– Ottawa Community Housing pilot project offers Algonquin College students
hands-on experience and affordable meals to tenants –
OTTAWA (June 8) – Mac Manor Bistro serves up valuable work experience to students and quality, affordable food to community housing tenants.
The pilot project is a collaboration between Ottawa Community Housing, Lowertown Community Resource Centre, Algonquin College, Options Bytown, and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Algonquin culinary students gain valuable experience providing affordable, nutritious meals to residents from two Lowertown community-housing buildings. The food is prepped and served at 123 Augusta St. in the top-floor Mac Manor Bistro, which was officially launched on Friday.
Two of Algonquin’s gold-medal winners at Skills Ontario – the Horticulture and Landscape team of Thomas Hawley and Blaise Mombourquette, and Nick Denny in Auto Collision Repair – will compete at the Skills Canada National Competition in Edmonton this week on June 4 and 5. Continue reading Three Algonquin students to compete at Skills Canada National Competition
Ron McLester, Executive Director of Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenization, introduced Algonquin’s Coat of Arms to an international audience on Thursday.
McLester was one of several speakers to address the Honours and Heraldry Symposium at Rideau Hall, where scholars and researchers from around the world gathered to discuss Indigenous emblems. Speaking on the topic of “Emblems for Storytelling,” McLester spoke about Algonquin’s own journey to create a coat of arms.
Experts from Canada and around the world will gather in Ottawa to share how Indigenous values, histories, and ways of knowing can transform entrepreneurial thinking.
Ottawa, ON – May 31, 2018 — Algonquin College is pleased to host the first Global Conference on Indigenizing Entrepreneurship (GCIE), a unique learning and networking opportunity that frames the question, “What is Indigenous entrepreneurship?”
Held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel from June 3 to 5, 2018, the conference coincides with the May 2018 opening of Algonquin College’s DARE District — a centre for Discovery, Applied Research & Entrepreneurship that weaves Indigenous knowledge and culture throughout.
Ron McLester, Executive Director of Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenization at Algonquin College, is excited to see Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods being woven into the entrepreneurial mindset.
“Entrepreneurship is seen as my investment, my risk, my reward,” he explains. “Indigenized entrepreneurship is about community — our investment, our risk, our reward. It’s me to we.”
The conference will assemble experts from across Canada and around the world to share best practices, compelling stories, and crucial insights regarding Indigenous entrepreneurship.
During the conference, attendees are invited to share ideas with pre-eminent figures in Indigenous studies and entrepreneurship, including JP Gladu, Rick Colbourne, Ella Henry, Shyra Barberstock, Carol Anne Hilton, Keith Henry, Leo Dana, and more.
“It’s all about supporting business and management in allowing Indigenous participation in entrepreneurial opportunities. This conference is an exciting step in that process,” says Rick Colbourne, Fulbright Fellow in Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Conference themes include:
1. Challenges faced by Indigenous entrepreneurial women and youth
2. Indigenous entrepreneurship and community development
3. Nation-specific differences in approaching entrepreneurship
4. Community-based supports and resources for Indigenous entrepreneurship
Learn more about the conference, and register today, by visiting: iie2018.ca
About Algonquin College: Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is a publicly funded English-language college that is home to more than 25,000 full-time students. Algonquin’s campus, located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin and Anishinabek peoples, has one of the highest populations of Indigenous students in Ontario’s college system.
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That, in a nutshell, was the overarching theme at a day-long conference on Artificial Intelligence held Thursday at Algonquin College. The conference, entitled Impact AI, was hosted by MindBridge.
More than 500 people attended to hear a series of panel speakers – including Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development – offer differing perspectives on how AI will affect everything from health care and education to government, legal, and banking services. Continue reading Algonquin College hosts conference on Artificial Intelligence
OTTAWA — Algonquin College and the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) are proud to present the 15th instalment of the Future of Health and Wellness Speaker Series tomorrow Friday, May 25.
This session’s keynote speaker will be Mr. Stéphane Giguère. Giguère is Chief Executive Officer of a $2.7 billion housing portfolio at Ottawa Community Housing Corporation, the largest landlord in the national capital and the fourth-largest affordable housing provider in Canada.Continue reading The Health Impacts of Affordable Housing
(Ottawa, May 23, 2018) – Ottawa candidates in the 2018 election must commit to providing Ontario’s colleges with the autonomy to develop cutting-edge programs for the new economy, including an expansion of career-specific degree programs at colleges.
“We need to create an environment for learners that ensures they gain the technical and professional skills for the 21st century,” said Algonquin College President Cheryl Jensen. “Colleges must be given the ability to adapt and develop cutting-edge programming to meet the demands of a rapidly changing workforce.”
Ontario needs a streamlined and effective system for developing new college programs. This would include the expansion of the colleges’ highly successful four-year degree programs and the development of career-specific three-year degree programs.
(OTTAWA, May 16, 2018) – Candidates in the 2018 provincial election are urged to support measures to produce more apprentices by expanding the Ontario colleges’ province-wide application service to include apprenticeship applications.
“As a province, we need to make it easier for students to enroll in apprenticeships,” said Algonquin College President Cheryl Jensen. “Our proposal to boost apprenticeship enrolment will help Ontario meet increasing demand for workers in the skilled trades. We urge Ottawa candidates to endorse this proposal to help more learners – at Algonquin and across the province – get the professional and technical training required to launch dynamic careers.”
The Ottawa Hospital mHealth Lab at Algonquin College has released CANImmunize, a free app that aims to improve vaccination for people in Canada — especially families with young children.
Algonquin College students have won eight medals at Canada’s largest skilled trade and technology competition – including three gold medals in Auto Collision Repair, Restaurant Service, and team Horticulture and Landscape.
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