Conestoga College will host an Ontario college information fair at the Doon campus in Kitchener on November 1-2, providing an excellent opportunity for secondary school students and the general public to meet with representatives of 24 colleges and institutes to discuss programs of study, careers, admissions procedures and the valuable role that college education plays in the economic growth and prosperity of the province.
The general public can visit the Conestoga Recreation Centre at the Doon campus for a community open house from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1 to gather information and meet with representatives of all the participating institutions.
The daytime schedule on November 2 is reserved for Grade 11 and 12 students from schools in midwestern Ontario who have pre-registered at their schools to attend the event. The program goes from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and will attract more than 2,000 high school students from Waterloo Region, and Wellington, Perth and Huron counties. These students begin the day with a visit to the college information display booths at the Conestoga Recreation Centre. Following this, each student attends two workshops on programs/career education areas offered by Conestoga. These workshops occupy the period from 9:45-11:30 a.m. and take place in classrooms throughout the campus.
After lunch, each student then attends two workshops presented by the participating institutions. Likewise located in rooms throughout the campus, these sessions occupy the time from 12:35-1:45 p.m. At 2 p.m. the students return to the Recreation Centre for a wrap-up session, which includes presentation of a number of draw prizes.
The event at Conestoga is an ideal time to learn about the participating institutions, which offer everything from one-year certificates to apprenticeship training to three-year diplomas and four-year degrees, and even post-graduate programs. Ontario's public colleges and institutes annually serve 150,000 full-time students and close to one million part-time students, and employ approximately 30,000 people in 200 communities across the province. They play a key role in meeting employer needs locally, provincially and nationally, contributing to productivity, innovation, economic development and global competitiveness.
Represented will be Ontario's three institutes of technology and advanced learning (Conestoga, Humber and Sheridan), 17 colleges of applied arts and technology (Boreal, Cambrian, Canadore, Centennial, Durham, Fanshawe, Fleming, George Brown, Georgian, Lambton, Loyalist, Mohawk, Niagara, St. Clair, St. Lawrence, Sault and Seneca), an institute of health sciences (Michener) and three specialized colleges of the University of Guelph (Alfred, Kemptville and Ridgetown).
CONTACT: Jan Stroh,
jstroh@conestogac.on.ca