Hugh Wright calls it a career
After 29 years with Algonquin College, our Associate Director of Corporate Training is retiring.
After 29 years with Algonquin College, including 11 with the Corporate Training team, Hugh Wright is retiring.
Please join us in congratulating Hugh Wright, Associate Director of Corporate Training, on his retirement after 29 years with Algonquin College!
Our clients will best know Hugh as one of the driving forces behind the downtown Algonquin College Corporate Training Centre, which significantly grew the number of clients and individuals the Corporate Training team served annually. His leadership was also instrumental in setting the foundation for opening the new Algonquin College Learning Centre at 700 Sussex in January 2020.
Hugh expanded his role over the past year, working alongside our Perth Campus to spearhead the delivery of a Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities-funded Eastern Ontario College Consortium SkillsAdvance Ontario project. This initiative supports the workforce training and skills needs of Eastern Ontario’s steel and aluminum manufacturers and metal fabricators affected by recent trade disputes.
For nearly three decades, Hugh has lived and breathed the College’s mission, vision and values. His work ethic, caring nature and exceptional leadership skills have left a mark on all of us who have had the privilege to work alongside him. On behalf of all of us in Business Development, we wish to say thank you to Hugh and his family.
To celebrate his contributions, we have created a Hugh Wright Scholarship. This fund is a small token of our appreciation and a way to pay tribute to all that he has done for the College by paying it forward to those who matter most to him: our students.
Following Hugh’s retirement, I will be assuming Hugh’s day-to-day responsibilities on an interim basis.
Once again, please join me in celebrating Hugh and his phenomenal achievements in support of the College, our learners and our broader community.