Posted on Friday, July 8th, 2022
Dear Colleagues and Learners,
Due to the ongoing Rogers Internet service disruption, all classes and services at Algonquin College’s Ottawa , Pembroke, Perth and AC Online campuses are being cancelled for the remainder of the day (July 8). All learners and employees, who are not essential to helping to re-establish College internet connectivity – or deemed essential by their manager – should please end their day early. Updates will be provided as soon as they are available.
Thank you,
Claude Brulé
President and CEO
Posted on Wednesday, July 6th, 2022
The cover of Ollie’s Telescope which showcases Blanchard’s beautiful illustrations.
Writing and illustrating a children’s book was never a fated endeavor for Samantha Smadella and Kaitlyn Blanchard but when they stumbled upon a story that needed to be told, the pair immediately put pen to paper to take on the challenge.
Smadella and Blanchard are both students of the Therapeutic Recreation program, a healthcare profession that deals with five domains of recreation and leisure: physical, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual. Smadella explains that recreation therapy takes shape in a variety of ways in different spaces — from children’s palliative care to long-term care for the elderly.
“Therapeutic recreation helps provide meaning to peoples’ lives,” says Smadella. “It touches on all the things that make us human outside of the menial day to day tasks.”
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Posted on Monday, July 4th, 2022
Looking to celebrate a special occasion in the nation’s capital? Look no further! Algonquin College’s very own chef Tanya Skeates will be serving up a delicious farm-to-table feast as part of the Chef’s Table event held at the National Arts Centre (NAC) from Aug. 18 to Sept. 10.
Chef Tanya Skeates poses for a photo in her chef whites.
Presented by the Festival of Small Halls, the event will offer a romantic canal-side experience with live musical entertainment and, most importantly, the thoughtfully curated three-course menus of five of Canada’s very best culinary minds.
Skeates has been fostering the creative artistry of budding chefs at the College for almost five years now and, when she’s not busy sharing her culinary expertise, she can be found dreaming up new culinary experiences of her own. However, it wasn’t the creative expression that drew her to a career in the kitchen but her wanderlust for travel.
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