Well another semester is underway at the bustling Huntingdon Adult Education and Community Centre (HAECC). Students started their winter semester on Monday January 12 and they all seem to be rearing to get to work.  Some of our students are getting ready to apply to CEGEP before the March 1st deadline and others are finishing their requirements to...Read More

CLC Wrap-up: news-notes (January 2015) CLC Brochures are out!, a trip to outer space, Santa Claus is a hit with students and much more.  Chateauguay and Valley CLC Brochures are out! The Chateauguay and Chateauguay Valley CLC Winter brochures are out. With a multitude of activities for youth and adults alike, our CLCs continue to...Read More

I remember 6 years ago taking the Carpentry DEP course in Ormstown at CVCEC, what is now a classroom used to be a storage shed and the hangar was on a gravel floor and not yet insulated. My colleague Don showed me pictures of years before where the fences were so close by it seems unbelievable...Read More

There is a great little cafe in Huntingdon called “Racines” (Roots in French). It is run by a co-op and serves great meals made with local ingredients. The staff is part of a “reinsertion social” program and in the Horticulture program we thought we would lend them a hand…plus their espresso coffee is out of this...Read More

Be sure to check out the latest Chateauguay Valley CLC– Brochure Winter 2015 : (download it here). Serving the Chateauguay Valley and its surrounding area, the Chateauguay Valley CLC works to create partnerships which can help offer educational, social, recreational and family activities for everyone. This brochure will be sent home with school children from: C.V.R., Franklin, Hemmmingford, Heritage, Howick and...Read More

The Horticulture class visited the Little Green Library in Huntingdon last week. For some of our students it was the first time they visited a library in their lives. This visit was within the course “Information Search” and shows we can get information from more than just the internet. The students searched various topics like edible wildlife...Read More

This past November, my colleagues and I had the privilege to travel and teach in Bangladesh. This trip allowed us to share our knowledge and culture with the people we met as well as learn about theirs. Our worlds are very different in many ways however our goals seem to be the same. As teachers...Read More

Are you looking for activities and programs for you and your family? Be sure to check out the latest: Winter_2015 FINAL Brochure(Chateauguay). (download it here). Serving the municipality of Chateauguay and its surrounding area, the Chateauguay CLC as part of its mandate, helps along with its partners to offer educational, social, recreational and family activities for everyone....Read More

“Non traditional trades” is an expression used when someone works or studies in an environment which was historically targeted for the opposite gender. Well, until now.  Here at NOVA, we feel that some trades are less and less “non-traditional”.  After a chat with these five exceptional women, we even feel we should banish the expression...Read More

Have you walked in the hallways of NOVA, HAECC or CVCEC recently? If you have, then you’ve likely seen our ‘I Choose Me’ posters everywhere. If you haven’t been to our centres in awhile then you’re missing some honest insights and comments from our students about their own future. The students have graciously shared their...Read More