Students from the New Frontiers School Board in the Continuing Education department want to say a little something about their teachers… Be sure to check every day this week as we have a little video segment from different students talking about the teachers who make a difference in their lives in order to help them...Read More
The owner of his own construction and renovation business, Mahdi Payravi has become a one-stop shop for his clients as a Residential and Commercial Drafting alumni from the NOVA Career Centre. His diversified skill set and knowledge give him an edge in the construction and renovation business. Having a drafting background now gives him a...Read More
I started as a drafting student in the New Frontiers School Board seventeen years ago. I found the course challenging and very rewarding. The teachers were knowledgeable, they prepared informative lessons and they gave one-on-one time when it was needed. I enjoyed my time at school very much. After completion of the course I quickly...Read More
Is it possible to have fun and learn outside the classroom? The Residential and Commercial Drafting students were proven so on an engaging educational activity at the Salon National de l’habitation, construction fair. Moreover, they were able to gain some bilingual field related vocabulary, while searching for clues on a “housing treasure hunt”. In this game each...Read More
On Thursday, March 2nd, Ms. O’Connor’s Math class embarked on the first leg of a World Tour of NOVA’s Vocational Programs. The Math class was divided into three groups. Each group started at a different department: Automobile Mechanics, Interior Decorating & Visual Display and Residential & Commercial Drafting. The tour started at 1:30 pm. Ms....Read More
As we begin the month of March and having witnessed the installation of the “Our House” prefabricated housing units on the job site, the drafting students from the Residential and Commercial drafting program here at CVCEC were very familiar with the house because they drew a version of it in their Multi-Family dwellings course. The...Read More
Before coming to Canada, I was a teacher who worked at the university. The reason that I came to study in Canada is that I wanted to break through the bottleneck of my work, gain further training, hone my skills in the English language and have a larger and better education platform. I got to...Read More
This month, some of our drafting students visited the J Dagenais Architecte enterprise, located on Boulevard D’Anjou in Chateauguay. An eight minute walkthrough was enough to speak to Judith, an Architectural Technologist. Passionate, she introduced us to the profession of draftsman by telling us her personal journey and throughout her story, the students asked questions and were very...Read More
