Subaru Dealers Donate more than $30,000 to the
L to R: Robert Gillett, President, Algonquin College; John-Paul Tapp, Dean of the School of Transportation and Building Trades, Algonquin College; Marguerite Donohue Acting Vice President, Academic, Algonquin College; Colleen Mierins, Dealer Principal, Ogilvie Motors; Morris Uremovich, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Technology and Trades; Huguette Koller, Otto's Subaru; Brenda Rothwell, Executive Director, Algonquin College Foundation; Sonia Koller, Dealer Principal, Otto’s Subaru; Sara Nixon, Director, Algonquin College Foundation Board; Craig Hallas, District Manager, Subaru Canada. Local Ottawa-area Subaru dealers helped to address the current skilled trades shortage in the automotive industry through a donation to the Algonquin College Foundation’s Transportation Technology Centre Campaign. Donations from Subaru Canada, Otto’s Subaru and Ogilvie Motors, totaling $32,500, will go towards the College’s $6.8 million state-of-the-art transportation facility built for students studying in the Motive Power Technician post-secondary program and apprentices studying a wide range of automotive and truck and coach courses. |