Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
Algonquin College and Carleton University will host the Make the CUT (College University Transition) program on Wednesday, May 2, at Algonquin College. This unique initiative is designed for Grade 12 students with learning disabilities or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder who are planning to attend college or university.
Posted on Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
OTTAWA – Algonquin College has won the Experiential Learning Employer Excellence Award from the Council for Experiential Learning (CEL).
Posted on Monday, April 30th, 2018
OTTAWA – Discovery, Applied Research, and Entrepreneurship. The DARE District has arrived at Algonquin College.
At a special grand opening event and ribbon cutting, the College will open the doors on the new heart of its Ottawa campus – an innovative, $44.9 million project two years in the making.
The DARE District will include the College’s new library and learning centre, an Indigenous Commons, makerspaces that will allow students to get their hands on the latest technology, a Cybersecurity Centre, and more. It will be home to new training and test facilities for high-demand job sectors, a multimedia production facility, expanded Applied Research and Innovation programs, and an area dedicated to Indigenous entrepreneurship.
Posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
April 18, 2018 (OTTAWA) — Algonquin College and The Ottawa Hospital are expanding their collaboration on health research, innovation and training with the opening of “The Ottawa Hospital at Algonquin College”. The newly renovated space – located within part of Algonquin’s Applied Research and Innovation facilities – will serve as a hub for collaboration, particularly in digital and mobile health (mHealth).
The Ottawa Hospital mHealth Lab, led by Dr. Kumanan Wilson, recently moved into the space in Algonquin’s F building. The 22-member team began collaborating with Algonquin in 2016 on an alien zombie-themed digital comic book to encourage immunization. New collaborations are continuing to use mobile and digital technologies to improve health.
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Posted on Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
OTTAWA – The Algonquin College Office of Applied Research & Innovation will be holding its applied research showcase: RE/ACTION on Friday, April 13, 2018.
RE/ACTION highlights leading-edge applied research done in collaboration with industry, institutional and community partners, providing a glimpse into the future of technology and the current state of innovation.
Engage with over 70 research teams located across the Algonquin College Campus and explore their incredible findings and creations. Ranging from robotics to biology and anywhere in between, the projects are incredibly diverse: turning algae into biofuel, finding the smartest smart apartment, exoskeleton innovation, and even a shawarma vending machine.
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2018
April 9, 2018 (OTTAWA) —An innovative applied research collaboration to bring medical information closer to patients has received $91,000.
This new investment will accelerate an ongoing research collaboration between the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Algonquin College.
The new funding was awarded by the Children’s Hospital Academic Medical Organization Innovation Fund competition through the Innovation Fund provincial oversight committee.
The funding (over two years) supports a joint project called Insight Scope, a crowdsourcing software platform that aims to significantly accelerate the synthesis and translation of medical evidence to the bedside.
Posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
OTTAWA – The Ontario government’s 2018 budget investments will ensure more students have access to college programs that open the door to rewarding and meaningful employment.
“The budget delivers some important investments in student success,” said Cheryl Jensen, President of Algonquin College. “This will help us produce more graduates with the professional and technical expertise that is pivotal to success in today’s economy.”
Posted on Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
OTTAWA — Algonquin College is pleased to announce the unveiling of its 3 Drums, 3 Campuses project as part of efforts to make Indigenous traditions an integral dimension of College culture.
Members of the public, including the media, were invited to visit the Mamidosewin Centre in the Student Commons at the Ottawa campus on Monday, March 19 to witness the building of a large ceremonial drum using traditional materials and craftsmanship.
Working under the guidance of Indigenous Elders, students and faculty members used traditional materials and craftsmanship to make the drum.
Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2018
S Building has been closed on Monday, March 19 for unscheduled electrical repairs.
All classes in S Building are cancelled for the day. The building will be closed by 9:45 a.m.
Posted on Friday, March 9th, 2018
OTTAWA — Algonquin College will receive more than $9 million in funding from the Ontario government to improve its energy efficiency.
The funding was announced today by members of the Ottawa Liberal Caucus who came to the College Friday for a ceremony to mark the event, including Ottawa West-Nepean Liberal MPP Bob Chiarelli, the provincial Minister of Infrastructure, Ottawa Centre MPP and Government House Leader Yasir Naqvi, Ottawa Vanier MPP and Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Nathalie Des Rosiers, and Ottawa South MPP John Fraser. Continue reading