Jobpostings High School Edition 2014

Perused the school websites.

Checked out the campuses.

Weighed all the options.

Decided, (you think).

Okay, you’re sure.

you’RE going to collEgE.

FRESHMAncHEcKliStAttend frosh week. Go to class. Get organized. Use your recources. Eat Healthy. Sleep. Adjusting to post-secondary school can be a challenge. Here’s your guide to surviving your first year as an undergrad.

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20tHE FRont PAgES07 CRUNCHIN’ NUMBERS The facts on life after high school, including stats on enrolment, careers, and salaries.

09 INTERVIEW TIPS Amelia Aubeeluck, talent acquisition special-ist at adidas, lets you know what to do and not to do to land a worthwhile part-time job.

BE READy11 THE FRESHMAN CHECKLIST We’ve whipped up some tips on how to sur-vive your first year of real independence.

13 TIME TO USE YOUR CAREER CENTRE You have free career advice right at your school! Don’t wait until graduation to think about your career.

15 BREAKING DOWN YOUR BUDGET Thriving during post-secondary is about knowing your money. We give you tips on where to spend and where to save.

EDucAtion17 STUDYING IN THE U.S. American schools have different programs and a vibrant college culture. Looking south of the border may be worth your while.

19 HANDY SKILLS & DOLLAR BILLS There’s a greater demand than ever before for students in the skilled trades. We’ll tell you how to get your foot in the door and your hands dirty.

FEAtuRES20 THE DEAL WITH DIPLOMAS College is often seen as a second option to university. We’re here to break that down and show you why college-level education is just as valid as other post-secondary, and what you can expect.

27 SCHOOL SWAP Most schools across Canada have exchange programs with institutions around the globe. Read on to find out how this will make you stand out against your classmates.

30 TRENDY DEGREES Video games, ecotourism, media studies: check out these hot, new degrees!

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ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER | MARK LAURIE [email protected]

EDITOR | JAMES MICHAEL MCDONALD [email protected] @mcjamdonald

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FOCUS ON LATER NOWOccasionally, I have the opportunity to go to high schools and talk to

students about what I know best: jobs.

As someone who spent seven years in university and has had over a dozen part- and full-time jobs, (not to mention my years here at JP), I’ve become somewhat of an expert. I get to tell my tales of flipping burg-ers, running a cashier, organizing conferences, and running a magazine.

While some students aren’t interested in hearing about my experi-ences, most have a bunch of questions, which I love. It’s great to hear your inquisitive minds express wonder and curiosity toward a world

after school’s over, a time that can be hard to conceive.

When I was in high school, I felt completely confused with regards to careers, expenses, higher education—the works—and I bet many of you feel the same way. It’s daunting to look far past today, to visualize what adult life actually is. To use my little column to its fullest, here are

a few tips to help you figure out “later” right now:

Ask questions. Be investigative. Your careers class and your time in high school are some of the best times you will ever have to focus solely on deciding your future. Sure, college and university are great for reassessment, but the freedom and dedicated time you have in high school will never be replicated. You have access to the internet, so scour university sites, career guidance sites, even jobpostings.ca, to

find out what best suits you and what most interests you.

Talk to experts. I know it’s not the most thrilling place at your school, but your career centre is there for a reason. (We have a whole article dedicat-ed to them in this issue!) And when speakers like me come in to chat—in any class, not just careers—be sure to talk with them. We’re in the field and living our careers, so utilize those experiences. If you sit back and act apathetic when you have the opportunity to move forward, you’ll be

apathetic and sitting back for much longer than just in high school.

Lastly, know yourself and study the job market. If you have been say-ing since you were five that you want to be a teacher, that’s fine, but it may be time to re-evaluate. Know your strengths, know your interests, and know what’s available. Not everyone can be an astronaut, for ex-ample, but there are plenty of jobs in and around the stars that could

be right for you.

This is a tough time—I get it. We’ve all been there, and confusion and struggle are normal. But you have a plethora of resources available to

you, like this issue, so get out there and use them!

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As a young person just starting out, it can be tough to gain leadership experience. Working in retail has defi-nite advantages, but having more responsibility can sometimes be hard to find.

At Target, team members at the ground level are often promoted to team leader, a role that provides a plethora of opportunities.

“It’s a role that involves front-line management and is the layer that has the most impact on team members and guest experience,” says Valerie Francouer, human re-sources business partner. “Team leaders are considered to be some of the top talent in that layer of management and it’s a fantastic role to develop your career and learn step-by-step how to run a Target store.”

Team leaders learn from executive team leaders, busi-ness analysts, and other senior members of staff, seeing exactly what goes into higher management and running a large, fully functioning store. While doing so, they’re multitasking and being given a number of duties.

“It’s a big interpersonal role,” says Francouer. “That’s where leadership comes in with the team and guests. Team leaders have many priorities including planning, leading the team, and controlling follow-ups.”

While a large number of team members are promoted to team leaders, interested candidates need to stand out and be on top of their game to move up in the store. The individual has to be someone who does more than just managing execution, says Francouer.

“Interviewees are asked to provide examples of initia-tives and projects where they led and influenced a team, as this is crucial to becoming a team leader. Those who take initiative and are able to engage with teams effec-tively are often top-tier candidates for promotion.”

Team leaders should communicate effectively, have emotional intelligence to engage with guests, be able to self-manage, and manage relationships within the store.

“At one store, there was no team leader and it was no-ticed that one particular team member was taking the lead in that department. They were doing a great job in-fluencing store leadership and colleagues, demonstrat-ing they were a natural leader. It was obvious to the team that she was the right fit for the promotion, as she took on the role without being asked to do so, says Francoeur.

Target is known for encouraging growth from within and the team leader position is the first place many senior staff members begin their careers with the company.

“The benefits include having an internal pipeline and promoting internal mobility,” Francouer explains. “Pro-ductivity is much higher when internal candidates are successful in becoming team leaders. This allows team members with their career development.”

For more information on careers at Target and becoming a team leader, check out target.ca/careers.

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CRUNCHIN’ NUMBERS

Words Megan Santos // Illustrations Anthony capano

With grade school officially over, what’s next in the books for you? Whether it’s university, college, or a gap year to get your interests straight, we’ve collected some numbers that’ll lead you to your next milestone.

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IN 2011, 268,020 STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY,

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OUT OF THE TOP 1% OF HIGHEST INCOME EARNING CANADIANS,

MOST STUDIED BUSINESS, HEALTH, AND ENGINEERING.

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HUMANITIES 365,070 BUSINESS 350,415SCIENCES AND LAW 260,175

64.8 PER CENT OF WOMEN HAVE A POST-SECONDARY

EDUCATION, COMPARED TO 63.4 PER CENT OF MEN.

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JOBPOSTINGS.CA | HIGH SCHOOL EDITION | SEPTEMBER 2014THE FRONT PAGESINTERVIEW TIPS | Part-tiMe JoBs

AMELIA AUBEELUCK TALENT ACqUISITION SPECIALIST

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WHAT TO DO (AND NOT DO) IN AN INTERVIEW FOR A PART-TIME JOByour first few jobs in high school and through post-secondary will likely be part-time work. Retail, quick service, call centres, and other environments are perfect to gain early career-building skills. To make sure you stand a fighting chance at acing an interview for part-time work, here are some key points to keep in mind.

GET UP EARLY

HOMEWORK TIME

BE REAL, FOR REAL!

LISTEN UP!

ASKING qUESTIONS

WHAT NOT TO WEAR STAY POSITIVE

AVOID BEING VAGUE

Vague responses are often a sign of weak-ness; we encourage our applicants to keep their responses short, friendly, posi-tive, and concise.

Especially for part-time work, compa-nies have set figures in their budgets and will likely be direct with you about those amounts. To really impress the hiring manager, focus on your long-term career plan rather than solely on the salary, and how this role will play a part.

Be positive and let your true self shine through. Employees are encouraged to share their creativity, and what original-ity means to them. There is nothing to be scared of; we want to know the real you. Also, don’t leave your skills up to imagi-nation. Rather, explain yourself by giving short, clear, and concrete examples.

An interview is a mutual exchange of information, not a one-sided conversa-tion. We encourage our applicants to ask questions in an enthusiastic way. A few well thought-out questions will go a long way in demonstrating your thought process, values/wants, and understand-ing of the role.

At the end of the interview, the inter-viewer may ask “What questions do you have?” It makes you look uninterested, unimaginative, or both if you don’t have any questions. Plan ahead, be proactive, and ensure you have at least one interest-ing question on-hand.

As a general rule, complaining about your past managers or past company policies can show a lack of respect and loyalty. We encourage you to tell us the positive things you’ve learnt from past managers or com-panies and how you’ve improved.

It’s important to dress the part and match the company atmosphere. adidas Group, for example, is a sports company and our managers expect an understanding of the culture and a respect to our brand. You can be professional in a cool way, and can show your personality through your clothes. Don’t be overdressed (but not underdressed, either)!

Turning up at the right place on time is important—very important! We en-courage you to arrive 15 minutes early to your interview. This allows enough time to relax, compose yourself, and un-derstand the culture. If for some urgent reason you are unable to make the inter-view, give your contact a call and explain the situation; most people will be happy to reschedule.

Active listening is an important ability as this will allow you to concentrate not only on the employer’s words, but also on the tone of voice and body language.No matter the company, it’s important to

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FIRST YEAR TIPS | sUrViVal gUiDe

THE FRESHMAN CHECKLIST

ATTEND FROSH WEEK

Frosh week is an opportunity for you to meet and mingle with other first-year students. During this week, you’ll also learn your way around your campus, which will ensure that you’ll know where to go if an issue arises. There, you’ll find out who you need to speak to if you’re having any problems. You’ll meet stu-dents, leaders, and profs, so be sure to

have your social hat on!

GO TO CLASS

If you were up late the night before, have a ridiculously early class, or if the weath-er is beautiful, you may be tempted to skip class. However, you should make an effort to attend your classes. In addition to learning the material, you’ll also learn about what your professors expect for your upcoming essays and assignments, what to look out for on your tests and

exams, and changes in due dates.

GET ORGANIzED AND PLAN AHEAD

Every professor will provide you with a course syllabus that includes all the course readings, assignments, and due dates. Take the time to add important dates to your calendar so you don’t miss your deadlines. During crunch time, you’ll find that you have several assignments, tests, and even exams all at once. It’s im-portant to try to begin your assignments

early so you don’t feel overwhelmed.

USE THE RESOURCES AT YOUR SCHOOLAll schools have a variety of programs to ensure your academic success, like peer tutors and writing labs. Find out what’s available at your school and take advan-tage of the services. Doing so can make a significant difference in your grades.

Also, make time to visit the career profes-sionals at your school. They’re an awe-some resource that can assist you to plan and map out your career and educational

path for the years to come.

EAT HEALTHY AND STAY FITWith all your studying and assignments, it’s easy to forget to eat (and eat well), but a healthy body is important, not only to perform physical activities, but to perform mental ones too, (not to mention fight-ing off scurvy). Your grades will suffer if you’re not in healthy physical condition.

Make sure to schedule exercise into your routine at least three times a week. Exer-cise will help to make you feel better and

avoid the dreaded freshman 15.

REMEMBER TO SLEEP!Most post-secondary students stay up late studying, surfing the net, watching TV, or socializing. It’s recommended to have eight hours of sleep every night so you’re rested for your lectures and exams.

Although adjusting to life as a post-sec-ondary student isn’t always easy, it can be a lot of fun. While you’re taking the necessary actions to make sure you’re on your game, don’t forget to take some time out for yourself and enjoy the ride.

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CAREER CENTRES | oN the right tracK

CAPITALIzING ON CAREER CENTRES

Words christine Fader

Don’t wait until graduation to find out what your career should be.

Ï thought I’d like my program but I hate it. Now what?

Ï know exactly what I want to do. How do I get from here to there?

Ïf I change my program, what are the career implications?

¨What can I do with a degree/diploma/ certificate in X field?

¨What pre-requisites do I need to take now to get into program X in the future?

¨Where can I find a part-time, summer, internship or after-graduation job?

¨Where can I volunteer?

¨What’s a “good” job for the summer?

¨How can I work or study overseas?

¨What will give me the “edge” when I look for work?

Ï want my resumé to really stand out from the crowd. Can you help?

Ï’ve never had a “real” interview before. Can I practice in a mock interview?

Ï love my program but what are my career options from it?

¨Where can I find work in my preferred field/ geographic area?

¨What’s it like to work in job X?

¨What do future prospects look like in job Y?

¨How much money does job z usually make?

Through all their programs, but particularly workshops or individual counselling sessions, the career centre helps first-year students find answers to these questions and more:

ADvicE AnD SuPPoRt

Up to 80% of undergraduate students change their majors at least once, a figure that would be much less if students took advantage of their high school career centres.

wHAt’S AvAilABlE

EMPloyMEnt PRogRAMSCareer centres post local, national, and international jobs, as well as internships and summer placements on their website. They also host employers on campus, collect job applications on behalf of companies, and try to recruit more employ-ers to hire students from your school and program. They might also be able to connect you with volunteer opportunities.

inFoRMAtion AREAMost career centres have books and computers that allow you to research career options, what to do with

your interests, how to write resumés and succeed in interviews. They also have directories to help you con-nect with networking and employment opportunities, gradschool information, and program calendars from other schools.

EvEntSWhether it’s a large career fair or a small information session with one academic program, events are great opportunities for students to find out more about ar-eas of interest, learn about postgrad programs, and meet employers. Many career centres will run

themed events that tap into students’ interests and help you connect with people, alumni, and organizations who work in those fields.

You’re paying a lot for your program and sweating buckets on assignments and exams to boot. Right from first year, career centres will help you finesse the high school version of yourself into the newly sophisticated post-secondary you.

So, when you’re thinking, “I need to figure out my life,” drop by your campus career centre. We’re here to help—no fancy dress or flowers required.

I work in a career centre. While I do see students occasionally wearing suits for interviews, this particular student’s formal attire (not to mention floral side-kick) was markedly different from the standard fare of yoga pants, Uggs, and sports jerseys I’m used to.

She wore a fancy dress and carried a bouquet of flowers wrapped in cello-phane. “I need to figure out my life,” she said, looking tearful.

“Okay,” I said. “Have a seat and we can chat.”

Looking slightly agitated, she asked ner-vously, “How long do you think this will take? I graduate at 2 p.m. and my par-ents are waiting down in the car.”

During first year, you might not be in-clined to think about, let alone visit, the career centre on campus. The word

“career” seems to conjure up images of 30-year-olds in cubicles and it doesn’t ex-actly relate to anything in your life, right?

It’s easy to end up like the many stu-dents who unwittingly land in my office on their graduation day, decked out in their stilettos or silk ties, shaking at the thought of what to do for the rest of their lives. When they leave our conver-sation, they invariably say, “I wish I had known about this earlier.” They thrust their bouquet of flowers thankfully into my hands and plead with me to spread the word to junior students to start early.

So, here I am, on behalf of all those stu-dents—both the ones who know where they’re going and the ones who aren’t sure at all. Whichever group you fall in, the career centre can help you, right from first year, even if you’re not ready for the cubicle or corner office just yet.


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BUDGET BREAKDOWN | KeePiNg MoNeY iN MiND

TAKE STOCKFigure out where your money will go. “Some students get student loans, but here’s the scary part: they get it in chunks in Septem-ber and January. They’ve got to learn to spread that out,” says Campbell. “When a student sets their budget, they have to figure out their fixed costs: rent, tuition, books, the cost of food, and transport.”

CAMPUS LIVING: ON OR OFF? There are pros and cons to each. “It’s going to be cheaper liv-ing off-campus if you can live with roommates and you’re careful with your money,” says Campbell. “However, there’s a bit of a safety factor to living on campus: tuition fees and meal plans are usually paid in advance and you don’t have any transportation issues.”

NO CHARGE Avoid the credit card trap; it’ll help in the long run. “We see far too many young people ruin their credit rating before they’re 25,” says Campbell. “If you’re tempted to get one, and feel that it’s necessary, stick to one card with a limit of no more than

$1000.” Another option might be to get a pre-loaded credit card for emergencies. At least then you’ll know when the party’s over.

GET A JOB! Although working a couple shifts a week on top of going to school might not sound so appealing, there could be benefits. “It really sets you up for what life can be like,” says Campbell. “If you learn to balance your life in that way, that’s a great skill!”

KEEP ‘EM SEPARATED If your money arrives in lumps, keep your “expense funds” sepa-rate from your “fun funds.” This makes it easier to monitor your expenses.

BUY THE BOOK?

In my second year, I bought a $200 history textbook for an elec-tive that I couldn’t sell back because they weren’t teaching it the following year. This taught me a lesson: only buy the books you need. I saved $500 one year because I used the books reserved in the library. Of course, this isn’t ideal for everyone, so scour the school bulletin boards for used books, or even try online.

When I left for university, I had no idea what things cost. With a student loan in my hands, I bought whatever I laid eyes on: fast food, beer, music. I accumulated a gar-gantuan amount of debt that I’m only now able to pay off.

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STUDYING IN THE U.S | hello, ‘Merica

Maybe you have a dream school in mind, want to experience life in a different part of the world, or put a national border be-tween yourself and your parents.

In 2011–2012, almost 27,000 Canadians studied in the US. With the many univer-sities south of the border, the choices can seem overwhelming but there are many reasons to consider studying in America.

qUALITY OF EDUCATIONOf the top 25 universities listed in The Times World University Rankings for 2011–2012, 18 are American. In ad-dition to the Ivy League, dozens of US schools appear on the list of the world’s top 400 schools.

CAREER BENEFITSStudying in the US can provide you with a new perspective that may be valued in the Canadian market. Jane Rendely, a Canadian career and educational coun-sellor, says, “When a person comes back to Canada and they have been trained in the United States, there is a caché that comes with that … there is an edge.”

Also, many US programs have estab-lished affiliations with employers, en-abling you to develop contacts in the field. Networking is a huge benefit, says Dr. Alexander Castilla, the director of Ivy Educational Systems, “This exchange of ideas, knowledge practices, and other

forms of social capital will continue to be intrinsic to understanding and facilitat-ing human development.”

Begin by doing your research on each school’s programs. Check out the ad-mission statistics, application process for international students, and what items you’ll need to complete to get accepted.

DO YOUR TESTSTo apply to US schools, you have to write the SATs—part of the culture in Ameri-can high schools. The SAT tests reason-ing, language, and math, with each sec-tion marked out of 800, culminating in a total mark out of 2400. The higher your mark, the more likely you’ll be accepted.

That said, you don’t have to go to the US to take the SATs. There are a variety of websites to find test centres in Canada.

Prepare for the SATs and try to write them in high school. Stella Lee, a grade 12 student applying to biology at UNC Chapel Hill and UCLA, advises prepar-ing ahead for the tests. “I took a course through the Princeton Review. I found the private tutoring classes they offer are a lot better than the classroom ones.”

LOOK GOOD ON YOUR APPLICATIONMake your credentials sparkle. Do this with good grades, writing an awesome entrance essay, and being involved in ex-tracurriculars.

There are 647 high schools in Canada that offer AP courses, which are un-dergraduate-level classes taught in high school. They conclude with exams that determine a score from one to five. A higher grade shows the admissions board that you mean business. Try to take AP courses in the eleventh grade since American universities make most of their decisions based on these grades.

Many US universities require entrance essays. For these essays, write honestly, and show yourself as a person because you’re applying to an institution with certain values. The admissions office will use your essay to help them decide if you match those values.

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The workforce is a lot like high school. You have the popular careers that get all the attention, and the careers that are of-ten overlooked but hold so much promise. The skilled trades industry is practically the latter, and it’s seeing an incredible demand for young talents.

Trades range from construction to the hospitality sector. They include hairdressing, masonry, and cooking—anything that re-quires a hands-on skill. The beautiful thing about these profes-sions is that they’re something you can do on the side or as a full-time career, whichever works for you. And high school is the perfect place to enter this sector.

Many high schools have programs that teach skills students can apply to a trade. The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) works closely with high schools to provide co-op place-ments and a more intimate training experience for the field.

Julian Da Silva Silveira is a grade 12 student who’s been in-volved in OYAP while attending Central Technical School in Toronto. He’s been preparing for the electrical trade. “This program would be great to put on a resumé,” he says. “An of-fice job you can’t really apply to everyday life. But for trades you can work around your house and save money. Instead of hiring an electrician to come work on something, I can do it myself.”

Plumbing is another area students should look into when con-sidering trades. Andrew De Sousa, a plumbing student at Cen-tral Tech, notes the different facets he can get into. “For the

first five years, I plan on doing as much learning as I can,” he says. “From there, if you have your licence, you can go into sales or you can work for big supplying companies, giving in-put on better products … there are a lot of options.”

The satisfaction of starting something and seeing it finished is a reward in itself. “I’ve made this,” says Caleb Bolychuk, an OYAP carpentry student at Central Tech. “I’ve assembled this right, and it’s just satisfying to see what you completed instead of just a stack of papers.”

According to Lucio Stavole, curriculum leader of construction at Central Tech, one skilled trade isn’t necessarily in higher demand than the other. Instead, it depends on the stage of the project. “One employer might be busy this week, but next week it’ll be very slow,” he says. Among the co-op placements discussed by Stovole were construction, automotive, carpentry, hairdressing, and restaurant services. “[The OYAP students] have graduated or are about to graduate. They come back to school to get that specific training and they go off to work,” he says. If the employers like how you work and hire you, your apprenticeship may count as your co-op hours.

“Some people might go on to university and come out more broke than they went in. Trades can make you money while you study what you love and give you a running start on your way to a career.” As Bolychuk put it, “it’s like playtime with a cheque at the end.”

A CAREER YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ONWorking in trades can be fun, fulfilling, and financially rewarding.

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Real-world experience is what Vero-nique Mandal says is what sets St. Clair College apart from any other post-sec-ondary institution.

“We have a radio show, a live television show, a live TV newscast every day, and we produce an online and printed news-paper every week,” she says, putting emphasis on their real-time broadcasts. And, as the coordinator of journalism, media convergence, and public relations program at the Windsor-based college in Ontario, she adds, “we did this be-cause we needed to make sure that the students who were learning to file and report across all the platforms actually used those platforms to work on.”

During the two years, journalism students work in the NewsPlex within the school’s MediaPlex introduced in 2010, where public relations and media convergence students also study. “Our curriculum was actually built on a convergence plat-form,” says Mandal. “So that when our students enter the real world, they will be able to take a story for radio and turn it around for a television news story, write it for the newspaper, and they will be able to take photos and design websites.”

Journalism students will get hands-on ex-perience in the field through two intern-ship terms. “For those who want to work in smaller areas they will intern at com-munity newspapers or campus radio sta-tions,” Mandal explains. “In addition to having internships here in Windsor with all of the major media, they also travel to many parts of the world for internships.”

“They need to be good at math—it’s so cliché but it’s so true,” says Zoë Broom, chair of the department of civil engi-neering technology at Camosun College in Victoria, BC, when describing the ideal student for the program. “We can-not rely on recipes to solve problems, so you have to be able to look at everything and figure out what needs to be done.”

As compared to other Canadian colleges that may focus more on one area of civil engineering, the program is fairly com-prehensive and covers the subspecialties of civil engineering.

“With highway design, urban services, and surveying, we really focus on utiliz-ing computer software Civil 3D to the best of its ability,” says Broom. Aiming to keep students Civil 3D native, she ex-plains “it’s software that’s very hard to learn on your own, and for students that graduate, a big asset for finding a job is being good at this program.”

Like university, the program covers top-ics in theory but also ensures students attain job skills through surveying and drafting. “We also teach a lot of math, physics, the structural analysis, fluid me-chanics,” says Broom. “What we teach will be much more applied and with just enough theory so they can apply it.”

However, Broom warns that although the program is only two years long, it is not easier than a university education. “Any-body who thinks they can come in here because it’s easier is in for a surprise, but they graduate with pretty amazing skills.”

Practical nursing is considered the start-ing point to a nursing education in Can-ada and is offered in college, with the fi-nal designation as a registered practical nurse (RPN) after students have gradu-ated and passed their RPN exams.

“The community colleges are becoming the schooling of choice for students,” says Saji Mon, program coordinator of practical nursing at Fleming College, in Peterborough, Ontario. “A good per-centage of all undergraduates in Cana-da go for the community college.”

Students are also able to receive their provisional licence faster in college, meaning they’ll be able to enter the nursing field two years ahead. “There is no compromise in the quality and the quality of education in the community college, but the more important thing is they are easily able to get into the field.”

With four semesters of courses like phar-macology, health and nursing theory, anatomy and physiology, students also get real world experience through clini-cal placements each semester. “The first semester, the students will have the op-portunity to understand various health care sectors and they’ll be having oppor-tunities to visit and practice in the hospi-tals and nursing homes,” says Mon, while more hours will be spent in the clinical area in their second year. “Finally, the consolidation phase is 440 hours where they will be selected to their area of nurs-ing care and will be given a direct nurs-ing home, hospital, community centre—and that’s really based on their interests.”


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There are many advantages to choosing college: a two-year

program, a better professor-to-student ratio, and ample job op-portunities, just to name a few.

One of the most significant benefits of studying at college is the quality of education earned in a shorter amount of time and at a lower tuition cost compared to university. “The students and the families have seen the value of attending a community college be-cause it is a two year program and their credits can be transferred to their continuing four years,” says Mon. “The community col-leges are made a better option as it is more affordable.”

Small class sizes are what make the practical nursing program at Fleming College special. With an intake of 100 students in the fall semester and only 50 in the winter, students are able to have more intimate classroom settings compared to lectures of over 200 students, which are typically popular in universities. “There’s more concentration, more focus, and more focus on the knowl-edge imparted to the students.”

Two years in the civil engineering program at Camosun College leads to a great career in the field, says Broom. “If you do two years of engineering in university and then stop, you’ve pretty much got nothing,” adding that there is little applied learning in the first two years of university.

In the MediaPlex at St. Clair College, students right away get hands-on experience writing, producing, recording, and convert-ing information across all media platforms. “The editors and pro-ducers expect you to know it all and to know it well,” says Man-dal. “I think that’s another thing that we place great emphasis on: it’s not knowing how to do one thing really well and having a me-diocre skill. It’s so important for us to make sure that the students leave here and navigate across those platforms equally well.”

She also doesn’t object to additional education in university after students have graduated from the journalism program at St. Clair College. “I don’t think any amount of education is wasted.”

To further education, bridging options are available for college graduates from both Camosun College and Fleming College. “For the ones that take our program, they finish in two years and then go on to do our bridging program, which upgrades them so they can enter third-year university at UBC,” says Broom, adding that the complete college and university experience will take five years. “Not only do they have the education and theoretical back-ground that a degree gives you but they have all the applied skills that their fellow classmates who just did university don’t have.”

At Fleming College, Mon says the school has a bridging agree-ment with Trent University’s bachelor of nursing program, where students have the opportunity to become a registered nurse. “They’ll go straightaway into university in second year and they’ll be benefitting,” he explains. “They have hands-on experi-ence and pre-knowledge of things they are going to study.”

For college graduates, the shortened period of time in university is a great incentive for students, Mandal says. “If you go to uni-versity and don’t have the same experience that you need, then coming here means that you can get credit for much of what you’ve done in university.

Landing your big girl or big boy job just two years after high school graduation couldn’t be

any sweeter; more college graduates are finding their place in the industry right after they’ve received their diploma.

“I would say two-thirds of them go out and find jobs and one-third of them will continue on to university,” says Broom of civil engineering careers. “[On the job] they’re doing municipal design where they’re doing asset management—which is huge these days,” with all the existing labour needed in a city from roads, sewers, water mains, to general data collection. Other career paths include working for a consulting company on municipal work or structural design.

In the media world, Mandal says employers are taking notice of college graduates because of the convergence education when, in the past, they would solely hire from reputable journalism uni-versities. “Our students are getting jobs across the country and some are getting jobs in the US and some of them are taking the journalism education they get and they’re taking that into other fields,” such as law or with non-profits.

Career-hunting graduates from Fleming College benefit from the school’s affiliation with surrounding health care organiza-tions and facilities in Peterborough. “Whenever our curriculum changes, we incorporate our stakeholders,” says Mon. “Our stakeholders are nursing homes and regional hospitals, so we invite them because they demand the skills and we need to produce according to their demands.”

And as the health care system constantly changes, there’s great opportunity for practical nursing students to find jobs. “As a graduate, they are more knowledgeable and have skills to care for individuals,” he says. “They will be very fit for hospital care settings, community health agencies, industries, clinics, doctors’ offices, and long-term care facilities. Their scope of employment is increasing and that’s what I want to highlight.”

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No matter what grade you’re in, the time to start thinking about your plan following graduation is approaching. Will you go to college or university? Will you stay close to home or move away? What will you study? For many, these are the only questions going through your head right now. Considering how you’re going to study or what ways you can enrich the next few years even further have probably not even crossed your mind.

Planning to participate in a student exchange is likely one of those things.

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At Dalhousie, students can spend a semes-ter in Australia, Spain, Hong Kong, and many other locations while still paying all their tuition fees to their home school.

Universities and colleges also often have unique opportunities that may be more suitable for different students. For ex-ample, Dalhousie offers two types of ex-change programs to their students. One is university-wide while the other is depart-mental.

“The main advantage to doing a univer-sity-wide, from my perspective, is that stu-dents can take a wider range of classes,” says Braye. Depending on where you are in your degree, this option is “a great op-portunity to open up your areas of study.”

Students who choose the departmental program must take courses in their chosen department or faculty only. “If a student is going to go through a science exchange, they’ll only be allowed to take science credits at the institution,” she says.

At Memorial University, in addition to their more traditional exchange program, they offer their students the chance to study at their campus overseas in Harlow, England.

“Generally a cohort of students would go over to the Harlow program from the faculty of business,” says Victoria Greey, international program officer with the fac-ulty of business administration at Memo-rial University.

Memorial’s Harlow Campus offers pro-grams in fields such as biology, business, education, history, arts, and fine arts.

“I normally recommend this program if

students are a bit nervous travelling on their own, or if they want to take advan-tage of our courses that are offered over there,” she says. “This would be a good opportunity for them.”

WHY SHOULD I GO?

“There are so many benefits!” says Greey. You’ll get exposed to a much larger vari-ety of courses that will be taught by dif-ferent professors from different places. “I just think the opportunity to expand your knowledge is one of the benefits of going on an exchange.”

Greey went on an exchange herself to France through Memorial University. She was able to take courses like French in the 21st Century and French architecture.

“Those are all courses that I wouldn’t have been able to take back in Canada,” she says. “Depending on the institution you’re attending, they won’t necessarily focus in on different regions like that.”

Greey also receives a lot of positive feed-back from many students after returning from their exchange. “Taking a course outside of Canada, and actually being in an international environment, made the topics more relevant to them. They were able to have a better understanding of the cultural topics or the cultural side of that focus in business because they were living somewhere else and seeing firsthand what they were learning.”

CAN I AFFORD IT?

“High school students or at least their par-ents may not realize that it can be quite affordable,” says Braye. “Yes, there are added expenses but there are a lot of bur-

saries and scholarships and programs to make it more affordable.”

Be sure to talk to your advisors at your college or university in order to see what options are available to you at the location you’d like to study at, she adds.

I’M IN! WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KNOW?

Be sure to keep in mind that, depending on where you go, you could get the oppor-tunity to take classes and be immersed in a totally different language.

Braye says not to let these kinds of factors deter you from travelling where you truly wish to go. “A student can go to Sweden without knowing Swedish and be just fine, especially considering we have partners that teach a lot of classes in English and they would find that in a lot of places there is a high level of English.”

Planning ahead is also important. Since you’re going to be applying about a year in advance for your exchange, the sooner you consider it, the more prepared you’ll be, says Braye.

“I always tell [students], ‘regardless of where you go, you will love it!’” Says Greey. “I’ve never had a student who was unhappy with their chosen location. They all say it was an experience of a lifetime and that they learned so much about themselves and made so many memories and friends.”

As a last thought, by the wise Dr. Seuss: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the [one] who’ll decide where to go.”

“I think the biggest thing for high school students that I see is it seems like a big enough jump just going to university, going away from home and starting something new. That’s a big leap,” says Amy Braye, study abroad and exchange advisor at Dalhousie University.

Student exchanges are available through many colleges and universities across Canada and allow students to travel and study at a partner institution in another country. That partner would in turn send one of their students to the school here in Canada to study in their place.

According to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, “an estimated 17,850 full-time stu-dents enrolled in Canadian universities have participated in a form of study abroad for credit in 2006.” Since the survey was last conducted in 2006, that number has tripled.

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MEDIA STUDIESWe all consume different forms of media each day, so much so that sometimes we’re unaware that it’s there. Whether it’s through a billboard hovering next to a busy highway or the TV in your parents’ kitchen, we are constantly fed ideas from the media. Since it’s so ingrained in our minds today, why not learn more about it?

The University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus offers a de-gree in media studies to help students better understand and critically analyze the happenings in the media. Michael Petit, director of media studies and the joint program in new media, says students study everything from its history to its place in the contemporary world. “Media studies really began with Plato, back in his cave where he theorized that we dilute ourselves by looking at images on a wall that seduce us into thinking that’s real,” he says. “We look at the study of media from Plato’s time forward, so we look at a lot of different theories.”

Studying the history, theories, and cultural aspects of media in a global context is what is primarily covered in the four years of the program, says Petit. “We do a lot of topic courses like me-dia and globalization, media and the world of work, food and media, digital culture and gaming, media ethics, and so on.”

So if this tickles your interest and you dream of pursuing a career in the field, the University of Toronto also offers a joint program in new media, which Petit describes as “a profes-sionalization towards a specific career in the media.” This can mean anything from web design to communications to working on mobile applications. The joint program requires a practi-cal year at Centennial College in Toronto, where students take courses in coding and also acquire other digital skills.

The aim of a degree in media studies is to not only prepare you for a career in the contemporary market, but to also help you succeed in it. “The reason why I think it’s so exciting and im-portant is because we live in such a media-saturated world,” he says, “and we really need to develop the critical skills to analyze it for ourselves because otherwise we’re just cultural dupes of the media too easily.”

VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMINGCalling all gamers! If you spend a lot of your free time playing video games on your brand new PS4 at ungodly hours of the night, then studying video game programming at the Univer-sity of PEI may be your match. With courses in video game design, advanced graphics, and physics in gaming, a degree in video game programming offers the opportunity to do much more than just play.

“The video game industry is very popular. Everybody loves video games,” says Dr. David LeBlanc, associate professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and Informa-tion Technology at the University of PEI. “A lot of students have their own ideas about video games that they’d like to see built.” The desire to build new video games is something that Dr. LeBlanc may have warned students against a few years ago. “Your chances of going to work for a company and them go-ing ‘Oh, what a great idea! We’ll build it’ were very slim,” he explains. “But now with a lot of game development going over to mobile apps for smartphones, anyone can develop a game and put it up in one of the stores.”

According to Dr. LeBlanc, landing a job in the video game industry after graduation will be a bit of a challenge. “Video game companies won’t just hire anyone ... they want very high-skilled people; they want our best students and our program’s designed to ensure that only our best students get into it.” While the industry is expanding, Dr. LeBlanc forecasts that it still won’t get any easier for video game programming hopefuls.

But don’t let that knock down your spirit. With a strong work ethic and exceptional skills in math, problem solving, and logic, your path to a career in the field will be clearer, says Dr. LeB-lanc. “It’s a very competitive and very demanding industry, but you get to work on really cool games and you get to work gen-erally with very interesting and fun people. If you can get into it, it’s a good yet high-pressure industry.”

In addition, video game programming is just a specialization to the degree you’ll earn in computer science at the University of PEI. “Having a program that gives you a wider base, so you can go out and work in other industries, I think, is really important.”

In a world where our generation is so obsessed with having the newest piece of technology and keeping up with the latest must-haves, it comes as no surprise that the academic world has started to acquire a taste for what’s most trendy. To keep up with what’s popular, universities across the country have introduced more contemporary bachelor degree programs designed to attract

new high school grads because of its relevancy to today’s world.

We’re focusing on three trendy programs from three different schools in Canada that will surely add to your university ‘wants’ list.

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ECOTOURISM AND OUTDOOR LEADERSHIPIf you have an appreciation for nature and oftentimes find yourself outdoors, a degree in ecotourism and outdoor lead-ership at Mount Royal University might just be the academic adventure you were hoping to find. “Students become ex-perts in group leadership in the outdoors, in the planning and execution of multi-day expeditions, risk management, and outdoor program development,” says Joe Pavelka, associate professor and coordinator of the bachelor of ecotourism and outdoor leadership.

The program gives you the opportunities to not only devote time to working in provincial parks and kayaking through riv-ers, but also to develop skills in communications and become entrepreneurially savvy. “Students take a variety of courses throughout the four years,” he says. “They range from activ-ity courses, through to theoretical courses, practical courses, independent study courses—so it’s quite varied.”

Students who are interested in this program should be self-motivated. “We say that about many programs, but ecotour-ism and outdoor leadership is a broad area and we make sure that our students have a good, strong background in a variety of areas.” Despite this, there is always an opportunity for stu-dents to specialize in their interests within the program.

“We have students who are involved in management with Parks Canada to NGO’s that are both national and interna-tional (doing a bunch of community-based tourism projects), through to a number of entrepreneurs.”

The chance to work and live abroad has also made the bach-elor of ecotourism and outdoor leadership a big attraction for students. “About half of our students end up going abroad for work for one reason or another,” says Pavelka. “Our entre-preneurs have started their own companies in Alberta, BC, Mexico, and different parts of North America.”

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