Options Solutions Holiday Hours

Options Solutions will be closing over the holidays on: Thursday December 23rd Friday December 24th Saturday December 25th Friday December 31st Monday January 3rd The Options Solutions Team would like to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season!

Options Solutions in the Community

We are proud to be supporting the Dundarave Festival of Lights for a second year. The Festival has raised over $50,000 for the Lookout Emergency Aid Society in support of ending homelessness. The Society’s biggest initiative is the North Shore Culinary Training program run by Chef Don Guthro. This program allows those who are homeless [...]

Options Solutions is firing up two exciting new programs this winter season!

French tutoring with Nicky Darwin, UBC student and French Immersion graduate, will be held Wednesday nights between 5:00 and 8:00 at Options’ West Vancouver office. French tutoring is open to students of any French level, including French Immersion. Come ready to study for tests, receive feedback on assignments or just practice your French speaking, writing [...]

New South Granville Location

Options Solutions is pleased to announce the opening of our new office on South Granville Street. Melinda Giampietro has now moved from Kerrisdale to the South Granville location. This new office is open to Vancouver clients five days a week. We would like to welcome Emily Tracy, our new consultant, to the Options Solutions team. Emily has worked [...]

Honing Your Admissions Application for the Eyes of the Reviewer

Before beginning the application process for entry into a post-secondary institution, there is background work that should be done first. For example, you should expect to spend considerable time, effort and research choosing the appropriate PSI for you and becoming well-aware of the costs involved. Having said that, nothing is more important than what you [...]

The Value of a Degree

The demand for a university degree in the job market has been increasing steadily since the early 1970’s. This is a direct response to a shift in Canada’s labour market. Today, the fastest growing occupations are in the service sector, which grew from 6 million jobs in 1975 to more than 13 million today. Applicants [...]

Navigating Post-Secondary Options (with Grace and Good Humour)

Today’s young people face an overwhelming number of adult decisions that will ultimately affect their educational and professional futures. Our very own Melinda Giampietro will be addressing these issues in a presentation at the Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver on November 3rd at 7:00. This presentation is designed for students in grades 10 – [...]

How Quickly Things Change!

Born in 1992, this fall’s entering post-secondary class of 2014 have emerged as a post-email generation for whom the digital world is routine and technology is just too slow. The Beloit College Mindset List provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering university this fall. It was originally created [...]

Bridging the Gap between Being Eligible for Post-Secondary School and Being Prepared

At the best of times, schools are busy places. However, nowadays, it is certainly the case that counsellors and teachers have less and less time to spend with students teaching fundamental skills that will help them to maximize their learning potential. Counsellors have heavy case loads with days often filled with administrative work and teachers’ [...]

Back-to-School Advice

As a kick-off for Back-to-School, we asked some of our former clients to write about:  What do I know now at the beginning of second year that I wish I knew at the beginning of first year?  Here is our favourite response:  For starters, I wish I knew not to trust the rez washers and [...]

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