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WorldSkills Competitor trains at Algonquin College with the help of Algonquin College Professor Martin Restoule

Photo of Martin Restoule and Claude Cote during their on-site training session

Claude Cote (left) and Martin Restoule (right) photographed at their on-site training session held at Algonquin College

On September 26th Claude Cote, Team Canada’s Automotive Service Technician competitor will be on-campus training for the upcoming WorldSkills Competition occurring in London, England. For the past year, Martin Restoule, coordinator of a number of Algonquin Colleges’ Automotive Apprenticeship programs has been acting as the Canadian Expert for Automotive Service Technician competitor Claude Cote and will be accompanying Claude to the competition. “Claude is a great competitor and is very dedicated to his training. It’s been a lot of hard work participating in the many qualifying competitions up to this point. To finally be able to compete at this year’s WorldSkills Competition in London is the culmination of all his hard work,” stated Martin earlier this month.

Martin’s dedication to this competition is also very noteworthy, for the last 10 years he has acted as coach, judge and all-around cheer leader for the many Algonquin students that have participated in the Ontario Technological Skills Competition as well as at the National and WorldSkills Competitions.

Claude will spend his time at Algonquin College with Martin as well as doing alignment training with the College’s resident alignment expert, Professor Stan Wierzbowski. Elite BMW/Mini has agreed to provide a Mini Countryman car for Claude to train on for the day giving Claude access to one of the possible vehicles that he will be asked to work on while at the competition in England.

While Claude is not a graduate of Algonquin College we have had our share of competitors at previous WorldSkills Competitions most recently Scott Blair (Carpentry Competitor), Stacy Dubois (IT Office Software Competitor) and Nathan Banke (Automotive Service Technician).

WorldSkills London 2011 will be the world’s largest, international skills Competition with young people from across the globe competing to be the best of the best in their chosen skill. The competition takes place at ExCeL London in London, England from 5-8 October 2011.

150,000 expected visitors will see 1,000 Competitors from more than 50 countries/regions competing in 46 skill areas over four exciting days of Competition.

For more information please contact Glenn MacDonald at 613-727-4723 ext.5968 or Martin Restoule at 613-727-4723 ext. 5153. For more information on the competition please visit http://www.worldskillslondon2011.com/ or http://www.worldskills.org/.

Algonquin College Racecar makes its debut

Photo of the Algonquin College Racecar

Algonquin College Racecar built by Motive Power Students at Algonquin College

Algonquin College’s Racecar makes its debut.

Recently completed, the Algonquin College Racecar is a 2001 Firebird that has been rebuilt “from the ground up” by students in the Motive Power Technician program with help from students in some of the other automotive apprenticeship programs at the college. The Algonquin College Racecar made its debut at the 25th Annual Brockville Automotion car show on July 31rst. The Algonquin College Racecar will be featured at upcoming events around the college and at other car shows throughout the year. See photos and more information about the car in the accompanying story taken from St. Lawrence EMC’s latest edition.

Open House

Open House Whether you want to GO EXPLORE, GO CREATE, GO BUILD, or to simply GO FURTHER, Algonquin College will give you the guidance, skills and hands-on experience you need to get you on your way.

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20th Annual Edible Architecture Competition

Edible Architecture: Algonquin College’s tasty competition

Just in time for Valentine’s Day

On February 14, 2011, the 20th installment of the Algonquin College Architectural Technology program’s “edible architecture” contest will be held on campus, just in time for Valentine’s Day. This contest truly engages the creativity of students from the Interior Decorating, Interior Design, and Architectural Technology programs as they compete to build the most architecturally sound, and tasty, structure.

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Applied Research Showcase

Showcase of the Applied Research done by the Mechanical Engineering Technology students during their third-year projects courses. Meet the designers, see the application, and learn more about what it takes for a successful project team to reach its goals.