Niagara College’s School of Academic and Liberal Studies is preparing to launch a new program for Indigenous students this January. My Path of Worthwhile Educational Re-Engagement (MPOWER) will teach essential academic and applied skills to students using a community approach. The program, which is being delivered alongside community partner NPAAMB – Indigenous Youth Employment & […]
Bill MacDonald, Professor and Program Coordinator for NC’s Commercial Cannabis Production program was in the media spotlight after winning the Cultivation Education Award at the Grow Up Conference and Expo, held in Niagara Falls on December 1. A Dec. 3 article in the Niagara Dailies shared news of MacDonald’s award, noting that he was nominated […]
On December 3, Education News Canada shared NC’s release announcing that the College was among the top winning cider producers at the 2021 U.S. Open Cider Championship. The College’s Cider 101 earned a gold medal in the competition’s Modern Cider – Dry category, while a small batch product called Les Marmitons Gastronomy Cider took home […]
Niagara College’s President Emeritus Dan Patterson has received the Minister’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his remarkable contributions to both NC and Ontario’s college system and the Niagara Dailies and Niagara This Week shared the news. The award was presented to Patterson by Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities Jill Dunlop at College Ontario’s […]
On Monday, December 6, flags at Niagara College campuses were lowered to half-mast to recognize Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Violence Against Women and to honour the memory of the 14 young women who lost their lives on this day in 1989 in the tragic mass shooting at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. The National […]