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Hello!

My name is Shelley Deck and I have been teaching a variation of Food Studies and Commercial Cooking in Saskatchewan schools since 2000. I first started teaching Foods Studies grades 7-12 in Northern Saskatchewan. I probably would not have taken on this challenge if I hadn't already worked with an amazing Food Studies colleague in Brooks, Alberta, who showed me how great these courses can be for students serious about preparing for Culinary Careers (Love you, Ms. S.L)!

I am also deeply inspired by multi-cultural food practices and the global food scene. I have been blessed to have travelled overseas to several countries and have developed an international palette. I grew up eating and preparing Ukrainian, Polish and German food, then travelled to China/Japan and the Caribbean to gain further insight. I earned my hunting and trapping licence while living in Northern Saskatchewan and have many fond memories spent learning how to fillet lake fish, dry wild meat and bbq potatoes on an open campfire in summer and winter. My most recent classes include how to prepare East Indian restaurant dishes, how to prepare Sushi the Japanese way, a Chinese Take-Away class and a Cake Mastery course (black forest cake will always be my favourite). I try to balance all the sweet, sour, spicy and savoury flavours of a chicken stir fry (my favourite) and have become a bit of a soya sauce and rice snob. I am constantly amazed by the differences between various rice qualities (basmati, jasmine, long, short, premium, sushi) and the gourmet soya sauce flavour spectrum .

When I can get to the city, I buy as many Latin cooking ingredients as I can from the Regina Latin Grocery store on Park Street: https://www.reginaproductos.com/. This amazing store has all the many foods I miss having moved back to Canada after living in the Caribbean. I love their selection of products! Plus, I can practice my Spanish while shopping! Love it!

I also love to visit the Italian Star Deli (https://www.italianstardeli.com/) to purchase lemon infused olive oils, amazing pastas, fantastic balsamic vinegars, incredible cheese and these mind blowing deli-sandwiches. If you have not yet stopped at the Italian Star Deli, you are missing out on a great food experience. I love going there to shop! The bread at the check out stand is my Achilles heel.

The Regina Ukrainian Coop is... EPIC: https://ukrainiancoop.ca/. Everyone is welcome to shop at the Ukrainian Coop in Regina, in business since 1937. I love it there. Upon entering the store, I immediately feel at home....and hungry. Sausages are their strength. They have more than 70 varieties of sausages, and each one of them is made with real meat and prepared using high-quality ingredients. To bring out the unique flavours of our sausages, they use natural-burning wood to smoke them. Enjoy this while it lasts!

On Alberta Street, in Regina, just north of downtown under the bridge by Humpty's Restaurant, I often visit Ngoy Hoa Asian Food Market: https://ngoyhoa.com/ for Tom Yum soup paste, dim sum supplies and an excellent variety of rice/spices/sauces/noodles and soup starters. They have an amazing supply of frozen fish. I just love everything about shopping there. Highly recommended if you want to become more familiar with Eastern cuisine. Very helpful staff.

Last, Tony's India Food Center store on Victoria Avenue East has been one of my all time favourite food stores for over a million years: https://www.facebook.com/Tonysfoodcenter417/. They have all the spices and other ingredients that I need to make incredible, healthy Indian recipes. Most often, I buy their home make vegetable samosas to take home to bake in my oven. Tony and his staff are amazing Indian food educators. I love them. What a beautiful place to learn more about cultural cuisine with beautiful people. I have always felt welcomed there. How great is that!?

In Yorkton, I can always count on getting the Indian recipe ingredients I need from Garam Masala. My family and I buy a lot of spicy snacks from them. They are located in the mall beside Robin's Donuts in Yorkton.

Don't forget, there is the Ukrainian SMAK store in Yorkton too: https://smak-ukrainian-store.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral

The new Philippines Product Store in Yorkton can be found here: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/51.5648837,-101.8984151/yorkton+asian+store/@51.585572,-102.575127,8.32z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m1!4e1!1m5!1m1!1s0x52e3adbfb294f309:0xe50625ae3c4401eb!2m2!1d-102.462566!2d51.2115143

Stay tuned for future updates!

Seoul Market: Korea - https://www.facebook.com/SeoulMart/.

Fantastic Kimchi supplier!

The fee for this class, at all levels, is $30 per term, per student.

This minimal fee needs to be paid at the start of class each term before students may work on the hand-on food labs AND after they pass the Food Safe Level 1 exam required by all PVSD students. This fee is non-refundable, so please commit to finishing the class before paying/joining. Your enrolment may prevent someone from taking this capped smaller-sized class. Please put your name on the wait list if you were not able to register for this popular class.

Please also note: This fee only partially covers the cost of food needed for the hands-on labs, which are heavily subsidized by Kelliher School and our supporters/funding grants...that also help us maintain - and purchase - equipment like ovens, fridges, dishwashes, mixers, dish towels, aprons, oven mitts, pans and more.

It's a wonderful bargain and opportunity for learning!

Still not convinced? It's employment focused! The Food Safe Level 1 certificate course has a $100 fee for the general public. However, because Ms. Deck is an approved Food Safe Level 1 instructor, our students have the opportunity to earn this required certificate for a bargain at this price. The certificate - itself - is good for five years from the date of testing, can help students gain employment in the food industry (it's a requirement for food service/culinary staff) and helps us create an even better food safe community here at home. The cost of the take-home textbook is $10, before tax. Lost textbooks can be purchased for an additional $10. Reprinting of lost certificates is $5.

In order to participate in any hands-on cooking labs in the Kelliher kitchen, PVSD students must first obtain the Saskatchewan Health Authority Food Safe Level 1 certificate.

Practical & Applied Arts: What is Apprenticeship?

Apprenticeship training is a structured system of supervised training leading to certification in one of Saskatchewan's designated trades.​

• Apprenticeship training is based on a certain amount of on-the-job training (trade time) that is required prior to each level of technical institute training.

• Apprentices spent approximately 85% of the time working on the job, learning the knowledge and skills associated with a trade from a certified journeyperson. The remaining time is spent in theoretical and technical in-school training, which reinforces and expands on what is learned on the job.

• Apprentices receive a broad range of trade experience on the work site. Technical training usually takes place at an institute for a period of six to twelve weeks each year. Recent initiatives have addressed flexible, innovative and timely training options.

• Once an employer decides to train an individual as an apprentice, a contract of apprenticeship is signed by the apprentice, the employer, and Sask. Apprenticeship. Apprenticeship training ranges from two to five years depending on the trade. Once apprentices complete the final level of training, they are eligible to write the journeyperson examination.

• There are 49 designated trades and 20 sub-trades in Saskatchewan.

Click here to view the Sask. Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission Website​

​What are the steps to becoming an Apprentice once you have completed your high school education?

1. Find an employer in the trade of your choice willing to provide the necessary on-the-job training and supervision.

2. Fill out the application form. If you have prior experience, remember to attach all supporting documents.

   • Refer to the section below, "High School Students Can Earn Apprenticeship Trade Time While in High School."

3. Sign an apprenticeship contract with the employer and register it with the Sask. Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission or SATCC.

   • Link to Forms Section of the SATCC Website.

   • Work and learn on the job for the required period of time. ​

4. High School programming in Practical and Applied Arts (PAA) can help decrease the amount of time required for apprenticeship credits.

   • Credits towards Apprenticeship Training on SATCC Website

5. Submit your hours of work – trade time – to the SATCC every few months.

6. When notified by the SATCC, attend technical training for the required number of weeks each year.

7. Pass your technical training.

8. Upon successfully completing the apprenticeship program and passing the certification exams, the apprentice receives a Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship and a Journey person Certificate of Qualification.

High School Students Can Earn Apprenticeship Trade Time while in High School

1. High School Trade Courses in PAA/Arts Education.

   • Courses can be taught by journey-person teacher or non-journey-person teacher

   • For example, if a student in GSSD takes Welding 10, 20 and 30, he or she can potentially receive between 3 & 5 high school credits toward graduation (dependent on the instructional hours). If this student pursues a career in that particular field, (ie. a career in welding), they will also receive apprenticeship credit (maximum 500 hours for Pure PAA Course).

   • Note: a student could receive 70 hours for the 1 PAA Survey Course.

   • Required documents are a High School Transcript

2. Sask. Youth Apprenticeship (SYA)

   • SYA is a high school program that gives students in Grades 10-12 the opportunity to explore careers in the skilled trades through research and hands-on learning. The program provides a strong foundation for securing and succeeding in an apprenticeship post-graduation. For more information visit: Sask Youth Apprenticeship Program

   • Complete all three levels of the SK Youth Apprentice Passport, and register as an apprentice in a designated trade within five years to receive the following benefits:

     • Waiver of registration fee (currently $200)

     • No charge for Level 1 technical training tuition

     • 300 hours of trade-time credit (applied to any trade)

     • If students pursue a career in the skilled trades and enter an apprenticeship contract within 2 years of high school, they could qualify for a $1000 SK Youth Apprenticeship (SYA) Industry Scholarship.

3. Ministry of Education Apprenticeship Credits​ -- Apprenticeship 20A, 20B, 30A and 30B

   • Effective September 2009, students employed under the supervision of a journeyperson in a job in which the hours worked are eligible for apprenticeship time credit through the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission may earn up to four (4) secondary level apprenticeship credits on the basis of work proposed and completed by the student.

   • Apprenticeship A20, B20, A30, and B30 may be used to fulfill the requirements for graduation, and to meet the PAA/Arts Education credit requirements.

   • Only students who are enrolled in a secondary school in Saskatchewan and are employed in a trade are eligible for apprenticeship credits.​

   • Students will be granted one credit for a minimum of 100 hours of trade experience eligible for Form 6A submission to the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission on the approval of the principal.

   • Contact your career guidance counsellor or Principal for more information.

4. Career Work Experience

   • Students with a high school transcript listing Career Work Experience can be credited with 70 hours of apprenticeship time.

5. Provincial and National Skills Competitions

   • Skills Canada Provincial and National competitions provide students with an opportunity to showcase their skills in a trades based competition. Preparing for these competitions not only further develops their skill in a particular trade, but also helps in developing problem solving, time management and organizational skills.

   • The type of trade competition chosen will determine how many students would be allowed to compete in that particular trade from each school.

   • If there happens to be more students that want to compete in a particular trade than is allowed by skills Canada then an in-school competition could be held to determine which student or students would represent their school provincially. Once the provincial skills competitions are held the gold medalists from each trade that is allowed to compete nationally will represent the province at the national competition that could be held anywhere in Canada from coast to coast.

For more information see the Skills Canada Saskatchewan website.

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Credits Towards Apprenticeship

1. The attached table provides information on how many trade time hours the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission may recognize when a person indentures as an apprentice. (Click the image below to enlarge)

​Policy Documents

1. Ministry of Education Policy Document - Apprenticeship Policy 2020

2. AP 301 Apprenticeship Credits