What is SHSM?

The Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program is a ministry-approved specialized program that allows students to focus their learning on a specific economic sector while meeting the requirements to graduate from secondary school. It also assists in their transition after graduation to apprenticeship training, college, university or the workplace. Each Specialist High Skills Major is a bundle of 8 to 10 courses within a selected field/sector completed in grades 11 and 12. Students choosing a SHSM program learn on the job with employers as well as in school, earning valuable industry certification and training related to their chosen sector.

For more information, review these slides or contact one of the teachers listed below.

SHSM PRograms offered at Aldershot

We offer Specialist High Skills Major programs in the following FOUR sectors:

• Arts & Culture: Multimedia SHSM

  • • Lead Teachers: Mr. Hutton & Mr. Kerr 

    • Click on the link below to learn more about this program

• Environment: ECO Studies

  • • Lead Teacher: Mr. Blair 

    • Click on the link below to learn more about this program 

• Health & Wellness: Fitness and Wellness 

  • • Lead Teacher: Ms. Greenslade

    • Click on the link below to learn more about this program

• Transportation: Motive Power & Engineering

  • Lead Teacher:  Mr. Paul Uzarowski 

  • Click on the link below to learn more about this program