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Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire. - William Butler Yeates
To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner. - Anonymous
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Elaine Maxwell: My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.
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William James: The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.
H. H. the Dalai Lama: To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
H.H. the Dalai Lama: The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.
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Bernice Johnson Reagon: Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” -- Michael Jordan
Elizabeth Stone: Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.
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"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." -- Jim Rohn
"The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change." -- Carl Rogers
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All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent. -- John F. Kennedy
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. -- Gandhi
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Nelson Mandela: Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Patricia Neal: A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though awakens your own expectations.
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A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions. - Anonymous
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -- Albert Einstein
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September 5, 2010
Labour Standards & OHS
- The Labour Standards Act –
Minimum standards for fair workplace practices.
The act applies to most employers and employees in Saskatchewan. Some employees are not covered, such as traditional farm workers, employees who work in jobs covered by the federal Canadian Labour Code, and occasional ‘baby’ sitters.
In Saskatchewan, The Labour Standards Act sets the rules for your rights and responsibilities for fairness in the workplace.
Included in the act are standards for the following:
Minimum wage (currently $9.25 in SK), Minimum Call-Outs, Overtime Pay, Public (Statutory) Holiday Pay, Annual Holidays (Vacations), Annual Holiday Pay, Deductions from Pay Cheques, Uniforms in Restaurants, Hotels, Schools, Hospitals and Nursing Homes, Meals and Coffee Breaks, Dismissals and Lay-offs, Work Schedules ….
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHAS) -
You have the right to know about the hazards in your work place and how to protect yourself. For more about the following information, contact Occupational Health and Safety: www.aeel.gov.sk.ca, www.aeel.gov.sk.ca/youthatwork or www.worksafesask.ca
You have responsibilities …for health and safety in the work place, such as to:
- participate in workplace health and safety training;
- follow safe work practices and procedures;
- use and take care of safety gear properly;
- not participate in harassment;
- report health and safety concerns to your supervisor; and
- ask questions if you are unsure how to do something safely.
Your employer has the responsibility to…
- tell you about policies, plans, and procedures followed in that workplace (for example, all workplaces must have a policy or plan to address harassment on the basis of age, sex and other human rights related grounds, and personal harassment or “bullying”, and places like 24-hour convenience stores, bars, and health care facilities need to have a plan to deal with violence);
- tell you about any hazards in the workplace (this includes use of chemicals, equipment and machinery) and precautions to be taken around those hazards;
- train you how to do your work safely and how to use gear properly;
- provide close supervision until you can show that you know how to do your job safely; and
- tell you what to do in case of a fire or other emergency; and the location of first aid facilities and prohibited or restricted areas.
OHAS Readiness Course – available online at www.aeel.gov.sk.ca/youthatwork - necessary for 14 and15 year olds who want to work!
Be sure to know whom your health and safety representatives are in your workplace when you start!
- Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission -
Promoting and protecting individual dignity and equal rights is the focus of the Saskatchewan Human Right Commission. It is their job to discourage and eliminate discrimination. It does that in three ways:
- investigates complaints of discrimination
- promotes and approves programs
- educations people about human rights law in Saskatchewan
Great Resources for Youth:
Application and Interview Guide
Human Right for Everyone
Other Resources:
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