Being a Valuable Ressource
This section contains a variety of links for you as parents in the following areas:
If you know of a link that would be valuable for parents, please let us know and Submit it to our Site.
Looks at self-assessment tools, job hunting skills and mapping out a career plan. Emphasis is on the value of pursuing some form of post-secondary education to widen career options.
This magazine gives you tools to help your kids develop skills and knowledge about themselves, career alternatives, career and life planning, personal management and contributing to their community.
Outlines the steps to planning for your child’s education.
An online database featuring a searchable listing of Canadian schools offering IT programs.
A Government of Canada bilingual site that provides information on every step of the career planning process and also provides an online job search feature, information on understanding labour market information and other general career information. There is also an article about the use of computerized career exploration programs.
You can use this Government of Canada website to help your children investigate career options; build confidence in their ability to succeed in the workplace, and to see how what they are learning in school can be applied in the workplace.
Ability OnLine is an Internet community connecting young people with disabilities or chronic illness to disabled and non-disabled peers and mentors.
The Adaptive Technology Resource Centre advances information technology that is accessible to all; through research, development, education, proactive design consultation and direct service.
A site where persons with disabilities, their family members, caregivers and service providers can access a full range of information on disability-related programs and services in Canada.
This site was developed as an extension to the internationally syndicated radio program titled: The Parent Report. Information on the website is intended to support and enhance the information service for parents on the radio for over ten years.
An illustrated and easy-to-read online guide to the PC, its hardware and internal architecture.
Everything you need to know about technology news, reviews, and features
This article has three main aims: To give an insight into current wireless architectures using a specific example; to present the ideal future solutions, and to set down the factors that turn a wireless application into a real value-adder for an information system.
A national, bilingual public education program on Internet safety. The objective of everyone involved in this project is to ensure young Canadians benefit from the Internet, while being safe and responsible in their online activities.
A website for parents and teens to learn how to use the Internet safely.
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