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Ministry of Education

Ontario Launches 29 Career Studies Pilot Projects Across Province

Toronto, ON – Mar 23, 2017

Ontario is partnering with educators on 29 pilot projects across the province to revise the current career studies course and help students develop the skills they need to compete in the rapidly changing and highly competitive global economy.

Education Minister Mitzie Hunter was at St. Mary Catholic Academy in Toronto today to announce the new pilot projects.

The career studies pilot projects will include the development of innovative learning opportunities related to financial literacy, entrepreneurship skills, digital literacy, and career/life planning. Teachers will examine ways to:
•Equip students with the skills and knowledge they will need in the new global economy
•Help students explore all career paths and opportunities
•Support the teaching and learning of the course through a variety of new methods

Ensuring Ontario’s curriculum focuses on multiple career paths and opportunities for work placements is a key recommendation of the Premier’s Highly Skilled Workforce Expert Panel report. Teachers’ feedback from these pilots will be instrumental in helping to determine what the career studies course could become.

Preparing Ontario students for the jobs of today and tomorrow is part of our plan to create jobs, grow the economy and help people in their everyday lives.

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