Vanier Collegiate Career Development
SAT/ACT: Students who are interested in attending post-secondary in the USA, should start considering taking the SAT or ACT. If you are in grade 12 you will want to register sooner than later.
Dates for the SAT: October 1, November 5, December 3, January 21, May 6, June 3. Please remember there are deadlines to register.
Dates for the ACT: October 22, December 22, February 11, April 8, June 10
For more information: collegeboard.org.
Grade 11 Early Entrance Award – $1000, if you are interested in becoming an electrician, power engineer, practical nurse, welder, youth care worker and much more. Please consider applying for an early entrance award at Great Plains College before June 30. If you are in grade 11 and have at least 70% average you might be eligible for $1000.
Overview:
The Saskatchewan Green Certificate Farm Training Program is an apprenticeship-style, on-farm skill training program. The program provides a practical hands-on training curriculum for individuals interested in pursuing a career in the agricultural industry. Upon course completion, trainees are awarded a certificate of completion from the Ministry of Agriculture.
For more information, criteria, how to apply and much more go to the following site: Saskatchewan – Green Certificate Farm Training Program
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Employers are required to keep a copy of the young worker’s Certificate of Competition, proof of age and consent from a parent or guardian on file.
If you are 14 or 15 years old and have completed the YWRCC, you will also need to be aware of the employment standard restrictions for 14 and 15 year olds which include:
During school breaks such as Christmas holidays or summer vacation, these restrictions do not apply and you can work the same hours as other employees. All other employment standards apply to you.
Website: Young Worker Readiness Site
Are you applying to nursing? trades? or anywhere for that matter for summer employment? If you are, you might want to expand your knowledge and resume by taking a free WHMIS course. For more information check out Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). This opportunity is only offered till March 31, 2016.
SUMMER TRAINING PROGRAMS
The Forces offers three Summer Training Programs that combine military lifestyle with cultural awareness: Bold Eagle, Raven and Black Bear. These six-week long programs give you a taste of military training with the option – but no commitment – to join the Forces. The training is based on the Army Reserve Basic Military Qualification and is taught by military instructors. Subjects include General Military Knowledge, Weapons Handling, Navigation, First Aid, Drill, and Survival Skills.
All three Summer Training Programs begin with a Culture Camp. The camp is designed to ease the transition from civilian to military lifestyle, and focuses on common spiritual beliefs.
All Culture Camps are conducted by Elders of different First Nations and Aboriginal groups.
Bold Eagle – is open to Aboriginal Peoples living in Western Canada or Northwestern Ontario. Participants will train in Wainwright, AB.
Raven – is the Navy’s summer program for Aboriginal Peoples from across Canada. Participants train in Esquimalt, BC.
Black Bear – is an Army training program for Aboriginal peoples from across Canada that takes place in Oronocto, NB.
Travel is arranged to and from the program, living accommodations, food, clothing and all equipment. While you are in the program you are temporarily a Forces member and are paid around $3,500 for completing the full six weeks.
To qualify for the summer training programs, you must have completed at least Grade 10 (Sec IV in Quebec). Applications are due by the end of March so that all the arrangements can be made for the beginning of the programs in July. When filling out the online application, indicate the Summer Training Program you are interested in under “Program Choices”.
This hands-on, one weekend course for women ages 16+ offers an introduction to careers in Engineering Technology. Course content includes an industry tour to a local fertilizer plant, Yara Belle Plaine Inc., to profile careers in Instrumentation Engineering Technology and Power Engineering. On second day of the course, on campus programming of Civil Engineering Technology careers will be explored within a hands on laboratory setting of the Civil Engineering Technology program. Upon successful completion of the course, you are issued a statement of attendance. The course provides women with: increased post-secondary training/education and employment potential in engineering technology; the opportunity to explore training options in a variety of technology careers; gain a realistic understanding of the physical, emotional and academic requirements of training/education and employment in an engineering technology career. All course instructors and role models are female engineering technologists.
April 9, 2016 – April 10, 2016
Sun, Sat – 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Registration deadline: March 31, 2016
Register Online @ http://saskpolytech.ca/programs-and-courses/continuing-education/programs.aspx?p=mult&c=3218
Course Fee: FREE
Moose Jaw CRN: 201503-4145
There are only 12 maximum spots. Students must be a minimum 16 years of age or older and will have to fill out a liability waiver on behalf of Yara Belle Plaine Inc. prior to course start date. This course would be ideal for students who are 16 years of age upon course dates and in Grades 10, 11 and 12.
Information: The CEMC Workshop in Computer Science for Young Women was designed to encourage young women considering computer science as a career for the first time. It is a unique opportunity designed to ignite enthusiasm for computer science in interested female students from across Canada who have had little or no previous exposure to computer science. The young women invited learn that computer science is about much more than using and programming computers. Through lectures, labs and hands-on activities, the workshop explores the foundations and applications of computer science that have a profound effect on the world today. Lasting friendships develop as participants stay in on-campus residences for one week and enjoy many social events.
Who: Female grade 9 and 10 students with an aptitude for mathematics attending a Canadian high school or middle school. Participants should not have attended any similar workshop.
Date: Saturday, May 14 to Saturday May 21, 2016 at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario.
Cost: There is a $150 registration fee to be paid after invited applicants have received their confirmation package.
Deadline: February 25, 2016
Website: http://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/events/csgirls.html
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Youth Summer Programs at the University of Toronto – Faculty of Law and Medicine
These programs offer high school students a glimpse into the life of a university student at Canada’s top Medical or Law schools. The summer programs provide access to the University’s distinguished academic and research professionals who lead “hands-on” academic program.
For more information and to apply please visit their website at www.ysp.utoronto.ca.