Recent graduates in select in-demand occupations can have their B.C. student loans forgiven by agreeing to work at publicly-funded facilities in underserved communities in B.C., or working with children in occupations where there is an identified shortage in B.C. Eligible occupations in underserved communities are: Nursing, Physician, Midwifery, Medical laboratory technologist, Diagnostic medical sonographer, Speech language pathologist, Audiologist, Occupational therapist, Physiotherapist, Respiratory Therapist, and Polysomnographer. Eligible occupations working with children throughout B.C. are: Speech language pathologist, Occupational therapist, Audiologist, Physiotherapist, School psychologist, Technology educator, Teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing or the visually impaired.