• "Wilderness Awareness, Survival and Protection". As tourism is being developed in the Maritimes, it is becoming increasingly important that we also have an understanding of wilderness. The Cape Breton Highlands National Park, local wildlife associations, environmental organizations and fishing and forestry associations could have an interest in developing such a course.
• "Home building". The majority of students will be involved at some time in their lives in purchasing or building, renovating and maintaining a home. A high school credit course that teaches the skills to understand and participate in home building and to manage improvement projects and maintenance will be developed with the partnership of the UCCB Engineering Department and skilled local builders.
• "Democracy and Advocacy". Margaree has a strong history of involvement in the co-operative and credit union movements and in adult education. These movements were developed by citizens using the opportunities of democracy and the strategies of advocacy. This course will be developed with the help of Co-op Atlantic, the Highland Credit Union and St. Francis Xavier University Extension Department.

Multi-Disciplinary Community-Based Projects
Multi-disciplinary community-based projects integrate various high school subjects into a practical context with local relevance. They are not separate courses of study, but rather thematic components of traditional subjects. The projects are identified and developed by the team of teachers whose subjects are involved. Examples of multi-disciplinary community-based projects for Margaree are:

• Margaree Community Waste Recycling and Management Strategy (could involve chemistry, biology, mathematics, family studies, etc.)
• "Sustainable Development of Margaree Natural Resources (could involve science, economics, history, etc.)

Co-operative Education
In the Margaree community there are a number of opportunities for cooperative education. (For an explanation of Cooperative Education see Chapter 2.) Government Departments, local businesses, self-employed producers, professionals and artisans are all potential cooperative education partners in fields such as the following:

• Technical skills: automotive and industrial mechanics, wood processing, road engineering
• Social services: health, education
• Resource management: fisheries, forestry, agriculture and mining
• Retail sales, financial management and business services
• Culture, crafts and the arts