The 2025 Health Talks Student Contest is asking all B.C. students “What are your hopes for health care?” The winning individual or team will share their idea at the March 2025 Health Quality Forum in Vancouver, B.C., with leaders and partners across the B.C. health care community. The contest closes October 18, 2024. More information …
The Government of British Columbia has proclaimed November 25 to 29, 2024, as Careers Week, reflecting its commitment to work with educators and education partners to support career education and expand students’ knowledge of diverse career pathways. To that end, the ministry invites teachers and students to take part in this inaugural celebration of the …
The Ministry of Education and Child Care is seeking expressions of interest from school districts for the development and delivery of interactive, experiential learning activities for students in Grades 8 to 10 that showcase in-demand, public sector health careers. To apply for this initiative, please review the Expression of Interest document and submit a completed application. …
Ministry of Education and Child Care staff have developed an information resource for Career Program leads and educators about the transition of the Youth Work in Trades (WRK) Award to an application-based scholarship. The resource provides information regarding the eligibility of students for automatic consideration for a WRK Award, and the application requirements for students …
The Work Experience (WEX) Program Guide has been updated to clarify requirements for WEX 12A and WEX 12B per-course funding claims. These updates address issues previously identified in the February 23, 2024 DM Bulletin. Please direct any questions to educ.skills@gov.bc.ca.
A reminder for Career Education leads about the funding opportunity to support Work Experience programming that was announced in the June 14 DM Bulletin. School districts are encouraged to submit an Expression of Interest to enhance and increase Work Experience 12A/12B placements in Technology, Climate Change and Emergency Management, or another sector of local importance. …
The Funding and Financial Accountability Branch of the Resource Management Division conducts annual compliance reviews of school district funding claims. These audits are undertaken in the areas of Continuing Education, Inclusive Education, Online Learning, Summer Learning, and for K-12 Regular Enrolment, including Indigenous Education and English Language Learning supplemental services. The purpose of these audits …
The 2024/25 BC Graduation Program Policy Guide and the companion Handbook of Procedures for the Graduation Program are now available on the Graduation Information for Administrators web page. Please see the “What’s New” sections and review both documents for updates to procedures and policies. French versions of both the Handbook and the Policy Guide will …
Career Trek videos are now available on the WorkBC.ca Career Trek Videos page or on YouTube. The legacy careertrekbc.ca website will be decommissioned and a banner will be added to the Explore Careers and Career Trek Videos pages so that people are aware of this change.
New course codes for dual credit introduce four additional areas of study: business; humanities and arts; science and health; and technology and engineering. There will be no changes to the trades training dual credit course codes. Both new and existing codes will be accepted in 2024/25. Further information will be provided in the upcoming days …
