Gault Institute students Abby and Malorie will take you around Gault’s Career Day event. Students learned about Cegep, vocational trades, firefighting, police work, playing professional football for the Montreal Alouettes and everything in between. Career Day gave the students an opportunity to get some hands-on experience and ask all the questions they could think of. A...Read More
HAECC is hosting an ‘OPEN HOUSE’ on Thursday May 19th, 2016 from 12:00-4:00pm & 5:00-8:00pm. Come check out all the great things that are going on at the Centre. Activities include: PLANT SALE! Great deals on countless plants and flowers. Take part in our PASSPORT activity (a stamp from the kiosks) and get greenhouse discounts. Students project...Read More
The biggest news is of course our sale!!! We have a huge variety this year! In the greenhouse we got hard working bumble bees to pollinate our tomatoes and cucumbers. The other exciting news is our humanitarian trip to the Dominican Republic. Only two weeks away. ’Plant Sale Poster May 2016 Types of plants for...Read More
Canadian Forces Recruiting Group: Visible Minority/Women – Influencer Event Joanne O’Hanley and I attended the Influencer Event at the Support Base in Gagetown, New Brunswick (February 24-26th). The event showcased various aspects of life in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). We participated in various lectures, tours, “hands on” experiences and had one-on-one time to meet and speak with various...Read More
Melissa’s Sunshine Camp is a non-profit organization for people 21 years old and up with intellectual or physical disabilities in the Haut-St-Laurent region. They offer day activities from Monday to Friday at HAECC. The staff and students of the Melissa Sunshine camp made a video to honour the week of Intellectual Disability Awareness. This video...Read More
HORTICULTURE NEWS The biggest news these days is our upcoming sale. We can proudly say that we have been producing plants without chemical pesticides for the last five years (we have be open for 6). This year our sale will last 3 days and we will include the sale of fruit trees and 34 different...Read More
HAECC had a presentation to staff and students on depression & mental health awareness (March 9th). Partners for life which is founded through the Mental Illness Foundation offers workshops and presentations to teenagers and adults throughout the province of Quebec. The 75-minute presentation creates awareness of depression, informs the audience of the warning signs &...Read More
Our uber-talented friend Nora attends our Sunshine Class for adults at HAECC. She will amaze you with her animal sound skills. Nora is trying to get this video shared across the web in order for her video & talent to reach Ellen Degeneres, Boy George & Dolly Parton (she would like to meet them. That...Read More
SVIS (Socio-Vocational Integration Services) January Report: We are pleasure to announce that SVIS students have completed the Communication Skills unit. This included topics such as: The Art of Communication, Formal Versus Informal Language, Written Communication, Telephone Skills, How to Use Body Language, General Communication Manners, Tips for Writing a Personal Letter and How to Communicate Best....Read More
STAYIN’ ALIVE! After reading a book called “4-season gardening”, we decided to try and grow vegetables in the winter. With the help of the landscaping students, we put up an unheated tunnel and hoped for the best. After the big snow storm and -28C at night we are happy to announce our little babies are...Read More
