OTTAWA — Algonquin College is pleased to announce that The W. Garfield Weston Foundation will generously support 165 Algonquin College students over the next four years through the Weston Family Scholarship in the Skilled Trades.
Through this initiative, 95 post-secondary students and 70 apprentices at Algonquin campuses in Ottawa, Perth and Pembroke will benefit from more than 365 awards to be given out over the next four years – a total funding of $640,211. The awards will go to students pursuing careers in the transportation, manufacturing and construction sectors – industries currently undergoing a labour shortage across Canada.
Beyond financial help, these Weston Family Scholars will also receive ongoing social and career support – including mentorship and co-curricular activities.
Algonquin College’s Ottawa Campus will be open for all classes and activities on Monday, July 23rd .
Crews have worked through the weekend to successfully restore power to the College. While some areas are still operating on reduced power this afternoon, all areas are expected to be at full power in time for the start of the new week. This will include areas that involve our external partners, such as the Algonquin College Early Learning Centre, Pro Physio, and the Police and Public Safety Institute.
The College is drawing power from one of its two high-efficiency co-generation natural gas plants, supplemented by generators for many of the buildings.
Crews have been successful in their efforts to restore power to a large portion of the Ottawa campus. The College has been able to utilize one of its two high-efficiency co-generation natural gas plants, which together can generate enough power to cover the baseline power needs of the Ottawa campus.
As of Saturday evening, we have been able to supply power to all buildings except Buildings T, N, P and S — electrical systems for these buildings are being tested this evening and we are hopeful that power will be restored in these areas over the weekend. We do not yet have sufficient power to run the main chiller that provides cooling to most buildings, so while some buildings have full power for lighting, computers and washrooms, they do not yet have air conditioning.
Crews are continuing their work to restore power to our Ottawa Campus and we are pleased to report that last night our Residence was back to full power. Thank you to all our learners for their patience while we worked to set up generators, and to all the teams and employees who work in Residence for their ongoing support.
The ACCE Building is operating normally and all regularly scheduled activity there will continue without disruption.
We are unable to provide an ETA on the restoration of power to other parts of the Ottawa Campus, which are currently operating on emergency power.
Specialists have been brought in to further diagnose the problem and we will have another update for everyone later today. We are hopeful that we will be able to take advantage of our high-efficiency co-generation power plants, which can generate enough power to cover the baseline power needs of the Ottawa campus.
All regularly scheduled activities, programs, and services in areas of the Ottawa Campus other than ACCE Building remain suspended on Saturday and until further notice. Employees in non-essential roles are advised not to come to the campus.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your attention to this notice.
Please watch for updates on myAC and the College’s social media channels throughout the weekend
To: All students and employees What: Power Outage update
Friday, July 20, 2018, 10:30 p.m.
Crews are still working to restore power to parts of the Ottawa Campus, which was struck by a wide scale outage at approximately 3 p.m. Friday afternoon. We are unable to provide an ETA on the restoration of full power at this time.
In the interim, please be advised that:
• The ACCE Building is operating normally and all regularly scheduled activity will continue there on Saturday.
• All regularly scheduled activities, programs, and services in areas of the Ottawa Campus other than ACCE Building will be suspended on Saturday and until further notice. Employees in non-essential roles are advised not to come to the campus. Continue reading Power Outage Update
At 2:46 p.m., smoke was detected on an electrical switch in the A Building. As a precaution, Physical Resources cut power to parts of the Ottawa campus to allow an investigation into the source of the smoke.
We are unable to provide an ETA on resumption of power, pending further investigation.
OTTAWA — On May 16, Algonquin discovered unauthorized and illegal access by hackers on one server infected with malware.
The College acted immediately to re-establish the security of the server. Forensic experts were brought in to investigate the scope of the attack and the information compromised. The investigation determined that the infected server hosted access to databases which contained personal information.
The detailed forensic investigation currently underway has revealed no direct evidence that any data was actually accessed or taken in the cyberattack.
There’s a dark-eyed moose. A soaring eagle. Sweetgrass and strawberries. And, not to be ignored, the giant turtle on whose back rides a cluster of birch-bark lodging and a great pine tree – the tree of life.
Welcome to Algonquin College’s latest showcase of Indigenous artwork. Nearly seven months in making, the three storey-high painting depicting Indigenous cosmological symbols is now on display outside the Indigenous Commons in the first floor of the DARE District. Continue reading Algonquin College mural portrays an Indigenous creation story
There’s a dark-eyed moose. A soaring eagle. Sweetgrass and strawberries. And, not to be ignored, the giant turtle on whose back rides a cluster of birch-bark lodging and a great pine tree – the tree of life.