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Five years ago Hydro One launched a partnership with Georgian College to promote careers in the utility sector and train more students to become the company’s future workforce. The partnership has been so successful that Hydro One announced it will continue the partnership with a second $750,000 investment in Georgian College’s School of Engineering Technology. [...]
A “Windows of Opportunity” Expo Career Fair will be hosted by Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation students at the Barrie Campus of Georgian College on Feb. 7. Leading employers in the hospitality, tourism, culinary and recreation industries are coming to the college to network with students and the public looking for careers in the field. They [...]
Georgian College President and CEO Brian Tamblyn announced today that Georgian will lead a partnership to respond to the Simcoe County District School Board’s call for proposals for the Barrie Central Collegiate site. Georgian’s response features an allowance for a joint college-university centre of excellence in downtown Barrie. Georgian is responding to a call for [...]
Recent estimates suggest that about 35 per cent of the nation’s blue-collar workforce will retire in the next five to 10 years. Georgian College’s Robbert Hartog Midland Campus is hoping to meet industry need with its free 35-week Pre-Apprenticeship Welding, Small Engine and Marine program, which starts Feb. 6, 2012.
Georgian College (Barrie) Business Administration program graduate Geoffrey Stephens has been named a winner of the prestigious 2011 Colleges Ontario Premier’s Award. Stephens, president and controlling owner of a Guelph-area infrastructure and road construction company, was recognized for his outstanding leadership and achievements in business at a ceremony in Toronto Nov. 28.
Georgian College has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers in a national competition – for the fifth time in 10 years. Canada’s Top 100 Employers is an annual competition that recognizes Canada’s best places to work. The project aims to identify companies and organizations across Canada that lead their industries in attracting and [...]
The Sadlon Centre for Health and Wellness at the Georgian College Barrie Campus is thriving. Now that the doors have opened to students and the public, state-of-the-art laboratories, study areas and community health clinics are buzzing with activity, as Georgian helps prepare Simcoe County’s future health care providers.
Award-winning journalist, photographer, poet, playwright, historian and editor Marty Gervais shares his secrets on how to get published, at a free Barrie Camnpus event Nov. 24. Gervais’ talk, “How to Get Published and What I Have Published”, begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Campus Gallery. It is presented by Georgian’s University Partnership Centre. Gervais’ work [...]
Purchase original jewellery designed by students in the Jewellery and Metals and Goldsmithing and Silversmithing programs. Prices range from $25 to $300. The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Barrie Campus outside Bear Essentials on Tuesday, Nov. 29, Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Thursday, Dec. 1. It will also take place [...]
Attention all graduating students: FACT: Many of today’s professionals will change jobs 12 times in their careers. FACT: More jobs are being created by small business entrepreneurs than by corporate Canada and government institutions. Learn how to be your own boss – and start your own business! Check out Georgian College’s new Entrepreneurship [...]
