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SERVING THE KENORA AND RAINY RIVER DISTRICTS

Passport to Prosperity (P2P) is a province-wide program funded by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Passport to Prosperity is designed to increase employer awareness and participation in work opportunity experiences for high school students. The campaign is an employer-led recruitment effort to help students explore career options and develop workplace skills and experiences.

There are a number of ways employers can get involved. Work experience opportunities include workplace tours, job shadowing, mentoring, cooperative education, school-work transitions, and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP). Work experiences vary in length, depending on the type of program that students select and the level of time and effort employers are willing to provide.

Passport to Prosperity:

focuses on employer recruitment
links business and education
complements and enhances the work of schools and curriculum
connects business and education to bring life to learning

Passport to Prosperity delivery partners play an integral role with respect to new programs and initiatives by continuing to manage the interface between business and education. They:

recruit and support businesses willing to partner in Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) and expanded co-op programs
promote and support education in building SHSM programs
promote, support and administer local registration for the new Employer Registry www.employerregistry.ca
share best practices to ensure practices and programs of excellence may be available for more youth across the province

The Passport to Prosperity Coordinator for the Kenora-Rainy River District organizes classroom speakers, workplace tours, career fairs, promotes school programming with region-wide marketing and finds new employers for student placements by working with both employers and educators. To register your business, create a FREE account at