Acting on their own plan to help the stray cats in their neighbourhood, Grade 1 students at Verdun Elementary discovered that even very young children can make a big impact on their community.
These Walls Speak Volumes about Student Success
John F. Kennedy High School students in “Training for a Semiskilled Trade” have applied their talents and knowledge of the world of work to a project very close to their hearts: the beautification of their school.
Caring for the Child Includes Career Awareness
The 2014 Complementary Educational Services (CES) Symposium—Caring for the Whole Child: A Multi-faceted Endeavour—attracted some 130 participants from English school boards across the province this past October.
“Entrepreneurial Adventure” to be Tested in Québec
The Western Québec and English Montréal School Boards will soon be piloting a program developed by The Learning Partnership to support classes engaged in entrepreneurial projects.
Compulsory Academic and Career Guidance Content on its Way
Starting this fall, 28 Québec schools will systematically apply the Guidance-Oriented Approach to Learning to raise students’ awareness of their academic and career options. It’s part of the broader effort to lower the dropout rate by making school more relevant. Following this pilot project, the MELS will require all schools to integrate academic and career […]
Rosemount High School Plants Seeds of Empowerment
GOAL encourages students to explore their environment and discover the resources available to them. Sometimes those resources are staring us in the face—like the old-but-recently-restored greenhouse attached to Rosemount High School that has become a source of student learning, pride and self-discovery.
Teachers Ask Students: “Is War a Game?”
Most young people know a thing or two about battling the aliens, warlords and assorted bad guys that populate the virtual universe. But what of the real-life conflicts that inhabit their history books? Is war a game? That’s the big question Cycle Three teachers at two Riverside School Board elementary schools asked their classes.
It Takes a Dream to Feed a Village
When four students at Mecatina School started growing hydroponic lettuce and herbs as their entry in the Québec Entrepreneurship Contest, they joked with teacher Chris Wong about one day supplying the entire Lower North Shore with fresh produce. Just a few months later, they’ve shown how viable that idea could be.
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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