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

Since November 4th, two current Administrative Assistant students are providing lunch time reception coverage at NFSB Board Office. Chosen by their teachers, the two girls (Jennifer Durand and Chelsea Dion-Koulierakis) will alternate weeks by answering phones, greeting clients, and assisting board office staff.  In return, both girls will have the opportunity to gain true life...Read More

Several times each year, health care teachers get together to share ideas, learn new things and support each other. We do this at our Centre of Expertise in Nursing, which happens to be the Pearson Adult and Career Centre in Lasalle. Over the years our CEN has provided many different topics. We have had a...Read More

The new RV Maintenance and Repair group has recently started the program and loving every minute of it! The group is very dynamic, and has a wide array of ages.  They are already in the heat of the action, as their teachers Richard Horseley and José Paéz have put them on practical tasks, like carpentry....Read More

The Value of Continuing to Learn Vocational teachers in all areas continue to learn, while they teach.  We often learn informally from our students, as we teach them new subjects and concepts.  We also learn in more formal settings too. Three health care teachers recently attended the World Parkinson’s Congress, to learn about a disease...Read More