Grand Opening of the DARE District
May 03, 2018
(PHOTO: Jana Chytilova)
The DARE District’s three-storey mural is impossible to miss, but the building’s Indigenous influences go far beyond the striking visual of animals and nature.
Indigenous knowledge, methodology, and imagery are embedded throughout the DARE District’s design, identity, and purpose.
“Within the new DARE District, Algonquin has raised and invested $5.4 million dollars into four unique areas that embed, profile, and celebrate Indigenous culture and identity,” says Ron McLester, Executive Director of Truth, Reconciliation & Indigenization. “There is the courtyard (under construction), the Indigenous Commons, the Institute of Indigenization, and an area on our third floor Library that is meant to be a bit of a repository for traditional Indigenous knowledge. Read more >
Just seven years after graduating from Algonquin’s Public Relations program in 2006, Kelly Rusk found herself working as a digital media expert at Banfield, a well-known Ottawa marketing and communications agency that’s been around since the word digital meant a wristwatch with flashing numbers.
Within two years of joining Banfield, she was a partner in the business and now serves as the agency’s digital director. If this seems like overnight success, don’t be fooled, says Rusk. Read more >
Algonquin College’s Ottawa Campus will be open for all classes and activities on Monday, July 23rd .
Crews have worked through the weekend to successfully restore power to the College. While some areas are still operating on reduced power this afternoon, all areas are expected to be at full power in time for the start of the new week. This will include areas that involve our external partners, such as the Algonquin College Early Learning Centre, Pro Physio, and the Police and Public Safety Institute.
The College is drawing power from one of its two high-efficiency co-generation natural gas plants, supplemented by generators for many of the buildings.
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