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
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
As you interact with us going forward you may notice our new NFSB Continuing Education logo, or maybe a new banner or ad. What we hope you’ll see is, us honouring our current and future students who find the courage to overcome obstacles, defy expectation, and follow their passion. Whether they’re exploring one of our 17...Read More
As students of the Landscaping Operations program learn the techniques for installing and maintaining plants, they work with basic tools. They include shovels, spades, trowels, pruners, hand saws, loppers and shears. These simple tools are still relied upon to perform daily tasks in our trade. Learning to work with each tool safely and efficiently is...Read More
We have recently updated some of our student videos on our ‘Vocational Program’ pages. We figured lets do our own ‘Throwback Thursday’ recap of the student voice videos we had done previously. (click on the picture thumbnails to see what they had to say)Read More
Our “I Choose Me – NFSB (Continuing Education 2015)” Magazine is now on-line! You can now read the articles, watch the videos and find out about the remarkable students that have come through our Centres. Be sure to check out the augmented reality COVER (not sure how to use it? Watch the How to video to...Read More
Did you know we have French speaking students taking vocational programs in our Centres? Choosing to do a vocational program in an English institution in Quebec is open to everyone, as linguistic laws do not apply in the vocational sector. Our francophone students are learning the trade they love while improving their English language skills at...Read More
Why choose us? You have been searching for your passion. The journey is not easy and you need some help to figure out what to do next, to get on the track you want, to get going and moving forward. Why choose us? You know you are smart and ready for a new challenge. The biggest step is...Read More
I have to say that my first year working at CVCEC has been amazing. This place is such a great place to be, as an employee as well as a student. A new group of Carpentry students started this week. I know for a fact that they have come to the right place. A new...Read More
