The completed electronic registration for this year’s Québec Entrepreneurship Challenge, “Défi OSEntreprendre,” must be officially submitted no later than 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The Défi OSEntreprendre 2017 site is up and running with a new fresh look. All the necessary resources are located under the first link in the menu: “Registration Student […]
EMSB Urban Beekeeping: Schools Collect their Honey!
September held a unique surprise for students returning to seven schools of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB). Travis Hall, Career Development Consultant at EMSB, reports that after installation and a successful series of workshops last year, the beehives set up in the spring were now stacked high with boxes filled with frames of honey.
Perseverance Pays off for GrEau at Mecatina School
Congratulations to the Mecatina School students, teachers, and the village of La Tabatière in the Littoral School Board for persevering with their goal to win the OSEntreprendre contest. The student project, GrEau, which is a hydroponic green vegetable growing operation, was a 2016 grand prize winner in OSEntreprendre.
Financial Literacy Boosts “Out of FOCUS”
The inauguration of the FOCUS students’ T-shirt printing project at Lindsay Place High School (LPHS) received a boost from an in-house brainstorming session with Brian Smith of the Canadian Federation for Economic Education (CFEE) which runs the financial literacy program: “Talk With Our Kids About Money.”
ChatterHigh Seeking Canada’s Most Informed School
ChatterHigh is back this fall with a remodelled website, a new “class challenge” feature, and its second national post-secondary and career exploration competition called “Canada’s Most Informed School.” Beaconsfield High School teacher Jesse Hayes says, “ChatterHigh creates a win-win situation for both educators and students.”
ACGC: Year One of Gradual Implementation
The 2016-2017 school year marks the first year of gradual implementation of the Academic and Career Guidance Content (ACGC) in Elementary Cycle Three and Secondary Cycles One and Two. The ACGC is a continuum of 49 content items for students from Grade 5 to Sec. V.
“Gradual Implementation” of Compulsory Academic and Career Guidance Content to commence in September 2016
Yves Sylvain, the Assistant Deputy Minister for the Youth Sector, announced in May 2016 that the “piloting” of the Academic and Career Guidance Content (ACGC) will be upgraded in 2016-2017 to “gradual implementation.” At least one school per school board (and some private schools) will be participating, which will allow for gradual implementation of the […]
Increase Student Engagement through Tinkering, Making, Building
LEARN’s hands-on Open Creative Spaces workshops introduce educators to fun resources that bring creativity into the classroom. Makerspaces, ArtHives, Genius Hours, and Passion Projects are some of the current models available that are engaging and fun to introduce in any discipline.
What's New in ACGC
The ACGC “Vibe” site has been revamped and is much easier to navigate. Click here to access the Contenus en orientation scolaire et professionnelle (COSP) site on Quebec.ca.
Firstly, you will have to create an account, which is free and simple to create.
Meanwhile, the LEARN site will is hosting some ACGC documents in English that were previously on Vibe. Until that task is completed, please contact your school board’s GOAL consultant if you require documents that are not yet available on LEARN or Quebec.ca.
For those unfamiliar with the ACGC, a video in English is now available on the MEQ YouTube page, entitled, Introduction to Academic and Career Guidance Content (ACGC).
If you have questions about ACGC or GOAL, contact your school board’s GOAL consultant.
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The GOAL Post Team and
the GOAL Network
August 2025
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