 18<\/strong>, and they are seeking\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">science student volunteers<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>**<\/strong><\/span>Volunteers should have completed first-year biology or feel confident with basic biological concepts, as the activities involve topics such as genes, alleles, Punnett squares, ELISA, blood typing, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Geneskool is the educational branch of Genome BC, a non-profit organization that provides free learning resources to help students engage with science in a meaningful and enjoyable way. The program offers science workshops for secondary students (Grades 9\u201312) and organizes one-day field trips to local universities, such as the upcoming visit to CEP on December 18th.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more information on the Geneskool website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genomebc.ca\/geneskool\/what-is-geneskool\">https:\/\/www.genomebc.ca\/geneskool\/what-is-geneskool<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit their volunteer page to register directly: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genomebc.ca\/geneskool\/volunteer-with-us-geneskool\">https:\/\/www.genomebc.ca\/geneskool\/volunteer-with-us-geneskool<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genomebc.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/genome\/images\/GenomeBC_25_Logo_s.webp\" alt=\"Genome BC 25 years\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-12726\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2025\/11\/Biology.logo_-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2025\/11\/Biology.logo_-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2025\/11\/Biology.logo_.jpg 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genome BC\u2019s Geneskool program will be visiting our Chilliwack Campus on Thursday, December 18, and they are seeking\u00a0science student volunteers. **Volunteers should have completed first-year biology or feel confident with basic biological concepts, as the activities involve topics such as genes, alleles, Punnett squares, ELISA, blood typing, and more. Geneskool is the educational branch of &#8230; <a title=\"UFV Science Student Volunteer Opportunity: Genome BC Geneskool at CEP \u2013 DEC 18\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2025\/11\/21\/ufv-science-student-volunteer-opportunity-genome-bc-geneskool-at-cep-dec-18\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":12738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,65],"tags":[488,489,312],"class_list":["post-12737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-job-board","tag-geneskool","tag-genomics","tag-student-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12737"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12742,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12737\/revisions\/12742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}