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Algonquin College Hosts Pre-Apprenticeship Fund Announcement

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 →

Algonquin College, Nunavut Arctic College formalize agreement

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.”

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AC featured on CBC Radio, TV and online!

Posted on Monday, March 13th, 2017

CBC News

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 →

Second-year students receive inaugural Changemaker Award from Board of Governors

Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2017

students from the first Occupational Therapy Assistant/Physiotherapist Assistant program

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 →

Algonquin College and Shopify announce new program making experiential learning a priority

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 →

Capital Magazine celebration event features Cheryl as panellist

Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2017

Capital Magazine panelists

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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