{"id":112156,"date":"2026-10-14T12:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=112156"},"modified":"2026-10-14T17:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T21:28:32","slug":"registration-opens-for-take-our-kids-to-work-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/10\/registration-opens-for-take-our-kids-to-work-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration opens for Take Our Kids to Work Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Registration is now <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/329970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open for Take Our Kids to Work Day<\/a> at Brock University.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place Wednesday, Nov. 4, the annual event invites Grade 9 students to accompany a parent, guardian, relative or volunteer host and explore a day in the life of a working professional.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning, students will tour the University campus and take part in multiple workshops. A leadership session presented by Student Life will help participants build confidence, while the career-planning workshop led by Career Education will encourage them to explore professional options aligned with their interests and strengths.<\/p>\n<p>Job shadowing opportunities will take place after lunch, along with optional tours of Brock Recreation and the Brock Library Makerspace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Learning-and-Development\/SitePages\/Take-Our-Kids-To-Work-Day.aspx?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=55ShxY&amp;CID=aef3db54-6679-4a5b-9f04-7f0f27cabd8d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online registration is open until Friday, Oct. 30<\/a>. Brock employees must obtain supervisor approval to participate and complete two forms: the staff registration form and the student permission waiver.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place across Canada, Take Our Kids to Work Day is a yearly initiative that supports career exploration and helps students make informed decisions about their future education and career paths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration is now open for Take Our Kids to Work Day at Brock University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":112161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,9794,7],"tags":[12574,15273,665],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112159,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112156\/revisions\/112159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}