This is the last podcast in this series exploring the transition from high school to post-secondary education and careers. This episode focuses on Canada, with a focus on British Columbia and New Brunswick. Listen to the following policymakers, educators and students speak about how they redefined what it meant to be an “educated citizen”, integrated work-based learning experiences into general education, shifted towards competency based learning versus rote memorization, built student agency into the high school experience, and partnered regionally with higher education and employers to prepare the next generation of learners:
- Angie Calleberg, Executive Director for Student Learning, British Columbia Ministry of Education
- Jim Lamond, District Principal Pathways & Choice, School District No. 62 (Sooke)
- Bonnie Alexander, SD61 District Career Coordinator, Pathways & Partnerships Vice President, Career Education Society of British Columbia
- Nicole Wallace, K-8 Career Education Lead, School District No. 62 (Sooke)
- Tanya Phillips, Vice Principal, Ecole Royal Bay Secondary, Overseer, Career Education: Pathways and Choice
- Scott Beddal, Executive Director, Education Programs and Policy, British Columbia Ministry of Education and Child Care
- Nicola Priestley, Director, South Island Partnership
- Beth Henderson, Learning Specialist, Essential Skills and Universal Design for Learning Unit, New Brunswick Ministry of Education
- Joel Everett, District Lead, Essential Skills Achievement Pathway (ESAP)
- Students TJ and Jack from TASK at Ecole Royal Bay
- Students Taylor and Hillary at Camosun College
- Student Andrea from Pathways for Life Learning and Work at Camosun College
- Students Grant and Candice from Essential Skills Achievement Pathways (ESAP) in New Brunswick
Check out our Canada Blog: rodelde.org/career-pathways-in-a-rapidly-changing-world-canada/
TASK and Nicole Wallace's photos were taken from Sooke School District 62's, "2022 Career Education Department Overview," (p.26). www.sd62.bc.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/meetings/agendas/Education-Policy%20Agenda%20Package%20-%20Dec.%206%2C%202022_0.pdf
Essential Skills Achievement Pathways (ESAP) photos were taken from September 2023 ESAP Newsletter, "From Classroom to Community: ESAP High Schools' Student Project Compilation in focus.": www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/ed/pdf/K12/esap/esap-newsletter-september-2023.pdf