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May 30, 2013
Students and Donors Honoured at Trades & Apprenticeship Awards

On May 29, Conestoga's School of Trades & Apprenticeship hosted its fourth annual Awards Presentation and Barbeque in the Roofing...


November 8, 2010
2009 World Skills Champions

Jeff Oakes has been teaching automotive apprenticeship at the Guelph Campus of Conestoga College in Ontario for seven years. His...


November 4, 2010
Alumni of Distinction Awards

On Tuesday, November 2, 2010, Conestoga hosted its annual "Alumni of Distinction" Reception, held to recognize past graduates and their...


January 14, 2010
Conestoga student getting international recognition

A car horn blares and instantaneously 28 auto technicians hunch over their workstations. They’re on the clock....


August 27, 2009
Waterloo Man Tunes Up for a Big Auto Mechanics Competition

WATERLOO - Like any world-class competitor going for the gold, Dan Van Holst trains with intensity and purpose. The world...


May 26, 2009
Conestoga Day at St. Thomas Dragway

Every year, students from a variety of programs, work as a team to build and drag race a Ford...


November 24, 2008
Ontario Recognizes Team Canada Skills Team Members

As part of the Skilled Trades Week in Canada, the Team Canada Members from Ontario joined the Minister of...


October 7, 2008
Kitchener mechanic is a trailblazer

Black fluid oozed from a sedan hoisted in the air. Misti Walsh reached into the guts of the car....


September 16, 2008
New Trades Programs

There is no substitute for practical education when it comes to developing and implementing the skills necessary to support...


June 24, 2008
Conestoga Recognizes Skills Medal Winners

Conestoga President Dr. John Tibbits said "how proud" he was of the 20 Conestoga students who earned medals this year...


May 29, 2008
Conestoga Students Win National Skills Medals

Six Conestoga entrants in the 14th Canadian Skills Competition have come home from the Calgary event with medals that testify...


February 7, 2008
Trades and Technology Days Set at Conestoga

Local Grade 7-8 students link up with technology at three campuses. Employers, our economy and our society need technical skills...


December 17, 2007
Exciting Things are Happening at Conestoga College

Since its doors opened to students in 1967, the small community college has grown to become one of the leading...


June 5, 2007
Conestoga Day at St. Thomas Dragway

Saturday May 12th was Conestoga Day at St. Thomas Dragway. Fifteen cars competed and approximately 30 members of the Conestoga...


May 8, 2007
First Ever Truck and Coach Event for the Technological Skills Competition was a Huge Success!

The School of Trades and Apprenticeship at the Guelph Campus of Conestoga College hosted the first ever Truck and...


April 20, 2007
Motive Power Sector Growing at Conestoga

Starting in September 2007, Conestoga College will offer two new programs in the motive power sector at the Guelph Campus....


May 29, 2006
Automotive Technicians Design, Build and Race Their Own Dragster

“Project Mustang” started out as a dream. It started with the idea of putting together a drag race car...


June 2, 2004
Two Conestoga Students Gain National Skills Medals

At the recent tenth annual Canadian Skills Competition (CSC) in Winnipeg, two students from Conestoga College earned national medals for...


May 5, 2004
Ten Conestoga Students Win Ontario Skills Medals

At the May 5 awards ceremony concluding the 15th annual Ontario Technological Skills Competition (OTSC), students from Conestoga College earned...


June 11, 2003
Conestoga Racing Car Rolling Again

The Conestoga College racing car, pride and joy of the Automotive Service Technician apprenticeship program at the College's Guelph...


April 25, 2003
General Motors Vehicle Donation Aids Apprentices

Waste not; want not, because there are always opportunities for learning. When Mark Cullen, General Manager of Barry Cullen...


June 13, 2002
Two Conestoga Students Win National Skills Canada Medals

Conestoga College students Grant Habermehl of Wallenstein and David Pallen of Kitchener are winners of Canadian bronze medals for...


May 1, 2002
Conestoga Students Excel at Provincial Technical Competition

Eight Conestoga College students have won medals at the 13th annual Ontario Technological Skills Competition (OTSC), sponsored by Skills...


February 28, 2002
Automotive Apprentice Earns National Association Scholarship

Allen Jantzi of Wellesley, who is an advanced-level apprentice in Conestoga College’s Automotive Service Technician program, has won a $700...


November 1, 2001
Apprentice-Built Race Car Promotes Program, College

Apprentices and faculty in the Automotive Service Technician program at the Guelph campus of Conestoga College have had a...