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 opportunity to showcase your skills in a competition, test your abilities and compete against other students in your chosen vocational field is exactly what the “Olympiads” is all about. Our Carpentry students Brian Brault-Guthrie and Mathieu Renaud took their skills to the ‘Olympic stage’ in order to compete against other students in the province....Read More

During the midwinter several informal knot tying tutorials were held at CVCEC over the lunch period. Although knot tying might appear to be a somewhat arcane activity – contemporary professional grade ropes have such great strength, flexibility, and abrasion resistance that they frequently put steel cables out of work, and make those who can tie...Read More

You never know where learning can happen. Our Continuing Education Department was recently contacted by Northern Lights College, from northern British Columbia (www.nlc.bc.ca), about using three of our “How to” videos within their soon to be created ‘Building Maintenance Technician” program. We gladly accepted of course! Northern Lights College serves a student population in northern...Read More

We had such a huge following from our first “How to Install vinyl siding” video, John Hodges from our Carpentry department agreed to produce a couple follow-up segments to give a few more insights and tips about the entire process. In this segment (PART 3) he’ll delve into: – window trims – avoiding water infiltration...Read More

We had such a huge following from our first “How to Install vinyl siding” video, John Hodges from our Carpentry department agreed to produce a couple follow-up segments to give a few more insights and tips about the entire process. In this segment he’ll delve into: exterior corners of the wall the tools you will...Read More

So here we are, at the end of our Columns and Beams first project. It was a great opportunity for the students to make good use of the skills they have learned in the Scaffolding, Footings and Wall Modules because this time, the formwork has to be supported above ground. Imagine: with the same technique,...Read More

CVCEC will soon participate in the Regional Skills Olympics, which will be held at the EFPC Chateauguay Career Centre on the February 17th. The competition consists of building three walls with sheeting, an octagonal window and a gable roof with overhangs. All of this, within five hours, limited amount of material and with strict precision....Read More

SVIS (Socio-Vocational Integration Services) January Report: We are pleasure to announce that SVIS students have completed the Communication Skills unit. This included topics such as: The Art of Communication, Formal Versus Informal Language, Written Communication, Telephone Skills, How to Use Body Language, General Communication Manners, Tips for Writing a Personal Letter and How to Communicate Best....Read More