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Guidance & Careers

Construction worker with house plan

Careers with Form and Function

Lessons

Students explore careers that involve the concepts of form and function.

Volcanologists looking at glowing lava

Career Exploration : Volcanologist

Lessons

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

Volunteering at a farm.

Skills Developed Through VWE

Lessons

Students explore the concept of transferable skills gained through VWE - Volunteer, Work and Extracurricular experiences.

Timothy Burkhart

Query a Career Profile

Lessons

Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.

Confident STEM student

STEM Skills and Self-Exploration

Lessons

Students learn how the STEM skills that they develop in class apply to future career options. 

Working group analyzing reports

How Does STEM Support Non-STEM Careers?

Lessons

Students will explore how STEM skills are needed in non-STEM careers.

Career sector representatives

Exploring Career Sectors and Skills

Lessons

Students will explore STEM career sectors and the skills required for a variety of STEM careers.

Hand holding a baseball

Responding to Life’s Curveballs

Lessons

Students will explore what it means to be adaptable and flexible, and learn how to solve problems in a proactive way with respect to career planning.

One person being accepted and another rejected

Discrimination in the Workplace

Lessons

Students define workplace discrimination and analyze scenarios.

Stethoscope on globe

STEAM Jobs Around the World

Lessons

Students will develop critical thinking skills as they investigate STEAM careers locally and internationally.

Lacey Rose

Find a Career You Love

Lessons

Students complete a matching activity to explore how interests and education relate to careers.

Astronomer technician in observatory

Careers in Physics

Lessons

Students explore careers in the area of physics and relate their science classroom learning to specific careers.

Bonnie Douglas

Bonnie Douglas

Project Coordinator

Bonnie Douglas is a Project Coordinator for the Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT).
Young doctor speaking about career

Learning about Careers by Interviewing Community Members

Lessons

Students will create career profiles based on interviews they conduct with community members.

Bike lane in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia

Design a Bike Lane

Lessons

Students will plan the development of a bike lane and explore careers associated with such a development.