MOOSE JAW — Prairie South School Division’s semi-annual Career Day gives students the opportunity to learn about many employment fields, with those experiences also encouraging some students to reconsider their future aspirations.
More than 1,200 high school youths visited the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds’ Convention Centre on Oct. 1 to see what is available in Moose Jaw and Saskatchewan.
From carpentry to agriculture to health care to flying to hairstyling and everything in between, students learned many things about a field and, in some cases, became hands-on with equipment or technology.
Ivan Lepine, a Grade 11 student at Central Collegiate, learned about the skills a disc jockey (DJ) requires after “scratching” a faux-vinyl record on a turntable at the SaskMusic booth.
“It was cool,” he said, noting that he liked how the instructor gave him an in-depth explanation of how the turntable worked and the “cheats” — or indicators — to watch for when scratching the record to create the best sound possible.
Meanwhile, the Central student also appreciated how other vendors — like at the construction booth — gave him detailed explanations of the programs they offer, compared to some booths that only gave basic facts.
Lepine added that he is still thinking about what he wants to do after high school.
Central Butte’s Kennedy May thought attending the career fair was a good opportunity to look at all the possible career options available. However, she already has her heart set on attending the University of Saskatchewan next year to study animal sciences.
“I grew up on a farm, so I want to stay in the agriculture industry,” the Grade 12 student said. “It’s a pretty broad degree (as) … it’s just a bachelor of science in agriculture, so there’s lots of jobs you could do with that afterward.”
May appreciated that there were other U of S booths that featured information about bioscience and veterinary medicine, while she also enjoyed learning about about the differences between animal science and bioscience and the prerequisites for veterinary medicine.
“I just know what I want to do now,” she added.
Central Collegiate’s Max Lynchuk came to the career fair with his heart set on being a stunt double after he graduated in 2026, but he also kept an open mind about other possible jobs while visiting the booths.
Some of the other industries that caught his attention included combat pilot, firefighting, automotive mechanic and business entrepreneurship. From those, the Grade 11 student leaned toward the automotive industry — even though he admitted with a chuckle that he isn’t that great with his hands.
“But I think I’m interested enough that it would be kind of easy enough for me to learn,” he said.
Lynchuk added that it was also cool to slip on the helmet and partial suit of a combat pilot.
Wifaq Alabi, a Grade 12 student at Central, also attended knowing what she wanted to do after graduation — pharmacy — but still came away with information about other fields — microbiology and pathology — that seemed interesting.
“So maybe it’s something I can consider,” she said. “I have no clue, but this opens the opportunities.”
What Alabi liked learning about pathology is it involves laboratory research, it uses advanced technology, and she can study it in Saskatoon or Regina — which she likes since she doesn’t want to stay in Moose Jaw.
With a laugh, Alabi added that she could also become a DJ because she’s apparently a natural scratcher on the turntable.
