A wildlife specialist’s visit exposed Dorset students to career possibilities and got them asking how they could make a difference. (more…)
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All Those Little Steps Open Doors for Students
Principal Corinne MacDonald is passionate about giving children in her Jonquière school a head start exploring different career fields, in part because of her own experience as a parent. “I was completely blown away when my mechanical-engineer son announced he was moving to Vancouver to pursue his real passion—acting,” she relates. “I wondered whether I […]
Kids Retain Learning that has Real-life Relevance
I recently met a student in the Work-Oriented Training Path who was questioning the need to learn long division. He planned to become a dairy farmer and saw no connection between the two. My parents are dairy farmers and I was able to explain how they use multiplication and long division when mixing feed for […]
