You may have heard that NOVA has a drafting program… Drafting?  Conscription?  Tour de France technique used by cyclists? In fact, we use the drafting moniker for our Residential and Commercial Drafting program. Wikipedia says it is “the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed. Drafting is the visual language of industry and engineering....Read More

NOVA’s Administrative Assistant program celebrated a long-standing tradition this past Friday: the departmental Graduation Celebration. This is an unique opportunity for the teachers to have a last activity with the finishing groups.  As always, graduates came accompanied, and wore their best attire for the event. Program teachers Erma Robidoux, Wilene Cullen, Judy Murphy and Sue...Read More

What’s the Buzz? Things are really buzzing in Carpentry at CVCEC these days. We just started the fourth group of 2013 and are anticipating the start of another evening group in November. This will be the first time we run a fifth group but this year has been full of firsts; the place is abuzz...Read More

The RV Maintenance and Repair programme is starting in a few weeks… and spaces are available! This programme offers a great way to dip into different trades without the length of other programmes.  The course is 975 hours and it runs from October to April, just in time for the new camping season to start.  Many...Read More

At NOVA, we pride ourselves in offering two business technology programs, Secretarial Studies and Accounting. Although the groups are distinct, and even if they closely co-habitate, they don’t really have the opportunity to mingle… So to launch the next phase of their journey in ‘lifelong learning’, teachers decided to address it with a… pizza lunch,...Read More

Dear future student, A new group of landscaping students will soon be starting at CVCEC.  This program that has been running now for more than 20 years should be an easy decision for anyone interested in working outdoors with all kinds of natural materials.  The course takes place in the off season and is pretty...Read More

This year, the NOVA Career Centre teamed up with Howard S. Billings High School in offering the annual community BBQ. This was initiated by parent commissionner Raymond Ledoux, who offered the logistics of the event to NOVA staff and students.  This well-attended festive activity was a huge success, with burgers, hot dogs, corn, all spiced...Read More

This year, the Interior Decorating and Visual Display program wanted a bright and colorful window display to outshine all previous ones! The window presents a serious challenge in that the daylight reflection on the glass obliterates many of the wonderful creations designed and installed by the students, and so a special effort was made to...Read More

The Health Care Team at C.V.C.E.C. are ready for another great week. The application forms for the Dominican Republic experience are due this week. We as teachers are quite enthusiastic about the next adventure to the Dominican. The Health, Assistance and Nursing(HAN) students that went last year spoke to our new class last Friday. The...Read More

The evening group of the Construction Carpentry Program at CVCEC is closing in on the end of their year and is presently working on the Roofing module of the program of study. Although the project is a complicated one, it can be very rewarding when the hard work starts to make sense as the project...Read More