Grade 12 POST SECONDARY PRESENTATION 2025

Transcripts for Scholarships: 

When applying for scholarships awarded by BVHS, your transcript will be added to your scholarship application once we receive your application. 

When applying for scholarships that are awarded from outside of BVHS, please use this link for current students, and this link for past students.

APPLYING TO POST-SECONDARY?

Applying within Nova Scotia? Simply include your student number with your application and you are not required to send transcripts. 

Applying to out-of-province? Current student, use this link    Past student, use this link

The Post-secondary institutions are asking you allow approximately two weeks for your transcript to be attached to your application. 

The application deadline for entrance scholarships at NSCC is March 15th and for most universities in the area, it is March 1st.

Here are some options, in alphabetic order. Make sure you check with your post-secondary institution that they will accept the course you want to take.

NSCC Academic and Career connections:https://www.nscc.ca/learning_programs/programs/plandescr.aspx?prg=ACC&pln=ACCONNECT  

Ontario Virtual School: https://www.ontariovirtualschool.ca/ 

University prep courses at Acadia: https://www2.acadiau.ca/academics-overview/online/courses/pre-university-courses.html 

University prep courses at Dal: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/open/programareas/univ-access-advising/university-preparation.html  and at their Agriculture campus: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/agriculture/extended-learning/Courses/Preparatory.html 

University prep courses at SMU: https://www.smu.ca/uprep/welcome.html 

University prep courses at StFX: https://www.mystfx.ca/continuingeducation/index.php/university-preparation-courses 

Thinking of applying to higher education programs now, but still want to take a gap year? This is totally possible by deferring your acceptance! This guarantees you a spot for the following year so you don’t have to worry about applying or getting accepted - you can just enjoy your gap year!

You may be wondering, how can I apply for a deferral? In today’s episode, we’ve got you covered with a guide on how to defer your acceptance, tips and tricks, and how to weigh your options in the event you can’t defer your acceptance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfhKMRCdWhQ&t=2s 

A flow chart to help you decide if you want to go to college/university or take a Gap year from GapCan.ca https://drive.google.com/file/d/11tM39xxmq2VzD1Uh6oSbFX02bFmPOD9p/view 

You have questions about a post-secondary institution? Talk to the expert! 

Post secondary contacts 2022-23 Institution - Representative’s name - Email - Phone number 

Acadia University, Claire Brien, claire.brien@acadiau.ca 

Beinn Mhabu,   Kenneth MacKenzie  kenneth@gaeliccollege.edu  902-623-0455

Bishop’s University, Eric Gendron, eric.gendron@ubishops.ca   819-349-5512

CAM Institute of Design, Melissa Kennedy, info@thecam.ca   506-635-3000

Cape Breton University, Matthew Brown, Matthew_Brown@cbu.ca   902-574-4722

College of the North Atlantic, Scott Furey, scott.furey@cna.nl.ca  (709)283-3707

Crandall University, Mallory Moore, Mallory.Moore@crandallu.ca   506-858-8970 ext622

Dalhousie University, Lucas Mancini  lucas.mancini@dal.ca  902-399-8009

Eastern College, Samantha Savage  samatha.savage@easterncollege.ca   902-3819 x7030

Holland College, Tracey Vessey  TLVessey@hollandcollege.ca 902-566-9503

Huron at Western University, Ailin Chant,  achant3@huron.uwo.ca  519-438-7224 ext.781

Ivey School of Business at Western University, Kate Schieman, kschieman@ivey.ca  519-666-2111

Memorial University, Jen d'Eon jede72@mun.ca 709-864-3114 

Mount Allison’s University, Emily  Ahmadvand, eahmadvand@mta.ca   506-364-2626

Mount St Vincent University, Abbey MacLeod, abbey.macleod4@msvu.ca , 902-457-6363

NSCC, Tyree Haley, Tyree.Haley@nscc.ca  902-717-2547 

NSCECE Shawna Murray  shawna.murray@nscece.ca   

Oulton College,  Jason Mansour, jmansour@oultoncollege.com  506-875-9185

Queen’s University, Ryan Snowdon, snowdon@queensu.ca, 613-533-6000 ext.77117 

Ryerson University, Jessica Hartwick, jessica.harwick@ryerson.ca 416-979-5000 ext.544602

St FX University, futurestudent@stfx.ca 

St Mary’s University, Jordan Hamilton jordan.hamilton@smu.ca  

St Stephen's University, Jonathan Coe, admissions@ssu.ca 

St. Thomas University,  Alex Dascalu  alex@stu.ca  

University of New Brunswick, Mackenzie Washburn, mackenzie.washburn@unb.ca, 506-478-2657 or 506-447-3163 University of Guelph, Lauren Dietrich, dietricl@uoguelph.ca, 519-824-4120 

University of King’s College, Laura Hilyard  laura.hillyard@ukings.ca   902-422-1271 ext.290

University of Waterloo, Jody Berringer, jberringer@uwaterloo.ca, 519-888-4567 ext.47145 

Need help with finding a job? Post-secondary plans? Resume building?

Charlene Tasco is a Certified Career Practitioner and she supports students, families and staff with career development. That could include anything from career exploration, labour market information and goal setting, to resume writing, job search assistance, and digging up all sorts of opportunities for our youth. Join Charlene Tasco's google classroom. You will also get posting about available part time jobs! Code is shfpfqk  You can also meet with Charlene on Tuesday in the seminar room. You can email her at ctasco@gnspes.ca or text/call 902-220-2102

Want to explore career options for you??? Check out myBlueprint through your gnspes account or MyNSFuture.ca or DegreeHub. These are 3 great websites to help you plan your post-secondary studies. 

University Canada: Make informed decisions about your post-secondary education. Explore comprehensive information on schools, programs, scholarships, and more!

Guide to Career Planning with your Teen (for parents/guardians) 

How to tell if your kid is ready for university of college

This is a bilingual website. Are you interested in a health field related career? On this website you will find all the information you need to discover, plan and start and career in the health field. There are 26 possible careers with their salary, requirements, outlook, etc. Also find out how you can finance your education, possible career fairs and meeting people in the field. http://formationsantene.ca/en/ 

Continuing Care Assistants, or CCAs, are vitally important and highly valued members of Nova Scotia’s healthcare team. They make a real difference in the lives of the people they care for and support. This healthcare profession offers lots of opportunities for people to grow in their careers, and there are lots of employment opportunities throughout the province. Free tuition is available for students enrolling in CCA programs in communities across Nova Scotia. Textbooks and other program related costs are also being covered. www.novascotia.ca/cca 

If you want to create a better world for future generations, a career as an actuary might be a perfect fit. Actuaries are making a difference in areas like: social programs, health care, climate change.

Interested in becoming an actuary? Choose math courses in high courses. See how you can make a difference at www.do-the-math.ca 

Take one (or many!) of the quizzes to discover what engineering disciplines may interest you the most. Each quiz features trivia and engineering problem-based questions. Once you finish one quiz, try another to learn about another engineering discipline! https://exploreengineering.ca/national-engineering-month/discover-engineer-you 

Post-Secondary Accessibility Services (PSAS) provides funding through the Canada Study Grant, for educational supports to remove barriers for post-secondary students such as: assistive technology, tutoring, notetaking, sign language interpreting, and attendant care. 

Students with permanent disabilities, such as a learning disability, pursuing post-secondary education may be eligible for non-repayable assistance for educational disability related services and/or equipment required to participate in their program of study. 

Historically, grade 12 students with a learning disability were required to provide supporting documentation in the form of a psychoeducational assessment, completed within the last 5 years, with their grant application. Due to circumstances stemming from the COVID19 pandemic, alternate documentation will currently be accepted by the Department of Advanced Education to support a learning disability diagnosis with the Canada Study Grant application. 

For the 2023 - 2024 application year (2024 - 2025 year for post-secondary entrance), the following will meet the Learning Disability documentation for purposes of the grant application: 

• A copy of the student’s most recent psychoeducational assessment verifying the diagnosis of a learning disability, completed by a Registered Psychologist; 

o In the case that the psychoeducational assessment is older than 5 years, summary letter from a Registered Psychologist verifying the student’s learning disability o AND 

• A copy of Documented Adaptations from the Grade 12 year for each post-secondary application 

• If the post-secondary institution requires a current psychoeducational assessment, students may be eligible for the learning disability bursary program (through Advanced Education), which funds up to $2500 to pay for the assessment 

For more information, visit https://novascotia.ca/post-secondary-accessibility-services/