sports 4 Jarvis

Helping Students Love and Play Sports...at Jarvis and for a Lifetime
Post Secondary and Career Ops

"We think the sports industries can offer great, fun and rewarding careers to future JCI grads. Our strategy iinvolves: 1. Sourcing info on post secondary educational opps and/or apprenticeships. 2. Getting post secondary teachers in front of "our" students 3. Adding relevant publications to the JCI Library and 4. Subsidizing the cost of interested students to attend applicable trade shows". (a S4S Protagonist, 2018).

BECAUSE GOLF WAS OUR ORIGINAL FOCUS, WE'VE HAD A LOOK AT THE SIZE AND IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRY.
STUDENTS AND POTENTIAL DONORS MIGHT WELL ASK: WHY WOULD YOU EXPOSE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY TO A GAME AND INDUSTRY THAT THEY HARDLY KNOW?

Well...Golf industry careers run the gamut. Think of: playing, teaching , retailing, equipment designing, product manufacture, turf research & maintenace (Guelph U), machine design, manufacure, sales & service, chemicals research, environmental & wildlife protection for just a few of the skill sets needed in the golf industry. And of course, there's a whole bunch of software involved with every aspect of every thing!

And, in a lot of cases, you can work outside at least some of the time! A pretty nice lifestyle, we think anyway.

A few excerpts from a 2014 study for the NAGA (National Allied Golf Associations) lay out the significance of the golf business in Canada.

The report states:
"The total direct economic activity (total direct sales, golf related travel, capital spending) resulting from the Canadian Golf Industry is estimated at $19.7 billion. Direct revenues generated directly by golf courses and their facilities, and stand-alone driving and practice ranges ($5.0 billion) rivals the revenues generated by all other participation sports and recreation facilities combined ($4.8 billion) in Canadian $".

Some more detailed numbers are:

"Economic Impact of Golf in Canada – summary
The golf industry in Canada accounts for about $19.7 billion in direct spending on:
 memberships and green fees ($5.0 billion);
 golf equipment ($3.2 billion);
 golf apparel ($0.86 billion);
 charitable contributions at events ($0.53 billion);
 spending by Canadian golfers on other golf related goods and services (such as instructions, publications, pay TV, transportation and fuel to their home courses, etc.) ($2.5 billion);
 golf related travel by Canadian golfers in Canada, excluding their home course ($1.5 billion);
 golf related travel and on-course spending outside of Canada by Canadian golfers ($4.6 billion);
 golf related travel in Canada by foreign golfers $1.2 billion (not including on-course spending); and
 capital additions and improvements at courses ( $0.4 billion).
Based on direct, indirect and induced impacts, Canada’s 2013 golf cluster economic impact accounts for about $14.3 billion of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), up from $12.2 billion in 2008.

SO...we'd like JCI students at least, know about the game and the industry and the opportunities that exist for great carreers!

SUMMER JOBS ARE IMPORTANT TOO...

They could well open a young person's eyes to long term careers that before the job, were either foreign to them, or thought to be out of reach. With the support of school officials we have pitched the Parks and Recreation Department in the City of Good Old Toronto about creating a "Inner City Kids First Program" to ensure that students from Jarvis (and others) get at least a "little leg up" in applying for sports-oriented summer jobs. We recently wrote:
"...without limiting possibilities, jobs at a golf course - working on grounds maintenance or in the backshop - would be of particular interest.
This is to propose a relationship with Parks and Rec that would give suitably qualified students from Jarvis some meaningful help in securing a position at one or more of your (golf) facilities. I know you have 5 courses under your wing. For us to approach each one separately has proven to be impractical...particularly as the courses are not reachable through the winter and early spring. Therefore, this reach-out for an innovative solution that might well need some Departmental policy making".

CAREERS IN OTHER SPORTS

We are just starting to reach out for other post secondary opportunities. We will try to get good info to Guidance at JCI and to possible det up (or attend) career fairs. More coming soon, although there are links to a couple of programs on the Links page.

AND BY THE WAY...

IF YOU'RE IN THE SPORTS WORLD AND THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A JOB FOR A BRIGHT, ENTHOUSIASTIC JARVISITE, CONTACT US .