The Home Care Assistance program is composed of many modules, one of them being the Basic Care module, which, among other activities and training, includes shaving clients. We felt that the students would benefit more from this module if they could practice their shaving skills on staff, students and friends. On December 1st, at 3:30PM, we opened...Read More
Everyone thinks they can become successful on their own, but we often need each other! Recently, CVCEC built a Bathtub-On-Wheels for the NOVA Career Centre Health Care Assistance program. And we would like to extend a special thank-you to everyone involved! WHY: Our Assistance in Homecare and Health Care facility core courses require the students...Read More
A while ago, within the module of Structural Steel Shop Drawings of the Residential and Commercial Drafting Department, a morning and an evening group visited three construction sites (Parc 3 Nord, the new building of the Neurological Department of McGill, and the upcoming St. Timothee metro station). A tour was given by teacher Domenico Papandrea, where...Read More
What with the icy clutch of Old Man Winter looming on the horizon, HAECC students find themselves in the harrowing midst of midterm examinations. Save for the busy scritching of pen nibs, the normally raucous halls echoed merely with the Halloween like soughing of the equinoctial winds at the window panes. In between various Halloween...Read More
Hairdressing is all about cutting hair… or is it? The Hairdressing DEP includes many modules in which students must master the theory before they start their practical work. Posters of the Human Skin and Hair Essential to hairdressing, students demonstrate their understanding of human skin and hair by building a poster which includes more than...Read More
Another fun event this October, where students and staff wrapped themselves up with creative, witty and spooky attires! A few shining moments: Scariest Costume: The Joker (Dominic Laposta from Academics) Funniest Costume: The Old Man (Brandon Whitebean from Academics) Most Original Costume: The Bearded Warrior (Rebecca Legault from Interior Decorating) A special mention to Colleen...Read More
In an effort to better understand the art of visual display and window dressing the Winter 2015 Day group and I took to the malls of downtown Montreal. Our journey started underground in Les Cours Mont-Royal going through all four floors. Then followed through to Carrefour Industrielle Alliance where we took our time examining the...Read More
Michael Moore, a teacher in the Interior Design and Visual Display program, has been honoured – again! He recently won the 2015 ASID Design Award in the Small Residential Design category for a kitchen he designed for a couple who live in a townhouse in Outremont. Where does his passion come from? “From a very early age I knew...Read More
Again this year NOVA hosted a Héma-Québec Blood Drive. But our 2015 edition had a different twist than our previous years. Our RV shop used to host the event, but that was no longer possible this year, since that area is now… a welding shop! So Héma-Québec offered to use their mobile unit (called Globule!)....Read More
