General Electives
- First Nations culture, literature, and history
- we will read at least one novel by an Indigenous writer
- local and national Indigenous history and culture
- Students will read at least one novels by an Indigenous author, as well as short literature that will include stories, legends, poetry, and non-fiction.
- Students will study local, national and international Indigenous history and culture.
- Elders and community members from the surrounding reserves will be incited to come in and help us learn about local culture and traditions.
- a number of hands-on projects will be included in order to offer an immersive cultural experience.
- Introduction to Library work
- Library organization; library resources; Library management
- Acquisitions
- Promotion of the collection of library services
- Multimedia and Web 2.0 Applications
- Problem Solving; Information and research
- Creativity; media; collaboration
Do you think dogs think? Do you think they think the same as us? Do they have self-esteem, or do we? Why does it feel like our hearts are literally sinking when we’re sad? Why do we tremble and shake when we have to present to our peers, but we don’t mind chatting with them?
How about anxiety, depression, patterns of thinking, or impulsive thoughts we get from time to time? We know that they’re normal, but do we really know why, when, or how we feel what we feel? Can we change our feelings and thoughts if we understand them better? Psychology doesn’t promise to have all the answers, but it can help us build strategies and tools to approach them, accept them, and make ourselves grow.
Psychology 12 is an exploration-focused, introduction-to-university-topics styled course that explores “why we do the things we do.” Psychology 12 looks to explore topics of how our brains function or not function correctly, why we behave in ways we’re not always aware of, and how we can use this knowledge to learn, explore, and change the thoughts, feelings, and actions of ourselves and others.
This course is structured in a way to be focused on taking information and applying it to yourself, to others, and to challenge you to think about ‘how’ you think, as well as give you some tools to change the things you want to change as you gain experience through life. Psychology as a social science is focused on the study of mind, behavior, emotions, and experience, and Psychology 12 will provide you with an opportunity to learn more about the brain, how we learn, how we grow and change, what research and findings say about us as individuals, how our behavior is shaped and manipulated, and techniques we can all use to help alleviate psychological ailments and distress.
Note: This course is locally developed for SD91 and is strongly focused on introducing you to Psychology as a subject field. It doesn’t qualify you to diagnose people. Save that for the PhD.
- good attendance record: infrequent lates;
- passing average in all academic subjects;
- willingness to work;
- the confidence to "take charge" of situations;
- a basic understanding of the subject in which you wish to tutor;
- a track record of good behavior.
- participate in training;
- work on an independent, individual basis with "clients", or with small groups, requiring their assistance;
- complete assignments as requested by supervising teacher;
- assist the teacher in developing materials;
- work with the supervising teacher as requested;
- practice excellent communications skills, including confidentiality aspect.