Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. – (Margaret Mead) Would you : raise at least $500, take a day off of work, do some free construction work (which is also a new experience for you) on the home of a complete...Read More
It’s not so many years ago that carpentry was an almost exclusively a male dominated trade. Women that happened to be on construction sites were generally visitors or not working directly in the trades but these days the construction trades have a new look. Although construction sites are still predominantly male, it’s not that unusual...Read More
Many students have graduated from the Carpentry program over the years, but it is always a great pleasure to hear about the successes of any one of those grads. Recently we were happy to see Geordie Hottot return to the Centre to prepare for his examinations to become a Journeyman Carpenter. This means that he...Read More
Be your own boss! Run your own business! Take this moment to seriously consider this opportunity. Our ‘Construction Business Management Program‘ is about to start May 9th @ CVCEC in Ormstown. Tentative schedule is (Tuesday & Thursday evenings and every 2nd weekend). Give CVCEC a ring for more info: 450-829-2396Read More
In February, CVCEC entered the Regional Skills Olympics. Two carpentry students and two teachers participated in the event. Training the students and bringing them to the competition was a great learning opportunity. I sat on the organizational board of experts to design the tasks to be accomplished at the competition. On that same board was,...Read More
As we begin the month of March and having witnessed the installation of the “Our House” prefabricated housing units on the job site, the drafting students from the Residential and Commercial drafting program here at CVCEC were very familiar with the house because they drew a version of it in their Multi-Family dwellings course. The...Read More
We meet the first family! The house finds a new address. We have a drone flying around getting wonderful footage! Get your first look at the ‘Our House’ home on the new site as the modules leave CVCEC by truck, get lifted by crane and placed into position in Ormstown. WHAT A DAY!!! You can’t...Read More
The big day has arrived for our four modules to leave our centre and start their journey to their new address. Join us for “The MOVE” (part 1 of 2) as the modules get loaded onto trucks in preparation for the big day. Our staff and students talk about this milestone day in the Our...Read More
***LISTEN TO HIS INTERVIEW HERE*** Our Carpentry teacher John Hodges was interviewed by CBC Radio, to talk about the Our House Project. He did a masterful job, to explain the project and the progress he, the other teachers and the students are having during the build of our LEED & Habitat for Humanity project. Read More
“THE PROGRESS” (episode 12): The construction of our state-of-the-art eco-friendly homes is moving along nicely. Be sure to spread the word, as we are on the search for two families who’ll end up owning brand new homes. In this episode we get “a state of affairs” from our insiders who explain where we are at and...Read More
