Health and Wellness

SHSM Components

The Health and Wellness SHSM is divided into 5 main categories. Over the Gr 11/12 years, the student must complete all the requirements in all four categories listed below. Please scroll down to see each category.

Below are three examples of our SHSM Programs that are semester (or year-long) programs that meet many of the requirements for the Health and Wellness SHSM. Also there are links to our other SHSM Health and Wellness programs. The Hair Apprenticeship Program at LCVI is part of the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) and many students in the program are signed as first-year Apprentices.

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Hair Apprenticeship Program (HAP) at LCVI

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Emergency Response at

LaSalle S.S.

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Fitness Leadership at

LaSalle S.S.

Health and Wellness at FSS

Health and Wellness at LCVI

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Health and Wellness at GREC

  1. Bundle of Credits

Click on the image to see the required credits for the Health and Wellness SHSM

2. Certifications

Certifications are broken down into two main categories. These are free of charge for SHSM students and are industry recognized and in demand for employers wanting to hire

3. Experiential Learning and Career Exploration Activities

These opportunities are relevant to the sector and might include:

  • one on one observation of a cooperative education student at a placement in the health and wellness sector (job twinning).

  • a day-long observation of a health and wellness sector employer or employee (job shadowing).

  • a one-or two-week work experience with a member of an industry association or a professional in the sector (work experience).

  • a volunteer experience in a long-term care facility.

  • an experience coaching an elementary school student in reading as part of a reading buddy program, or other curricular or extracurricular activities.

  • assisting in an exercise class in a long-term care facility.

  • attendance at a health and wellness sector career fair.

4. Reach Ahead Experiences

Some examples of Reach Ahead Experiences are:

  • Apprenticeship: visiting an approved apprenticeship delivery agent in the sector

  • College: visiting a college with a sector specific program

  • University: visiting a university with a sector specific program

  • Workplace: visiting/interviewing an employee in the sector

For current opportunities please follow the link below

5. Cooperative Education (Coop)

Cooperative education provides secondary school students with a wide range of rigorous learning opportunities connected to communities outside the school. It is designed to recognize and respond to the diversity of Ontario’s student population, and it can engage all students. In cooperative education, students learn in safe, culturally responsive environments in the community, and they are actively involved in determining what they learn, how they learn, when and where they learn, and how they demonstrate their learning.

Students must complete a minimum 2 credit coop in a related course. This can include summer coop and paid coop placements. Summer coop can happen immediately after a student completes Grade 10. A student becomes a Grade 11 student July 1st after they complete Grade 10. Summer coop is a very good option for students who worry that they won't have room in their timetable in Grade 11 or 12 to take two credits of coop.

For more information follow the link below.