Life is about making the right choices and enjoying the journey. It is a New Year and time to make changes happen. Monday, January 11th, 2016, 15 students began their studies in the Assistance in Health Care Facilities program at CVCEC. We spent the week getting to know each other, making new friends and exploring all...Read More
Last December, a few days before Christmas, the Carpentry and Landscaping teachers from CVCEC visited a platinum LEED (Leadership in Environment and Energy Design) home in Wakefield, Qc, a small quaint village north of Ottawa. The visit was part of ongoing workshops for the teachers from CVCEC. Over a two day period, we looked at...Read More
STAYIN’ ALIVE! After reading a book called “4-season gardening”, we decided to try and grow vegetables in the winter. With the help of the landscaping students, we put up an unheated tunnel and hoped for the best. After the big snow storm and -28C at night we are happy to announce our little babies are...Read More
As a staff member on the Student Advisory Committee, it is always nice to see how well the student representatives from the different programs work well together. The SAC gives the student reps the opportunity to speak on behalf of CVCEC’s student body – it gives the students a voice! From complaints, student issues, to...Read More
In March 2013 a very eager student, named Tony Reid, registered in Carpentry. He began the program in the same way as most of his classmates do, he was committed to complete the DEP (diplôme d’études professionnelles) in Carpentry. Tony struggled with trying to juggle work, family life and carpentry. His studies suffered because of it and...Read More
One of the benefits of a vocational Health Care Program, is the opportunity to practice what you have learned in true health care settings. Our first year LPN students (Licensed practical nurse) just returned from their first placement, where they practiced bathing, dressing, feeding and exercising clients. Overall, the students loved this initial entry into...Read More
TEAM WORK! This week the landscaping students came to help us (Horticulture program) with our tunnel. Thanks for all your help. This week we also visited tropical greenhouses and the Interior Decorating and Visual Display students from NOVA joined us and saw how greenwalls are made… a big trend right now. The “Trades” blend so...Read More
At this time of the rolling year, the signs of the fast looming holidays are ubiquitous and readily appreciated. Trees bereft of greenery, the mysterious honking of geese in the night sky, and {well, normally…}, the delightful skirl of snow muting the woods and fields. Perhaps more apposite is the stunned, vacant look on students’...Read More
The learning process is not only about the lessons learned in class, at times it’s about what happens outside of the walls of our schools and centres. Recently students from our Health, Assistance & Nursing program volunteered at the 2nd Annual Monteregie Health Promotion Fair, held this year in Chateauguay (Ile Saint-Bernard, Pavillion-de-l’Ile) on Saturday, November...Read More
Everyone thinks they can become successful on their own, but we often need each other! Recently, CVCEC built a Bathtub-On-Wheels for the NOVA Career Centre Health Care Assistance program. And we would like to extend a special thank-you to everyone involved! WHY: Our Assistance in Homecare and Health Care facility core courses require the students...Read More
