Future Leaders In Training Program

We are proud to present our Future Leaders In Training program for high school students in Grades 9-12. With the world changing rapidly and the adoption of advanced digital technologies, this program aims to create a pathway to prepare youth for future work opportunities.

 

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Program Highlights

Equipping Youth with the Latest, Most In-Demand Skills 

Through engaging and hands-on workshops, students will gain important and essential skills in leadership, problem solving, financial literacy, and cultural competency. In addition, students will have experiential learning opportunities to hone and grow their STEM and digital skills with an understanding of how they can be applied to solve the world’s most pressing engineering challenges.

Be Inspired By Today’s Leaders

 In a community-oriented learning environment, students will be connected with current Ontario Tech undergraduate STEM students who will act as mentors and provide leadership to help with students’ professional and personal development, introducing them to new perspectives, people, and passions. Our team is composed of enthusiastic leaders from various disciplines in science and engineering who are happy to share their experiences with you!

Apply Your Skills By Volunteering With Us

 During this program, interested students will have the opportunity to volunteer with our Engineering Outreach team and gain skills and experience working in our programs for children and youth. Students will gain volunteering hours which can be used towards their 40-hour community involvement requirement to receive an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).

Be Prepared for Future Roles

The Future Leaders in Training program provides students with an excellent preparation for summer program instructional roles within our Engineering Outreach Office.

Program Information

The program is open to Ontario Secondary Students (Grade 9 to 12) in the 2022/2023 Academic Year.

Students will participate in a series of hands-on workshops with additional arrangements to connect with Ontario Tech students and for volunteering opportunities. Students will receive a certificate of completion for their participation in the program. To be eligible for this certificate, students must attend at least three out of the four Essential Skills and three out of the four Digital Skills workshops.

Additional opportunities for in-person learning sessions will be offered, drawing on personal interest from the Fall 2022 / Winter 2023 cohort.

Black and Indigenous Micro Internship Program

We recognize the importance of having representation in the classroom so youth can see themselves in multiple opportunities. To increase the confidence among Black and Indigenous youth in the pursuit of STEM education and careers, the Future Leaders in Training program is proud to offer an additional mentorship program to Black and Indigenous Identifying high-school students. Each student will be paired with a Black or Indigenous identifying undergraduate STEM student who will provide them with advice and guidance towards their personal and professional goals and enable them to be future leaders within their community.

Black and Indigenous Identifying high-school students will be able to participate in events such as coffee hangouts, design challenges, and additional professional development workshops created by our mentors. They will also participate in authentic tasks that apply their built skills from the program and are meaningful to engineering outreach. We aim to provide students with sustained engagement that is similar to an actual workplace and leave them with a social capital valuable for their future goals.

This will be a four-week paid hybrid internship that will teach students to be a leader in the campus community. The internship will run as follows:

If you have any questions about the programs, please email engineeringoutreach@ontariotechu.ca