ALGONQUIN COLLEGE SPRING CONVOCATION 2018 (OTTAWA CAMPUS)
– June 18, 19 and 20 at the Canadian Tire Centre –
OTTAWA — Algonquin College is proud to celebrate the Class of 2018 at next week’s Convocation ceremonies. Graduates and their families will assemble at the Canadian Tire Centre on June 18, 19 and 20 to mark the accomplishments of students as they embark on their careers.
Algonquin will graduate more than 8,050 students this spring and they will cross the stage to receive degrees, diplomas, and certificates. The College is also pleased to bestow honorary credentials upon the following distinguished guests:
During her nine years as CEO of Polytechnics Canada, a national alliance of research-intensive colleges and institutes of technology, Nobina Robinson championed the polytechnic model of applied education, convincing government and employers of the need to harness the talents of college students and apprentices. She successfully advocated to have federal research funding extended to polytechnics and college applied research, and was instrumental in getting the federal government to allow apprentices to receive loans like other post-secondary students.
Marc Maracle found his calling early in his working life. After studying architectural technology at Algonquin College in the early 1980s, he dedicated his career to serving the welfare and housing needs of Canada’s Indigenous peoples. Today, after more than a decade as Executive Director of Gignul Non-Profit Housing Corporation, which provides homes to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people, Maracle remains devoted to improving the lives and serving the needs of Ottawa’s growing Indigenous population
Carl Nicholson | Honorary Degree
Executive Director
Catholic Centre for Immigrants Ottawa
Tuesday, June 19: 2:30 p.m.
Carl Nicholson has spent his career making the world a better place. After several years with Canadian University Students Overseas handling projects in Africa, he became the Executive Director of the Catholic Centre for Immigrants Ottawa in the 1990s, a position he’s held ever since. In this capacity, he’s helped thousands of immigrants settle into their new country. This work, along with his many years of service as a community volunteer and advocate for immigrant services, has been widely recognized with numerous honours.
Chris Knight | Honorary Degree
President and CEO, Gusto Worldwide Media Wednesday, June 20, 2:30 p.m.
Chris Knight is well known for the company he founded in 2013 — Gusto TV, an Ottawa-based television network that specializes in programs devoted to food, travel, and design. He is also the author of 11 best-selling cookbooks and has won six James Beard Awards, an International Gourmand World Cookbook Award, and three Gemini Awards for his achievements in Canada’s television industry. He’s now extending his reputation internationally, using a new studio in Ottawa to market productions to the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and China.
Leonard G. Lee | Honorary Degree
Founder, Lee Valley Tools
Conferred posthumously at Perth Campus convocation on June 14
Leonard Lee was truly a Renaissance Man with a capacity for innovation. Trained in engineering and economics, he left Canada’s foreign service in the late 1970s to found one of Ottawa’s iconic companies, Lee Valley Tools. The company soon became a nation-wide chain known for high-quality goods, and remains so today. Before his passing in 2016 at the age of 77, Lee was honoured with numerous awards, including the Order of Canada, as an entrepreneur, business leader, innovator, volunteer, and philanthropist.
2:30 p.m. (Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence, School of Business – Marketing and Management Studies)
7 p.m. (School of Business – Business Administration, General School of Business – Finance, Accounting and Legal Studies, School of Business – Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Office Studies)
Tuesday, June 19
9:30 a.m. (School of Health and Community Studies – Community Studies)
2:30 p.m. (School of Health and Community Studies – Nursing Studies, Police and Public Safety Institute)
7 p.m. (Language Institute, Centre for Continuing and Online Learning School of Health and Community Studies, Allied Health, School of Health and Community Studies – Wellness, Research and Innovation)
Wednesday, June 20
9:30 a.m. (Faculty of Arts, Media and Design)
2:30 p.m. (School of Hospitality and Tourism)
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The mission of Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is to transform hopes and dreams into lifelong success. Algonquin College, an Ontario public sector community college, does this by offering hands-on, digitally connected, experiential learning in more than 185 programs. Based in the Ottawa Valley, Algonquin College is the largest polytechnic institute in Eastern Ontario.
– Ottawa Community Housing pilot project offers Algonquin College students
hands-on experience and affordable meals to tenants –
OTTAWA (June 8) – Mac Manor Bistro serves up valuable work experience to students and quality, affordable food to community housing tenants.
The pilot project is a collaboration between Ottawa Community Housing, Lowertown Community Resource Centre, Algonquin College, Options Bytown, and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Algonquin culinary students gain valuable experience providing affordable, nutritious meals to residents from two Lowertown community-housing buildings. The food is prepped and served at 123 Augusta St. in the top-floor Mac Manor Bistro, which was officially launched on Friday.
Two of Algonquin’s gold-medal winners at Skills Ontario – the Horticulture and Landscape team of Thomas Hawley and Blaise Mombourquette, and Nick Denny in Auto Collision Repair – will compete at the Skills Canada National Competition in Edmonton this week on June 4 and 5. Continue reading Three Algonquin students to compete at Skills Canada National Competition
Ron McLester, Executive Director of Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenization, introduced Algonquin’s Coat of Arms to an international audience on Thursday.
McLester was one of several speakers to address the Honours and Heraldry Symposium at Rideau Hall, where scholars and researchers from around the world gathered to discuss Indigenous emblems. Speaking on the topic of “Emblems for Storytelling,” McLester spoke about Algonquin’s own journey to create a coat of arms.
Experts from Canada and around the world will gather in Ottawa to share how Indigenous values, histories, and ways of knowing can transform entrepreneurial thinking.
Ottawa, ON – May 31, 2018 — Algonquin College is pleased to host the first Global Conference on Indigenizing Entrepreneurship (GCIE), a unique learning and networking opportunity that frames the question, “What is Indigenous entrepreneurship?”
Held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel from June 3 to 5, 2018, the conference coincides with the May 2018 opening of Algonquin College’s DARE District — a centre for Discovery, Applied Research & Entrepreneurship that weaves Indigenous knowledge and culture throughout.
Ron McLester, Executive Director of Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenization at Algonquin College, is excited to see Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods being woven into the entrepreneurial mindset.
“Entrepreneurship is seen as my investment, my risk, my reward,” he explains. “Indigenized entrepreneurship is about community — our investment, our risk, our reward. It’s me to we.”
The conference will assemble experts from across Canada and around the world to share best practices, compelling stories, and crucial insights regarding Indigenous entrepreneurship.
During the conference, attendees are invited to share ideas with pre-eminent figures in Indigenous studies and entrepreneurship, including JP Gladu, Rick Colbourne, Ella Henry, Shyra Barberstock, Carol Anne Hilton, Keith Henry, Leo Dana, and more.
“It’s all about supporting business and management in allowing Indigenous participation in entrepreneurial opportunities. This conference is an exciting step in that process,” says Rick Colbourne, Fulbright Fellow in Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Conference themes include:
1. Challenges faced by Indigenous entrepreneurial women and youth
2. Indigenous entrepreneurship and community development
3. Nation-specific differences in approaching entrepreneurship
4. Community-based supports and resources for Indigenous entrepreneurship
Learn more about the conference, and register today, by visiting: iie2018.ca
About Algonquin College: Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is a publicly funded English-language college that is home to more than 25,000 full-time students. Algonquin’s campus, located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin and Anishinabek peoples, has one of the highest populations of Indigenous students in Ontario’s college system.
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That, in a nutshell, was the overarching theme at a day-long conference on Artificial Intelligence held Thursday at Algonquin College. The conference, entitled Impact AI, was hosted by MindBridge.
More than 500 people attended to hear a series of panel speakers – including Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development – offer differing perspectives on how AI will affect everything from health care and education to government, legal, and banking services. Continue reading Algonquin College hosts conference on Artificial Intelligence
OTTAWA — Algonquin College and the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) are proud to present the 15th instalment of the Future of Health and Wellness Speaker Series tomorrow Friday, May 25.
This session’s keynote speaker will be Mr. Stéphane Giguère. Giguère is Chief Executive Officer of a $2.7 billion housing portfolio at Ottawa Community Housing Corporation, the largest landlord in the national capital and the fourth-largest affordable housing provider in Canada.Continue reading The Health Impacts of Affordable Housing
(Ottawa, May 23, 2018) – Ottawa candidates in the 2018 election must commit to providing Ontario’s colleges with the autonomy to develop cutting-edge programs for the new economy, including an expansion of career-specific degree programs at colleges.
“We need to create an environment for learners that ensures they gain the technical and professional skills for the 21st century,” said Algonquin College President Cheryl Jensen. “Colleges must be given the ability to adapt and develop cutting-edge programming to meet the demands of a rapidly changing workforce.”
Ontario needs a streamlined and effective system for developing new college programs. This would include the expansion of the colleges’ highly successful four-year degree programs and the development of career-specific three-year degree programs.
(OTTAWA, May 16, 2018) – Candidates in the 2018 provincial election are urged to support measures to produce more apprentices by expanding the Ontario colleges’ province-wide application service to include apprenticeship applications.
“As a province, we need to make it easier for students to enroll in apprenticeships,” said Algonquin College President Cheryl Jensen. “Our proposal to boost apprenticeship enrolment will help Ontario meet increasing demand for workers in the skilled trades. We urge Ottawa candidates to endorse this proposal to help more learners – at Algonquin and across the province – get the professional and technical training required to launch dynamic careers.”
The Ottawa Hospital mHealth Lab at Algonquin College has released CANImmunize, a free app that aims to improve vaccination for people in Canada — especially families with young children.
Two of Algonquin’s gold-medal winners at Skills Ontario – the Horticulture and Landscape team of Thomas Hawley and Blaise Mombourquette, and Nick Denny in Auto Collision Repair – will compete at the Skills Canada National Competition in Edmonton this week on June 4 and 5.
