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Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) Virtual Info Night for Caregivers

The Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program helps students in Grade 11-12 specialize, gain qualifications, and plan a career pathway in a specific employment sector while still in high school.

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5 Great Reasons to Pursue a Career in the Skilled Trades

Join us for a FREE webinar and learn 5 data-driven reasons why the skilled trades are an ideal career option, how “university-bound” traits are also skilled trades traits, info about the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, & an interactive Q & A

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What Waterloo Region Caregivers Need to Know About Careers in the Skilled Trades

Join us for a FREE webinar about careers in the skilled trades. Learn about common concerns about children’s well-being today, how “university-bound” traits are also skilled trades traits, & info about the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP).

What It’s Really Like to Work in Veterinary Medicine: A Guide for Curious Future Professionals

Love animals? Curious about science? Veterinary medicine might be your perfect path — and it’s way more than just taking care of cats and dogs.

What It's Really Like to Work in Information Technology: A Career Guide for Young Professionals

We're exploring careers in Information Technology! Machine learning, data science, cybersecurity, AI and automation, cloud, and software and app development are all leading in-demand jobs in 2025.

Career Conversations: Your Secret Weapon for Career Exploration

Choosing a career path can feel overwhelming for young people. While online research provides some insights, there's one exploration tool that often gets overlooked: the career conversation.

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Explore Your Future Career Expo is back November 2025

Explore Your Future helps caregivers, students and educators to better understand opportunities for work and learning here in Waterloo Region.

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Cambridge high school students create a free tutoring network

Cambridge students create a free tutoring network aimed to removing financial roadblocks and bridging gaps in the education system

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Waterloo Region’s Youth Creativity Fund: Empowering youth to turn ideas into realities

One year into its inception, the Youth Creativity Fund is showing that young minds in the Waterloo Region are dreaming big, thinking creatively, and bringing their imaginations to life.

Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region announces recent funding by Canada Service Corps

The Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region is announcing recent funding by Canada Service Corps to expand our Youth Creativity Fund program.

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Accepting applications for the BEP Board of Directors!

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Young age is no barrier to the start-up process

Flowboat also received a $1,000 grant from the Waterloo Region Youth Creativity Fund. That community support was a huge part of what the club did this year, said financial administrator Bryant Raun.

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