1. We recommend that education ministries integrate into the school curriculum an awareness program on the cultural diversity of the Canadian population to enhance respect for and understanding of the cultural differences that make up our society.

  2. We recommend that all provinces/territories develop, implement, and adequately finance compulsory career education courses starting at the elementary level.

  3. We recommend that the CLFDB develop a guide to good practices in business-education partnerships.

  4. We recommend that local boards identify a network of resources for bringing the world of work into the school system.

  5. We recommend that cooperative education be the central component of the transition system. Efforts must be made by all stakeholders to make the present system of cooperative education at the secondary level more structured. All students in the last 2 years of high school should have the opportunity to participate in credit-granting cooperative education programs.

  6. We recommend that local boards provide the structure for community involvement in cooperative education by acting as information clearinghouses for multi way partnerships.

  7. We recommend that employers provide more opportunities for student placements through cooperative education programs.

  8. We recommend that cooperative education placements in unionized firms be increased as a result of management-labour discussions during collective bargaining.

  9. We recommend increased communication and cooperation between coordinators of cooperative education programs, teachers, and career counsellors in each school.

  10. We recommend that HRD, the provincial and territorial ministries of education, and the Council of Ministers of Education Canada expand the cooperative education system across the country.