I needed a new challenge in my life – I wanted to go out with a big “BANG” before I retire. I wanted to make a difference in my life, by helping others. It gives me a sense of gratification when I can assist in meeting the needs of an individual; to see a smile...Read More

We encourage students to complete the Landscaping Operations program as well as the Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations program. Each program has specialties yet both programs complement and complete training for an ever more demanding industry. Here is the story of Shannon DeRosier who completed both programs. “Having raised my children to where they can...Read More

The Government of Canada suggests that the best way of preventing the spread of influenza is by getting a flu vaccine every year, especially for people who are at risk and for those who work within the health care field. As a teacher within the health care program at CVCEC, I made an appointment for...Read More

Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life! Just ask Stephen Mish, the owner of Les Fabrications MishFits if he is living his dream? He will be the first to tell you, he wouldn’t change a thing (except ride his mountain bike a bit more often). In this Alumni Corner,...Read More

The journey to becoming a teacher has been an exciting challenge. As a new teacher at Nova Career Centre in the Interior Decorating and Display Department, I have tried to draw upon my field experience in design. I have designed private jets for Bombardier, worked on high-end and historic residential design projects and run my own design business...Read More

On my first day of school, I was ecstatic to be taking the Drafting program at CVCEC. I knew design was something that really interested me; I loved the work, because I had previously received my DEP as an interior decorator from the NOVA Career Centre. I soon discovered I was the only Canadian student...Read More

Etienne Léger is a self-made landscaping entrepreneur. He completed the Landscaping Operations course at CVCEC and now runs his own fulfilling business. We asked him to tell us his story: what he learned, what drives him and how he reached his goals. Etienne: “The most important thing is, you have to love what your doing....Read More

Welding teacher and NOVA graduate Jonathan W.J Shang is our latest Alumni Corner success story. Welding student Jin Shang is our newest edition to our Student Voices video section. Their stories fit perfectly together, to showcase the reasons “why welding is worth it”. We decided to mash-up the two stories into a blended Alumni +...Read More

“I used to hate going to school but when I was at NOVA, I’d wake up in the morning… “Yes! I have to go to school” – Best year and a half of my life!” Learning Automobile mechanics changed Mike’s life. Watch our latest edition of the Alumni Corner.  Read More

Looking to improve his work situation while being employed by the City of Montreal, Graziano Franchini decided to take the Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations program @ HAECC. That was a year ago. Now having completed the program Graziano has a higher salary, a new position, more responsibility and is absolutely over the moon with his...Read More