Again this year, we hosted a visit from students from the PASS program. The Providing Alternative Student Support (PASS) program is a pilot project that focuses on providing additional academic and social support to some students. Their trips to NOVA, both a tour of the facility and student for the day, helped them discover what programs are...Read More
Ocoa Trip, 2015 to the Dominican Republic Life at CVCEC is always full of surprises and unexpected events. This is one of the things that makes working here a dynamic and interesting place. For the past few years, the Health Care groups have been going on humanitarian field trips with students to the Dominican Republic....Read More
Recently NOVA Auto played host to a total of thirty-five automotive instructors coming from different schools such as; the West Island Career Centre, Laurier Macdonald Career Centre, Western Quebec Career Centre, and of course, NOVA. All had the same goal; to enrich our students’ learning using new, relevant techniques and technology. Once again we were...Read More
Learning is tough work, but you don’t have to do it alone. Check out Nova’s Resource Centre and we’ll help you work towards your educational goals. Listen to Nova students explain what resource is to them and meet Marie & Emilie, our two amazing teachers.Read More
Learn all the WORD 2010 Basic Skills in just 15 hours. Offered at NOVA Career centre, this basic skills course will allow you to: Create, Open, View and Print documents Move, Copy and Edit text Format pages and paragraphs, Use various characters Set tabs and indents Create and Format tables Manage files Use toolbars WORD...Read More
What better way to showcase your newly acquired skills and competencies in visual presentation than by sketching, scaling, building and mounting your own exhibition booth? Amanda Lemay, teacher at NOVA’s Interior decorating and visual display program had her group of international students create for their final display project their own booths for a make believe...Read More
As a gift to HAECC, the SVIS (socio-vocational integration services) students voted to use some of the Breakfast Club (another SVIS project) money to buy some of the materials to build a compost bin. This was to honour Earth Day on April 22 and to allow fruit & vegetable scraps from weekly cooking activities and...Read More
As we enter the home stretch of the last few weeks of classes for the Landscaping Operations program, the students are busy constructing. In the workshop students can be working with concrete, wood or stone as they work towards creating the elements of a landscape. One day it may be placing concrete for a pathway,...Read More
Do you know growing seeds the proper way can make all the difference in whether you end up being a green thumb or not! In this “HOW TO” segment, Denise Chavez from our horticulture department, will show you all the tricks to grow seeds that will produce maximum results. Previous – How to videos: – Adjust...Read More
On Wednesday April 1st, the Huntingdon Rotary club hosted their 2nd annual Blood Clinic along with HEMA Quebec at the Huntingdon Adult Education and Community Centre (HAECC). Last year’s event broke donation records for the Huntingdon area, and yet again this year we set a new record with over 110 people donating blood. Over 60% of all...Read More
