Conestoga news

A dual-credit program at Conestoga is exploring uncharted territory by welcoming visually impaired high school students into a carpentry course...

As part of their government services learning module, students in Conestoga’s Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) classes recently...

Students in Conestoga’s Information Technology Business Analysis (ITBA) graduate certificate program participated in Career Connections at the Doon campus on...

On March 21, Conestoga’s outstanding employer partners and co-op students were honoured at the annual Employer Recognition awards breakfast at...

A celebration to recognize participants who completed Conestoga’s recent delivery of the Discover Your Future program was held at the...

This September, Conestoga will relaunch Discover Your Future - a free, six-week program that will be offered at both the...

On May 2, Conestoga hosted a ZOOM Career Day at the Doon campus. The event is held by the Business...

On October 5, the Conestoga community welcomed the arrival of the Amazing 50 trailer. The unique 42-foot trailer has been...

Six Conestoga graduates have been nominated for the 2017 Premier’s Awards. Established in 1992 and presented annually, the awards honour...

On August 22, Conestoga celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of clients to complete the Self-Employment for Immigrants: Building...

In recognition of National Co-op Week, Conestoga’s School of Career & Academic Access, Department of Co-operative Education, and Corporate Training...

Conestoga’s Student Life department reported that more than 4,200 students participated in the Orientation Week activities held at Conestoga’s campuses...

The Government of Canada will provide more than $1.5M to support applied research at Conestoga that will drive innovation to...

McDonald’s employees are now eligible to receive credits towards a Conestoga business diploma thanks to a new agreement between Colleges...

In recognition of this year's National Co-op Week, Conestoga recognized some of the college’s outstanding employer-partners and co-op students at...

Kathryn McGarry, MPP for Cambridge, and Daiene Vernile, MPP for Kitchener Centre, visited Conestoga’s Doon campus on Friday, December 4,...

Close to 100 members of the Conestoga community, partners and friends gathered in the Blue Room at the Doon campus...

Sixteen area employers were recognized at Conestoga’s 2014 Employer of Distinction awards presentation held on Thursday, March 27 at the...

Essential Skills training is offered in many ways to people living in Canada, but what about training for immigrants who...

Qing came to Canada with a successful history of working in foreign investment and teaching Chinese to American teachers in...

George's job search began about two years ago when he decided to relocate back to Canada from Europe, where he'd...

Conestoga College in partnership with the Working Centre hosted an employer panel at the Waterloo Campus - Bloom Dining Room...

One of TIOW’s (Targeted Initiative for Older Workers) objectives is to encourage older workers to improve their Essential Skills and...

Alongside 11 other colleges across Canada, and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges, Conestoga has been participating in the Developing...

With the growing understanding that all jobs have certain core skills in common and that these skills are vital for...

We are proud to announce that CAA will be a participating college on the Association of Canadian Community Colleges' (ACCC)...

The Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) Program at the Guelph Campus has been working with Goodwill Industries for the...

Career and Academic Access is celebrating its 6th year of identity as a School within Conestoga College. Though our individual...

The Employment Facilitation Network of Cambridge and North Dumfries (EFN) held their annual Employer Recognition Breakfast on Wednesday October 26th...

The SCALES Project (Supporting the Canadian Advancement of Literacy and Essential Skills) is a national project where partners across Canada...

Conestoga was named the new southern Ontario focal point partner for the Canadian Immigration Integration Program (CIIP) as a result...

In late March, Conestoga College's School of Career and Academic Access (CAA) held an Open House at our Guelph campus,...

Based on a submission by the School of Career and Academic Access, Conestoga College has been named as the new...

Career and Academic Access is proud to offer the Enhanced Language Training (ELT) program for foreign trained engineers. This program...

Recently Stratford Conestoga Career Centre hosted an information session on Green Jobs. Midwestern Ontario Region Green Jobs Strategy representatives spoke...

Linamar has big growth plans, but to get there the Guelph-based diversified manufacturing company will need a much larger workforce...

Under the name of "New Horizons" Conestoga's Guelph Career Center is now offering employment services to laid-off experienced workers....

Conestoga Career Centre now has 5 locations: Doon Guelph Stratford Waterloo Campus Waterloo Weber Street...

Earlier this year, Conestoga College Employment Services was invited by Social Capital Partners (SCP) to be a part of an...

Funding Success for a Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills Project The government of Ontario, through Employment Ontario,recently announced the...

ACE On-line is Growing Students who participate in Academic Upgrading (AU) in order to prepare for writing the GED Test,...

A number of proposals have been submitted by the School of Career and Academic Access proposing new programs that would...

97% of Academic Upgrading students who started their post-secondary programs during the fall of 2009 and the winter of 2010...

Through generous support from the Cowan Foundation the Chair of Workforce Development, Dr. Thanh-Thanh Tieu (pictured below), joined CAA in...

According to Statistics Canada, 47% of Canadian workers do not possess adequate skills in three areas that are necessary for...

Conestoga College's Career Centres at the Guelph campus and Fergus location stepped up to the challenge of serving the unemployed...

The Career Centres of Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning are a valuable community resource that provides information...

The Retooling for the Trades is being offered through the Conestoga Career Centre, Guelph and Waterloo campuses. This program is...

Thanks to the generosity of The Cowan Foundation, in the form of a $100,000 grant, Conestoga College Institute of Technology...

Shari McEwin came to advisor Heather Scott, Perth Career Counselling, looking for career exploration towards a "helping" field. Discussed interests,...

Jeff Kittmer was laid off from a factory and began working with advisor Leanne Mayer, Perth Career Counselling, in February,...

As the labour market started showing clear evidence of a drastic downturn last August, Chris May knew it was time...

Deciding to enter the professional Accounting Practices Program at Conestoga College is probably the best decision I ever made, said...

Ottawa, May 20, 2008 - How does a sure-fire 15 per cent return on investment sound? Too good to be...

Elmira Truck Service Limited, located in Elmira ON., has been providing quality Fleet Maintenance for over 35 years. Some of...

This full time 8 to 10 week program is open to both men and women who are 19 years of...

Conestoga College has recently received additional funding from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities to expand its academic upgrading...

In April, Conestoga campuses in Guelph, Waterloo and Cambridge will offer a free preparatory skills program called Employment/Training Readiness (E/TR),...

In the new year, the Conestoga campus in Guelph will offer a free preparatory skills program called Employment/Training Readiness...

Conestoga College is midwestern Ontario's most comprehensive post-secondary educational institution, serving all sectors of the population in meeting their needs...

New activities and new locations are now part of the operations of the School of Academic Support and Preparatory...

Each November, Conestoga College recognizes and thanks long-serving employees for their dedication, as well as presenting a number of Employee...