40 HOURS VOLUNTEERING As a Ministry of Education requirement, all students must complete 40 hours of volunteer work between grade 9 and 12 to receive their secondary school diploma. The aim of the 40 hours of community involvement is to promote good citizenship and to encourage students to become actively involved in making positive contributions to their community.
The school will not be directly involved in finding volunteer placements. Ministry guidelines determine which activities are eligible or ineligible for the community involvement requirement. A complete list of eligible and ineligible activities is here .
Be sure to download the Volunteer Form from here . Remember if you don't record your hours in this Form it won't be counted.
For more information on completing the 40 hours, you can contact:
• Program Services at the Peel board: 1-800-668-1146 ext. 2348
• Communication Services: 1-800-668-1146, ext. 2809 for a complete package
of info, including the Activity Record form, brochures, tip/fact sheets
• Volunteer Centre of Peel: 905-306-0668 if your teen is looking for volunteer
opportunities in your community
LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION (LMI) • Canada Prospects 1999 - 2000 is developed by the federal government
• Statistics Canada provides the most recent data on numerous topics
LEARNING STYLES • Learning Styles
• Multiple Intelligence Inventory
JOB SEARCH • Workopolis is Canada's biggest job site.
• Youth Resource Network of Canada contains over 200 hundred Canadian job-
related links. They have been sorted by job category and province. It
includes access to the National Graduate Register and Young Canada Works
program.
• Youth Employment Strategy
• Job Banks (HRDC) connects you to job opportunities across the country.
• Job Hunter includes a sample resume and cover letter plus suggestions for
new grads. Provides an overview of what employers look for and it provides
links to more detailed job-posting sites oriented towards students.
• Next Steps provides employment and career related information for young
people - job search skills, interview skills and much more.
• Volunteer Canada
• Monster.ca is another great job search website.
• Career Cruising
• CX Online (Username : 0063093 // Password: explore)
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILES • Career Exploration developed by the Ontario Ministry of Education and
Training contains Occupational descriptions.
• Career Path provides an alpha listing of links to related sites
• Job Futures developed by the Federal Government. This site lists
occupations in many different ways such as alpha, NOC code, skill type and
level, associations by occupation.
• Job Profiles should be used in addition to other career and market
information sites. It has directories by category, alpha, or search by specific
job titles..
SELF DISCOVERY • Worksearch , by the Youth Resource Network of Canada provides insight into
interests, learning style and styles of supervision
• The Personality Page , shows how different personality types affect
relationships
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