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2009 ANNUAL REPORT CAREERS: THE NEXT GENERATION Strong, vibrant communities where youth develop ourVision their paths to career success. Contents

ourMission

Working within our communities, CAREERS will: Enable youth on their path to career success. Link workplace learning opportunities with classroom learning. Facilitate and build effective partnerships. Inspire others by being a successful role model in the development of a skilled workforce. ourtrack record of success CAREERS: The Next Generation is a unique industry-driven private/public partnership dedicated to the career development of ’s youth. We work as a catalyst bringing together industry, educators, government, communities, parents and students to build the future skilled workforce.

Since our inception in 1997, we have developed a solid track record of strong performance and impressive results. Working with our industry, government and community partners, we have brought the stay-in-school message to hundreds of thousands of young people throughout Alberta and exposed them to an ever expanding choice of high-opportunity career paths in our province. During that same period, we placed 13,297 youths in hands-on internships that link classroom learning to satisfying careers in the workplace.

While the worldwide economic downturn predictably interrupted the ongoing steady rise in our results, we fared better than expected in 2009. Looking to the future, we are maintaining our momentum and are confident our investment in Alberta’s youth will pay off in more vibrant communities and the future skilled workforce that is needed for Alberta’s economic success.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Schools 16 76 107 133 147 197 245 306 317 363 352 347 398

Communities 13 26 49 72 84 118 149 204 207 233 251 259 247

Employers 57 158 354 430 569 660 755 888 865 856 929 1,133 923

Interns 53 190 355 408 704 1,025 1,162 1,409 1,479 1,594 1,699 1,772 1,452

Workshop 2,500 6,000 12,000 14,500 16,500 21,238 26,721 31,367 29,311 31,953 33,012 33,488 41,770 Participants

PAGE 1 Board chair and Andy Neigel, President & CEO, CAREERS Eric Newell, president/ceo’s Chair, CAREERS message Board of Directors

It takes a community… There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child. CAREERS operates on a similar principle: it takes a community to help youth succeed. Our unique public/private partnership model brings industry, government, educators, employers, parents, elders and other community members together to provide the opportunities youth need to succeed in life.

In 2009, CAREERS marked its 12th successful year of working to build “strong vibrant communities where youth develop their paths to career success”. We are pleased to report that, despite the economic downturn, 923 employers provided 1,452 internships for Alberta’s youth, representing an investment of approximately $4.2 million. Although our 2009 results reflect a predicted decrease from the previous year due to global economic uncertainty, CAREERS fared better than most during this period of financial belt-tightening. Our team was able to adjust priorities and find efficiencies that allowed us to maintain our momentum of growth. We are grateful to employers, partners and supporters who continue to invest in the future skilled workforce that is so critical to Alberta’s long-term economic success.

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Innovative programs rolled out to-face feedback between students, teachers, We renewed our effort in the parents and employers. Our partners include region with the appointment of a community Last year we successfully rolled out two new career AXIA, the Government of Alberta, industry, and member, Fletcher Bootle to the CAREERS Board. paths: Power Engineering, in partnership with the post-secondary institutions. This project will With leadership assistance from Don Gnatiuk, Institute of Technology (NAIT), and improve our program delivery and make career President and CEO of Grande Prairie Regional Health Care Aide, with NorQuest College. In the first exploration opportunities accessible to Alberta College, we were able to recruit a local field year, a total of 45 students entered these innovative, youth regardless of time, place and pace. In director to develop the huge potential for career dual-credited pilot programs in which participants are 2010 you will see CAREERS continue to leverage awareness and exploration in the area. enrolled simultaneously in their high schools and a technology to improve our programs, processes post-secondary institution. In another major highlight, we held our first and results. annual Eric Newell “Kidz in Careers” Golf The CAREERS Health Services Youth Initiative Our IT strategy is a key part of the CAREERS Tournament to raise funds and awareness of the continues to show solid results with 404 students updated 2009-2012 Business Plan. In the process work of CAREERS. The event was a big success, exploring the many career opportunities in our health of completing the plan, we have reviewed our raising $80,000 to assist CAREERS in reaching and wellness sector through summer internships. direction and pace in order to focus on core young people across Alberta. This program, which students start in Grade 11, business and results. shows huge potential for future growth. As students continue to seek career opportunities that link education to passion, and Our Aboriginal Youth Initiative, now in its ninth Boosting our people power Alberta industry strives to build an energetic, year, continues to show good results in attracting We are very excited that Ray Battochio has skilled workforce, CAREERS brings them students to career opportunities. With enhanced joined CAREERS as our Vice President of together into… focus last year through the CAREERS Aboriginal Operations. Ray brings a wealth of experience Caucus, we entered more schools and connected and knowledge of the education system and a with more students than ever. This initiative aims to passion for career exploration. “a future worth tap into a huge potential workforce, build stronger communities, and close the gap between Aboriginal working for…” and non-Aboriginal school success.

Leveraging technology for the future Looking to the future, we have initiated a pilot project to evaluate expanding our use of Alberta’s much envied SuperNet to provide immediate face-

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Results of our Health Longitudinal study indicate the Health Services Internship model has significant impact on career choices in health care by participating students. Findings show a large percentage of these students entered health care programs in post-secondary institutions in Alberta. WorldSkills rocks Futures Circle recognizes investors Supported by industry and education, CAREERS introduced two new high school programs: Health Care Aide Program and 4th Class Power Engineer Model. CAREERS achieved a record number of 1,460 career awareness presentations, drawing 41,770 students into classroom and school workshops. A growing interest in the CAREERS Aboriginal Youth Initiative led to development of an Aboriginal Caucus to seek out best practices in working with Aboriginal youth. The CAREERS Award honours Aboriginal Team addressed 3,173 Aboriginal Hilton Mireau First Eric Newell Kidz in Careers Golf Classic youth in school career workshops and an additional 4,548 in career fairs. Following discussions with stakeholders, CAREERS updated its 2009-2012 Business Plan.

Celebrating RAP Scholarship recipients

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Government

Mobilizing communities to help youth succeed Community Mobilizing communities through strategic from short-term coalitions created Education partnerships is one of CAREERS’ guiding around specific projects or needs to and Region principles. We know that working with partners strategic alliances and communities who share a common vision and purpose of interest to achieve common goals leverages everyone’s strengths. From the start that support our mission and values. Industry we have forged relationships with partners in At the community level our field staff government, the education community, business are actively and directly involved day- and industry, and many Alberta communities. to-day working with schools, students, parents, elders, employers, Chambers of CAREERS’ long-term success depends on local Commerce and other stakeholders. As a stakeholders taking ownership of the local result of our work together, students will workplace, and communities across Alberta effort. To this end, we strive to build models of find careers that are fulfilling, employers will remain strong, vibrant and positioned to cooperation and design programs that best reflect will have workers with the needed participate in the economic growth projected individual community needs. As an organization, skills, educators will be linked with the for our province over the long run. our partnerships reflect many collaborative styles

“CAREERS connects learning “CAREERS has opened up a “CAREERS is a wonderful “CAREERS will become a real to earning. It connects the whole world of opportunities employment exploration advantage for Alberta in terms dots.” for youth in providing them opportunity for young of creating the workforce we Brad Anderson, Executive with hands-on, real life kids.” need going forward into the Director, Alberta Chamber of learning experience.” future.” Resources, and Executive Director, Stephen Kushner, President, Mary Ann Blackman, Manager Jim Carter, Corporate Director, Construction Owners Association Merit Contractors Association of Community Investment, EnCana CAREERS of Alberta Corporation

PAGE 5 ourprograms CAREERS programs are designed to meet the interdependent needs of youth employability and “The RAP program is a gigantic opportunity skilled workforce shortages in Alberta. We work with parents, teachers, and employers to provide for students because it gives them a chance to high school students with early opportunities to “test drive” careers of their choice through start their career before they are even out of internships that combine education with hands-on experience. high school. I don’t know many other 18 year CAREERS offers a number of career path programs in Trades and Technologies and Health Services olds who can say they helped re-assemble a that focus on areas of high career opportunity for young Albertans while addressing industry’s need 200-tonne press. This program pushed my life to grow a skilled workforce for the future. ahead by at least two years maybe more.” Garrett Powers, apprentice millwright, Standens Limited, RAP student Trades and Technologies The Trades and Technologies program continues to be CAREERS’ flagship program.

Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) “RAP is the best thing that ever happened CAREERS makes the link between classroom education and the workplace by promoting the high to my son. He hated school and I lost sleep school Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) in schools and Aboriginal communities across wondering what was going to happen to him. Alberta. RAP is an Alberta Advanced Education and Technology and Alberta Education program that The RAP program just turned his life around. allows students to begin apprenticeship training while completing their high school course work. Not only did it give him a focus in school and CAREERS team members recruit employers and work with schools’ RAP coordinators to match them a career. The best part for me as a mom is with suitable student apprentices. Full-time high school students can begin the program as early he believes in himself and is now full of self as grade 10. By combining school and work, RAP students can earn up to 40 credits towards their confidence.” diploma while banking up to 1,000 hours towards their first year apprenticeship. Kathy Baker, mother of Christian Baker, who completed his apprenticeship in carpentry and earned In 2009, CAREERS presented workshops on the RAP program to 34,260 students in 353 schools. Red Seal certification in 2009 Our field team arranged pre-RAP workplace internships of at least 125 hours allowing 949 students

“We use the RAP program as a screening tool and have hired several of our RAP apprentices over the past few years. They’ve been such a treat, you couldn’t ask for more. When we get the right fit, it’s very rewarding for everyone.” Don Lawrence, Craft Team Member, Shell Limited, Scotford

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Building Trades to “test drive” one of over 50 trades available in Alberta. Following their Vehicle/Motor 15% Related internships, 51 per cent of pre-RAP students successfully made the transition RAP Internship into their first year of RAP apprenticeship training and continue to combine Electrical by cluster 37% 15% school and work. On completing high school, they will enter their first year of Trades technical training in an Alberta post-secondary institution, followed by a second October 1, 2008 – September 30, 2009 year of on-the-job apprenticeship training with an Alberta employer. Many 14% 14% Metal employers see the RAP program as an opportunity to grow their future skilled 5% Trades Service Trades workforce. As a result, many RAP apprentices continue on to obtain their Piping Trades journey certification.

Co-op Apprenticeship Program

The Co-op Apprenticeship Program is a post-high school apprenticeship program offered to youth ages “My life has changed quite dramatically 18-26 through a partnership between CAREERS: The Next Generation and the Community Careers since I started my apprenticeship. I love it. It Cooperative in Fort McMurray and the South East Alberta Partners for Youth Career Development in challenges me. I can see myself doing this for . the rest of my life.” The program connects young high school graduates in the communities of Fort McMurray/Wood Buffalo David Hatch, Co-op Apprentice, Jacobs Industrial and Medicine Hat with the opportunity to gain up to four years of apprenticeship training with local Services Ltd. (at Canadian Fertilizers, Medicine Hat) employers in one of over 50 trades available in their region.

The Co-op Apprenticeship Program has been very successful in attracting top candidates and offering them varied shop and field experiences throughout their training. For employers, the program provides an opportunity to grow their own future workforce as one solution to local skills shortages.

In 2009, CAREERS presented information on the Co-op Apprenticeship Program to 238 students with 46 young people entering co-op apprenticeships in the Fort McMurray/Wood Buffalo region and three in the Medicine Hat region.

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Oil and Gas Production Field Operator Program (PFO) “I like the hands-on work and the problem The Oil and Gas Production Field Operator Program is available to Grade 10-12 students interested solving, plus you’re outside a lot, which is in a career path in the energy sector. The program engages youth in an online distance education good.” program through SAIT coupled with paid summer internships in the industry while they are still Randy Wiens, graduate of the high school Oil and in high school. The program was developed through collaboration among CAREERS, EnCana Gas Production Field Operator Program and currently a Corporation, SAIT, Alberta Education and the South Eastern Alberta Partners for Youth Career student in Petroleum Engineering Technology at SAIT Development.

PFO students normally enter their first of three summer internships on completion of Grade 10, starting with a one-week EnCana Energy Camp at SAIT where they obtain safety certification. By the time they complete high school, PFO interns can achieve up to six months of paid field experience with participating employers, and those who complete the SAIT program can achieve Production Field Operator certification, which can lead to entry level employment within the oil and gas sector.

In 2009, CAREERS presented information on the PFO program to 1,822 students, with a total of 20 students engaged by employers as summer interns.

CAREERS Power Engineering Program CAREERS introduced the Fourth Class Power Engineering Program as a pilot early in 2009 in partnership with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), and several industrial employers including Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc., ATCO Power Inc., Capital Power/Epcor, Syncrude Canada Ltd., and Suncor Energy Resources. “When I graduate from high school, I’ll have Students are eligible for the program as early as Grade 10 and complete their normal high school my fourth-class ticket in power engineering. academic requirements during the school year along with power engineering theory components With that I can head out and work or upgrade accessed through a computer-based model provided by NAIT. They also earn high school credits to eventually get my first class ticket.” and participate in summer internships as full-time paid workers. Upon successfully completing the Justin Frei, Power Engineering Program student, program, students can receive Fourth Class Power Engineering certification by passing the Fourth Breton High School Class Power Engineer exam administered by the Alberta Boilers Safety Association.

PAGE 8 ourPROGRAMS “By giving youth a chance to learn about The program expands opportunities for students to examine high demand career options and power engineering at Al-Pac we hope they provides employers in the industry the opportunity to grow their own workforce within their will consider continuing to work with us once local community. In 2009, CAREERS presented information on the Power Engineering Program out of school. It’s an opportunity few young to 1,022 students, and 14 young people participated in summer internships. men and women get to have while still in high school.” Darrell Rosa, Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc., mentor to practicum students in the Power Engineering CAREERS Health Services Pilot Program CAREERS partners with Alberta Health and Wellness and Alberta Health Services in two programs to increase awareness among high school youth of the many rewarding career paths in health care and address targeted skill shortages in the health care sector.

CAREERS Health Services Youth Initiative “Working in the hospital really opened my eyes to the many health care careers there CAREERS’ Health Services Youth Initiative provides high school students with the opportunity are other than doctor and nurse. Some I to explore careers in over 200 health care occupations through summer internships. The dual never knew existed, such as emergency room goal is to encourage youth to make an informed career choice based on field experience and to respiratory technician.” expand the health care workforce. Mark Rockley, former student at Western Canada High School in Calgary and CAREERS health services Both public and private health care facilities across Alberta participate in the program, providing intern, currently second-year student in Health Sciences excellent onsite mentorship and workplace experiences for students. Interns gain an up-close at Queen’s University understanding of their career choice plus employability skills they need to succeed in the workplace.

In 2009, the CAREERS team promoted the Health Services Youth Initiative to 24,240 students across Alberta. Internships were offered to 404 students in areas ranging from emergency “The Health Internship Program provided me medicine to physiotherapy to mental health. with a very valuable experience…I realized that it doesn’t matter what department you work in, everybody’s job is important. And it has reinforced to me that I am going to pursue a career in nursing and then possibly medicine.” Amy Price, Health Services Youth Initiative Intern and Grade 12 student, Daysland School

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CAREERS Health Care Aide Program

In 2009, CAREERS introduced two pilots in the Health Care Aide (HCA) career pathway in “It was awesome. I know I want to do partnership with NorQuest College, Alberta Health Services and two school divisions. The something in the medical field. There are so program was developed in response to identified current and future human resource shortages in many options. I don’t think there’s anywhere this skill area, especially in rural Alberta. else I’d rather be.” Kaylee Zoetman, Health Care Aide intern, F. P. Walshe Students on track to graduate are eligible to enter the program in Grade 10. In addition to meeting High School, Fort Macleod their normal high school academic requirements, students in the HCA program complete the theory components of the program through a hybrid learning model provided by NorQuest that combines distance and online learning with face-to-face instruction and workplace learning. During summers following Grades 10, 11 and 12, HCA students gain clinical experience through full-time, paid internships in supervised health care settings. Students who complete the program will receive certification through NorQuest as a Health Care Aide upon high school completion.

A total of 514 students attended CAREERS’ presentations on the Health Care Aide Program in early 2009. The first HCA pilot started in February 2009 in the Livingstone Range School Division with 14 students continuing into the second year of the program. The second pilot started in September 2009 in the Buffalo Trail School Division with 18 students entering the program.

PAGE 10 CAREERS aboriginal youth initiative “I would recommend RAP to other students. It’s fun, a good job, hard work, and good pay.” Storm Crowe, apprentice carpenter, RAP program, The CAREERS Aboriginal Team is actively working with youth on First Nation reserves, Métis graduate of Argyll Centre, settlements and urban centres throughout Alberta. Alberta’s vigorous industry base in and around Aboriginal communities requires skilled labour, particularly in trades, health, technical occupations and in post-secondary certifications. These industries include construction, forestry, energy (oil and gas), manufacturing and prefabrication, and chemical operations. These opportunities provide tremendous career awareness and career development linkages for Aboriginal youth.

CAREERS Aboriginal Youth Initiative delivers key “stay-in-school” and career messages to Aboriginal youth in Grades 3 through 12 and facilitates opportunities for Aboriginal youth to experience hands- on learning in the workplace through CAREERS internships. This initiative focuses on mobilizing “I am pleased to participate on the Board as communities through involving parents, elders, support agencies, schools and key industry players. we work with industry to support Aboriginal youth. I’m excited and inspired by the strong In 2009, the CAREERS Aboriginal Team addressed 3,173 Aboriginal youth in school career interest in these talented young people. This workshops and an additional 4,548 in career fairs across Alberta. A total of 55 Aboriginal students is an important investment in the future.” participated in CAREERS summer internships, including 23 in the RAP program, 29 in Health Services, two in Co-op Apprenticeships, and one in the Production Field Operator program. Maria David Evans, Deputy Minister, Alberta Aboriginal Relations, member of the CAREERS Board of Directors

PAGE 11 Members of the CAREERS Board of Directors represent a wide range of geographic regions, from Grande our Prairie to Medicine Hat, and a variety of government and industry sectors. Their diverse backgrounds ensure BOARD OF that CAREERS’ direction is informed by the broadest range of perspectives and huge wealth of expertise available in Alberta. Our Directors come to the table sharing the firm conviction that Alberta’s future depends DIRECTORS upon the continuing evolution of a skilled, motivated workforce resulting from the successful development of career opportunities for Alberta youth.

ANDY CLARK PAUL COLLINS JIM CARTER Board Director Board Director FLETCHER BOOTLE Corporate Directr CEO and Founder Owner Corporate Director EPCOR, Finning Clark Builders Collins Industries Ltd.

BOB DEMCOE JERRY HANDFORD MARIA DAVID-EVANS Secretary-Treasurer DOUG GOLOSKY Board Director Board Director Executive Vice President and CFO Board Director General Manager Organizational Deputy Minister Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Director Effectiveness Aboriginal Relations Inc. Golosky Energy Services Syncrude Canada Ltd.

MICHAEL HECK KERAY HENKE RUSS HOLOWACHUK SHIRLEY HOWE Board Director Board Director Board Director Board Director Director, Site Wide Services Deputy Minister Vice President & General Manager Deputy Minister Suncor Energy Inc. Alberta Education Canadian Fertilizers Limited Employment and Immigration

LINDA MILLER ANDY NEIGEL MILES HUNT Board Director Board Director Board Director Deputy Minister President & CEO Vice President Human Resources Alberta Health and Wellness CAREERS: The Next Generation ERIC NEWELL Finning Canada Board Chair

ANNETTE TRIMBEE RAY PRICE MEL SVENDSEN Vice-Chair of the Board Board Director Board Director Deputy Minister President President & CEO ROGER THOMAS Alberta Advanced Education & Sunterra Group Standen’s Ltd. Corporate Director Technology

CAREERS wishes to express appreciation to retiring Board Member Peter Higginbottom, (Director, Supply Chain Refining & Marketing Operations, Suncor Energy Inc.) for his valuable service and contribution to CAREERS’ success during his tenure. We also welcome two new members to our Board, Michael Heck and Fletcher Bootle. Their knowledge and expertise are a valuable addition to the multiplicity of talent on our Board.

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EDUCATION PARTNERS 2009 Braemar School David Thompson School Father Patrick Mercredi Community Holy Trinity Academy Livingstone School Abbott School Breton High School Daysland School School Holy Trinity School Lomond Community School ACE Place Learning Centre Bridges Outreach School Delburne Centralized School Foothills Composite High School Hope Christian School Lord Beaverbrook High School Acme School Britannia School Delia School Foremost School Hughenden Public School Louis St. Laurent Alexandra Junior High School Brooks Composite High School Delnorte School Hunting Hills High School M. E. LaZerte School Alexis Elementary Junior Senior Brownfield Community School Dickinsfield School Forestburg School Immanuel Christian High School Magrath Junior Senior High School High School Buffalo Head Prairie School Didsbury High School Fort Assiniboine School Inglewood School Mannville School Alix (Mirror and Alix Central) Cadotte Lake School Discovering Choices II School Fort McMurray Composite High Innisfail Junior Senior High School Marwayne Jubilee School Allan Watson School Calgary Board of Education Dr. Mary Jackson School School Innisfree School Matthew Halton High School Amiskwaciy Academy Calgary Christian High School Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School High School Iron River School Mayerthorpe Junior Senior High Andrew School Calgary Roman Catholic Separate Dr. Folkins Community School Fort Saskatchewan Next Step II Irvine School School Archbishop Jordan High School School District No. 1 Drumheller Composite High School Outreach School J. A. Williams High School McCauley School Archbishop MacDonald Calling Lake School Duchess School Fort Vermilion Public School J. H. Picard McCoy High School Archbishop O’Leary Calmar Secondary School E. W. Pratt High School Frank Maddock High School J. Percy Page School McNally School Archbishop Oscar Romero Calvin Christian School Eagle Butte High School Fresh Start Downtown J. C. Charyk Hanna School Medicine Hat High School Ardmore School Camrose Composite High School Eaglesham School Fresh Start South J. R. Robson School Memorial Composite High School Ardrossan Junior Senior High Canadian Rockies Regional Eastglen School George McDougall High School J. T. Foster School Menno-Simons Community School School Division No. 12 Eastwood School Georges H. Primeau School Jack James High School Metro Continuing Education Argyll Home School Centre Canmore Collegiate Ecole du Sommet Georges P. Vanier School Mistassiniy School Ashmont Secondary School Carbon School Ecole Heritage Gerard Redmond Community Jasper Junior Senior High School Monsignor J. S. Smith School Assumption Junior Senior High Cardston High School Ecole Maurice-Lavallee Catholic School Jasper Place School Morinville Community High School School Caroline School Ecole Notre Dame High Gift Lake School Jean Baptiste Sewepagaham Morley Community School Austin O’Brien Caslan School Ecole Plamondon School Gilbert Paterson Middle School School NAIT Banff Community High School Catholic Central High School Ecole Publique Gabrielle-Roy Glendon School John D’or Prairie School Nelson Heights Middle School Barrhead Composite High School Centennial High School Ecole Secondaire Beaumont Glenmary School John G. Diefenbaker High School New Norway School Bashaw School Central Alberta Christian High Composite High School Grand Trunk High School John Paul II High School New Sarepta Community High Bassano School School Ecole Secondaire Notre Dame High Grande Prairie Composite High Kainai High School School Battle River Regional Division Central High School Sedgewick School School Kate Andrews High School Nipisihkopahk Secondary School No. 31 Central Memorial High School Ecole Secondaire Sainte Grande Prairie School District No. Kateri School Noble Central School Bawlf School Centre High Marguerite d’Youville 2357 Kehewin High School Northern Lights School Authority Bearspaw Christian School & High School Edgerton Public School Grant MacEwan College Keyano College Notre Dame Academy College Chief Napeweaw Comprehensive Edmonton Catholic Separate Grassland Community School Kihew Asiniy Education Centre Notre Dame High School Beaverlodge Regional High School School School District No. 7 Grimshaw Junior Senior High Kikino Elementary School O’Chiese Education Authority Bellerose Composite High School Chipewyan Lake School Edmonton Christian School School Kinuso School Old Scona School Bentley School Chipewyan Prairie First Nation Edmonton School District No. 7 Gus Wetter School Kipohtakaw Education Centre Olds Junior Senior High School School Edwin Parr Composite Community H. E. Bourgoin Middle School Kisipatnahk School Olds Koinonia Christian School Bev Facey Community High School Christ The King Junior Senior High School H. A. Kostash School Kitscoty Junior Senior High School Onoway Junior Senior High School Bigstone Community School School Elizabeth Community School H. J. Cody School La Crete Public School Paddle Prairie School Bishop Carroll High School Clarence Jaycox School Elk Island Public Schools Regional Harry Ainlay School Lacombe Composite High School Palliser Outreach School Bishop Grandin High School Coalhurst High School Division No. 14 Harry Collinge High School Lacombe Outreach School Parkland Composite High School Bishop McNally High School Cochrane High School Erle Rivers High School Hay Lakes School Lakeside Outreach School Parkside School Bishop O’Byrne High School Cold Lake High School Ermineskin Ehpewapahk Alternate Heinsburg Community School Lamont High School Parkview Adventist Academy Blessed Sacrament School Cold Lake Off-Campus School School Henry Wise Wood High School Lawton School Partners for Youth Blue Hills Community School Community Careers Cooperative Ernest Manning High School Heritage Christian Academy Le Goff School Paul Band First Nation School Blue Quills First Nations College Connections for Learning Ernest Morrow Junior High School Public School Leduc Composite High School Paul Kane High School Bonnyville Centralized High School Consort School F. G. Miller Junior Senior High Highwood School Lester B. Pearson Senior High Peace River High School Bonnyville Off-Campus School Coronation School School Hill Crest Community School School Peace Wapiti Academy County Central High School F. P. Walshe School Hillside Junior Senior High School Collegiate Institute Peerless Lake School Bowden (Grandview) School Crescent Heights High School Fairview High School Hilltop High School Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive Pelican Mountain School Crowsnest Consolidated High Father Lacombe Catholic School Hines Creek Composite School High School Pembina Hills Regional Division Boyle School School Father Lacombe School Holy Trinity Little Buffalo School No. 7

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Picture Butte High School St. Catherine Warner School Allen Gray Child Development Bigstone Oilfield Service & Supply Canadian Tire (6 locations) Piikani Nation Secondary School St. Dominic High School West Central High School Centre Billingsgate Seafood Canem Systems Ltd. (Edmonton) Ponoka Composite High School St. Elizabeth Seton West Country Outreach School Allen Gray Continuing Care Binder Construction Canmore Golf & Curling Club Ponoka Outreach School St. Francis High School Western Canada Senior High All-West Northern Glass Ltd. Bladez Express Capilano Dental Clinic Prairie Christian Academy St. Francis of Assisi School Almita Manufacturing Ltd. Blaskin & Lane Capital Pizza & Steakhouse Prince Charles School St. Francis Xavier Westlawn School Alpine Heating Ltd. Blush Hair Co. CapitalCare (8 locations) St. Gabriel the Archangel Westmount School Alta Fab Structures Bob Jacks Sheet Metal Capricorn Concrete Limited Provost Public School St. Jerome’s School Westwood Community High School Alta North Fabricators Ltd. Bold Developments Cardston High School Queen Elizabeth Junior Senior St. Joseph Catholic High School Composite High Alta Pro Electric Ltd. Bombshells Beauty Bar Carefree Coach & RV High School St. Joseph High School School Altimo Hairstylist Bonness Oilfield Supply Ltd. Carewest - Dr. Vernon Fanning Queen Elizabeth School St. Joseph’s Collegiate William Aberhart High School Ambience Hair Group Bonnie Doon Certigard Centre R.A. Reynolds School St. Martha School William E. Hay Composite High Ames Automotive & Propane Ltd. Bonnyville Health Centre Carillion Canada Rainbow Lake School St. Martin De Porres High School School Angles Hair Salon Tuscany Bos Builders Inc. Caroline School Raymond High School St. Mary of the Lake Willow Creek Composite High Arayah’s Hair Design & Day Spa Boston Pizza CBS Construction Ltd. Red Earth Creek School St. Mary School School Arc Electric Bow Island Health Centre CEDA International Corporation Redwater Learning Centre St. Mary’s High School Winston Churchill High School Archbishop O’Leary Bow-Cor Welding Centennial Centre for Mental Redwater School St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Woodside Home Armax Electric Boyd Autobody and Glass Health & Brain Injury Richard F. Staples Secondary Separate School Worsley Central School Arpi’s Industries Ltd. Boyd’s O K Tire Store Centerline Auto Service School St. Michael School Zama City School Arpi’s North Brandt Tractor Ltd. (2 locations) Central Aire Heating and Air Ridgevalley School St. Michaels School Artison’s Flooring Brava Bistro Central Sales & Service Ridgeview Central School St. Michael’s School EMPLOYERS 2009 ASM Industries Breton Health Centre Centre 101 Auto Repair & Radiator Rimbey Christian School St. Paul Regional High School (1st year interns only) Aspen Ford BRIX Construction Inc. Centrix Hair and Spa Rimbey Junior Senior High School St. Stephens Catholic School Aspen House Bromby Welding Challand Pipeline Ltd. Rocky Lane School St. Theresa School 16-881 Autobody Ltd. Aspen View Regional Division Brooks Health Centre Champagne Edition Inc. Roland Michener Secondary St. Thomas Aquinas High School 3D Industries No. 19 Brookview Husky Automotive Charchun Welding and Fabrication School St. Thomas Aquinas School 4 Tech Electric Ltd. Astro Wall Systems Inc. Repair Ltd. 8th & 8th Health Centre Rosemary School St. Timothy ATCO Electric (3 locations) Broxburn Cafe Charger Instalations Ross Sheppard School Standard School A & B Pipeline Services (2 locations) ATCO Power, Sheerness BT Honda Charisma Hair Fashion Inc. Rosslyn School Steele Heights School A Kut Above Hair Studio Generating Station Buchanan Lumber Charlesglen Toyota A-1 Rentals/Racing Rundle College Senior High School Stirling School At-Fab Plumbing and Heating Buist Motors Chatters Salon (2 locations) Ryley School Strathcona Christian Academy A-Assured Plumbing Ltd. Services Buk Hart Enterprises Chemco Electrical Contractors Ltd. Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys Strathcona School ABCO Industries Athabasca Pipelines Ltd. Bullock’s Autobody Chris’ Auto Body SAIT Polytechnic Strathmore High School Abel Corporation Aurora Dental Group C-Bros Contracting Ltd. Cimco Refrigeration Salisbury Composite High School Sturgeon Composite High School Aberhart Centre Auto Trac Alignment Ltd. C. Simmons Mechanical Cindy & Co. Savanna School Sturgeon Lake School Academy Fabricators Inc. Automated Tank C.P. Air Systems Ltd. City of Calgary Senator Gershaw School Sunchild First Nation School Accell Well Services Avonlea Master Builder Cabin Lake Welding City of Medicine Hat, Gas Utility Sexsmith Secondary School Sundre High School Accu-Fab Custom Metal Works B & D Industrial Services Cabinet Expressions City Wide Construction Next Step I Swan Hills School Acklands-Grainger Inc. BFI Constructors Ltd. Calgary Board of Education CKS Mechanical Outreach School Swan River School Action Electrical Ltd. B. W. Bouwman Plumbing & Calgary Drop In Center Claeys Masonry Siksika Nation High School Taotha School Adloff & Company Ltd. Heating Ltd. Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Clearwater County Sir William Van Horne High School The Centre for Learning@HOME Advanced Waterjet & Fabrication BAM Boilers Ltd. Ltd. Clearwater Welding & Fabrication Sir Winston Churchill High School Thorhild Central School Advantage Ford Barrhead Continuing Care Centre Calgary Health Region Ltd. Sister Gloria School Thorsby Junior Senior High School AgeCare - The Beverly Centre Bassano Health Centre Calgary Laboratory Services Cold Lake Ford Smith School Three Hills School AGRO (Ponoka) Batwings Auto Repair Ltd. Caliber Landscaping Ltd. Coliseum Steak and Pizza South Central High School Tofield School Alberta Children’s Hospital Beaners Fun Cuts for Kids Caliber Systems Inc. Collins Industries Ltd. Alberta Cycle Motorsports South Eastern Alberta Partners for Trochu Valley School (2 locations) Calmont Truck Center Ltd. Community Health Centre Youth Career Development Tsuu T’ina Nation School Alberta Hospital Edmonton Beaumont Automotive Parts & Camara Ventures Ltd. Concept Electric Spirit River Regional Academy Upper Hay River School Alberta Motor Association Service Cambium Woodwork 2005 Ltd. Concours Collision Centres Ltd. Springbank Community High Vauxhall Junior Senior High School Alberta Motor Products LLP Bella From Head To Toe Campbell Chrysler Consort Hospital & Care Centre School Vegreville Composite High School Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Bentley Care Centre Camrose Farm Equipment Contech Electric Composite High Victoria School Inc. Bernie Lublinhof Welding Ltd. Can Bow Motors Coram Construction School Viking School Albrico Kaefer Bertram Electric Ltd. Cana Construction Coronado Truck Bodies Ltd. Spruce View School Vilna School Albright Refrigeration Bethany Care Society Canada Concrete Systems Inc. Coronation Hospital & Care Centre St. Albert Catholic High School W. P. Wagner School Alexander Health Services Bettcher’s Auto Services Ltd. Canadian Collision Corporate Office - Capital Health St. Andrew’s School W. G. Murdoch School Alggin Metal Industries Ltd. Big Country Energy Canadian Forces Base Suffield Centre St. Anthony School W. R. Myers High School Alister’s Auto Service Ltd. Big Lakes Dodge Dept of National Defence County Shop St. Anthony’s School Wainwright High School All About Packaging Big West Dodge Chrysler Ltd. Canadian Natural Resources Crawford Machinery Ltd. St. Augustine School Warburg School All Season Cycle Bigstone Community Health Limited Creation Hair Plus Design All Toys for Trucks

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Creative Electric Co. Ltd. Diversified Evansburg and District Health Great Northern Plumbing Intercare (4 locations) Kut n Kurl Cremac Metals DMI Daishowa-Marubeni Centre Greenline Equipment Sales Ltd. Inter-City Collision and Glass L T D Oilfield Services Ltd. Crimtech Services Ltd. International Ltd. Evolution Hair Salon Greenough LC Construction Ltd. International Brotherhood of Labreche’s Plumbing and Heating Cross Cancer Institute DMV Welding & Oilfield Services Evolution Heating & Air Grey Nuns Community Hospital Boilermakers Lac La Biche Builders Ltd. Cross Country Sales Dodds Coal Mine Conditioning Ltd. Greystone Master Builders Ital Motors Ltd. Lac La biche County Crosstown Heating and Ventilation Don’s Service Centre Extendicare (5 locations) Griffin Construction 2000 Ltd. J & A Trucking Ltd. Lacombe Ford Crowfoot Dodge Dorren Electric Extra Tech Automotive GT CARSTAR Collision J & J Electric Ltd. Lacombe Hospital & Care Centre Crowsnest Pass Health Centre Double 2 Body Shop 1979 Ltd. Extreme Mechanical Gypsy Rose Holdings Ltd. J V Machine & Power Train Works Lacombe Locksmith Crystal Glass Canada Ltd. - Drayton Double B Welding Extreme Pita H. Wilson Industries Ltd. J&M Services Lacombe Welding Ltd. Valley Doug Krupa Family Crisis Society H.D. Ornamental Iron Ltd. J. D. Collision Ltd. Lake City GM Motor Products Ltd. CT Performance Dr. W. Cummings Optometrist Family Eyecare Habitat Studio & Workshop Ltd. Jacobs Industrial Services Ltd. Lakeland Inn Cummins Western Canada Drayton Valley Ford Sales Fast Times Machining Hagel’s Welding Jacobs Industrial Services Ltd. Lamb Bros. Construction Cunningham Transport (1986) Ltd. Drayton Valley Hospital & Care Fastek Electrical Instalations Ltd. Hahn Welding & Oilfield Services Jaehn’s Autobody Shop Land Tec Landscape Contractors Custom Welding & Fabricating Ltd. Centre Father Lacombe Nursing Home Ltd. JAG Instrument Services Landmark Housing (Great Canadian Cutting Edge Flooring Ltd. Drumheller Health Centre Ferguson Glass (Western) Ltd. Haig Clinic Jasper Place Continuing Care Exteriors) Cycle Works (East Edmonton) Dry Blast Inc. First Choice Auto & Truck Repair Hair 4U Ltd. Centre Langford Electric D & L Miller Automotive Repair DS Brickwork and Stone Ltd. Hair Care & More Jayco Line Contractors Larry Anderson Ltd. Dunvegan Fab & Welding Ltd. First Choice Haircutters Hall Industrial Contracting Ltd. JDK Lock & Hammer Las Coquetas DA Building Dustin Kennedy Welding First General Services Ltd. Handsaeme Welding JDL Electric Lasting Impressions Hair Design DA Electric Dutchman Equipment Five Star Mechanical Hanna Health Centre Jen-Col Construction Ltd. Lawnmower Hospital DA Welding Ltd. DV Meter Flesher Marble & Tile Hardisty Care Centre Jetco Mechanical Ledcor Fabrication Dalzell’s Auto Repair DV Oilfield Services Flint Energy Services Ltd. Harrington Diesel Jim’s Welding Ltd. Ledcor Industrial Project Ltd. Dan O Repair Dwight’s Place Auto Body Ltd. Fluids Bar & Grill Headlines Joey’s Global Grill and Lounge Leduc Autobody Darling’s Auto & Truck Repair DWS Construction Flynn Bros. Projects Inc. Heart to Heart Hair Jordac Plumbing Leduc Community Hospital Darrell Klein Floorcovering Ltd. DynaCorp Fabrications Inc. Foothills Medical Centre Heartland Electrical Services Ltd. JPL Contracting Lethbridge Regional Hospital Darren’s Mechanical & Machine E C E Contracting Fort Saskatchewan Health Centre Hebert’s Motorsports June Till Spring LH Electric Ltd. Daryl’s Electric E L Jacob’s Welding Ltd. Fort Truck Center Ltd. Hedd Automotive Inc. K B Renovations Linden Auto Body Ltd. Das Auto Haus Eagles Construction 2000 Fort Vermilion School Division Herbers Autobody Repair K P Custom Carpentry Little Bow Continuing Care Centre Dasa Construction Inc. Earl’s Restaurants (5 locations) No. 52 Heritage Chrysler Jeep K Rice Retailing LNM Contracting 2001 Ltd. Davco Welding & Crane Services Earthlings Inc. For-Tec Inc. Heritage Inn Kal Tire (12 locations) Locked Solid Services Dave’s Auto Centre East Central Health FortisAlberta (5 locations) Hi-Calibre Industries Ltd. Kamex Construction Ltd. LSM-Lee`s Sheet Metal Ltd. Dawson Wallace Construction Ltd. East Health Community Health Fortress Fabrications Ltd. High River Rentals Kamwin Electrical Ltd.. Lynx Ridge Golf Club Daysland Backhoe & Trucking Centre Fountain Tire (5 locations) Highwood Coatings Ltd. Kanyo’s Automotive M J McGuigan Handyman Services Daysland Health Centre Eastwood Auto Body Four Seasons Power Sports Ltd. Hildebrand Motors Ltd. KB Heat & AC Plumbing Mackenzie Place Continuing Care Dean Zimmel Construction Eckel Xtreme Truck Paint & Body Fourlane Ford Sales Ltd. Hilman Electric KCB Construction Inc. Madsen’s Custom Cabinets (1983) Dean’s Auto Repair Ltd. Fringez Hi-Way Service Medicine Hat Inc. KC’s Hair & Tanning Salon Ltd. Decoda Mechanical Edmonton Chinatown Care Centre G Wright’s Welding Ltd. Hobbema Transport Ltd. Kelsey’s Restaurant (2 locations) Makkinga Construction Ltd. Dee-Jay Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Edmonton Electric Inc. G.L.M. Industries L.P. (Grande Holy Cross Hospital Kelvin’s Car Care Mall Hairstyling Deer Valley Implements Ltd. Edmonton General Continuing Care Prairie) Horizon Forest & Garden Ltd. Kendon Contracting Maloney Construction Deereline Sales Ltd. (3 locations) Centre Galko Homes How We Do Kerry’s Mechanical Ltd. Mannville Health Centre Deerland Equipment (Vegreville) Edmonton School District No. 7 Garth Glover Construction HSN Ironworks King Electric Mariah Projects Ltd. Ltd. Edmonton Transfer Ltd. Gateway Mechanical Services Hurst Construction Management King’s Karpentry Ltd. Marine Madness & Sports Delta Electric Ltd. Ed’s Auto & Truck Service Ltd. Gateway Refrigeration (Calgary) Inc. K-Jay Electric Marshall’s Tank Service Deluxe Cabinetry Egan’s Restaurant & Pub Ltd. HVAC Solutions Klash Autobody Ltd. Marty’s Engine and Compressor Demarcation Point Elegance Hair Design Gateway Toyota Hydro Vacuum Oilfield Services Klassen’s Mechanical Oilfield Service Denham’s Crystal Chrysler Elk Island Sales George Fitzpatrick Welding ICOM Refrigeration Maintenance Master Cuts Derrick Dodge EllisDon Construction Services Inc. Glenn’s Sport Line Ideal Precision Machining Ltd. Klassic Builders Master Locksmiths & Security Deruiter Automotive Ltd. Embellished Hair Lounge Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Igloo Building Supplies Group KMC Mining Systems Ltd.. Destiny Homes Inc. EMR - Economical Mechanical Global Machine and Supply Ltd. Imperial Oil Resources Knelsen Sand & Gravel Matlynne Construction DeTech Auto Service Repair Global Roofing Independent Electric and Controls Knotty Pines Cabins Mat-Son Mechanical Ltd. Devon General Hospital EMS - Electric Motor Service Ltd. Goldbar Contractors Ltd. Koch Ford Lincoln Maximum Controls Inc. Devon’s Concrete EnCana Corporation Golden Scizzors Hairstyling Ltd. Independent Paint & Body Ltd. Koch Ford Sales Mayerthorpe Welding and Dice Plant Maintenance Enerflex Systems Ltd. (4 locations) Grande Prairie EMS Inland Aggregates Ltd. KOR Machining & Mechanical Ltd. Supplies Ltd. Contractors Ltd. EnerPro Homes Ltd. Grande Prairie Nissan Inline Welding Ltd. Kos Oilfield Transportation - Head McLevin Industries Didsbury Health Centre Enoch Health Centre Grandparent’s Reno Innisfail Health Centre Office McQueen Automotive Diesel Tech Industries Entegra Controls & Energy Services Grandview Auto Service Input Electrical Systems Inc. KSB Industrial Services Meckenics Diesel Tech Services EPCOR Granit Construction Inc. Inspira Manufacturing Inc. KUDU Medicine Hat Lodge Direct Air Ltd. ER Automotive Repairs Ltd. Great Clips (2 locations) Integrated Life Care Inc. Kurt’s Iron Works Ltd. Medicine Hat Regional Hospital

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Medina Market Noyen Construction Ltd. Quality Inn Airport Scanalta Power Sales Stephani Motors Top 20 Restaurant MEL Insulating Nu Art Beauty & Tanning Salon Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Schendel Mechanical Contracting Stetson Motors Top Of The Hill Construction Meridian Manufacturing Group O’Brien Auto Body Quick-Way Electrical (1999) Ltd. Scott W R Equipment Ltd. Stettler Hospital & Care Centre Total Modular Solutions Merle Norman (Olds) O’Hanlon Paving Ltd. Quin-Ko Machining Scott’s Repair Steve’s Diesel Repair Ltd. Tournament Ski & Marine (2001) Midas OK Tire (4 locations) Quinn Contracting Ltd. Seitzco Motor Sports Ltd. Stewart Contracting Ltd. Midnapore Hairstyling Olds Dodge Chrysler Jeep R P M Equipment Transport Ltd. Shanco Camp Services Ltd. Stojan`s Power Sports & Marine Traction Heavy Duty Parts Midnapore Petro Canada Olds Hospital & Care Centre R. Pollitt Oilfield Construction Shark Electric Inc. Ltd. Transco Energy Milestones (Market Mall) Olsen Electric Ragged Edge Hair Studio Shaw Conference Centre Strad Controls Trican Well Services Ltd. Millenium Electric On Core Services Rainbow Automotive Ltd. Shear Waves Hair Design Stroh’s Custom Collision Ltd. Tricom Electrical Services Miller Crossing Care Centre Option Industries Ram Electric & Instrumentation Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre Studio 104 Tri-Electric Minhas Bros Trucking Ltd. O’Shea’s Eatery Ram Mountain Construction Ltd. Shell Albian Sands Sturgeon Auto Body Trinity Hair Studio Minx Autobody & Refinishing Overdrive Heavy Duty Service Rancher’s Sports Bar & Grill Ltd. Shell Canada Energy Sturgeon Community Health Centre Triton Projects Inc. Misericordia Community Hospital P&H Mine Pro - Fort McMurray Ranchland Ford Shell Canada Ltd. - Scotford Sturgeon Community Hospital Trotter & Morton Ltd. MKS Trailer Pad-Car Mechanical Ltd. Ranchland Welding Shellbar Mechanical Subway True-Line Contracting Ltd. Modern Decore Carpet One Paintearth Energy Services Ltd. Rangeland Shepherd’s Care Kensington Sugo Cafe Italia Tuffline Powersports Moe and Sons Enterprises Ltd. Pala Auto Pro Ranwal Plumbing and Heating Ltd. Sherwood Park Care Center Sunchild First Nation School Unitech Electrical Contracting Inc. Moe’s Automotive Pamco Central Services Raymond Motors Showtime Auto Refinishing Suncor Energy Inc. United Utility Services Ltd. Moe’s RV Service Panther Controls Ltd. RC Construction Silver Bow Woodcraft Ltd. Superior Certigard Universal Flooring Systems Ltd. Montana’s Cookhouse (2 locations) Parkland Fireplace Inc. RCL Metalworks & Repair Silver Gates Cafe Superstore Bakery Moose Factory Peco Electrical Ltd. Red Deer Catholic Regional Silverbear Construction Ltd. SUR-B Enterprises Ltd. University of Alberta - Human Morinville Clinic Pentagon Farm Centre (2 locations) Division No. 39 Simonet Woodworking Ltd. Sureway Logging Resource Department Morinville Dental Clinic Performance Motor Sports Red Deer Power Sports Simply Special Sweet Escapes Hair & Beauty University of Alberta Hospital Mot’s Machining Peter Lougheed Centre Red Deer Valley Park Manor Care Sinclair Electric Ltd. Salon (2 locations) Mountain Motors Peterbilt Centre Skyline Electrical Sylvan Lake Autopro Inc. Up To Code Moxie’s Classic Grill Petrin Mechanical Ltd. Redline Electric Slave Lake Ford Sales Ltd. Syncrude Canada Ltd. Valleyview Health Centre Mozaic Hair Design Petro Canada (3 locations) Redneckz Wireline Services Slave Lake Specialties Syntech Enerflex Vanity Boutique and Spa Mr Lube NE Petrotech Energy Services Redwater Health Centre Smart Brands Auto Group Inc. T A K Oilfield Sales & Service Ltd. Varsity Chrysler Dodge Jeep Mulder Heating Pillar Fabricators Regency Refrigeration (1981) Ltd. Smitty’s Restaurant Tak’s Plumbing & Heating Vegreville Auto Body (1993) Ltd. Murray Chevrolet Pinnacle International Regent Electrical Smokey Lake Collision Tangles Hair Design Vegreville Ford Sales & Service My Automotive Pioneer Cabinets Regional Mental Health Smokey Lake County Tarpon Energy Services (5 locations) Vegreville Mechanical Mytec Contracting Inc. Plaza 124 Building Regis Hairstylists Smokey Lake Truck Sales & TD Mechanical Ventures Manufacturing Inc. NAF Drive Systems Ponoka Cabinet Makers Ltd. Reliance Automotive Barrhead Ltd. Leasing Ltd. Team Ford Ventures West Transmisson Nana’s Seafood Restaurant Ponoka Chrysler Dodge Jeep Renegade Development Inc. Sobeys (Lacombe) Tech Sprinklers Vercon Construction Ltd. Nanton Community Health Centre Ponoka Composite High School RESCO Construction Sorrentino’s Bistro-Bar Techmation Electric & Controls Ltd. Vermeho Hair NAPA Auto Parts Ponoka Hospital & Care Centre Richard Repair Services Ltd. Soterra Landscaping - Drayton Valley Vermilion Health Centre National Oilwell Varco Portage College Richard’s Quality Auto Repair Source Electric Tecumseh Industries Ltd. Vet’s Sheet Metal Ltd. Neil MacKinnon Mechanical Power Pro Electric Rimbey Hospital & Care Centre South Calgary Health Centre Teko Cranes Ltd. Viking Mechanical Contractors Services Ltd. PowerComm (2 locations) Ritchie Bros. Construction South Shore Enterprises Ltd. Terabyte Network Vision Truck Lines Inc. Netcom Communications Power-Up Electric River House Grill South Terrace Continuing Care Terle Auto Body Vogue Woodwork & Renovations Neufeld Landscaping Precision Alignment and Brake Ltd. Riverview Care Centre Southport Territorial Electric Ltd. Vulcan Community Health Centre New Modern Salon Precision Machining & Welding RJV Gas Field Services Ltd. Southside Custom Auto The Body Farm Vulcan Electric Newell Automotive Ltd. Road Ready Auto Service Spartan Steel Ltd. The Cactus Grill Wahl Construction Inc. Nikirk Bros. Contracting Ltd. Premiere Construction Rockin JR Electric Special Metals Fabricating Ltd. The City of Edmonton Wal Mart - Royal Oak No Limits Service Ltd. Prins Electric Co Ltd. Rocky Mountain House Health Specialty Automotive Repairs Ltd. The Real McCoy Service Centres Waterloo Ford Lincoln Sales Noble Industrial Professional Autobody & Centre Spectrum Mechanical Ltd. (2 locations) WBF Enterprises Ltd. Noralta Technologies Fiberglass Ltd. Rocky Mountain Mechanical Speedy Brake Apollo Muffler - The Smilezone Webbs Ford Ltd. Norden Autohaus Pro-Line Manufacturing Inc. Maintenance Chinook Thermo Design Engineering Ltd. Webb’s Machinery Ltd. (2 locations) Nor-Tech Systems LP Prologic Controls Rockyview General Hospital Spilak Tank Truck Service Thickwood Dental Centre Weiss Mechanical Services Ltd. North American Construction PRO-N2 Rosedale Sheet Metal (2002) Inc. Spirit River Public Health Centre Thornhill Community Health Centre Werner Heavy Equipment Repair Group Inc. Pronghorn Controls Ltd., Rosehaven Care Centre St. Albert Public Health Centre Three Hills Health Centre Ltd. North West Crane (GP) Ltd. (2 locations) Royal Alexandra Hospital St. Joseph’s Auxilliary Hospital Through The Looking Glass Salon West Edmonton Hyundai North West Health Community Provincial Electrical Services Inc. Ryanco Automotive St. Joseph’s General Hospital & Spa Inc. Westan Performance Northeast Community Health Pure Elements Hair & Body Salem Manor Nursing Home St. Therese Health Centre (St. Paul) Tiger Electric Ltd. Westcal Industries Centre Pyramid Corporation - Drayton Salon Elegante STAMCO Specialty Tool & TimberCreek Electric Inc. Westcan Bulk Transport Ltd. Northern Services Valley Sam & Joe’s Barber Shop Manufacturing Co. (1979) Ltd. Tirecraft Auto Center (Rimbey) Western Paint and Body Work Inc. Northern Truck and Industrial Q6 Electric San Remo Ristorante Stampede Toyota Titan Masonry Westlock Continuing Care Supplies Ltd. Quain Welding Saputo Inc. Standen’s Ltd. Tompkins Mobile Service Westview Health Centre Nortrux Inc. Quality Hotel and Conference Sarman Custom Metal Fab. Steelhead Welding Tony Romas 137 Ave. & St. Albert Wetaskiwin Hospital & Care Centre Trail Centre

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Whitemud Ironworks Group Inc. Canmore Gift Lake Metis Settlement Nisku Swan River First Nation Wild Case Contracting Inc. Carbon Glendon Nobleford Sylvan Lake Wild West Welding Inc. Cardston Grande Praire O’Chiese First Nation Taber Wil’s His and Hers Hairstyling Carmangay Grassland Ohaton Tees Windy Ridge Contracting Caroline Grimshaw Okotoks Thorhild Wood Buffalo Primary Care Castor Grovedale Olds Thorsby Network Champion Halkirk Onoway Three Hills Woodcraft Design Ltd. Chauvin Hanna Oyen Tofield X-Treme Energy Group Inc. Chestermere Hardisty Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement Trochu Yellow Cab Chipewyan Prairie First Nation Hay Lakes Paul First Nation Trout Lake Ymay Salon Claresholm Heinsburg Peace River Tsuu T’ina First Nation Youville Home Cleardale High Level Peerless Lake Valleyview Zahara Hair & Tanning Studio Coaldale High Prairie Peigan First Nation Vauxhall Zodiac Painting & Decorating Ltd. Coalhurst High River Penhold Vegreville Cochrane Hines Creek Picture Butte Vermilion Communities 2009 Cold Lake Hinton Pincher Creek Viking Acheson Cold Lake First Nation Horse Lake First Nation Plamondon Vilna Acme Coleman Hughenden Ponoka Vulcan Airdrie Condor Innisfail Provost Wabamun Alexander First Nation Consort Innisfree Rainbow Lake Wabasca Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Coronation Iron River Raymond Wainwright Alhambra Crooked Creek Irvine Red Deer Warburg Alix Crossfield Jasper Red Deer County Warner Andrew Daysland Keg River Red Earth Creek Westlock Ardmore Delburne Kehewin Cree Nation Redcliff Wetaskiwin Ardrossan Delia Kikino Metis Settlement Redwater Whitecourt Ashmont Devon Killam Rimbey Woodland Cree First Nation Athabasca Diamond City Kinuso Rocky Lane Worsley Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Didsbury Kitscoty Rocky Mountain House Zama City Banff Donnelly La Crete Rosemary Barons Drayton Valley Lac La Biche Ryley Barrhead Drumheller Lacombe Saddle Lake First Nation Bashaw Duchess Lamont Samson First Nation Bassano Duncan’s First Nation Leduc Sedgewick Bawlf Dunmore Legal Sexsmith Beaumont Eaglesham Leslieville Sherwood Park Beaver First Nation Eckville Lethbridge Siksika First Nation Beaverlodge Edgerton Linden Slave Lake Bentley Edmonton Little Red River Cree Nation Smith Bigstone Cree First Nation Edson Smoky Lake Black Diamond Elizabeth Metis Settlement Lomond Spirit River Blackfalds Elk Point Loon River Cree First Nation Spruce Grove Blairmore Enoch Cree Nation #440 Louis Bull Tribe First Nation Spruce View Blood Tribe First Nation Ermineskin First Nation Lundbreck Sputinow Bonnyville Evansburg Magrath St. Albert Bow Island Fairview Mannville St. Paul Bowden Falher Marwayne Standard Boyle Fishing Lake Metis Settlement Mayerthorpe Star Breton Foremost Medicine Hat Stettler Brooks Forestburg Mikisew Cree First Nation Stirling Brownfield Fort Assiniboine Milk River Stoney Tribal Administration First Buffalo Head Prairie Fort Macleod Mirror Nation Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement Fort McMurray Monarch Stony Plain Cadotte Lake Fort Saskatchewan Morinville Strathmore Calgary Fort Vermilion Namao Sturgeon Lake First Nation Calling Lake Frog Lake First Nation Nanton Sunchild First Nation Calmar Ft. McMurray #468 First Nation New Norway Sundre Camrose Gibbons New Sarepta Swan Hills

PAGE 17 ourINVESTORS

PATRON ($500,000 and over) Benefactor Calgary Board of Education Eric & Kathy Newell Southland Transportation Ltd. Canadian Fertilizers Limited Health Sciences Association Telus Community Foundation of Alberta Edmonton School District Telus Community Foundation No. 7 Motor Dealers’ Association - Edmonton of Alberta, Calgary Motor PREMIER ($249,999 - $499,999) Enerflex Systems Ltd. Dealers, Edmonton Motor Dealers

Friend Alberta Construction Safety Jerat Enterprises Murray Scharfenberg Association Jerry & Pat Heck Patricia & Wayne Markley Algor Enterprises Kapa Career Consulting Inc. Paul Collins Boreal Management Group Ltd. CHAMPION ($100,000 – $249,000) Ken Saunders Red Arrow Express Ltd. Brendan & Glenys Croskery Calgary Roman Catholic Labbe-Leech Interiors Ltd. Sabre Instrument Service Ltd. Separate School District Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Shannon & Doran Jones No. 1 Association Taze Consulting Services Ltd. Edmonton Catholic Separate Laurie Russell School District No. 7 The Neigel Family LEADER ($45,000 - $99,999) Livingstone Range School Division Toppem Business Solutions Inc. Electrical Contractors 68 Association of Alberta Vera Saunders LMT Enterprises Ltd. Elenor Spragins Westwind Performance Maria David-Evans Goodmurphy Family Mel & Bonnie Giles H. Wilson Industries MJB Enterprises Ltd. Janet Riopel

Investors who have contributed $500+ annually for a period of 5 consecutive years. Investors who have contributed $500+ annually for a period of 10 consecutive years.

CAREERS strives for accuracy in recognizing its donors and stakeholders. Please contact Stakeholder Relations for any discrepancies within the Annual Report. The time period for this recognition is October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009.

PAGE 18 ourINVESTORS

RAP SPONSORS our Alberta Home & School Councils Shell Canada Limited TEAM Association Stephane’s Mobile Repair Ltd. Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc. Syncrude Canada Ltd. Alberta School Boards Association Tarpon Energy Services Association of School Business Officials Territorial Electric of Alberta The Neigel Family Bunch Welding Ltd. TSE Steel Ltd. Cardinal Coach Lines Waterous Power Systems Carefree Coach & RV WorldSkills Calgary 2009 CESSCO Fabrication & Engineering Ltd. College of Alberta School Kidz in careers Golf Superintendents sponsors Collins Industries Ltd. AXA Financial Construction Labour Relations - An Broken Arrow Solutions Inc. Alberta Association Calgary Herald Construction Owners Association Carlson Construction Coram Construction Clark Builders Dee-Jay Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Collins Industries Ltd. Electrical Contractors Association of Deerfoot Inn & Casino Alberta Deloitte & Touche LLP Great West Kenworth Enbridge Pipelines Inc. Imperial Oil - Kearl Oil Sands Project First North Catering Back Row: Vivan Haland, Lana Bullough, Louella Chonkolay, Ann Rush, Imperial Oil Resources - Cold Lake Focus Corporation Wayne Markley, Jeff Hunter, Karen Roe, Paul St Cyr, Mel Giles, Rob Weibe, Jerat Enterprises Golosky Energy Services Jerry Handford Ledcor Group of Companies John Thurston, Steve Carlyle Jetco Mechanical Labbe-Leech Interiors Ltd. Kapa Career Consulting Inc. Metro Ford Middle Row: Karen St Cyr, Judy Kerr, Marcel St Arnaud, Jerry Heck, Ken Saunders Stampede Toyota Nicole Inzunza, Lorna Simpson, Janice Oldfield, Lisa Budden, Alan Fisher, Keyano College Lexus of Calgary Aurelio Delbello, Jim Goodmurphy Mechanical Contractors Association of Motor Dealers Association of Alberta Alberta Nexen Inc. Front Row: Wes Baker, Debra Hahn, Holly Bilton, Andy Neigel, Mel & Bonnie Giles Hatch / N-Solv Corporation Shannon Jones, Alex Gordon Merit Contractors Association PCL Construction Management Inc. NAIT Peco Electrical Ltd. Northern Lakes College - Grouard PricewaterhouseCoopers Campus RR Donnelley Olds College SAIT Polytechnic PECO Electrical Ltd. Scott Builders Inc. Quinn Contracting Ltd. Standen’s Ltd. Red Deer Construction Association Tuccaro Inc. SAIT Polytechnic Waiward Steel Fabricators Ltd.

PAGE 19 ourSTATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

CAREERS: THE NEXT GENERATION FOUNDATION Year ended September 30, 2009, with comparative figures for 2008 (Includes financial results of the Community Careers Cooperative partnership in the Fort McMurray/Wood Buffalo region)

2009 2008 Revenue: Alberta government and related agency contributions: Alberta government contributions (note 8) $ 1,675,814 $ 1,496,817 Health Educational Programs (note 8) 330,125 306,475 Corporate contributions 1,268,509 1,375,696 Federal government contributions (note 8) 28,733 112,034 Municipal government contributions (note 8) 6,000 32,084 Investment income (note 2) 117,334 21,561 3,426,515 3,344,667 Expenses: Program costs: Professional services and salaries 1,680,722 1,626,068 Health Educational Programs 377,396 313,229 Trade fairs and events 376,351 206,401 Travel 278,581 251,456 Administrative support 174,436 104,234 Communications 139,892 93,818 Publicity, printing and newsletter 90,806 52,285 Production and creative work 46,203 57,932 Rent 33,289 32,689 Professional development 2,801 4,203 3,200,477 2,742,315 General and administrative expenses 467,777 413,590 Total expenses 3,668,254 3,155,905 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses $ (241,739) $ 188,762

To view full financial statement go to http://nextgen.org/

PAGE 20 ourfinancial position

CAREERS: THE NEXT GENERATION FOUNDATION Year ended September 30, 2009, with comparative figures for 2008

2009 2008 Assets Current assets: Cash $ 172,039 $ 269,474 Short term Investments (note 2) 2,121,169 2,689,041 Accounts receivable 275,581 265,973 Prepaid expenses 29,774 118,438 2,598,563 3,342,926 Capital assets (note 3) 53,622 71,041

$ 2,652,185 $ 3,413,967

Liabilities and Net Assets Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 208,793 $ 200,970 Deferred contributions (note 4) 1,468,107 1,985,215 1,676,900 2,186,185 Unamortized external capital contributions (note 5) 24,147 34,905 Net assets: Internally restricted (note 6) 350,000 350,000 Investment in capital assets 29,475 36,136 Unrestricted 571,663 806,741 951,138 1,192,877 Commitments (note 7) $ 2,652,185 $ 3,413,967

PAGE 21 Charitable Registration Number: 88641 3699 RR0001 Design: Broken Arrow Solutions Inc. Printed: January 2010

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2009 ANNUAL REPORT CAREERS: THE NEXT GENERATION

CAREERS: The Next Generation Suite 200, 10787 - 180 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5S 1G6 Phone 780.426.3414 Toll Free 1.888.747.7172 Fax 780.428.8164 [email protected] www.nextgen.org