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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#676767"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:1em"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:1em"><font face="arial"><font style="font-size:1em"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Subject Head: Wesley Guldemond (wesley.guldemond@yrdsb.ca)</span></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#676767"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:1em"><span style="line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:1em"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:arial"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">For a complete staff list, please click the ‘Staff” tab under “School Information.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<div class="ms-rteStyle-Normal ms-rteFontSize-2" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#676767"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">Unionville’s Business Studies Department is proud to offer a wide selection of classes. If you plan to study business at a post-secondary institution, want to acquire business knowledge to enhance your career options, or you just want to know more about managing your own finances, UHS’s business teachers are dedicated to preparing our students for life after high school.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>

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<span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#676767"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">Even if you don’t plan to study business after high school, business studies will provide you with skills that will help you to succeed in all kinds of careers!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>

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<span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#676767"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">Our&nbsp;<a href="http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/unionville.hs/DeptPrograms/business/Pages/Courses.aspx" style="font-size:1em; color:#0066cc; text-decoration:underline">classes</a>&nbsp;include business technology, accounting, marketing, entrepreneurship, leadership, international business, finance and economics.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>

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<span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#676767"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/unionville.hs/DeptPrograms/business/Pages/SHSM.aspx" style="font-size:1em; color:#0066cc; text-decoration:underline">Business Specialist High Skills Major</a>&nbsp;program&nbsp;is an exciting&nbsp;initiative that allows you to explore business as a possible career by providing valuable work experience and additional certifications, all&nbsp;while you earn your high school diploma.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>

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<div class="ms-rteStyle-Normal ms-rteFontSize-2" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:#676767"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">UHS Business Studies also provides students with&nbsp;<a href="http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/unionville.hs/DeptPrograms/business/Pages/Opportunities.aspx" style="font-size:1em; color:#0066cc; text-decoration:underline">opportunities to compete&nbsp;</a>with business students from across the province, and around the world, through the DECA club and a number of&nbsp;other business&nbsp;and accounting&nbsp;competitions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
