Specialist High Skills Major with AnimalSmart™
We bring a student-centered approach to our new Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) offerings so that we can engage high school students in their career goals, igniting passions and fostering compassion in young adults.
Our SHSM certificates are hands-on, engaging workshops that teach real workplace skills utilizing tools our staff use on a regular basis.
We are currently booking workshops for the 2025-2026 school year in the Near North Region as we pilot this program. Additional regions will be added in the future.
List of Eligible Regions
| Assiginack |
| Baldwin |
| Billings |
| Burpee and Mills |
| Central Manitoulin |
| Duck Lake 76B |
| Elliot Lake |
| Espanola |
| French River / Rivière des Français |
| Gordon/Barrie Island |
| Gore Bay |
| Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury |
| Killarney |
| Markstay-Warren |
| Mattagami 71, M’Chigeeng 22 (West Bay 22) |
| Nairn and Hyman |
| Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers |
| Sheguiandah 24 |
| Sheshegwaning 20 |
| St.-Charles |
| Sucker Creek 23 |
| Tehkummah |
| Timiskaming |
| Unorganized |
| West Part |
| Wahnapitei 11 |
| Whitefish Lake |
| Wikwemikong Unceded |
| Zhiibaahaasing 19A (Cockburn Island 19A) |
| Brethour |
| Casey |
| Chamberlain |
| Chapleau |
| Charlton and Dack |
| Cobalt |
| Coleman |
| Englehart |
| Evanturel |
| Gauthier |
| Harley |
| Harris |
| Hilliard |
| Hudson |
| James |
| Kerns |
| Kirkland Lake |
| Larder Lake |
| Latchford |
| Matachewan |
| Matachewan 72 |
| McGarry |
| Temiskaming Shores |
| Thornloe |
Event Coordination
In this two-hour workshop, students will follow the process of planning an Ontario SPCA event. They will choose from four real events, and learn skills including marketing, budgeting, and more in order to bring it from concept to an implementable event.
This workshop is offered in schools only; the coordinator will be responsible for providing a room.
Cost: $30/student
Capacity: Min 10, Max 30
Health and Safety
In this two-hour workshop, students will apply health and safety concepts to a workplace with animals. Students will learn to identify and state safe boundaries, how to evaluate the safety of a situation, how to safely approach and interact with animals in the workplace, how to safely don and doff PPE, and more, through hands-on drills, activities and the use of real tools and PPE equipment.
This workshop is offered in schools and at the Ontario SPCA Greater Sudbury Animal Centre.
Cost: $30/student
Capacity: Min 10, Max 30
Email the SHSM Coordinator for more details:
Milas Hewson
[email protected]