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November 2010 archives

November 30, 2010
Conestoga Students Honoured by International Foundation

Six students from Conestoga’s Architecture - Project and Facility Management (APFM) degree program recently travelled to Atlanta, Georgia, where they...


November 26, 2010
Guelph Hydro Supports Conestoga's Powerline Technician Program

Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc. has announced the endowment of the Rick Lane / Corrie Bridgman Memorial Academic Grant which...


November 24, 2010
Condor Men Win Georgian Hockey Tournament

The Men’s Extramural Hockey team won the “A” Championship of the Fall Faceoff Ice Hockey Tournament hosted by Georgian College,...


November 22, 2010
Program Receives Six Sigma Accreditation for Business Management

Beginning in 2011, graduates of Conestoga’s Business Administration program in Materials and Operations Management will have an additional credential to...


November 22, 2010
Conestoga Students Leading the Business Strategy Game

The simulated company run by a team of third-year Business Management students from Conestoga has been ranked #1 in the...


November 15, 2010
Linamar Launches Skilful Plan to Expand Into the Future

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


November 15, 2010
2011 Pre-Service Fire Fighter Calendar Now Available

Just in time for Christmas shopping, Conestoga’s Pre-Service Fire Fighting students are pleased to introduce a unique gift item that...


November 12, 2010
Conestoga the Place for Solar Studies

At the Solar Industry Networking Group held in Cambridge this past September the question was put to the crowd ‘How...


November 10, 2010
Convocation Awards Honour Outstanding Students

As part of the 42nd Convocation ceremonies (fall) of Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning held on November...


November 8, 2010
Success Story: Parminderjit Rull

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


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 8, 2010
Guelph Career Centre Offers New Program

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


November 8, 2010
Conestoga Centres Now at Five Locations

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


November 8, 2010
Collaborations to Facilitate Community Hiring

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


November 8, 2010
Catching up with Workforce Development

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


November 8, 2010
Catching up with Academic Upgrading

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


November 4, 2010
St. Clements furniture maker pitches art on a tabletop

Gerald Reinink hears it a lot. "You're just a kid," customers say when the 22-year-old owner of HD Threshing Floor...


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...


November 4, 2010
Conestoga Named 'Volunteer of the Year' For Support of Children's Foundation

The Recreation and Leisure Services program at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning has been named as 'Volunteer...


November 1, 2010
Smith Celebrates Provincial Gold

At the end of what game do you see athletes screaming to force themselves to go faster? At the end...