Level up for National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

Chocolate chip cookies are the ultimate comfort food and on Aug. 4 we can all indulge in that classic treat with this delicious recipe from ourChef Anne Marie Milk and students from the Pastry and Baking Arts program create some chocolate chip cookies Baking and Pastry Arts program.

Baking and Pastry Arts professor Chef Anne-Marie Milk has teamed up with some of her students to level up the recipe by elevating it with flavours and ingredients from some of the countries represented in the class.

 

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Four Algonquin College Indigenous students return from Australia Exchange

L-R: Natasha Hiltz-Commanda, Wade Boudrias, Brad Bergeron, Jazmin Remillard enjoyed their visit to Australia.

Four Algonquin College students recently returned to Ottawa from studying in Wollongong, Australia, for two and a half weeks after participating in a for-credit study abroad experience at the University of Wollongong.

Students embarked on the transformative two-week study tour in Wollongong, where they were exposed to an immersive exploration into the rich tapestry of Indigenous Australia. Highlights included a visit to the Daintree Rainforest, where they participated in a “Welcome to Country” and “Dreamtime Walk,” as well as Stories with Elders and Rangers, a whale watching cruise with First Nations experts, a guest lecture on Indigenous whale stories and a guest lecture with Indigenous artist Josie Atkinson-Flanders about using art for sharing stories and activism. Read more >


Students from N.W.T. and Nunavut learn carpentry, life skills at Ottawa Campus

Fifteen students from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) have come to Algonquin College to participate in this year’s Northern Youth Abroad (NYA) Next program. Open to youth aged 16-22, NYA Next students live at the Ottawa Campus while receiving individual career coaching, volunteering in the community and learning presentation skills. They leave the program with high school credits, career preparedness, and the experience of living on a college campus.

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