Mr. Poya Saffari graduated from the CVCEC carpentry program in 2010. Poya has since gone on to complete a bachelor of arts and is completing a masters at Concordia University. Poya returned to us as a carpentry teacher in the spring of 2013. He has a quiet demeanor, he is patient with the students and...Read More
Are you looking for activities and programs for you and your family. Be sure to check out the latest Chateauguay Valley CLC – Fall 2013 Brochure – DOWNLOAD BROCHURE CLICK –> (CV-CLC-Fall-2013-final-res). Community Learning Centres (CLCs) are spread out across Quebec and are based from the concept that a community school can help bring together...Read More
Obsession, a local bakery, opened up their newly expanded location on St-Francis Boulevard in Chateauguay, just a few blocks away from the NOVA Career Centre. Interestingly enough, there’s a bit of NOVA in the bakery… This is a great entrepreneurship story that resonates in our community. When Anne Fradette-Brunet and her husband John Brunet lost...Read More
Motivate and Inform…Blogging at CVCEC In the effort to respond to the new reality of the universal social network, I have introduced a blog as a companion to my lessons. Not being much of a tech kind of guy, this was not an easy transition for me and I had to learn what the...Read More
Jovan Mercier Montminy graduated from the carpentry program in 2010 and became one of our teachers this spring. Jovan brings with him experience in the LEED certification program and ecological projects. Students show great respect for Jovan as he “is one of them”, having been through the program. Tanya Clarke graduated from the Health, Assistance...Read More
Be sure to come and stop by the NOVA Career Centre on Saturdays as “Les Marchés Savourez Roussillon” takes center stage in the NOVA parking lot. Local food producers will tantalize your taste buds with their tasty, healthy and natural goods for sale. The market allows an opportunity for local food providers to sell their...Read More
Three former students from NOVA are now thriving in their new jobs at Tewatohnhi’saktha, the Kahnawake Economic Development Commission. Wahsontaha:wi Stacey is a former Accounting programme student, and is now working as a financial clerk. “I had decided to go back to school to be able support myself. In high school, I was in Economics and the teacher introduced...Read More
The Introduction to Construction Trades program (ICT), a collaboration with the the New Frontiers School Board and the Kahnawake Economic Deveopment Commission (KEDC), closed its activities this summer with the building of home sheds available for sale to the public. This special program, in its second installment, offered clients from KEDC the opportunity to “test...Read More
Three of our current students in the Accounting Programme have tried the Student For A Day activity… and registered shortly after! Student For A Day enables anyone to “sit in” an actual ongoing programme for a day with the teacher and students to get a real feel for the class and allows them to talk to...Read More
Amidst rumours in the community, some people are being led to believe that HAECC is closing. This is not true! HAECC is a vibrant and successful adult centre with many diverse programs going on and will continue its tradition of excellence in the near and far future. HAECC has adult education, Horticulture, CEGEP, and a...Read More
