A couple of week ago, I received a phone call from a one hundred year old lady asking to have a perm done at the Nova hairdressing salon. The lady said that she could walk with the help of a cane and a walker. Over the phone, she told me that it was too bad...Read More

Teachers in the Secretarial and Accounting programs hosted a ‘Welcome to Nova’ pizza lunch for the two new groups that started in September and October and for the senior group that had started in January. The goal was to be able to introduce the three groups to each other in a social setting, while encouraging...Read More

If you have ever driven by or walked in front of the NOVA Career Centre, you may have noticed the front window display. Our students in the Interior Decorating and Visual Display program prepared “An Art Gallery in Perspective” by creating a scale model of the concept. They then built and installed the real life...Read More

What’s going on in NOVA Auto? Glad you asked! Lots! With five day classes running, NOVA’s Auto shop is almost always busy. At any given time you may find students perfecting their skills with basic hand tools, such as hand files, drills, taps, and dies for Module 5 “Shop Work”.  Or they may be learning...Read More

Oh, yes we can! After being in a classroom for a year, the HAN students (Health, Assistance and Nursing program) are now out on stage for another glorious year, putting their acquired knowledge to the test and getting plenty of hands-on clinical practice in Acute and Long Term Care environments, under the guidance of a...Read More

When I started teaching at NOVA, the first module I was assigned was Materials and my first class was 20 International students, all from China. I had to adjust both my course content and course delivery immediately. Previously, having taught Materials numerous times at a variety of schools and colleges,  it was typically a 45...Read More

Celebrating success… Twenty-three students from the Accounting & Secretarial sector celebrated the completion of their respective programs at a dinner held in their honour on Friday, October 10th.  Their teachers, Centre Director, Assistant Centre Director, and invited guests joined in the celebration and festivities. Five of the graduates have found permanent positions in the workforce,...Read More

Another school year is well underway at the Nova Career Centre, but there was also plenty of activity in the welding department during the summer with three ongoing DEP groups during the day time and another group at night. At the beginning of September, we started a 4th DEP Welding and Fitting group that started...Read More

Module 20 of the Automotive Mechanics program is “Repairing Active and Passive Safety Systems”, sounds exciting doesn’t it… Don’t let the name fool you, actually it is! This is the part of the course where our students learn about Antilock Brakes systems, Traction Control systems, Vehicle Anti-theft/Immobilizer systems, and Supplemental Inflatable restraint systems (Airbags). Most...Read More

In mid September, the new combined Home Care Assistance(HCA)/ Health Care Facilities(HCF) program started at CVCEC. So, as a welcome to the Centre for the new students, the two groups of Health, Assistance and Nursing(HAN) students joined the class for a “meet and greet” opportunity. Préposés and HANs work together in the field, so it seemed...Read More