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Bachelor of Building Science Information Evening – April 14th, 2015

Register for our April 14, 2015 Information Event here.

Are you interested in learning more about our Bachelor of Building Science degree program or how you may be able to bridge into a higher semester of the program using your current education? If so, please join us for the Bachelor of Building Science program information event being held on April 14th from 5:30-7:30pm in Room CA400 of the Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE building).

We have two bridging options available to qualified individuals (both a 2 year and a 3 year option) or if you are just starting your post-secondary education, please consider applying to this four-year program.
Building science helps industry keep current by monitoring performance of the whole system when a component is changed and when the system is subjected to different conditions in order to understand and forecast building performance. Visit our information event to find out more about this exciting Bachelor Degree program.
This event starts at 5:30 but feel free to drop by anytime between 5:30 and 7:30pm.
Parking is free after 5:00pm in Parking lots 8, 9 and 12 – a five – ten minute walk from the ACCE building. OCTranspo’s Baseline Transit station is also located right next to our building. Please visit the following link for parking and transportation information – https://www.algonquincollege.com/parking/map/ (ACCE building is noted on the map as CA)

April 1st, Graduate Certificate Information Evening

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Looking to accelerate your career with a postgraduate certificate or intensive diploma program?

“What’s a Graduate Certificate?”

– An Ontario College Graduate Certificate requires an applicant to hold a university degree or a college certificate or diploma for admission, building on knowledge and experience gained through previous postsecondary study. Algonquin College offers many different Graduate Certificates from all areas of the College.

“Why should I attend this event?”

– You should consider attending this event if you would like to learn more about how continuing and focusing your studies may help you find the job you want or help advance in your current career.

Discover the exciting potential of postgraduate programs offered at Algonquin College. On April 1st, 2015 we are holding a special information event where you can network and learn more about the variety of post-grad options available at Algonquin College.

April 1 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm in room T102 (Ottawa Campus).

Visit this page to learn more and register for the event – https://www.algonquincollege.com/future-students/2015-postgrads/gradfair/

More coverage for Algonquin College’s participation in the Isles development.

One of our 3rd year students, Martin Somers, is scheduled to be on the CBC show “All in a Day” this Tuesday, December 9th between 3:00-3:30 pm., to discuss his group’s project on the Windmill Isles site. He will be joined by one or two students from the Applied Museum Studies program as well.

Three other 3rd year students, Wes Ranger, Jeff Woodward and Adam Thomas, are mentioned in this article in the Ottawa Sun http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/12/04/construction-on-old-domtar-lands-could-begin-in-spring-2015 .

You may also want to click on this link to read what the Ottawa Business Journal had to report on Algonquin College’s participation in the Isles project.

Bachelor of Building Science Webinar (link now available) and Program Information Session – UPDATED

Are you interested in learning more about Building Science or the College’s new Bachelor of Building Science program? If so please register for the Bachelor of Building Science Webinar and Information Session.

Webinar

If you weren’t able to attend the webinar you can view it here – http://youtu.be/qs_KpkQdGE8 .

Tuesday, March 11th – 7:00PM

The Webinar will feature Maria Parra, Program Coordinator as well as three industry representatives discussing the new four-year Bachelor of Building Science program and the requirement for Building Scientists in today’s built environment.

 

Program Information Session

Thursday, March 13th – 6:00-7:30PM

Can’t make the Webinar, sign up to attend our in-person program information session. View a presentation on Building Science, ask your questions and meet Maria Parra, Program Coordinator at this informative session. Please feel free to register here – https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bachelor-of-building-science-information-session-tickets-10802523639

 

Official launch of the Bachelor of Building Science program held September 18, 2013

September 18th, 2013 marked the official launch of the Bachelor of Building Science program at Algonquin College’s Woodroffe Campus. Students from the new program as well as Chris Janzen, Dean of the Faculty of Technology and Trades and Maria Parra, the Coordinator for the four-year Bachelor of Building Science program attended the launch of the program. The launch event was held in conjunction with an industry event put on by the Building Envelope Council Ottawa Carleton (BECOR). BECOR is a non profit organization committed to promoting advanced technologies and techniques in the design, construction and performance of the building envelope and ties in perfectly with the core of the new Bachelor of Building Science program. Please see the following link for coverage of the event by the Ottawa Citizen.