Get industry certifications for Specialist High Skill Major (SHSM) students.
If you’re outside of Sudbury, Science North can come to your school to deliver SHSM industry certifications. Most certification sessions are 2 hours in length, making it easy to build a customized full-day learning experience.
A minimum of 10 students is required per booking, with a maximum of 30 students per session.
COST: $1,800 per day + travel expenses (full day SHSM)
Would you rather come to Science North? SHSM programs are available as field trips as well. To learn more, click the button below:
PROGRAM DIRECTORY
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| CODING SPE (full day) |
COMMUNICATION SKILLS | CONCUSSION AWARENESS | CUSTOMER SERVICE |
| GROUP DYNAMICS | ICE SPE (full day) |
LAB PRACTICES | LEADERSHIP SKILLS |
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
Choose any two industry certificates for the full-day option. Choose a single industry certificate for the half-day option.
SCIENCE NORTH
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Each certification program is 2-hours in duration unless otherwise noted.
- CODING SPE (Full Day) — Updated for 2026–27!
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All Sectors
- In this program, students will learn the basics of app design and can create their own app specific to their sector. They will brainstorm unique ideas, model their design, and have time to build their app, which can then be downloaded onto their own personal devices.
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- COMMUNICATION SKILLS — Updated for 2026–27!
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Health and Wellness, Sports, Non-Profit
- Effective communication is an important skill to succeed in the workforce. This workshop explores the importance of communication and teaches students some of the techniques that will make them successful. Paired with engaging and interactive activities, students will have numerous opportunities to practice their communication skills as part of this workshop.
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- CONCUSSION AWARENESS
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Health and Wellness, Sports
- This program will give students a better understanding of how concussions occur and the effects they can have on the body and our well-being. Students will learn about the anatomy of the brain, work with accelerometers to gauge how much force causes a concussion and use concussion goggles to simulate their effects.
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- CUSTOMER SERVICE — Updated for 2026–27!
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All Sectors
- Customer service is the support you offer your customers that helps them have an easy and enjoyable experience with you. It is also important to internal service-based interactions. This workshop will explore how all customer service is relevant to specific sectors. In lessons paired with interactive scenarios and activities, students will practice their customer service skills and apply them to their sector.
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- GROUP DYNAMICS
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Health and Wellness, Sports
- This workshop will teach students group-based skills such as conflict resolution, building trust and blending strengths to allow them to succeed in a group setting. Filled with hands-on group activities, students will learn the qualities of a highly functional team and apply them in different scenarios.
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- ICE SPE (Full Day) — Updated for 2026–27!
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All Sectors
- Science North has partnered with various partners to bring sector-specific challenges to students. Students will get a real-world problem and be tasked with coming up with a solution. Students will brainstorm, prototype and present their solutions, which will be shared with the sector partners when finished.
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- LAB PRACTICES
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Health and Wellness
- This program provides students with hands-on experience that will introduce them to a variety of techniques used in a lab setting, including sterilization techniques, using micropipettes, performing serial dilutions and conduction a bioassay case study.
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- LEADERSHIP SKILLS
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All Sectors
- Leadership is a skill that can be learned and takes practice to improve. This workshop will teach students about various leadership techniques, including influence without authority, and give them a platform to practice their leadership through different activities.
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