In collaboration with Le Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi and Desjardins, HAECC students in the Options’ Classes participated in the “Personal Finance, I’m in Charge” workshop (Friday, April 5th). The first workshop of a 17 module program centred on cellphone usage and their contracts. Students had the opportunity to learn and equip themselves with the information needed...Read More
March 1st 2019… a date that will be remembered as it marked the day of the first ever Community bingo at HAECC. Students, teachers and community members all gathered in the gym to play a few games of bingo. To enter the game, participants paid $2 to play for an hour, received a hot coffee or...Read More
In March, the NOVA Career Centre had the pleasure of hosting an Open House. The Welding Department was happy to be a part of the activities. Many students from surrounding elementary schools visited the Centre during the day. From 4:00 pm onward the general public were invited to take part in the activities the welding...Read More
Our SIS (Social Integration Services) class at HAECC is taking a proactive approach to mental health this year! According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, in any given year 1 in 5 Canadians will personally experience a mental health problem or illness. Our class, along with our CLC Technician, Eve-Laurence Miron, have teamed up with Heidi...Read More
The Horticulture class is in full motion. While they are studying Latin names of plants, they are also starting edible plants and flowers in the greenhouse and monitoring the insect levels. To add to the wide variety of information they are learning, we are also in the midst of the Tool Module. Learning the names,...Read More
Happy Chinese New Year! Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 marks the beginning of the year of the pig. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival is celebrated by an estimated 2 billion people annually, including some of our very own HAECC students! In an effort to continue fostering teamwork throughout our community here at...Read More
To create awareness about healthy relationships amongst our students at HAECC, our Adult General Education classes will participate, on February 14th, 2019, in a presentation on The Cycle of an Abusive Relationship. This project was created by CVR, Residence-Elle & CISSS-MO, and financed by the ‘’Comité Violence Conjugale et Aggressions Sexuelles du Haut-St-Laurent’’, as well...Read More
The students from the SIS (Social Integration Services) classes from HAECC have been welcomed into many local businesses to carry out stage work. The students put into practice many of the skills they learn in the classroom, such as preparing themselves for the workday, proper conduct in the workplace, communication, following simple and complex instructions...Read More
Chantale Lauzon, a student in our Residential & Commercial Drafting group (Winter-2018), was a physiotherapist who stopped her career to start a family (she has 3 boys – 11, 13, and 16). She attended NFSB’s Trades in Motion in 2014 and was inspired to register for the Residential & Commercial Drafting program as a possible second career....Read More
