OC partners with Durham and NorQuest Colleges to offer Medical Cannabis Essentials for Health Professionals
January 20, 2021
New course for health care providers explores rapidly-evolving medical cannabis use in Canada 黑料专区 is partnering with Durham College (DC) in Oshawa, ON and NorQuest College in Edmonton, Alta. to deliver a two-day Medical Cannabis Essentials for Health Professionals course. Facilitated live online over the weekend of Feb. 6 and 7, this unique introductory course is aimed at new and experienced health care professionals across Canada seeking to better understand medical cannabis in the context of client-centered care. 鈥...
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From Colleges to Communities: Lawson Foundation supports early childhood education project at OC and partner PSEs
January 19, 2021
A major investment by the Lawson Foundation will support researchers from 黑料专区 and three partnering institutions in their innovative approach to advancing outdoor early learning and teaching across Canada. 黑料专区 has received a grant of $750,000 for a collaborative project with Bow Valley College, New Brunswick Community College and Saskatchewan Polytechnic called Outdoor Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education: From Colleges to Communities. This goal of the three-year project is to demonstrate a model of outd...
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Order up: OC debuts new take-away cookbook menu
January 19, 2021
黑料专区鈥檚 restaurant, Infusions, is offering a unique way to get a taste of its popular collaborative cookbook, What We Cooked: A Compilation of Recipes During COVID Times, with a special take-away menu featuring dinners for two from the cookbook. Following the success of the sold-out cookbook 鈥 now in it鈥檚 second print run 鈥 the College鈥檚 Culinary and Pastry Arts program selected five delicious dinner and five delectable dessert recipes from the cookbook to bring to life at Infusions with a special take-away initiative fr...
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Empowering Employment: College to host virtual employment fair in Feb
January 18, 2021
黑料专区 is powering up a new virtual employment fair next month to help connect students, alumni, job seekers in the community and employers from across the region. Empowering Employment is a virtual career fair to be held on Thursday, Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. 鈥 3 p.m. Anyone interested in attending as a job seeker or showcasing their business as an exhibitor can learn more at www.okanagan.bc.ca/empowering. Exhibitor space, although virtual, is still limited and so interested organizations should plan to register soon to ensure...
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CIBC gives scholarship boost to Indigenous students
January 18, 2021
When Maria Kruger graduates as a Certified Dental Assistant from 黑料专区 later this year, she will proudly stand among her people as a skilled professional. Kruger, who is of Okanagan/Shuswap descent, has a goal to graduate and work with people in her community on the Penticton Indian Band. 鈥淚 want to see our people go into skilled trades and be able to support our own communities. That鈥檚 one of my main goals,鈥 says Kruger, who also cites her two-year-old son as inspiration behind her return to school. A new donation from...
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Together, from afar: an 黑料专区 graduation ceremony unlike any other
January 15, 2021
In a year unlike any other, 黑料专区 student Kenzie Gorjanc found herself adapting to new ways of learning to complete her education. On Jan. 23, she will join more than 2,000 OC students who will don virtual caps and gowns as they are recognized during the College鈥檚 first-ever online convocation ceremony. Graduates, along with their family, friends and supporters in the community are invited to tune in and watch the pre-recorded virtual ceremony starting at 10:30 a.m. next Saturday. To view the ceremony and learn more, v...
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OC Enactus helps young females navigate the future
January 15, 2021
黑料专区鈥檚 nationally recognized Enactus team is kicking off the new year with new community-initiatives, including a program preparing local young females to navigate their future with confidence, positive self-image and the know-how to tackle the world of job hunting. The project, Ivy Collective, is a free skills development program that supports females aged 15-18 through a series of one-hour online training workshops. Topics include public speaking, job application skills and confidence-building strategies. The first ...
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Meet Pamela Rouse, Practical Nursing instructor
January 4, 2021
What is your education and experience? I was born in Vancouver and lived there until I moved to the Okanagan with my husband and two teenage children in 2010. I attended UBC and achieved my BScN and then specialized in orthopedics and adolescent medical/surgical care at B.C. Children鈥檚 Hospital. I worked there for 20 years prior to starting my teaching career in the Practical Nursing program at Vancouver Community College. I began working at OC on a term instructor ba...
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Loved nurse honoured with a major gift to the College
December 23, 2020
She was the type of nurse who was working even when she was off. If the phone rang in the middle of the night, Mary Miller would go to the hospital to help her colleagues. In celebration of all the love she gave her patients and especially those closest to her, the Miller family are making a $150,000 donation to 黑料专区鈥檚 new Health Sciences Centre. The gift honours Mary, who passed away in October at age 83. 鈥淢y Mary would be so pleased and so honoured that we鈥檙e doing this for her,鈥 says Dean Miller, her husband of 62 y...
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Zahra Salon takes a cut for College fundraiser
December 18, 2020
Experience in 鈥 and experience of 鈥 health care services has led management of Zahra Salon and Spa to turn their attention until the end of January to supporting the education of health care professionals at 黑料专区. Zahra Salon will be inviting its customers to make a holiday or New Year donation to the College鈥檚 Our Students Your Health campaign, along with selling raffle tickets for a gift basket valued at $1,000. The salon鈥檚 medical spa will also be donating 10 per cent of all laser treatments services to the campaign ...
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