This year, Algonquin College and the Students’ Association will participate in the Capital Pride Parade for the first time! Here’s what President Cheryl Jensen, Students’ Association President Deijanelle Simon, and Sarah Gauen, Algonquin College’s Inclusion and Diversity Specialist had to say about the exciting announcement. Continue reading
As part of living the value of equity and diversity in our community, Algonquin College and the Students’ Association will be participating in the Capital Pride Parade 2018. Continue reading
Samir Masoud and his family arrived in Canada from war-ravaged Syria in the summer of 2016, knowing little of their new country, but happy to be safe.
A year later both Masoud and his wife were Algonquin graduates much closer to their dream of starting their own business in Ottawa.
The couple were among the first graduates of a unique college program, Culinary and Job Skills for Newcomers to Canada. The program, which combines food preparation courses with job readiness training, was designed specifically in response to the influx of Syrian refugees. Continue reading