Canadian Forces Recruiting Group: Visible Minority/Women – Influencer Event Joanne O’Hanley and I attended the Influencer Event at the Support Base in Gagetown, New Brunswick (February 24-26th). The event showcased various aspects of life in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). We participated in various lectures, tours, “hands on” experiences and had one-on-one time to meet and speak with various...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
We are always trying to find new ways of teaching the competencies required in the Construction Carpentry program. Sometimes, unique opportunities present themselves and we try and seize them to give our students “out–of-the-box” learning tasks. One of the best ways to learn is to teach, so when I was asked to make a few...Read More
The Nova Career Centre of the New Frontier School Board is actively seeking Teachers for their provincially renowned Automobile Mechanic program. Located in Chateauguay and Longueuil, the Automobile Mechanic program is a centre of expertise for teaching the 1800 hours professional diploma in Automobile Mechanic technician. If interested please go to following link: http://trr.tbe.taleo.net/trr01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=NFSB&cws=1&rid=280Read More
Melissa’s Sunshine Camp is a non-profit organization for people 21 years old and up with intellectual or physical disabilities in the Haut-St-Laurent region. They offer day activities from Monday to Friday at HAECC. The staff and students of the Melissa Sunshine camp made a video to honour the week of Intellectual Disability Awareness. This video...Read More
Etienne Léger is a self-made landscaping entrepreneur. He completed the Landscaping Operations course at CVCEC and now runs his own fulfilling business. We asked him to tell us his story: what he learned, what drives him and how he reached his goals. Etienne: “The most important thing is, you have to love what your doing....Read More
On Monday March 21, NOVA’s hairdressing students attended the ABA (Allied Beauty Association) hair show at Montreal’s Palais des Congrès. The ABA Beauty Shows are held in five major Canadian cities each year. These shows bring together the major Canadian professional beauty industry suppliers and are consequently, the largest and most attended beauty trade shows...Read More
Chateauguay CLC Mary Gardner Students gone VC Wild! Technology teacher Ms. Cristina Gonzalez has been connecting her students to some wild VC (video conference) opportunities since the students came back from the winter break. Grade 1 students participated in ‘Give a Hoot for Owls’ with the Louis Richardson Zoo (Kansas). Grade 2 students jumped through...Read More
HORTICULTURE NEWS The biggest news these days is our upcoming sale. We can proudly say that we have been producing plants without chemical pesticides for the last five years (we have be open for 6). This year our sale will last 3 days and we will include the sale of fruit trees and 34 different...Read More
HAECC had a presentation to staff and students on depression & mental health awareness (March 9th). Partners for life which is founded through the Mental Illness Foundation offers workshops and presentations to teenagers and adults throughout the province of Quebec. The 75-minute presentation creates awareness of depression, informs the audience of the warning signs &...Read More
