2025–26 · City-wide
Career day on less common professions
Resident proposes a career day convention exposing students to careers like researcher, epidemiologist and technical trades, so they see professionals who look like them.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Career Day Convention, where students learn about various careers outside of the normal: lawyer, doctor but like researcher, epidemiologist or technical professions.
Who it helps and why
The students will see people in the various professions that look like them.
Details
- Cycle
- 2025–26
- Submitted
- July 22, 2025
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Education, Youth & Families
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
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