Georgian College students Brad Bowden and Adam Dixon will play out their boyhood dreams when they take to the ice at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver this March. Both are members of the 2010 Canadian Sledge Hockey Team.
Bowden, a third-year Art and Design Fundamentals student, has taken the semester off to moonlight as a [...]
Despite frigid temperatures, Georgian’s Muskoka Campus had a great time at the recent Santa Claus parade in Bracebridge. Several staff members, students and friends of the Campus handed out 1,000 pencils and tasty treats.
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Reinhart Weber, President and Founder, Weber Manufacturing Ltd., and a great friend of Georgian College, has been awarded the Skills Canada – Ontario Klaus Woerner Skilled Trades Hall of Fame Award. Skills Canada – Ontario presents the award annually to recognize significant contributions to the advancement of skilled trades and technologies. Weber, described as an [...]
For the second consecutive year, Georgian College Collingwood Campus staff members and students took part in the Annual Collingwood Santa Claus Parade on Sunday, Dec. 6. This year’s theme was the 2010 Winter Olympics, and they transformed an 18-wheeler into a downhill ski slope.
Reinhart Weber, President and Founder, Weber Manufacturing Ltd., and a great friend of Georgian College, has been awarded the Skills Canada – Ontario Klaus Woerner Skilled Trades Hall of Fame Award. Skills Canada – Ontario presents the award annually to recognize significant contributions to the advancement of skilled trades and technologies. Weber, described as an [...]
Staff members and students from Georgian’s Muskoka Campus participated in the Bracebridge Santa Claus parade on Sunday, Dec. 6. They brought Santa’s workshop to the downtown core. They put fake snow around the tree, even though the region had snow accumulation throughout the day.
David Tilson, Member of Parliament for Dufferin-Caledon, on behalf of Minister Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, announced more than $250,000 in Youth Skills Link funding to the Step Up Program at Georgian’s Orangeville Campus on May 22.
Funding for the Step Up Program will help 45 Dufferin County youth facing employment barriers [...]
When dozens of brave (some would say crazy) souls hit the water in Lake Couchiching last weekend, the Dean of Georgian’s Orillia Campus was the first to take the plunge.
Mary O’Farrell-Bowers represented the Campus and its students as the “celebrity dipper” for this year’s Polar Bear Dip.
She has also worked hard to fundraise, because [...]
Marine cadets from Georgian’s Owen Sound Campus have had a busy winter semester so far.
In January, five Marine Engineering – Technology and Marine Technology – Navigation cadets attended the Marine Club awards at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
They were presented with awards for outstanding achievement at a dinner with more than 1,000 of the [...]
