Welding teacher and NOVA graduate Jonathan W.J Shang is our latest Alumni Corner success story. Welding student Jin Shang is our newest edition to our Student Voices video section. Their stories fit perfectly together, to showcase the reasons “why welding is worth it”. We decided to mash-up the two stories into a blended Alumni +...Read More
Hi! I am Denis, the caretaker at CVCEC and I try to live healthy. “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try”. So I am not disappointed if my goals, such as diet or exercising is not reached, because I know I tried. “Mistakes are proof that you’re trying”. Spoil yourselves on holidays, parties, celebrations,...Read More
We received great news last week from three of our 2015 Health, Assistance and Nursing grads. They have been hired as Licensed Practical Nurses at the new “Super Hospital”. Amanda Farquhar, Lisa Hazell and Ingrid Gallitzendorfer will be starting work at the new Montreal General and Montreal Children’s Hospital wings this month. Amanda and Lisa...Read More
In an effort to better understand the art of visual display and window dressing the Winter 2015 Day group and I took to the malls of downtown Montreal. Our journey started underground in Les Cours Mont-Royal going through all four floors. Then followed through to Carrefour Industrielle Alliance where we took our time examining the...Read More
Michael Moore, a teacher in the Interior Design and Visual Display program, has been honoured – again! He recently won the 2015 ASID Design Award in the Small Residential Design category for a kitchen he designed for a couple who live in a townhouse in Outremont. Where does his passion come from? “From a very early age I knew...Read More
With the weather starting to turn a little cooler, in this “How to” edition, Horticulture teacher Denise Chavez explains how to choose the top 7 indoor plants for your home or office. List of her Top 7 plants: – Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum) – Ivy (Hedera) – Geraniums (Pelargonium) – Dragon Plant (Dracaena) – Lemon...Read More
Again this year NOVA hosted a Héma-Québec Blood Drive. But our 2015 edition had a different twist than our previous years. Our RV shop used to host the event, but that was no longer possible this year, since that area is now… a welding shop! So Héma-Québec offered to use their mobile unit (called Globule!)....Read More
This year again, NOVA participated in the Annual HSB/NOVA Community Barbecue. Ray Ledoux (School Board Commissioner) and his team managed once again to make the event memorable. The weather was fantastic and this year the BBQ was held in conjunction with the “Festival des Arts de la Rue” (multiple partners, which included our Chateauguay CLC)...Read More
A huge thank you to K103.7 Radio from Kahnawake! K103 welcomed us on their lunch hour Partyline Talk Show in order for us to talk about our services and programs. Reaching out to the communities we serve is important for us, in order to inform families about the services available to them. Chuck Halliday, Development...Read More
Community Liaison and Hairdressing instructor, Stephanie Tremblay, represented the NOVA Career Centre at the Recovery Day event on September 19th, at Girouard Park. Several federal election candidates were on-hand at the event (New Democratic Party, Green Party, Liberal Party candidates) and mentioned how impressed they were with the services and programs offered by NOVA after...Read More
