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News and EventsCorner Brook Campus Winter Carnival BreakfastPosted March 8, 2010 The Corner Brook Campus cafeteria was a place to beon February 23, 2010. The staff prepared a breakfast feast for the Annual Staff and Student Corner Brook Winter Carnival Breakfast. A mass bacon, eggs, toast and pancake supply was needed to feed over 300 students, staff members, and instructors, making it the largest breakfast event to date. Breakfast ran from 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM with several students thanking staff members for a wonderful start to their day.
Academy Canada Students Volunteer At NLCA Annual ConferencePosted March 4, 2010 The Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Association (NLCA) recently held its annual conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Academy Canada is a longstanding NLCA member as well as event sponsor. Our students also volunteered during the entire conference. Pictured below with Canada’s Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, is Jennifer Leyden, Office Administration Technology student, one of the volunteers.
Office Administration Students Tour Trades CollegePosted February 26, 2010 Anna Janes’ Office Administration class recently visited the Harding Road Campus for a facilities and shops tour. Cooking students also provided an excellent lunch to her students. The group spent an afternoon checking out various shops to learn more about apprenticeship and trades oriented careers ranging from Automotive Service Technician to Welding. The photo below shows the class hamming it up with Community Relations Director, James Loder.
Construction Association Representatives Visit CollegePosted February 26, 2010 On January 27, 2010, Academy Canada was pleased to welcome the NL Construction Association President, Frank Diamond, and Canadian Construction Association Past President, Paul Charette, to the Harding Road Campus. During the meeting, Anita Abbott and James Loder explained Academy Canada’s role in the province’s education system and offered our support to help both Construction Association's as well as the work of apprentices, journeypersons, employers, and companies. It was a very enlightening visit leading to several great ideas for future partnerships. After the meeting, Frank Diamond, Paul Charette, and James Loder had a highly productive meeting with Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Education, Darrin King.
Corner Brook Campus In-House Skills Competition WinnersPosted February 25, 2010 The Corner Brook Campus Cooking students participated in their in-house skills competition on February 11, 2010. Participating members were Brittany Ellsworth, Dean Warford, Mark Bennett, and Kayla Wall. Brittany Ellsworth was the Cooking competition winner. She will represent the Corner Brook Campus at the Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador, 13th Annual Provincial Skills Competition, to be held on March 26, 2010 at the College of the North Atlantic Prince Philip Drive Campus in St. John's. Other in-house skills competition winners include Derrick Decker (Electrical) and Steve Gould (Carpentry). They will also represent our campus at the upcoming provincial skills competition. For more information about the Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador 13the Annual Skills Competiton, please visit the Skills Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Upcoming Events page at http://www.skillscanada-nfld.com/upcoming.php.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Warns About Impending Labour ShortagePosted February 25, 2010 In a recent Canadian Chamber of Commerce report, labour shortages that existed before the market downturn will resurface once Canada's economy recovers. Businesses will need to tap the country's under utilized talent pool including older workers, Aboriginals, individuals with disabilities, and new immigrants to address this looming shortage and stay competitive. The report states an affordable, accessible, and high-quality post secondary education system remains a key to ensuring a large and growing pool of skilled, knowledgeable workers needed to meet future labour market needs. More needs to be done to ensure affordable access to high-quality education for groups with low post secondary education participation rates including Aboriginals and disabled persons. With an aging population, institutions must also provide flexible programs, a greater delivery methods variety, and accommodate different learning styles to meet a mature adult learner's needs. For more information about the impending labour shortage, please read the Canadian Chamber of Commerce report entitled "Downturn, Recovery and Future Evolution of the Labour Market" at http://www.chamber.ca/images/uploads/Reports/2010/Labour-Market-220210.pdf. Source: The Canadian Chamber of Commerce "The Voice of Canadian Voices Connect" article, "Labour shortages are not a thing of the past, but an impending reality: Canadian Chamber". http://www.chamber.ca/index.php/en/news/C197/labour-shortages-are-not-a-thing-of-the-past-but-an-impeding-reality-canadi/. Skate for HaitiPosted February 18, 2010 Kenmount Road Campus Business Administration students invite St. John's Academy Canada staff and students to their fundraising event, "Skate For Haiti". These students have organized a one hour skating event taking place on February 24, 2010 from 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM with proceeds going to Red Cross Haiti Relief Effort. Participation fee is $4 per person with donations accepted. Tickets are available prior to event day through the Business Administration class Monday to Friday from 9 AM - 12 PM in Room 214 at the Kenmount Road Campus, or can be purchased at Twin Rinks on event day. Students and staff participating in "Skate For Haiti" are responsible for their own transportation to Twin Rinks. Maps will be provided upon request. Participants are also reminded that no sticks and pucks are permitted on the ice. No lockers will be provided on site, and Academy Canada and Twin Rinks will not be held responsible for lost or stolen items. If there are any questions or concerns about the event, feel free to contact Erica Chubbs at ericachubbs@academycanada.com or Ashley Hynes at ashleyhynes@academycanada.com. Come and have some fun, bring a friend or two to support a great cause! 2010 Harding Road Campus Skills CompetitionUpdated February 10, 2010 The Harding Road Campus held its In-House Skills Canada Competition on February 2, 2010. Automotive, Carpentry, Construction/Industrial Electrician, and Plumbing students competed for an opportunity to represent Academy Canada at the Provincial Skills Canada Competition on March 26, 2010. After the competition was completed our judges selected the following medalists.
*David Ash was acclaimed the Welding winner. **There are no Skills Canada competitions for Steamfitting. Cooking students will hold their in-house skills competition from February 8 - 9, 2010.
Froude Avenue Community Centre Participants Visit The St. John's CampusesWritten February 6, 2010 The Froude Avenue Community Centre "Skills Link Program" participants recently spent some time shadowing various programs provided at the Harding Road and the Kenmount Road campuses. These programs include Automotive Service Technician, Carpentry, Cook, Plumbing, Hairstylist, and Esthetics. Program shadowing objective is to guide Froude Avenue tenants to pursue career based training either at Academy Canada or other career colleges throughout the Greater St. John's area. Froude Avenue Community Centre provides recreation, education, social, skills training, and employment service oriented programs for Froude Avenue residents to create a positive atmosphere, community spirit, and cooperation, and encourage greater community involvement. For more information about the Froude Avenue Community Centre, visit their website at http://www.froude.ca/site.
Academy Canada Website Improves Accessibility With BrowseAloudWritten January 18, 2010 Academy Canada Career College has introduced BrowseAloud voice interactive software to its website, allowing visitors surf the internet much easier.
BrowseAloud Verbal Introduction Instructional Video
BrowseAloud software is a unique solution from Texthelp Systems designed to assist website visitors with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, mild visual impairments, low literacy, English as a second language, and basic reading and/or writing skills. It reads online content aloud, highlighting each word as it is spoken. Implementing this software allows Academy Canada to improve program and service accessibility for current and prospective students, not just in our three campuses, but also our online services. This software gives the user full control and does not impact website performance. The technology is unique in its delivery and free to the user. To use BrowseAloud, visitors simply download the free plug-in available at http://www.browsealoud.com and hover their mouse over the text to have it read aloud. BrowseAloud Installation Instructional Video |
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Academy Canada Website is now BrowseAloud enabled, allowing visitors to verbally read online text.
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