Conestoga news

Conestoga’s annual Employer Recognition Awards honoured the contributions of businesses, employers, community partners, and co-op and Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) students...

The Ontario government is investing close to $5M in a Conestoga-led micro-credential program that will help 500 people across the...

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...

To celebrate National Co-op and Work-Integrated Learning Week, Conestoga’s Career Centre and Co-operative Education and Corporate Training departments hosted an...

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...

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

A new program to be launched at Conestoga this summer will provide rural youth with tuition-free training to help them...

Conestoga and the Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin recently collaborated to provide a virtual job fair to support...

After years of leading product launches and building strong customer relationships for BlackBerry in the U.S. and Canada, Stacey Tozer's...

“Tech Jobs Connex (a service created for former Blackberry employees) and the Conestoga Career Centre proved an invaluable resource during...

Conestoga faculty member Robin Ritz-Carson was awarded a Women of the Year award by Stratford's The Optimism Place, Perth County's...

Before coming to Canada I worked as an engineer at the same company for 16 years yet all my experience...

Neeru is an internationally trained professional, with a Master's degree in Finance from India and experience as a Loan Manager...

Sveta was a participant who completed the Enhanced Language Training (ELT) for Foreign Trained Engineers in 2012. Through this program...

For Kelly Innes, a trip home to visit her parents in Waterloo Region from British Columbia started her on a...

Shawn came to the Stratford Conestoga Career Centre in 2009 when he had been downsized from a job that he...

Brian had previously been employed for many years in another field. When that ended, he decided to change his career...

As a single mother of two, I had recently been laid off from my position in Human Resources. I had...

Spring is a time for warmer weather, new beginnings, and making a decision on which college to attend in September....

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

I found myself sitting in an ELT training session, joined by engineers from over fourteen countries. The training was excellent...

Being forced to make a career change is not easy under any circumstances, but needing to re-train because of an...

Parminderjit Rull is a purchasing officer at Conestoga College, but before she got that job, she was a student in...

There are many different paths students take to reach their ultimate career goals. This journey is unique to every person...

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...

Sila came to Job Connect two months after arriving in Canada from Cambodia. With a hair stylist certificate from Cambodia,...

Over the past year, Conestoga Waterloo Campus Job Connect Program worked with CAPTEC Americas Inc. in Kitchener to support an...

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

Terry Reidel, Executive Director of The Frank Cowan Foundation and Greg Barratt, Executive Vice-President Business Development, Cowan Insurance Group recently...

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...

He's 48 years old, he's out of work and he's almost out of money. But Richard Dupe is looking...

More than 100 representatives of community agencies, educational institutions and government gathered today at the Student/Client Services Building at...

Conestoga is one of only three Ontario college-sector participants chosen for involvement in a national project to develop and...

Ontario is expanding access to Second Career so more laid-off workers can get skills training for high-demand jobs in their...

After 30 years of being a Tool & Die tradesman, Fred Svacina hit some road blocks on his career...