Specialist High Skills Major offers you an opportunity to complete your Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) while focusing on a specific economic sector and supporting transitions to college, apprenticeship, university and the workplace. Sixteen economic sectors are represented and all boards must have Ministry approval in order to offer a SHSM.
Every SHSM must include the following five components, which are outlined in detail in ministry-approved frameworks developed for each area of specialization:
- Bundle of credits
A defined bundle of credits consisting of eight to ten Grade 11 and Grade 12 credits, including cooperative education credits
- Certification and training experiences
Sector-recognized certifications and/or training courses
- Experiential learning and career exploration activities
Experiential learning and career exploration activities within the sector
- Reach ahead experiences
Learning experiences connected with the student's postsecondary plans
- Sector-partnered experiences
Experiences in which students engage with a sector partner to explore sector-related content, skills, and knowledge involving either ICE (innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship), coding, or mathematical literacy.
Art and Culture
Albert Campbell CI
Rosedale Heights School of the Arts
George Harvey CI
Georges Vanier SS
Kipling CI
Newtonbrook SS
Northern SS
Northview Heights SS
Oakwood CI
RH King Academy
Silverthorn CI
Thistletown CI
Western Technical School
Weston CI
Westview Centennial CI
Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts
York Memorial CI
Aviation and Aerospace
Georges Vanier SS
Weston CI
Business
A Y Jackson SS
Agincourt CI
Bloor CI
Cedarbrae Cl
Central Toronto Academy
John Polanyi CI
Forest Hill CI
Jarvis CI
L'Amoreaux CI
Lakeshore CI
Dr. Norman Bethune CI
Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI
Construction
Cedarbrae CI
Central Technical School
George Harvey CI
Lakeshore CI
Lester B. Pearson CI
Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI
West Humber CI
Westview Centennial SS
Environment
George S. Henry Academy
SATEC at W.A. Porter CI
Health and Wellness
A Y Jackson CI
Birchmount Park CI
Bloor CI
Central Technical School
David and Mary Thomson CI
John Polanyi CI
George Harvey CI
George S. Henry Academy
L’Amoreaux CI
Lester B. Pearson CI
Martingrove CI
Newtonbrook SS
Northern SS
Parkdale CI
Westview Centennial SS
York Memorial CI
Horticulture & Landscaping
Burnhamthrope Cl
David and Mary Thomson CI
Parkdale CI
Hospitality and Tourism
Central Technical School
Danforth CI & TS
George S. Henry Academy
Kipling CI
Lakeshore CI
Lawrence Park CI
Newtonbrook SS
Northview Heights SS
Marc Garneau
Sir Wilfred Laurier CI
Sir William Osler HS
Stephen Leacock CI
Thistletown CI
Western Technical School
Information Communications Technology
Bloor CI
Central Technical School
David & Mary Thomson CI
Etobicoke CI
George Harvey CI
Georges Vanier SS
Kipling CI
L'Amoreaux CI
Lakeshore CI
Northview Heights SS
Marc Garneau CI
Runnymede CI
Stephen Leacock CI
Thistletown CI
SATEC at W.A. Porter CI
West Humber CI
Justice, Community Safety and Emergency Services
Central Technical School
John Polanyi CI
Humberside CI
Runnymede CI
Manufacturing
Agincourt CI
Birchmount Park CI
East York CI
Etobicoke CI
Northern SS
Western Technical-Commercial School
Weston CI
Non-Profit
AY Jackson SS
Agincourt CI
George Harvey CI
Harbord CI
Western Technical-Commercial School
Sports
Agincourt CI
Central Toronto Academy
Etobicoke Cl
Malvern CI
Oakwood CI
Weston CI
Transportation
Albert Campbell CI
Central Technical School
Danforth C&TI
John Polanyi CI
Emery CI
West Hill CI
Westview Centennial SS
Winston Churchill CI