Posted on Monday, July 20th, 2026
Students from the Canadian North are in Ottawa participating in the annual Northern Youth Abroad program. The program cultivates youth leadership, individual career goals, cross-cultural awareness and international citizenship for youth from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Posted on Friday, July 10th, 2026
Nunavut Day, celebrated annually on July 9, is a public holiday in Nunavut that recognizes the 1993 passage of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the Nunavut Act, which laid the foundation for the creation of Nunavut and advanced Inuit self-determination.
The day was enthusiastically marked at the Mamidosewin Centre. Read more >
Posted on Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Algonquin College’s Spring 2026 Convocation ceremony is taking place from June 23 to June 26 at the Canadian Tire Centre. During the event, the College will celebrate thousands of soon-to-be graduates who are prepared to make their mark in their chosen fields.
Among these people is Aidan Gower of the Aircraft Maintenance Technician program. Gower began his path to the aviation industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, following an opportunity to work as a ground handler at Calgary International Airport. Working around pilots, air traffic controllers and maintenance crews made him realize that aviation was his future.
“As soon as I got into the airport and started talking with the people in the industry, I knew that I wanted to begin a career in aviation,” said Gower. “I’ve always been mechanically inclined, so [this is] the road I went with.”
While several colleges across the country offer aircraft maintenance programs, Gower believed that Algonquin College’s strong reputation and intimate class sizes, as well as family connections in Ottawa, made it the obvious choice.