A Maclean’s magazine article that delves into the stronger representation of women as heads of colleges than of universities focuses on a small number of the 38 female college presidents in Canada, including Cheryl. Continue reading Cheryl Jensen featured in Maclean’s article focusing on women in college leadership
Ottawa — Algonquin College is rolling out a new brand-awareness campaign that underscores its commitment to personalized education, experiential learning, innovation and entrepreneurship. Continue reading A bold new advertising campaign for Algonquin College
Nov. 23, 2016 (Ottawa) — If you’ve ever been sick, you know the important role of food in your recovery. Food can provide energy, help build immunity, and put us in the positive frame of mind that’s needed to get us back on our feet. For these reasons, hospitals around the world are taking note of how they can help their patients by updating their menus. Continue reading Diagnosing the Future of Hospital Food
The Algonquin Students’ Association Pride Centre opened Wednesday morning with a ribbon-cutting attended by about 60 people and a cupcake reception in the bright new space. Continue reading Ribbon-cutting opens Pride Centre on the Ottawa campus
An innovative program that aims to enhance Indigenous student recruitment, retention, and success is underway at Algonquin College and Cambrian College. Both institutions will be working with Indigenous communities on a new Indigenous Student Performance Success Program focused on producing research that will identify factors that help or hinder Indigenous students as they pursue postsecondary studies at each institution. On Monday, November 21, at the Higher Education Summit in Toronto, Algonquin President Cheryl Jensen and Cambrian President Bill Best signed an agreement that will enable the two Colleges to collaborate on research that will enhance the postsecondary experience for Indigenous students. Continue reading Indigenous student success program launched by Algonquin College and Cambrian College
OTTAWA — Algonquin College and The Ottawa Hospital are embarking on a unique partnership in health research, innovation and training. The College has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Hospital’s research institute to “encourage and facilitate the development of mutually beneficial linkages” in areas such as digital health, clinical trials and biotherapeutics manufacturing. Continue reading Algonquin College and The Ottawa Hospital form new partnership
Algonquin College students won first prize in the inaugural Mayor’s Cyber Challenge Cup on Saturday, beating out teams from Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, and La Cité. Continue reading AC students win Mayor’s Cyber Challenge Cup!
Under the theme of “dream big,” Algonquin College’s Pembroke campus held its first TEDxPembroke event this past weekend, drawing a sell-out crowd. The Saturday afternoon event featured seven speakers, including the CEO of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Mark Lesinski, and the Director of Emergency Services for Renfrew County, Michael Nolan. Continue reading Sell-out crowd attends Pembroke campus’s first TEDx event
A strong AC contingent joined the excitement and inspiration of WE Day on Wednesday, as volunteers and participants, along with 16,000 other students and educators.
The event is part of a movement that gives people the tools to change the world and uses stadium-sized events and star power to spark the change. Continue reading AC volunteers, students, employees among 16,000 at WE Day
The 2016 edition of Canada’s Top 50 Research Colleges was released on Thursday — and Algonquin College continues its upward performance.
The College is now in 20th spot in the rankings, up from 24th in 2015.
“This is a great motivation boost for our Algonquin College community as we continue to deliver in our strategic priorities around innovation and entrepreneurship,” said Cristina Holguin-Pando, Director, Partnerships, Applied Research & Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. “It’s a journey that really gained momentum through our current strategic plan, and will be consolidated in the new strategy documents that will see Algonquin College at the forefront, delivering an education model based on innovation and entrepreneurship leadership in a few years ahead.”
Other stats from the report include:
• Algonquin’s research income rose 51.1 per cent from the previous period, taking the fourth spot in research income percentage growth.
• Algonquin is now third in the number of paid students conducting research among Canada’s large colleges.
• Algonquin takes the seventh spot in the country in terms of faculty members leading research projects.
• In total grants received from the federal government’s Tri-Council (NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR) in the 2011-2015 period, Algonquin ranks fourth across Canada with more than $6 million research income.
“It is truly rewarding to evidence the college’s success by consistently increasing the number of faculty, and of course students, engaged in applied research projects,” said Holguin-Pando. “While it is always exciting attaining growing levels of funding, the reality is that funding availability is in decline, making it increasingly challenging.”
The report, compiled by Research Infosource Inc., noted that combined research income of 15 Ontario colleges fell by 4.6 per cent.
“Although many individual colleges performed well the total Ontario college income drop of 4.6 per cent somewhat underperformed the national trend of 0.5 per-cent growth,” said Ron Freedman, CEO of Research Infosource, in a press release. “Of concern is that industry funding of college research in the province declined by -21.8 per cent, falling to $2.9 million. The positive news is that the number of formal research partnerships grew by 37.6 per cent and the number of completed research projects expanded by 17.5 per cent.”
And Holguin-Pando said there are plenty of signs that Algonquin is on the right track.
“The best indicator, the real success story here, is in our ability to provide our faculty and our students with opportunities to meaningfully engage with industry partners in solving real-life problems that are at the cutting edge of technology,” she said. “This is what we do best.”
More information, and the full rankings, are available here.