Program Overview

Students develop skills for their future careers, graduate high school with industry certifications and training and earn an SHSM seal on their high school diploma.

To complete an SHSM, students need to:

• complete a specific bundle of 9 courses in the health and wellness sector
• earn industry certifications like first aid and CPR qualifications
• gain on-the-job skills through cooperative education placements

When students complete an SHSM, they will get:

• a high school diploma with an embossed SHSM seal
• an SHSM record that has details of credit bundle, certifications, placements and other experiences
• formal recognition on their Ontario Student Transcript

Examples of Elective Certifications 

• advanced training in a technique (such as feeding, assistance, airway management, IV insertion)
• advanced training in a technology
• allergy awareness
• ambulation, lifting and transfers
• animal first aid
• anti-oppression and allyship training
• approaches to healing
• babysitting
• behaviour management
• child safety and injury prevention
• communication skills
• concussion awareness
• conflict resolution
• customer service
• dietary considerations
• equity and inclusion
• ethical considerations
• fire safety and fire extinguisher use
• first aid/CPR/AED awareness
• fitness
• Food Handler Certification
• group dynamics
• lab practices
• leadership skills
• marine and wilderness first aid
• medical terminology
• mental health awareness (approved by and delivered under the direction of the school board's Mental Health Leader)
• Mental Health First Aid
• non-violent crisis intervention
• personal training
• personality inventory
• portfolio development
• project management
• safe body mechanics
• safe food handling – basic
• sign language
• spa service
• specialized care (such as diabetes, dementia, nutrition)
• sterile techniques
• stress management techniques
• waste management
• wrapping and taping for performance and injury

Examples of Occupations

• Allied primary health practitioners
• Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
• Chiropractors
• Correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks
• Dental hygienists and dental therapists
• Dentists
• Dietitians and nutritionists
• Early childhood educators
• Educational assistants
• Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
• Family, marriage and other related counsellors
• Funeral directors and embalmers
• Health information management occupations
• Licensed practical nurses
• Massage therapists
• Medical administrative assistants
• Medical laboratory technicians and pathologists' assistants
• Medical laboratory technologists
• Medical sonographers
• Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
• Optometrists
• Other assisting occupations in support of health services
• Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
• Other professional occupations in therapy and assessment
• Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
• Paramedical occupations
• Personnel clerks
• Pharmacists
• Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness
• Receptionists
• Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
• Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
• Social and community service workers
• Specialist physicians
• Specialized cleaners
• Technical sales specialists – wholesale trade