Posted on Friday, June 9th, 2017
This Saturday Algonquin College will be honouring Ken Shoultz, the first principal of the Ontario Vocational Centre, Ottawa, and the first Dean of the Technology Centre for Algonquin College, with a special ceremony and reception.
The event is one of many this year that will mark the 50th anniversary of Algonquin College, which was born when the Ontario Vocational Centre, Ottawa, and the Eastern Ontario Institute of Technology merged in 1967. Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
On Wednesday morning, Algonquin College’s School of Hospitality and Tourism hosted the formal announcement of the Pre-Apprenticeship Fund by the Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Infrastructure and MPP Ottawa West-Nepean, and Marie-France Lalonde, Ontario’s Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services and MPP Ottawa-Orléans.
Announced in front of a full house in the Philip Killeen Hospitality Foyer, the Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program supports the Government of Ontario’s focus on increasing the number of new entrants to apprenticeship programs while addressing skilled trade shortages. Continue reading
Posted on Friday, March 17th, 2017
OTTAWA — Today the President of Algonquin College, Cheryl Jensen, and the President of Nunavut Arctic College, Joe Adla Kunuk, formalized a new partnership that will facilitate the sharing of programs and learning resources between the two Colleges.
“We are eager to collaborate with Nunavut Arctic College to provide students, both here in Ontario and also in Nunavut, with new opportunities,” said Jensen. “Algonquin College is committed to academic collaborations that allow Indigenous students, and all students, to reach their full potential, and to gain the skills they need for the future.”
Posted on Monday, March 13th, 2017
Giacomo Panico visited the AC campus last month and discovered the many ways our students prepare for their careers (CBC News)
A haircut for $10? A massage for $35?
Of course, all of us here at AC know the College’s best-kept secrets are the services provided by our students at discount rates.
But it was all new to CBC’s Giacomo Panico, who visited the AC campus last month and discovered the many ways our students prepare for their careers as part of their course work. Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
Photo: The Changemakers Award was presented to, from left, Suzanne Mondoux, Robyn Dusseldorp, Sage Barclay and Rebecca Arbuckle on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017.
Four students from the first Occupational Therapy Assistant/Physiotherapist Assistant program offered at Algonquin College received the first Student Changemaker Award from the Board of Governors at the board meeting on Monday evening. Continue reading
Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2017
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OTTAWA — Algonquin College is pleased to announce that it is now home to a Steinway grand piano that will bring the gift of music to generations of new musicians. Continue reading
Posted on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
Ottawa — Algonquin College and Shopify are pleased to announce a partnership that brings students into the future of commerce and design.
Sixty third-year Algonquin College Graphic Design students from the School of Media and Design will be receiving hands-on training in a pilot course that provides experiential learning opportunities at Shopify’s company headquarters. As part of the curriculum, students will partner with local businesses to improve design aspects of their companies. The students will gain expert insight and training from Shopify instructors, who collaborated with College instructors to build a multidisciplinary course. Continue reading
Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2017
Photo: Alex Munter, CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, left, Algonquin College President Cheryl Jensen, centre, and Warren Creates, head of the Immigration Law Group at Perley-Robertson, Hill and McDougall, were the evening’s panelists.
Capital Magazine celebrated the launch of its second edition, which features Algonquin College President Cheryl Jensen on its cover, at a networking and panel event at the College on Thursday evening.
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