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Big Idea: Career-life choices are made in a recurring cycle of planning, reflecting, adapting, and deciding.

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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.

Celebrity talk show

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.

Electrical engineers at work

Engineering a Future Career

Lessons

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

Image of delivery person and clock to represent being friendly, reliable and on time

Developing Successful Work Habits

Lessons

Students will learn about work habits that can help them succeed in any career.

Mariloue Daudier

Mariloue Daudier

Career Profiles

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor

Mariloue Daudier is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor for IVADO.
Ben Davis

Benjamin Davis

Career Profiles

Territory Manager

Benjamin Davis is the Territory Manager for Walter Surfaces Technologies.
Student presenting to peers

Demonstrating Skills in Technological Careers

Lessons

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

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Is This For Me? Reflecting On Occupational Fit

Lessons

Students engage in self-reflection as they consider occupational fit and how various career options align with their personal strengths and preferences.

Ethical hacker

Careers of the Future

Lessons

Students will learn about potential careers of the future and create their own job description.

Jessica Lam au travail dans son laboratoire

Jessica Lam

Lab Manager (Infectious Disease Research)

Jessica Lam is a Lab Manager (Infectious Disease Research) at the University of Toronto.
Scientist testing water samples

Careers in the Great Outdoors

Lessons

Students explore careers related to outdoors and the land and then design and build a water filter prototype.

Help wanted sign

Help Wanted: STEM Career

Lessons

Students will produce a Help Wanted Ad that lists the skills, personality attributes and job conditions for a specific career/job title. 

Volcanologists looking at glowing lava

Career Exploration : Volcanologist

Lessons

Students construct a model of a volcano and explore the career of a volcanologist.