2025 HYRS - Non-Academic Reference | Research at UCalgary

2025 HYRS Non-Academic Reference Form

The University of Calgary ("UCalgary") respects your privacy and is committed to ensuring the privacy of all students, staff, and community members. Your personal information is collected under the authority of section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and will be used for the administering the Alberta Innovates High School Youth Researcher Summer (HYRS) Program, including for the purposes of determining eligibility.

Information collected in this application including, transcripts, name, email, high school information, will be limited to a select group of individuals involved in the administration of the award program and to those individuals who require access for the above purposes, including the Research Services Office administering the HYRS program, and volunteer adjudicators consisting of Alberta High School teachers and UCalgary Postdoctoral Scholars.

The personal information you provide may be disclosed to Alberta Innovates for the purposes of information verification, government reporting and/or to comply with statutory or contractual obligations. De-identified and aggregate information may also be disclosed to third parties for promotional purposes Students may be contacted by a representative of the University by phone, or email to complete a verification confirmation of their eligibility status. The University of Calgary may contact you for matters relating to your application and/or administration of the HYRS program

If you have questions regarding this notice or the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information, please contact the Research Services Office at :

Research Services Office, HYRS Program
Mackimmie Tower, MT 600
2500 University of Calgary Drive, NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4
Email: hyrs@ucalgary.ca

Student First Name

Student Last Name

Student Email

Please provide the same email that the student used to apply.

Your First Name

Your Last Name

Your Profession

Your Phone Number

Your Email Address

How do you know the student?

How long have you known the student?

Please describe this applicant’s role and activities with your organization. For example, is this applicant a team leader, a volunteer on a regular basis, an employee, etc. and what responsibilities do they have within your organization?

On a scale of one (weakest) to five (strongest) please answer the following:

Questions	1	2	3	4	5
How does this applicant work with others in your organization?	1	2	3	4	5
How does this applicant work with the public?	1	2	3	4	5
How would you rank this applicant's ability to ask appropriate questions in order to clarify responsibility or approach?	1	2	3	4	5
How would you rank this applicant's initiative?	1	2	3	4	5
How well does this applicant respond to directions?	1	2	3	4	5
Would you trust the applicant to work alone for the day?	1	2	3	4	5

Please describe any special skill sets or character traits of this applicant that make them exceptional.

How would you describe this student’s work ethic/team work skills?

We would appreciate any additional information regarding the questions above or any other pertinent information that would assist us in evaluating this applicant:

Collection of personal information
Your personal information is collected under the authority of section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. If you have any questions about the collection or use of this information, please visit our Access to Information page.