I had no real idea what to expect when I enrolled in the Carpentry program. I did a DEP in Furniture Finishing at Rosemont in 2015, but carpentry skills are very different. I’m the only woman in my class of 21 students, and the only woman currently enrolled in any of the three ongoing Carpentry...Read More

Job opportunities are waiting, while our PABs (Préposés aux bénéficières) finish their last modules. The last three modules require the students to leave the classroom and work in hospitals [short term, long term and mental health institutions.] Students have worked extremely hard in the classroom, where mastering the theory behind the trade has taken place....Read More

Volunteering locally and internationally is a common quality in our region of Quebec. A team of health care students and teachers from CVCEC recently returned from an amazing trip to San Jose de Ocoa in the Dominican Republic. Our goals were to give our students a learning experience that challenged them in a new and...Read More

After months of planning, packing and Spanish lessons, a remarkable team of 8 licensed practical nursing students, Jesse, Tania, Lindsey, Haley, Luzbita, Brandy, Shelly-Ann and Jessica, headed off to San José de Ocoa (Dominican Republic) on an experience of a lifetime. Arriving with 15 hockey bags rim-filled with donations ranging from vitamins to school supplies...Read More

The Healthcare team at CVCEC have been very active in the community over the last two months. In March, a very well attended babysitter course was given to an enthusiastic group of 12-14 year olds. The program involved a lot of discussions and hands-on activities related to the care of babies and children. In April,...Read More

There’s a lot more to carpentry than learning how to hammer in nails, because if that were the case, the program would only take a day to complete. Calculations play a crucial role in a carpenter’s day and they are often required to layout the geometry from a set of plans. Once during a geometry...Read More

Hello future Carpentry students. You may already know that CVCEC offers a Carpentry program, but did you know that the course consists of 19 modules with a total of 1350 hours. You could learn every facet of Carpentry in as little as 12-months. Here are some of the skills you can learn:  Basic carpentry...Read More

Every year we have new students joining our various committees along with staff members within our school at CVCEC. I would like to mention one of our committees in particular as I have been part of the Health and Wellness Committee for the past 3 years. The main goal of this committee is to provide...Read More

This year our Construction Carpentry program had the privilege of participating in the “Skills Olympics” – a chance for our students to compete with other Centres to accomplish a practical task within a fixed timeframe. Skills Olympics happen in all programs every two years and this year, some of our Carpentry students expressed an interest...Read More

The Landscape Shop is humming! The concrete has been placed. Lumber is being cut and frames are being pieced together. Stone is being chipped into shape and walls are going up. Discussion and problem solving is ongoing as the students move on to the next step in the construction of the landscape project in progress....Read More