Not just churros: Niagara College teaches the thorny food truck business
Niagara has added food truck training to its culinary management program
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As Canada’s 150th birthday beckons, the heritage trades get hot
Carpenters, masons and blacksmiths who protect our heritage restore Canada’s history
Simulationists breathe life into training manikins
When students practice on manikins, someone has to direct the scenario. Enter the simulationist.
Add tech to a humanities degree to bridge the employment gap
Adapting to a brave new job world, schools offer flexible programs so students can add tech to their humanities focus, and vice versa
When health meets geography, difficult truths come to the fore
The new field of health geography explores the connection between wellness and environment, and leads to some sobering truths
Training the next generation of comedians, one gag at a time
Humber College’s comedy program is proving that while you can’t teach being funny, you can teach people how to get a laugh
N.B. entrepreneur offers $500,000 to any school that starts a sales program
Think you’ve got hustle? Take it a step further: Train how to be an expert communicator, problem solver and driving force.
When Hillary Clinton wowed Halifax
Haligonians have been big fans of Clinton since her speech at Halifax’s almost-all-female school, Mount Saint Vincent University
From gamified Old English to new grading software, edtech is on the rise
When it comes to creativity, there’s no shortage of new apps for teachers and students both
How to play the bells on Parliament Hill
Canada’s only carillon students get to practise Friday afternoons in Ottawa’s Peace Tower