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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.
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.
BEPWR in the Media, Youth Creativity Fund
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
BEPWR in the Media, Youth Creativity Fund
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.
Accepting applications for the BEP Board of Directors!
Learn more about how you could make a difference as a volunteer Director on the BEP board.
BEPWR in the Media, Youth Creativity Fund
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.
BEPWR in the Media, Youth Creativity Fund
Bachelor of Public Relations students raise funds for local youth
Second-year Bachelor of Public Relations students raised $7,500 for charity this past April as part of their Event Management and Project Management courses. The funds will support the Youth Creativity Fund -- a joint effort between three partners
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That's all for now :)