How these college programs retooled in the middle of a global pandemic
Video games, nursing scrubs at home, cardboard goggles and virtual welding. Ingenuity and improvisation allow students to train hands-on from a distance.
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What it was like growing up at college
Aidan D’Souza has been ‘going to’ Seneca College most of his life. He’s built websites, run cross-country and done an Instagram takeover. He also found time to earn a diploma.
As automation increases, so will the demand for this job
The move to automation is inevitable, but many human hands—and brains—are needed to make those robots run. Enter the automation technician. Here are the colleges offering a way in to this lucrative career.
How Canadian colleges rose to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic
When COVID hit, colleges jumped in—mass-producing face shields, speed-reading studies and more
Personal care workers describe what led them to their jobs
Many of these workers train in colleges, work in long-term care and in hospitals and are at the very front line of the Canadian health-care system
Tips for getting in to the most competitive applied arts programs
Looking to get a leg up as a dancer/painter/designer? First step: get yourself into a competitive college program. Here’s how.
In a climate-anxious world, these colleges are training students to fight back
Colleges are hearing—and heeding—the call from students who want to make a more livable world and employers that are embracing sustainability
These Dawson College students missed out on a live gallery show. So they went virtual.
When the arts students took their year-end exhibit to a virtual gallery, thousands of eager guests rushed to see the immersive 3D space, complete with floating avatars, virtual drinks and a bevy of interactive features
Why colleges in Canada are ’hard-wired’ to the communities that surround them
Colleges, which are in Canada’s biggest cities and smallest towns, work closely with local industry and community groups when designing their programs and research projects
Can Canada’s universities survive COVID?
Fewer international students, half-full residences, shuttered food services and empty parking lots add up to devastating revenue losses. And public funding has fallen over the past decade. Universities are in for a reckoning.