MADE AND BUILT IN EASTERN ONTARIO 2021/2022
CLASSROOM ACTIVITY GUIDE
We are pleased to send you these free copies of STUFF Made and Built in Eastern Ontario, a magazine that celebrates what is made and built in the region and explores the exciting careers available in these industries. To help students engage with these topics, you’ll find several interactive tools in this guide and in the magazine, including: a scavenger hunt, a career fit quiz, a list of top paying jobs by industry and demand, links to training and co-op options, info on local companies that are hiring and more.
We hope you’ll find something your students will enjoy and learn from!
A digital version of this magazine and activity guide are also available at stuffmadeandbuilt.ca.
SCAVENGER HUNT QUESTIONS: 1. Who launched Kingston Anchors in 1977? 2. The company 3M helped make N95 respirators during the pandemic, but they also produce 60 000 other products for a variety of uses, from aerospace to household cleaning. Where does 3M make their Scotch-Brite scrub sponges? 3. What is the name of the robotic platform made by Kingston’s Kinarm that tracks and manipulates a patient’s arm to provide hand- and arm-based information?
7. What program at St. Lawrence College did Young Pro Lyndsey Lyons complete? 8. Which of the “Young Pros” always preferred hands-on learning and, after being introduced to carpentry in high school, is now a co-owner of his own carpentry business?
4. What is currently at the top of the list for most jobs in construction?
9. Which certification provides funded training and programs for supervisors, managers, and those in leadership looking to enhance their skills?
5. What is the top-paying job in the manufacturing industry?
10. How many students are currently enrolled in high school SHSM programs?
6. What is the third most in-demand job in the construction industry?
11. What high school diploma program helps students engage with industry partners, focus on learning in a specific sector and gain relevant experience while getting the credits they need to graduate?
12. Who hires, trains, and oversees workers and ensures completion of tasks on schedule on an O-Train work site? 13. What Pembroke-based wood manufacturing facility has an ongoing need for new employees? 14. A 2020 report from which company found that women paid a heavy price for the pandemic recession? 15. Where can you use virtual reality goggles to help you experience what it’s like to work in trades and manufacturing? 16. Which city is “a natural for sustainable manufacturing” and is an ideal place for the health sector? 17. What Eastern Ontario city has “simply more jobs than people,” at companies like Laminacorr, one of the largest independent corrugates plastic products manufacturers in North America?
Eastern Ontario is maker territory. There are thousands of unique things quietly being made and refined in this part of the world.” 18. Where is Ottawa’s largest light industrial business area with more than 200 businesses, many of which are hiring? 19. Which company has been a leading manufacturer of precast concrete products for 65 years and values relationships with their employees, many of whom have been there for up to 50 years? 20. Which Kingston-based company’s top customers are food, beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers?
(Answers on last page)
IN THE 2021/2022 ISSUE; •
The 35 coolest things made in Eastern Ontario
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Meet the Young Pros, recent grads finding success in their careers
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The top twenty jobs in the region by wage and demand
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Career fitness quiz
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Training and educational resources for students and job seekers
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Meet local companies that are hiring
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Go to www.stuffmadeandbuilt.ca to read the full issue
MADE AND BUILT IN EASTERN ONTARIO 2021/2022
TOOL BOX
For students, parents, teachers and guidance counsellors: STUFF is filled with great resources to help you better understand these fast growing industries. In this STUFF Tool Box you can:
Take a technical career quiz Find co-op options in your community Discover which jobs pay the most, and are in the highest demand Get to know some local companies that are hiring right now Get linked to training options in the trades Discover how virtual reality goggles can help you experience what it’s like to work in trades and manufacturing
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ANSWERS: 1. Ed Peterson 2. Perth 3. Kinarm Exoskeleton Lab. 4. Home building and renovation managers 5. Physicists and astronomers 6. Plumber 7. Carpentry techniques 8. Joel Fried Favreau 9. Manufacturing Essentials Certification 10. 54,000
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11. Specialist High Skills Major 12. Labour Foreman 13. Roseburg Forest Products 14. RBC 15. Employment Services Centre 16. Kingston 17. Cornwall 18. Carp Road Corridor 19. Central Precast 20. Pure Ingenuity
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