Ontario students — turn your travel program into an opportunity to distinguish yourself as an online learner and earn Ontario high school credits.
Please visit our WorldStrides.ca Academic Credit page for more information.
Courses Offered:
Grade 10 Civics and Citizenship (CHV2O)
This course explores rights and responsibilities associated with being an active citizen in a democratic society. Students will explore issues of civic importance such as healthy schools, community planning, environmental responsibility, and the influence of social media, while developing their understanding of the role of civic engagement and of political processes in the local, national, and/or global community. Students will apply the concepts of political thinking and the political inquiry process to investigate, and express informed opinions about, a range of political issues and developments that are both of significance in today’s world and of personal interest to them.
Grade 11 Travel and Tourism: A Geographic Perspective (CGG3O)
This Ontario high school course focuses on issues related to travel and tourism within and between various regions of the world. Students will investigate unique environmental, sociocultural, economic, and political characteristics of selected world regions. They will explore travel patterns and trends, as well as tensions related to tourism, and will predict future tourism destinations. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process, including spatial technologies, to investigate the impact of the travel industry on natural environments and human communities.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email us at discoverycanada@worldstrides.org.
** Please note these courses ARE NOT affiliated with your school or school board. This course is available at no additional cost. WorldStrides is a Ministry-inspected private school with the authority to grant credits toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Our Board School Identification Number (BSID) is 665374 and we are listed as a private school on the Ontario Ministry of Education website.