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New Web page of construction photos
Posted: Thu, 4/11/10 – 14:53
New Web page of construction photos

A Web page has been launched, featuring photos of construction at the Centre for Health and Wellness at the Barrie Campus, as well as construction of the new Collingwood Campus. This site contains photos of everything …

Building envelope nearing completion on new centre
Posted: Tue, 2/11/10 – 15:36
Building envelope nearing completion on new centre

The view outside the window of the Barrie Campus, facing Highway 400, has changed considerably in recent weeks. As the exterior of the new Centre for Health and Wellness wraps the building, the highway has …

Fast facts about Centre for Health and Wellness
Posted: Tue, 2/11/10 – 11:56
Fast facts about Centre for Health and Wellness

For the curious, here are a few “fast facts” about the building:

410 door knobs

468 primary roof/floor beams

Average beam weight = 637 pounds

Heaviest beam weight = 9,370 pounds

Beams manufactured in Barrie

Volume of concrete = 50,000 cubic …

CIBC banks on Georgian College Students
Posted: Wed, 15/09/10 – 14:13
CIBC banks on Georgian College Students

CIBC, the Canadian bank which prides itself on standing for what matters, declared that education and quality health care in the Central Ontario community matters to them with a $100,000 donation to Georgian College for School …

Construction well underway on Centre for Health and Wellness
Posted: Wed, 1/09/10 – 16:07
Construction well underway on Centre for Health and Wellness

Staff and students coming back from holidays will notice incredible progress has taken place on the Georgian College Centre for Health and Wellness at the Barrie Campus over the summer months.
Bondfield Construction, winner of both …

County Council gets close up view of Georgian College and donates $800,000
Posted: Thu, 18/03/10 – 14:16
County Council gets close up view of Georgian College and donates $800,000

Simcoe County Warden Cal Patterson received a “hands-on” experience at Georgian College on March 18.
Those hands belonged to Charity-Lynn Caudle, a third-year student in the registered Massage Therapy program, who used her skills to loosen …

Nurse practitioner clinics coming to Georgian College Barrie Campus
Posted: Mon, 16/11/09 – 16:01
Nurse practitioner clinics coming to Georgian College Barrie Campus

Georgian College’s Barrie Campus will be the site of a new nurse practitioner-led clinic. Premier Dalton McGuinty (pictured) made the announcement during a visit to the College in November 2009.
The clinic will become an important …

Georgian celebrates groundbreaking for new health and wellness building
Posted: Wed, 28/10/09 – 13:41
Georgian celebrates groundbreaking for new health and wellness building

Georgian President and CEO Brian Tamblyn, Barrie MP Patrick Brown and Aileen Carroll, MPP for Barrie, along with hundreds of staff, students, corporate donors and community supporters, today celebrated the groundbreaking for Phase 1 of …

Ground breaks on Georgian College Centre for Health and Wellness at Barrie Campus
Posted: Wed, 21/10/09 – 15:34
Ground breaks on Georgian College Centre for Health and Wellness at Barrie Campus

Brian Tamblyn, President and CEO, Georgian College, staff, students, corporate donors and community supporters, along with representatives from the federal and provincial governments, the County of Simcoe and the City of Barrie, celebrated the new …