Arts & Culture

The Arts and Culture SHSM program offers students opportunities to get inspired and use their unique skills and abilities in careers in visual arts, drama and performance, technical theatre, dance, media and many other creative areas.

The SHSM program gives students an opportunity to specialize, gain qualifications, and plan a career pathway in various areas of the Arts and Culture sector 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 work.

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.

• Six certifications/trainings/workshops related to the industry
  • 3 Compulsory, 3 Elective
  • Examples include: Animation, Art Therapy, Audio Recording, Figure Drawing, Photography, Portfolio Development, & more!
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Courses:

• A bundle of nine credits in Grade 11 and Grade 12 credits which students earn:
• Four Arts and Culture major credits
• One English credit
• One Other credit in either Business Studies or Canadian and World Studies
• Two Co-operative Education credits
• Required Courses Charts:
• 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 Arts & Culture Placements:
    Museums, Theatre Production companies, Art Galleries, Music Studios, Audi o& Video, Graphic Arts, Design, Media companies and more!

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.

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