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While a team of staff behind the college&#8217;s open-source digital <a href=\"https:\/\/accessibilityhub.niagaracollege.ca\/\">Accessibility Hub<\/a>\u00a0was presented with an award in the Equality of Opportunity category for creating opportunities for marginalized and underrepresented groups.<\/p>\n<p>The article also includes quotes from President Sean Kennedy, Chef Mertens and Vice-President, Academic Fiona Allan<\/p>\n<p>Read the <em>The Niagara Independent\u00a0<\/em>article <a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraindependent.ca\/province-recognizes-niagara-college-faculty-and-staff-for-community-work-accessibility-project\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A February 10 article in\u00a0The Niagara Independent\u00a0shared the news that NC faculty and staff were recently presented with Minister&#8217;s Awards of Excellence from the province for two separate initiatives helping feed those in need and making education more inclusive and accessible. 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