JA programs help youth prepare for the jobs of the future, develop financial independence, and cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset.
For 70 years, JA British Columbia (JABC) has empowered young people with the skills and confidence to thrive through free, hands-on programs in work readiness, financial health, and entrepreneurship. Delivered in collaboration with educators and supported by dedicated volunteers, JA programs align with B.C.’s curriculum, are offered year-round at no cost, and can be delivered in-class or online with flexible formats and free resources (with some programs available in French). Enrol your class today!
Why host a JA Program?
JA programs make it easy for educators to bring real-world learning into the classroom. Fully aligned with the B.C. curriculum and offered at no cost, these hands-on, volunteer-supported programs help students build essential skills in work readiness, financial health, and entrepreneurship. With flexible delivery and ready-to-use materials, JA programs provide an engaging, impactful learning experience that empowers students to thrive—both in school and beyond.
Which Program is the Best Fit for You to host?
Explore our full range of programs to find the right option for your grade level and learning goals.
Resources
How to enrol video (Coming soon)
Events
Upcoming
- Dec.11th , 2025, Post Secondary Pathways
- Jan.29th , 2026, Sports, Culture and Recreation
Past
Financial Literacy and Beyond – November 26, 2025
Personal Budgeting Module November 28, 2025
Testimonials
Keifer, Glenrosa Middle School:
The students, ranging from ages 11-14, were very engaged and eagerly participated in the activities and discussions. Our Facilitators, Tam and Raychel, were extremely knowledgeable and personable, giving the students real life perspectives and stories about why this learning is so important for everyone to know. The program, lessons and activities were great. They had access points for a variety of students to join in no matter what their level of understanding was at the beginning of the session. I highly recommend JA’s Dollar and Sense program to teachers and will be getting them to come back to my classroom.
Frequently Asked Questions
Be sure to view JABC’s Host Teacher Agreement and Food Sales Policy
JA British Columbia is proud to be engaged in over 90% of the school districts in BC.
Here are some of the participating schools and districts where our programs are offered:
#40 New Westminster
Fraser River Middle
Herbert Spencer Elementary
Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary
New Westminster Secondary
POWER Alternate Secondary
#41 Burnaby
Alpha Secondary
Brantford Elementary
Brentwood Park Elementary
Burnaby Central Secondary
Burnaby Mountain Secondary
Burnaby North Secondary
Burnaby South Secondary
Capitol Hill Elementary
Cascade Heights Elementary
Clinton Elementary
Ecole Marlborough Elementary
Ecole Seaforth Elementary
Forest Grove Elementary
Lakeview Elementary
Montecito Elementary
Moscrop Secondary
Sperling Elementary
Taylor Park Elementary
Twelfth Avenue Elementary
NGO Hosts
Elizabeth Fry Society (New Westminster)
Summit Youth Centre (Burnaby)
Take a Hike Foundation (Burnaby)
#33 Chilliwack
East Chilliwack Elementary
GW Graham Secondary
Imagine High Integrated Arts/Technology
Mount Slesse Middle School
Vedder Middle School
#34 Abbotsford
Abbotsford Senior Secondary School
Aberdeen Elementary
Bakerview Ctr for Learning – Alt
Chief Dan George Middle
Clayburn Middle School
Eugene Reimer Middle School
Sandy Hill Elementary
W J Mouat Secondary
William A Fraser Middle School
#35 Langley
Aldergrove Community Secondary
Belmont Elementary
Brookswood Secondary
R C Garnett Demonstration Elementary
R E Mountain Secondary
Walnut Grove Secondary
NGO Hosts
Elizabeth Fry Society (Abbotsford)
#05 Southeast Kootenay
Fernie Secondary
Frank J Mitchell Elementary
Laurie Middle School
Mount Baker Secondary
T M Roberts Elementary
#06 Rocky Mountain
Golden Secondary
J Alfred Laird Elementary
Lady Grey Elementary
Martin Morigeau Elementary
Selkirk Secondary School
#08 Kootenay LakeL.
Adam Robertson Elementary
Elev8 D.E.S.K
J V Humphries Elem-Secondary
Kootenay River Secondary
Mount Sentinel Secondary
Trafalgar Middle School
V. Rogers Secondary
#19 Revelstoke
Arrow Heights Elementary
Revelstoke Secondary
#20 Kootenay-Columbia
Twin Rivers Elementary
#22 Vernon
B X Elementary
Charles Bloom Secondary
Clarence Fulton Secondary
J W Inglis Elementary
#23 Central Okanagan
Canyon Falls Middle School
George Elliot Secondary
Kelowna Secondary
KLO Middle School
Mount Boucherie Secondary
Raymer Elementary
Rutland Middle School
Rutland Senior Secondary
#28 Quesnel
Correlieu Secondary School
#51 Boundary
Big White Community School
#53 Okanagan-Similkameen
Southern Okanagan Secondary
Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary
#58 Nicola-Similkameen
Vermilion Forks Elementary School
NGO Hosts
BGC (Cranbrook)
BGC (Kelowna)
Heartwood Learning Community (Cache Creek)
#52 Prince Rupert
Charles Hays Secondary
#57 Prince George
College Heights Secondary
Duchess Park Secondary
Glenview Elementary
Prince George Secondary
Shas Ti Kelly Road Secondary
#59 Peace River South
Chetwynd Secondary
#81 Fort Nelson
Fort Nelson Secondary
#82 Coast Mountains
Kitwanga Elementary
Mount Elizabeth Middle/Secondary
Suwilaawks Community School
Uplands Elementary
NGO Hosts
Robson Valley Community Services (McBride)
#44 North Vancouver
Argyle Secondary
Blueridge Elementary
Brooksbank Elementary School
Canyon Heights Elementary
Dorothy Lynas Elementary
Handsworth Secondary School
Larson Elementary
Mountainside Secondary
Ridgeway Elementary
Seycove Secondary Community
Seymour Heights Elementary
Sutherland Secondary
Westview Elementary
Windsor Secondary
#45 West Vancouver
Rockridge Secondary
Sentinel Secondary
West Vancouver Secondary
Westcot Elementary
#46 Sunshine Coast
Pender Harbour Elem-Secondary
#48 Sea to Sky
Howe Sound Secondary
NGO Hosts
Take a Hike Foundation (West Vancouver)
#36 Surrey
A H P Matthew Elementary
Beaver Creek Elementary
Berkshire Park Elementary
Bonaccord Elementary
Bothwell Elementary School
Chantrell Creek Elementary
Clayton Heights Secondary
Cloverdale Traditional
Cougar Creek Elementary
Creekside Elementary
Dr F D Sinclair Elementary
Ecole Salish Secondary
Edgewood Elementary-Surrey
Elgin Park Secondary
Erma Stephenson Elementary
Fleetwood Park Secondary
Frank Hurt Secondary
Fraser Heights Secondary
Georges Vanier Elementary
Green Timbers Elementary
Guildford Park Secondary
Hazelgrove Elementary
Hjorth Road Elementary
J T Brown Elementary
James Ardiel Elementary
Johnston Heights Secondary
Kennedy Trail Elementary
Kwantlen Park Secondary
Laronde Elementary School
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary
Mary Jane Shannon Elementary
North Surrey Secondary
Ocean Cliff Elementary School
Old Yale Road Elementary
Peace Arch Elementary
Prince Charles Elementary
Princess Margaret Secondary
Queen Elizabeth Secondary
Royal Heights Elementary
SAIL Secondary
Semiahmoo Secondary
Semiahmoo Trail Elementary
Serpentine Heights Elementary
Simon Cunningham Elementary
Sullivan Heights Secondary
Sunnyside Elementary
White Rock Elementary
William F. Davidson Elementary
Woodland Park Elementary
#37 Delta
Burnsview Secondary
Delta Secondary
Delview Secondary
Heath Elementary
Holly Elementary
Seaquam Secondary
South Delta Secondary
NGO Hosts
Take a Hike Foundation (Delta)
#39 Vancouver
Britannia Community Secondary
Chief Maquinna Elementary
David Lloyd George Elementary
David Oppenheimer Elementary
David Thompson Secondary
Dr H N MacCorkindale Elementary
Dr R E McKechnie Elementary
Edith Cavell Elementary
Eric Hamber Secondary
G T Cunningham Elementary
General Gordon Elementary
General Wolfe Elementary
Gladstone Secondary
Graham Bruce Community Elementary
Grandview Elementary
J.W. Sexsmith Community Elementary
John Norquay Elementary
Killarney Secondary
King George Secondary
Kitsilano Secondary
Laura Secord Elementary
Lord Byng Secondary
Lord Kitchener Elementary
Lord Roberts Elementary
Lord Tennyson Elementary
Magee Secondary
Nootka Community Elementary
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary
Point Grey Secondary
Prince of Wales Secondary
Queen Elizabeth Elementary
Sir Charles Tupper Secondary
Sir James Douglas Elementary
Sir Wilfred Grenfell Community
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary
Tecumseh Elementary
Thunderbird Elementary
Trafalgar Elementary
University Hill Secondary
Walter Moberly Elementary
wək̓ʷan̓əs tə syaqʷəm Elementary School
NGO Hosts
TUEX Education School (Vancouver)
YWCA – Gear-Up (Vancouver)
YWCA – Off The Leash (Vancouver)
Mamas for Mamas (Vancouver)
Environmental Youth Alliance (Vancouver)
#47 Powell River
Brooks Secondary
James Thomson Elementary
#61 Greater Victoria
Arbutus Global Middle School
Braefoot Elementary
Campus View Elementary
Central Middle School
Colquitz Middle School
Doncaster Elementary
Eagle View Elementary
Esquimalt High School
Frank Hobbs Elementary
Lake Hill Elementary
Lambrick Park Secondary
Lansdowne Middle School
Mount Douglas Secondary
Oak Bay Secondary
Reynolds Secondary
Sir James Douglas Elementary
Spectrum Community
Tillicum Community School
Victoria High
#62 Sooke
Belmont Secondary
Ecole Poirier Elementary
Edward Milne Community School
Happy Valley Elementary
Journey Middle School
Millstream Elementary
Royal Bay Secondary
Savory Elementary
Sooke Elementary
Spencer Middle School
#63 Saanich
Bayside Middle School
Claremont Secondary
Cordova Bay Elementary
North Saanich Middle School
Parkland Secondary School
South Island Distance Education School
Stelly’s Secondary
#64 Gulf Islands
Fulford Community Elementary
Gulf Islands Secondary
#68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith
Dover Bay Secondary
Hammond Bay Elementary
Island ConnectED K-12
Ladysmith Secondary
Mountain View Elementary School
Pauline Haarer Elementary
Pleasant Valley Elementary
Rock City Elementary
#69 Qualicum
Kwalikum Secondary
Ecole Secondaire Ballenas Secondary
Oceanside Elementary School
Arrowview Elementary
#70 Alberni
Alberni District Secondary
Tsuma-as Elementary
Ucluelet Secondary
Bamfield Community School
#71 Comox Valley
Cumberland Community School
Ecole Robb Road
Ecole Secondaire Mark R Isfeld Secondar
Georges P Vanier Secondary
Highland Secondary
Lake Trail Community
Navigate Academy
North Island Distance Education
Queneesh Elementary
#72 Campbell River
Carihi Secondary
Ecole Phoenix Middle
Sandowne Elementary
Southgate Middle School
Timberline Secondary School
#93 Conseil scolaire francophone
Ecole Victor-Brodeur
#38 Richmond
A.R. MacNeill Secondary
Cambie Secondary
Henry Anderson Elementary
Hugh Boyd Secondary
J N Burnett Secondary
Kingswood Elementary
Lord Byng Elementary
R C Palmer Secondary
Richmond Secondary
Robert A McMath Secondary
Steveston-London Secondary
#42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Eric Langton Elementary
Golden Ears Elementary
Maple Ridge Secondary
#43 Coquitlam
Blakeburn Elementary
Eagle Mountain Middle School
Ecole Riverside Secondary
Gleneagle Secondary School
Heritage Woods Secondary
Scott Creek Middle School
Walton Elementary