Choosing a career
Are you looking to prepare for life after college? This segment of the blog will help you with job market preparation, events that will help with your professional career, and opportunities to move ahead in the workforce.
Sept. 20–26, 2026 marks National Forest Week (NFW) across Canada. Coordinated nationally by the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF-IFC), this annual event celebrates Canada’s forest heritage and raises awareness about sustainable forest management.
Algonquin College’s Pembroke Campus has a long-standing history of training forestry industry leaders through the Urban Forestry – Aboriculture and Forestry Technician programs, partnering with several organizations in the Ottawa Valley to create hands-on experiences for learners.
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Algonquin College has strong industry partners across the National Capital Region. Each year, we work with several employers to help our learners secure co-operative education work terms. Many learners continue these relationships into full-time employment after completing their programs.
We sat down with Kelly Daize, Executive Director and Ella Wiggins, Manager, Business Strategy and Innovation at Kanata North Business Association (KNBA) to talk about employability for learners entering a co-op work term, or entering the workforce upon graduation.
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Meet Hmoad Hajali, an upper-level Computer Systems Technician – Networking student at Algonquin College, who is currently completing a co-op work term at Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit.
The openness to experience and the ability to jump into a new field, despite uncertainty, led Hajali to Algonquin College and eventually to Nunavut Arctic College (NAC) in Iqaluit.
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