Why host a JA Program?

Bring high-quality learning in work readiness, financial health, and entrepreneurship to your students without additional planning or preparation demands.

JA programs are curriculum-aligned, offered at no cost thanks to our donors, and designed to fit smoothly into your schedule. Flexible delivery options and ready-to-use materials support engaging, real-world learning.

These experiences are available year-round to schools, community groups, and organizations.

Programs can be delivered by trained volunteers or educators, offering adaptable learning experiences tailored to your setting and learners.

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The content was very relevant to being a person in life. It was a lot of things that students had maybe heard of, but didn’t understand and the videos, slides, and presenters did a great job of explaining in a way that didn’t feel too difficult or overwhelming. Loved the booklets, it was so nice for students to be able to take something home. They were pretty high quality, nicely branded, and in colour, which made it all feel very official and special.

Britta, Chief Dan George 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.

Keifer, Glenrosa Middle School

What Students Are Saying

I am truly grateful for this [Economics for Success program] opportunity. Throughout this experience, I gained valuable knowledge while genuinely enjoying every moment. The lessons I learned are ones I will carry with me throughout my future career and personal life. I have already shared many of these insights with others, and they were impressed by how much I gained from this experience.

Student, Spectrum Community School

Thank you so much for your lecture. I think it is going to help me out in the future. The games were really fun, especially the bingo. I learned a lot from it and I remember a lot of things from it. Thank you a lot for teaching me!

Student

I now have a way better understanding of money, how to spend it well, how to use a credit card, how to balance your income with spending money, and so much more. I am very grateful for the lesson!

Student

Thank you guys for really teaching us about real life things that we will need in real life scenarios 🙂

Student

Not only were we able to learn about money and how to be responsible with it, but we were able to have fun at the same time. I’m so happy you came so we were able to learn about the different forms of money.

Student

Frequently Asked Questions

We need as much notice to find you a volunteer and order your program kit to arrive at your school 1-2 weeks before your first program delivery date.

Visit our JA Campus once you’ve received our program access code from our Program Manager

Please connect with the Program Manager for your program.

Here is a quick summary of the program registration and delivery process:

  1. Educator enroll for program(s) JABC Connect-Registration.  If new, create your educator profile. Select Educator for profile choice
  2. Program Manager confirms registration and class details (dates/times) with educator
  3. Program Manager find a volunteer (if requested) to match to registration
  4. Program Manager confirmed delivery dates with both volunteer and educator
  5. Program Manager connects volunteer with educator (if applicable) along with digital program resources for class preparation
  6. Program Manager provide virtual training to volunteer and/or educator if led by educator
  7. Program Manager order program kit to be delivered to school 2-3 weeks before first delivery session
  8. Educator confirmed receipt of program kit before first delivery date
  9. Educator access our Classroom PowerPoint Presentation via JA Campus and have classroom presentation ready for each session. Program Manager will provide instructions to access JA Campus.
  10. Program Manager follow up with our appreciation for both volunteer and educator and ask for program delivery feedback via a survey for students, educators and volunteers.

About Us

This school year marks JA British Columbia’s 70th anniversary, with December 1 officially proclaimed as JA British Columbia Day by the City of Vancouver!

In recognition of our work supporting youth and educators, JABC was also named 2025 Non-Profit of the Year at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s Business Distinction Awards.

Learn more about who we are

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 already enjoying the benefits of our programs:

#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
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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