At the Chateauguay Valley Career Education Centre, the students in the Construction Carpentry Program have been hard at work throughout the summer and into the fall. One of the groups have been working on the concrete formwork modules and are currently building forms for columns, beams and suspended slabs: However, all work and no play make...Read More

Audrey Beaumier, a CVCEC student, graciously accepted to tell us about her stage experience at the Lakeshore General Hospital (during August 2015). My experience in the surgical department was very rewarding because I was able to practice what I learned in school: taking vital signs, administering several varieties of drugs such as morphine; listening to...Read More

We are finishing up the Footing and Wall Forms module in the Carpentry program at CVCEC. This was an opportunity for students to learn another new skill, make a wooden mould in which to cast the concrete of a building. The result should be solid and square. The assembly must be fast and it must...Read More

Who better to give you an accurate picture of what CVCEC and the Health, Assistance and Nursing program represents, than the students themselves! We interviewed five HAN students who are currently hard at work doing their Rehabilitation Care stage at the Barrie Memorial hospital in Ormstown. They were asked to describe what they enjoyed the...Read More

As the final day of classes approaches for each group of carpentry students, the construction trade unions come to visit, talk and promote their union. This is because by law in this province, every construction worker who works on new residential, or any commercial or industrial project must be a member of a recognized trade...Read More

I have to say that my first year working at CVCEC has been amazing. This place is such a great place to be, as an employee as well as a student. A new group of Carpentry students started this week. I know for a fact that they have come to the right place. A new...Read More

Are you looking for a new career? Are you not sure what you want to do? Perhaps Chateauguay Valley Career Educational Centre (CVCEC) is the place for you! My name is Kim Tannahill and I am a teacher in the Health Care Department. I absolutely love my job. I am a graduate from the Home...Read More

Last fall was the start of an exciting build, the extension of our existing shop for the Carpentry Department at CVCEC. Unfortunately the early arriving and long cold winter, delayed the completion of the extension by a couple months as the ground went into a deep freeze. But now summer is here and the building...Read More

The Chateauguay Valley Career Education Centre offers students a learning environment that is up to date with all of the latest technologies, tools, equipment, and learning opportunities available in Vocational Education today. The Carpentry and Landscaping shops are well-stocked with tools and equipment that Carpenters and Landscapers would be expected to work with and maneuver...Read More

Does it get any better than this? Health, Assistance & Nursing and Assistance in Health Care Facilities students with their teachers had an amazing time in the Dominican Republic. We joined a wonderful group of students and teachers from Georgian College. Working side by side we had a common goal, to respect and understand the...Read More