Employment program at Regina high school helps students find their path to success – CBC

Ministry of Corrections and Policing commits $87,000 to program

Dec 17, 2019

Olivia Isnana loved baking growing up, even if she felt like she was too small or she got in the way in the kitchen.

“The first time I made my baby sister a cake, I made her a Barbie doll cake and it was really good,” the 19-year-old said. “They loved it, and I was happy because that’s the first time I did anything like that.”

She’s since found her niche in the kitchen at mâmawêyatitân centre thanks to Scott Collegiate’s Pathways program, which helps students look beyond graduation and prepare for employment.

Isnana moved from the Ahtahkakoop First Nation in Grade 10 to take the “pathway of tourism and hospitality,” one of the streams offered in the program. Now she is in Grade 12 and busy with special orders from teachers looking for Christmas baking — mostly sugar cookies.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/pathways-program-scott-collegiate-regina-1.5397656