Our International students have been experiencing a new life here, and NOVA is part of it. Coming from over the hills and far away, some of our Residential and Commercial Drafting students started the program with more than a few challenges. One of them being the language, NOVA teacher Judy Murphy has been meeting them...Read More
Every year, after all students and staff have left for the weekend, if not for the year, some strange activities occur in the Centre’s hallways… Ghosts of Chrismases? Actually, it’s the Chateauguay Raiders helping out their community by preparing Christmas baskets and gift bags for families and people in need. This endeavour was started a...Read More
Looking to take a trade and you live on the island of Montreal? Have you checked into all the vocational options at the NOVA Career Centre? NO! Why not? Here they are: Hairdressing Accounting Interior Decorating and Visual Display Starting a Business Residential & Commercial Drafting RV Maintenance & Repair Automobile Mechanics Secretarial Studies Welding...Read More
The Nova Choristers began some seven or eight years ago and basically amounted to a simple rag-tag group of students getting together with Messrs Andrey Kutash and William Byron over the course of a lunch hour to make some music. A typical session might find a few students trilling ‘Silent Night’, or ‘We Wish You...Read More
Enhancing creativity among our Home Care Assistance program has proven to be effective. Our students come from different backgrounds with a varied knowledge base and are ready to share their life experience. We give our students the opportunity to take part in the learning process every chance we get. We prepare them to be resourceful....Read More
With an IPad Air up for grabs, students from NOVA, HAECC and CVCEC have been uploading photos of projects they’ve done in an effort to showcase their work on the (nfsb.me) Facebook page. By posting their photo & brief description of a sample of their work, which must be of course related to the vocational...Read More
The complex assembly project allows the student to put to use all the skills and competencies they had acquired throughout the Welding and Fitting Program. During the course, in separate modules, the students learn how to use cutting and shaping equipment, prepare parts, read blueprints and the related welding symbols, sketches and drawings which included...Read More
A possible new career for you! The Home Care Assistance program provides our students with an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they learn from theory, to working hands-on with clients and their families in different stage settings. Stage locations include CLSC, Rehabilitation Centers, School Settings, Non-Profit Organizations, Youth Centers, just to name a...Read More
On November 23rd the Nova Career Centre hosted its annual fall training seminar for automotive instructors in English School Boards. Present were 23 instructors from Laurier MacDonald Career Centre, West Island Career Centre, and of course Nova. The theme of the seminar was new model features and changes for 2014 vehicles. The main focus was...Read More
At the beginning of the course, students learn various theoretical and practical hairdressing concepts. Client days are slowly introduced, allowing for the integration of basic and advanced learning, while under the guidance of their teachers. Client days also offers students an opportunity to learn how to communicate with clients while observing the rules of interpersonal...Read More
