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Earn High School Credits for On-the-Job Experience

Our Fall/Winter Off-Campus program is an opportunity to explore a career of personal interest, practice your employability and technical skills in a workplace setting, and make informed choices about careers before committing time and money to post-secondary education.

Before Applying

• Read Requirements / Expectations to be sure you qualify.
• Submit required Legal Documents

Winter 2027 Off-Campus

Work Experience through Chinook

• Applications Open: 8:00 AM on Dec 7, 2026
• Appications Close: 2:00 PM on Jan 6, 2027
• Work Experience 15-25-35
• Mandatory Online Work Experience Orientation
• Off-Campus Fees

Specialized Program Partners

Chinook works with schools and program partners to coordinate opportunities for students with specialized organizations such as those listed below:

• Calgary Fire Cadets | website
• Calgary Sports & Entertainment Corporation
  • Calgary Flames | website (employment opportunities)
• Calgary Police Cadets | website

For each program partner, Chinook provides a work experience teacher to supervise students from a variety of Calgary Board of Education schools.

Students must apply directly to the Specialized Program Partner. Once accepted, students must complete the Chinook Off-Campus Specialized Programs Application Package (pdf).