YOUR JOB IS

The Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Inclusion

works to actively engage Centennial College and the wider
community in transformative learning through a social
justice lens to further develop inclusive working and learning
environments, foster new essential skills for an evolving
global economy and encourage civic action for social good.
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Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Inclusion
Academic Excellence, Room B2-12
941 Progress Avenue, Toronto, ON M1G 3T8
gcei@centennialcollege.ca
416-289-5000, ext. 2464
@CentennialGCEI
centennialcollege.ca/global-citizen

6 Global Citizenship and Equity

Skills That Prepare You
for Career Success.

Child and Youth Care Program

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 Child and Youth Care Practitioners
As a Centennial College student, you are part of a
unique academic experience that integrates Global
EMPATHY AND GLOBAL INDUSTRY are able to collaborate with local and
global advocacy organizations in order
FOR YOUR Demonstrates empathy and
responsible citizenship through
Citizenship and Equity (GCE) learning outcomes CITIZENSHIP EXAMPLE
to connect youth with useful resources
RESUME
actions that advance social change.
directly in your courses through assignments. and services.

What are the GCE Learning Outcomes?

Child and Youth Care

Practitioners understand the
diversity of beliefs, values
Identify one’s roles and
responsibilities as a global
INTERCULTURAL INDUSTRY and experiences communities FOR YOUR Relates and works
effectively across diverse
citizen in personal and INTELLIGENCE EXAMPLE bring and use this knowledge
to develop respectful and
RESUME
groups and environments.
professional life.
inclusive relationships with
diverse communities.

Identify beliefs, values

and behaviours that form
individual and community
identities and the basis for Child and Youth Care
respectful relationships. Practitioners use equitable
PERSONAL INDUSTRY
and inclusive approaches
that are anti-oppressive, FOR YOUR
Develops strategies that
work to address social
AND SOCIAL EXAMPLE strength-based frameworks to RESUME problems in local and
Analyze issues of equity at
the personal, professional
RESPONSIBILITY create sustainable solutions
to inequities experienced
global communities.
GLOBAL
SKILLS
and global level. by children, youth and their
families.

Analyze the use of the

world’s resources to achieve
sustainability and equitable Child and Youth Care
distribution at the personal, Practitioners develop Able to communicate
professional and global level. STRATEGIC INDUSTRY sensitive and tactful
communication strategies,
FOR YOUR respectfully and
COMMUNICATION EXAMPLE
language and behaviours to
RESUME effectively to a range
of audiences.
de-escalate a crisis situation
in diverse environments.
Identify and challenge unjust
practices in local and global
systems.

Child and Youth Care Practitioners

Support personal and social
responsibility initiatives at the
RECOGNIZE INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY
understand there is a diversity of
perspectives in the world and use FOR YOUR Enhanced capacity to
local, national or global level. DIVERSE EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE an intersectional approach when RESUME understand and integrate
multiple viewpoints.
PERSPECTIVES supporting children, youth and their
families.
How can GCE Advance my Career?

Through Centennial’s GCE curriculum integration

or participation in our GCE co-curricular
initiatives, you gain important global skills. This Child and Youth Care Practitioners develop
tool showcases how this learning translates into
highly valuable skills in your industry. GLOBAL MINDSET INDUSTRY equitable and inclusive plans that incorporate
collaborative and sustainable solutions that
FOR YOUR
Thinks globally to develop
innovative solutions to
AND SELF-AWARENESS EXAMPLE
address barriers for children, youth and their
RESUME current world issues.
families.