Valuable Resources for Post-Secondary and Career Planning

; Valuable Resources for Post-Secondary and Career Planning Prepared by the Emily Carr Secondary School Guidance Department September 2010

Guidance www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/guidance.services Career Cruising is an interactive career, Services of - leads to Career Cruising guidance and pathways planning tool York Region designed for people of all ages. The tool and can help students to find the right career, Career explore different career options, manage Cruising course selection online, and plan various pathways to meet the requirements for their desired career path.

Community http://york.cioc.ca Community Information and Volunteer Involvement CIVC has partnered with the Community Information Online Centre, Consortium In case you have not completed your 40 Furthermore, on the table in the Guidance office, you will find a hours, click on ‘Opportunities in Vaughan’. handy list of local contacts for your convenience. Furthermore, always listen to announcements and check our Volunteer table for local opportunities.

Career www.careercruising.com ECSS students are directed to sign Grade 9 -12 Students: Your Career Planning into the site with their assigned account. The portfolio Cruising Course Planner has been set up username for students is yorkxxxxxxxxx where xxxxxxxxx is by Emily Carr SS. If you wish to attend a the student ID and the password will be the student’s birth date different secondary school, you must using the format mmddyyyy. All students will start their apply for a transfer. portfolios from scratch in Career Cruising. Students from Username: emilycarr Password: Grades 8 through 12+ will perform their course selections secondary through the Course Planner module on the Career Cruising site. Earn High School Credit Courses, Earn www.ilc.org Ministry of Education credits and the Ontario Secondary School Diploma Independent Learning Centre (OSSD). Start anytime. Study where and Ministry of Education of Ontario when you like.

GED Testing Write the GED Tests to earn a Ministry recognized high school equivalency certificate Online Tutoring for grades 9-12 Get free homework help from experienced, certified teachers: online, in real time.

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Government of www.katimavik.org Katimavik: A one year intensive volunteer Canada experience at various Canadian locations. sponsored programs for www.cwy-jcm.org Canadian World Youth: A one year Volunteering intensive International volunteer in Canada and experience at various locations Internationally throughout the world.

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm Canadian International Development Agency Mission: Lead Canada's international effort to help people living in poverty. Mandate: Manage Canada's support and resources effectively and accountably to achieve meaningful, sustainable results and engage in policy development in Canada and internationally, enabling Canada's effort to realize its development objectives. Overseas Travel and Volunteering http://www.yrdsb-international.ca/yrdsb/exchange.html ISE – Ontario: International Student Exchanges Opportunities supported by YRDSB.

http://www.yrdsb-international.ca/yrdsb/ice.html ICE - International Cooperative Education program in Ecuador sponsored by YRDSB.

http://www.yrdsb-international.ca/sela/index.html Summer English Language Academy – SELA

http://www.brocku.ca/international-services/globaltransitions Brock University sponsors the Global Transitions Program – Volunteering in Ghana or Nicaragua.

www.volunteerabroad.ca or call 1 866 646 4693 BaseCamp International Centres: This organization is not sponsored by YRDSB. It is provided here for your convenience. It provides the international volunteer placements for Brock University as well as summer volunteer programs for ages 16 to 19. Employment Ministry of Training, Colleges and and Training Universities: Employment Insurance, Opportunities http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/yourfuture/ Young Workers Awareness Program, Canada Labour Code, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, and Employment Standards, Career Search Resources, Occupational Descriptions, Current Labour Market Information, and Career-Related Resources, Résumé Writing, The Interview, Cover Letters, Job Search Tips, Employability Skills, and Entrepreneurship http://www.yorkworks.ca/ email: [email protected] Yorkworks offers employment services to job seekers and facilitates employers in recruiting, hiring and retaining suitable employees- all at no cost! Sponsored by http://www.costi.org/programs/service_details.php?stype_id=24 YRDSB.

Youth Employment Services at COSTI include: Summer Job Services, Mentoring, and Career Assessments through their Accelerate program.

Job Shadowing, http://www.thelearningpartnership.ca/passporttoprosperity Passport to Prosperity is an initiative of the Work Ontario Ministry of Education partnering Experience, employers with students for experiential Coop, OYAP, learning opportunities. Passport to Mentoring Ask your counselor to access The Employer Registry on your Prosperity is delivered in the GTA by The Opportunities behalf. Learning Partnership and is designed to increase employer involvement in career education and school-work opportunities for students in Grades K to 12. School- work learning opportunities include: career talks, job shadowing, short-term work experience and cooperative education placements.

Apprenticeship s and Skilled http://www.tradeability.ca/ Although this site is specific to Durham Region, it is Trades a valuable general information site as well.

http://www.apprenticesearch.com/ This site is specific to the Hamilton, Peel-Halton- Dufferin and Kitchener/Waterloo, Niagara and Brant/Branford-Haldimand-Norfolk areas.

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/apprenticeship/skills/pathwaye.pdf Apprenticeship Subject Pathways

http://www.findhelp.ca/mtcu/appoff.html Apprenticeship Office Locations

Links to Colleges and Other Organizations that http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/tcu provide classroom instruction to apprentices.

http://www.madewiththetrades.com A fun and interactive apprenticeship awareness website for the construction sector.

http://www.osca.ca A comprehensive website with valuable links to Skills Canada, Skills Profiles, Case Studies, The Red Seal Program, Weekly Toronto Sun Articles on Apprenticeship and OYAP, a Database of 112 Trades with Required High School Courses. Click on the Apprenticeship link on the homepage and read the descriptions of the four Apprenticeship Sectors and Ontario Community These will be available for you to pick up in the Guidance office. YRDSB, Guide to Apprenticeship Training www.careersintrades.ca Comprehensive listing of skilled trades Colleges in http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/postsec/colmap.pdf Map of Ontario Colleges Ontario www.ontariocolleges.ca Directory of Ontario Colleges, Program Locator, Ontario College/University Transfer Guide, Bachelor Degree Programs

http://www.ocas.ca/portal/page/portal/OCAS/publications The College Handbook 2011-2012

College Online Application Site for 2011-2012 For http://www.ontariocolleges.ca admission requirements, click on FIND and then on the specific program website

Ontario College University Transfer Guide – to find www.ocutg.on.ca out which Colleges and Universities have agreements that allow students to transfer from one to the other

Universities in www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/postsec/unimap.pdf Map of Ontario Universities Ontario www.electronicinfo.ca Conduct search by degree, program category, program of study, university or OUAC program code. Admission requirements for all Degree programs at all Ontario Universities – click on Degree Locator.

www.ouf.ca Annual Ontario Universities Fair, Metro Toronto www.pennybissett.com/ Convention Centre

www.ocutg.on.ca Annual International Universities Fairs

Ontario College University Transfer Guide – to find out which Colleges and Universities have agreements that allow students to transfer from one to the other. Scholarships, www.studentawards.com Take the test and get matched with Canadian Bursaries, scholarships Awards, Loans, www.canlearn.ca OSAP Helping you save, plan and pay for your education. www.scholarshipscanada.com Establish your profile and the program will match you to awards. www.osap.gov.on.ca/eng/eng_osap_main.html Ontario Student Assistance Program, OSAP, Student Loans, Eligibility Requirements, Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship. For application for Fellowships for Studying in French, click on “Forms”. Private Click on “start online service” and Search by Colleges in www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/private.html Program Area or by College Name/City Ontario SAT’s, The annual Go Global Expo usually is held American in the same weekend as the Ontario Universities, www.letsgoglobal.ca University Fair. Visit this fair for Studying international travel, study, and Abroad http://www.collegeboard.com volunteering. Check posters in Guidance for upcoming test dates. Book Your SAT test dates here, Our ECSS school code is: 826991.