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Collingwood Campus staff and students take part in local Santa Claus parade
Tuesday, 15 Dec, 2009 – 14:22 | Comments Off
Collingwood Campus staff and students take part in local Santa Claus parade

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.

Collingwood Campus offers new full-time Bookkeeping program this fall
Friday, 3 Jul, 2009 – 9:31 | Comments Off
Collingwood Campus offers new full-time Bookkeeping program this fall

The Collingwood Campus of Georgian College is now offering a Bookkeeping program.
This one-year Ontario College Certificate in Bookkeeping qualifies for Second Career Strategy, an Ontario government program which helps laid off workers make the transition to new careers in growing areas of the economy and provides funding for tuition and books for eligible candidates.
Bookkeeping is [...]

Collingwood Campus participates in career fair, hosts an open house
Friday, 22 May, 2009 – 12:05 | Comments Off
Collingwood Campus participates in career fair, hosts an open house

April was a busy month for the Collingwood Campus of Georgian College. The Campus participated in everything from class trips and workshops to open houses and conferences.
Students in the Office Administration, Personal Support Worker and Academic Upgrading programs attended a live musical production of West Side Story in Stratford at the beginning of April [...]

Collingwood Campus celebrates graduates’ accomplishments
Monday, 22 Dec, 2008 – 16:15 | Comments Off
Collingwood Campus celebrates graduates’ accomplishments

On Dec. 4, the Collingwood Campus of Georgian College held a convocation ceremony for graduates from such programs as Business Studies – Payroll, Academic and Career Entrance, Office Administration – General, Personal Support Worker and Early Childhood Education.

It was a special day for staff and family to help celebrate the graduates’ accomplishments, hard work and the [...]

Georgian College ready to meet booming demand for Personal Support Workers this fall
Tuesday, 11 Nov, 2008 – 15:40 | Comments Off
Georgian College ready to meet booming demand for Personal Support Workers this fall

As the Ontario government announces funding for almost 900 new Personal Support Worker positions in long-term care homes across the province, Georgian College is more than ready to meet the demand from both students and employers.
Earlier this year, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced it is providing $23.3 million to support [...]