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Strand A. Developing the Skills, Strategies, and Habits Needed to Succeed

Genny Marcoux debout devant un fond de fleurs artificielles roses et blanches de taille humaine.

Genny Marcoux

Career Profiles

Infrastructure and Security Manager

I manage a team of experts that create a secure environment for our course developers to build virtual computers that our customers used to learn about the products we sell and to learn more about cybersecurity and how to stay secure online.
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Overcoming Math Anxiety with Confidence

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Learn about math anxiety, including what it is, why it happens, and how you can overcome it.

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Heinz Plaumann (he/him)

Career Profiles

Co-founder and CEO

I run a business that offers career, life coaching and training to a wide age range of people.
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Rhiannon Cooper (she/her)

Career Profiles

Epidemiologist

I monitor the patterns and trends of infectious diseases across the province.
Le Dr Harpreet Kochhar devant un ordinateur dans son bureau.

Dr. Harpreet Kochhar

Career Profiles

President, Public Health Agency of Canada

I am the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).
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Annie Martin

Career Profiles

Portfolio Manager for the Health Beyond Initiative

I coordinate the different activities of our initiative, do strategic planning to define its vision and objectives and collaborate with other international space agencies.
Farah Qaiser

Farah Qaiser

Director Of Research and Policy

I carry out research and lead policy efforts to improve the government’s use of science and evidence when making decisions.
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Summer Symposium Series: Climate Career Resources

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A career focused on climate change and sustainability would let you help people by working to help solve the biggest problems of our time.

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Summer Symposium Series: Engineering Career Resources

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A career in engineering would let you help people through designing and implementing the things they use in their daily lives.

Aaron Waldt

Aaron Waldt

Business Development Lead

Engineer inspecting a solar panel

Careers In Sustainability

Lessons

Students explore non-traditional careers related to sustainability and sustainable development.

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Career Talk Show

Lessons

Students will research a career (or career sector) and role-play being a person in that career being interviewed by a talk show host.

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Resiliency on the Career Path

Lessons

Students will learn about career resilience by reviewing career profiles on the Let’s Talk Science career resource website

Electrical engineers at work

Engineering a Future Career

Lessons

Students explore the different branches of engineering and discover the similarities and differences between them.

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Demonstrating Skills in Technological Careers

Lessons

Students will learn and demonstrate skills required in a career of interest.