Posted on Monday, June 25th, 2018
Last week saw graduates from the Ottawa Campus celebrating their achievements at three days of convocation ceremonies! Here are some of our favorite quotes from the Honorary Degree Recipient and Valedictorian speeches!
Posted on Friday, June 22nd, 2018
When Jeff McCoy decided to get out of a job he didn’t like, and into the trades, he chose Algonquin for his training mainly because it was convenient.
Now having completed one trade program at the College and nearing completion on a second, McCoy believes he couldn’t have chosen better even if his education options had been far wider.
He is impressed by the flexibility of the instructors in his courses who readily adapt to different learning styles. “With the trades, one person is not always going to learn in the same way as the next person,” says McCoy. “I find (the Algonquin instructors) are really good in accommodating.” Read more >
Posted on Tuesday, June 19th, 2018
Algonquin College will join this week with other organizations, local and national, to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day.
On Thursday, June 21, the Mamidosewin Centre will host a storytelling event in the DARE District’s Indigenous Commons that highlights Indigenous traditions tied to the arrival of summer. It is open to the entire College community.
Entitled “Honouring the Heart-Shaped Berry,” the noon to 2 p.m. event will offer stories that relate the importance of harvesting strawberries as a symbol of new life as well as their value as a medicine for healing and reconciliation. Guests will enjoy strawberry drinks and desserts as they listen.
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