BEYOND YORK - January 18, 2024
Course Selection Forms have been emailed to current grade 8, 9, and 10 students and their families. In the upcoming week, students will receive more information about the available choices for their grade. We request that the form is returned with signatures from both the student and parent by Tuesday, February 20, 2024. Please carefully review the attachments in the provided emails, and if you have any questions, feel free to contact your child’s counselor.
For grade 10 students selecting their IB Diploma courses, information about options has been shared over the past couple of months. As part of their career assignment, students are required to schedule a meeting with their counselor. Parents are welcome to arrange meetings with their child’s counselor to discuss course selections and university-related matters.
Grades 9, 10 & 11: Do what you love! Follow your heart! Let your passion guide you! Sounds amazing, right? We all want to wake up each morning feeling inspired and excited to learn. So, as a high school student, how do you decide what you truly enjoy–and then choose a university program that matches your interests AND prepares you to one day earn, you know… money?!
The University of Waterloo has some great resources to help you, no matter what university you may be interested in. Click HERE to explore more.
Innomasters is a program organized and run by the University of Toronto’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Chapter, that aims to help youth develop engineering problem-solving skills that can be applied to address societal challenges. Our goal is to inspire students in the GTA to develop sustainable solutions to some of the challenges involving 2 of the UNICEF Sustainable Development Goals:
Clean Water and Sanitation
Affordable and Clean Energy
Innomasters is a semester-long mentorship initiative where bi-weekly workshops are hosted at the University of Toronto to teach students about the engineering design process and how it can be applied to transform opportunities into solutions.
Throughout these workshops, high school students will simultaneously work on their projects and learn new elements of the engineering design process to implement into their projects. Students from each school will be placed in teams of 4-6 and will have the opportunity to work with individuals from other high schools to address a problem in our world today. Each team will be led by an engineering mentor who will assist and guide them through solving their problem. Each team will be given the opportunity to present their solution in a final showcase to a panel of judges in April 2024. The Design Showcase would offer students a chance to showcase their project to their peers, friends, family, and other guests from UofT! Click HERE to learn more.
Summer Opportunities - Check out these global options.
Interested in exploring new subjects or diving deeper into topics that spark your curiosity? AND wondering what to do this summer? HERE is a working document listing summer opportunities. Some programs are still being updated and we will continue to populate the document as we learn more. Some applications ask you to submit a transcript and/or teacher recommendation - please contact your counsellor. Please note the application due dates and that some programs are in American USD.
Applications invited for students aged 16-21 years old to join the 65th LIYSF held at Imperial College London, 24 July – 7 August 2024.
Artificial Intelligence expert, Vilas Dhar will fly in from USA to give the Keynote Closing lecture to students.
He will join our exciting programme of confirmed speakers, including Nobel Prize winner Molecular Biologist, Sir Gregory Winter. Learn more and see all the confirmed speakers here!
Students can join our UK University Fair in Toronto on Saturday, March 2 from 12:00pm - 5:00pm ET, where we are pleased to host 40+ UK universities at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
This is the perfect opportunity for them to chat with UK universities about entry requirements, learn about scholarships and use this event to decide which UK school is right for them. University academics and representatives will also be presenting seminars on a range of popular topics, such as studying at UK Law and Medical Schools.
We are pleased to welcome top-ranked UK universities such as the University of Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Southampton, Leicester, Leeds, Liverpool, Warwick, Queen’s University Belfast, UCL and many more! Click HERE to learn more.