Justice & Community Safety

The sector includes areas such as Emergency Services, Emergency Management, Community Safety Administration, Correctional Services, and the Armed Forces. With its low rates of unemployment and high future retirement rates, this sector offers excellent prospects for employment.

The Justice SHSM gives students an opportunity to specialize, gain qualifications, and plan a career pathway in various areas of the Community and Emergency Services sectors while still in high school. The SHSM Program has a number of required components, designed to give students a “leg-up” to pursue post-secondary opportunities in each of the identified sectors, valuing apprenticeship, college, community, university and the workplace.

This major is offered at :

Monsignor Doyle | Resurrection | St. Benedict | St. David | St. Mary’s

Required Components:

Certifications:

Provided to students FREE of charge, certifications, trainings and workshops led by industry professionals, help students develop their skills and discover more information about their future career.
- Seven certifications/trainings/workshops related to the industry
- 4 Compulsory, 3 Elective
- Examples include: Emergency Response Techniques, Incident Management, Legal Terminology, GPS Training, Law Day, Ethics, and more!
- View all Certification & Training topics for Justice SHSM Here
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Courses:

A bundle of eight credits in Grade 11 and Grade 12 credits which students earn:
- Four Justice major credits
- One English credit
- One Math credit
- Two Co-operative Education credits
  Course Information: Monsignor Doyle | Resurrection| St. Benedict | St. David | St. Mary’s

Co-op:

Co-operative Education (Co-op) provides students with workplace experience that enables students to refine, extend and practice sector-specific knowledge and skills.
- Examples of Justice Placements:
  Law Firms, Military, Police Services, Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge Fire, Safety Organizations, Community Support Programs, Correctional Services

Sector Partnered Experience (SPE):

The SPE is a 6-hour activity with a career-related sector partner and allows students to work alongside an experienced professional. Students explore sector-related content, skills, and knowledge involving either ICE (innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship), coding, or mathematical literacy.