On February 13th CVCEC showed their love through “Share your Culture”. The event is organized to give students an opportunity to share cultural and traditional dishes with their fellow students. Students enjoyed a variety of different foods, spices and conversations about traditions and different cultures from which these dishes originated.Read More
Our Carpentry students, Brandon and Fred, performed admirably in the Olympiades québécoises des métiers et des technologies (Montérégie) last week. The experience may have been a little stressful for our students, but it was an even more amazing opportunity to showcase their skills, learn some new tricks and do some professional networking. Congrats to both of...Read More
The WIN-WIN of the Olympiades… Networking, collaboration, exchanging teachers between boards, sharing materials and best practices… this all helps the students! These are a few of the reasons why the “Olympiades” is such a beneficial initiative to take part in. Carpentry teacher Jovan Mercier talks about the benefits of participating in the Olympiades and the...Read More
Students from the New Frontiers School Board in the Continuing Education department want to say a little something about their teachers… Be sure to check every day this week as we have a little video segment from different students talking about the teachers who make a difference in their lives in order to help them...Read More
At CVCEC, we have the opportunity to welcome guest speakers during the year, but nothing would have prepared us for the presentation from CNESST’s Jonathan Plante. On March 12, 2007, Mr. Plante was working on a house construction site, and wanting to “save time”, didn’t use the precautionary steps one should take… and fell...Read More
As part of Assistance in Health Care Facilities program, basic care (competence 9) the students have to learn how to shave a patient. To practice their techniques we held a ‘Shaving Clinic’ in the Lab Thursday at lunchtime. We offered our male Carpentry and Landscaping students a free shave, a cup of coffee and homemade cookies. It...Read More
A house has to rest on a solid foundation. It is the first and most crucial step of any worksite. Concrete is often a material of choice for foundations. Because it is mixed in a liquid form, a “mold” has to be built in order to create the shape needed when it hardens. This is...Read More
Tamara is in the Construction Business Management at CVCEC. She already owns a business and wanted to acquire even more knowledge and skills for it to grow into the dream business she always envisioned. Having now taken the CBM course, she’s gained confidence and tools to better run her company and bring it to the...Read More
The Our House build was nearing completion and Habitat for Humanity was still looking for a family… they found one. We are proud to introduce you to Kim and Kevin’s family. This is HOME is where the HEART is. (‘Our House’ special presentation) Kim and Kevin walk us through their journey and share with us...Read More
During the Scaffolding, lifting and handling module of the Carpentry program at the Chateauguay Valley Career Education Centre (CVCEC), students were split into groups and were given a project to develop and share with other students with the provided equipment available at the centre. Using Ipads, groups had to do research on norms, codes, installation...Read More
