SUTHERLAND Career Center: 2015-01-18

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Project Pulse - Health Sciences Conference

Are you interested in the Health Sciences? Want to find out more about future careers such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy and more?

Project Pulse is an organization that strives to familiarize motivated high school students with the world of health sciences. Pulse hopes to offer yearly conventions throughout Canada that seek to enrich and enlighten youth on the field of health sciences. These conferences establish connections with brilliant individuals, a valuable network of health professionals and university representatives.

February 7 (Saturday)

9:15am-5:15pm

UBC Vancouver

Neville Scarfe Building (2125 Main Hall)

Click below to register for our Project Pulse Vancouver Conference!

http://project-pulse.org/project-pulse-vancouver-2015-registration/

Open House - Justice Institute of British Columbia

New Westminster Campus

February 27 (Friday)

10:00am-2:00pm

JIBC is a public post-secondary insttitution that offers innovative education and training in the fields of

policing

firefighting

paramedics

corrections

emergency management

leadership

conflict resolution

and other related discipline

What you can expect:

Visit many exhibitors and learn about the JIBC programs
Have the opportunity to speak with recruiters
take a campus tour. Tours will take place every 30 minutes
Watch presentations taking place in the Theater and Simulation building.

For more information or to register: 604-528-5621 or bmalcom@jibc.ca

Monday, January 19, 2015

Bosa Film Centre Open House

Sat. 28 February 2015

11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Faculty & students at work, take a tour and learn about Capilano University programs in the School of Motion Picture Arts:

Everyone is welcome to attend!

Campus: Capilano University, North Vancouver
Location: Bosa Centre for Film & Animation
Email: film@capilanou.ca
Phone: 604.990.7868
Website: School of Motion Picture Arts

To use your hours toward work experience, please contact or see Ms. Abad cabad@sd44.ca

Costuming for Stage & Screen - Info Session

Find out more about Capilano University's unique Costuming Program. Learn the technical and creative aspects of costuming for both theater and film.

Upcoming Session:

Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

All sessions will be held in the Capilano Bosa Centre for Film & Animation, Costuming Studio, room BC 031 at 7:00pm.

Please email film@capilanou.ca or phone 604-990-7868 to reserve your seat for one of these meetings.

or see Ms. Abad for more details

Capilano University - March Break Camp Volunteers

Capilano University -

Continuing Studies and Executive Education

are looking for student volunteers for their

March Break Camps.

March 9-20, 2015

Student must be a mature teen (14 years or older), has an interest and aptitude either in outdoor leadership, computers, science and art. Being a camp volunteer is a great way to gain skills, get work experience, make friends and have fun-all the same time.

To apply, fill up the application form at https://csee.capilanou.ca/contiuingstudies/march-break-volunteers-needed/.

List the camps that you are interested in volunteering:

Adventures in Drama (Ages 8-12)
Computer Game Programming (Ages 13+)
Gross and Gooey (Ages 6-9)
Junior Inventors (Ages-6-9)
Lego Beginners: Simple and Motorized Machines (Ages 9-12)
The Lunch Zone (March 9-13)
Young Film Makers (Ages 9-14)
Computer Game Programming wih Game Maker: Intermediate (Ages 13+)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Ages 9-12)
Inventors Closet (Ages 9-12)
Lego Intermediate: Motorized Machines (Ages 9-12)
The Lunch Zone (March 16-20)
Web Page Design (Ages 13+)
Wilderness Explorers (Ages 10-12)

Email the form to csee@capilanou.ca with the subject line: "March Break Volunteers" or fax it to 604-983-7545.

Deadline: February 11, 2015

or see Ms. Abad for more details

Work Experience Courses ~ WEX12A & WEX12B

WORK EXPERIENCE provides an opportunity for students, explore career options, build employable skills, possibly land their first job, give back to the community, add to their resume, scholarship, university applications and is a great life experience!!

Work experience takes place in the community providing students with an opportunity to explore a career of interest to them. Typically it is a school-arranged, non-paid placement which may lead to an apprenticeship or employment.

Requirement:

1. Complete WorkSafe BC Program (see Mr. Nevison)
2. Meet with the Work Experience Facilitator (Ms. Nieken-Spence) to determine career focus & arrange a placement
3. Complete 30-100 hours of volunteer or work experience
4. Submit a written report

Students may choose to register in the following Career programs:

1. Grade 10 Science COOP = 100 hours of career exploration (Planning 10 and Science 10 are the courses associated with the program. Incorporates WEX12A by allowing students to attend a work placement every Monday and Thursday afternoons, to complete the required 100 hours.

2. Grade 10 Explorer Program = 30 + hours of career exploration (Social Studies & PE Leadership are the courses associated with the program). Includes an opportunity for students to complete the minimum 30 hour Work experience requirement for graduation. Students attend work placement every Thursday afternoon.

3. Grade 11 and/or 12 Work Experience Program = 100 hours of career exploration (can be completed within the timetable of outside of the timetable including summers and other school break times. Register in WEX 12A/12B.

4. SSA (Secondary School Apprenticeship) = 4 courses for a total of 16 credits (can be started as early as age 15/can be done part time or over summer and other school breaks/ can be scheduled as an entire semester outside of the school classroom).

SSA is a career program that allows students to begin an apprenticeship while still in school and earn high school credits for doing so and be eligible for a $1000 scholarship!!

An apprenticeship is a paid training program for trades and technical careers that involves a combination of on the job training and classroom instruction. Register in SSA11a / SSA11b/ SSA12a/ SSA 12b.

For a list of apprenticeable trades, go to http://www.itabc.ca/

5. ACE IT Training = Foundation Level studies in a variety of trades (Cook Level 1 @ Carson Graham / Carpentry @WVSS / other trades at the Post-Secondary Institute – BCIT, VCC, etc)

Hidden Apprentices -- If you are working, you may already be a Secondary School Apprentice.

New resources to Help Students Find A Career in Skilled Trades: http://www.tradestrainingbc.ca/

For further information, please contact:

James Nevison (Teacher/Career Advisor) jnevison@sd44.ca
Yolanda Nieken-Spence (Work Experience Facilitator) YNieken-Spence@sd44.ca