OPTION #1:

Students seek out an Indigenous Elder Experience & develop a "Local" or relevant project involving the Okanagan Syilx People.  Students will need to connect with the KSS Indigenous Program.

1. Who am I?  Please include a connection to your Learning Journey assignment, your artifacts and/or portfolio.  This section must also include your responses' to the following questions (this will prepare you for your Capstone Interview as well):

   • Describe a major challenge that you have had to overcome during your Educational pathway or this project?

   • Who has been most helpful to you throughout your Educational Journey?

   • What advice would you give "your grade 10 self now" if you could go "Back to the Future"?

   • How has your experience as an owl prepared you to thrive in life as a member of our community?

2. Core Competencies - You must include how your passion project connects with:

   • Personal Social Awareness

   • Critical and Creative Thinking

   • Communication

3. Career Pathways - How does my Research Inquiry connect with my Career Pathways moving forward? 

4. Mentorship - Please describe a meaningful interaction with someone whos knows something that you do not & how this connects to your passion project.  Did you connect with student, teachers and/or members of the community to help support your learning.

OPTION #2:

1. Choose one of the UN sustainable development goals that you connect with.  Looking at the 17 sustainable goals of the United Nations through the lens of the Okanagan People.  Is there a topic that you feel passionately about? Hunger? Poverty? Equity? The environment? 

With that topic you will explore it through the perspective of the Okanagan People!

1. Who am I?  Please include a connection to your Learning Journey assignment, your artifacts and/or portfolio.  This section must also include your responses' to the following questions (this will prepare you for your Capstone Interview as well):

   • Describe a major challenge that you have had to overcome during your Educational pathway or this project?

   • Who has been most helpful to you throughout your Educational Journey?

   • What advice would you give "your grade 10 self now" if you could go Back to the Future?

   • How has your experience as an owl prepared you to thrive in life as a member of our community?

2. Core Competencies - You must include how your passion project connects with:

   • Personal Social Awareness

   • Critical and Creative Thinking

   • Communication

3. Career Pathways - How does my Research Inquiry connect with my Career Pathways moving forward? 

4. Mentorship - Please describe a meaningful interaction with someone whos knows something that you do not & how this connects to your passion project.  Did you connect with student, teachers and/or members of the community to help support your learning.

"Project Quality Test"

Before approving any project, students must be able to answer these seven questions:

THE CAPSTONE TEST

1. Is this genuinely interesting to me?

2. Will I have to learn something new?

3. Will I actually DO something—not just research something?

4. Can I spend approximately 30+ meaningful hours on it?

5. Can I create evidence of my progress?

6. Can I connect this to a skill, career, future goal, or personal growth?

7. Will I have something meaningful to show or demonstrate for my Capstone Presentation?

If you answer "no" to 3 or more, the idea needs work...please check in with your Career Life 12 teacher.

This is especially important because BC defines career-life exploration as 30 hours or more of substantive experiential learning intended to deepen or expand students' exposure to career-life possibilities. Passion projects are explicitly included. (B.C. Curriculum)

Students who:

• Are interested in learning more about our first people and their culture.

• Are passionate about a social issue.

Students will be encouraged to seek out an Indigenous Elder Experience and/or Mentor that they feel comfortable with in order to meet the Learning Goals for this type of Project.

Collaborating and Connecting with local indigenous groups and elders.  Connecting the 7 grandfather teachings,

Does this connect to a career choice?

Career Connections:

• Writer

• Historian

• Environmental Scientist

• Fisher, foresty, etc..

• Film Maker

• Policy Advisor

Core Competencies:

• Personal Social Awareness

• Personal and Social 

• Social Responsibility 

• Critical Thinking & Creative Thinking

• Communication

OPTION #1:

Students seek out an Indigenous Elder Experience & develop a "Local" or relevant project involving the Okanagan Syilx People.  Students will need to connect with the KSS Indigenous Program.

OPTION #2:

1. Choose one of the UN sustainable development goals that you connect with.

2. Choose one of the 4 Food Chiefs to support and help explore your UN topic.

3. Develop a guiding research question or goal

4. Find resources to help gather information

5. Connect with elders, members from an indigenous group, or the community to help/support your research 

6. Conduct research 

7. Collect data 

8. Have someone provide feedback/edits 

9. Revise & build final product 

10. Explain your connection to the social topic and why you selected the particular Food Chief. 

• Video

• Piece of Art

• Music

• Slide Deck

• Circle Share

• Community Events

• Attending a local cultural event