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新加坡六合彩官方网站 College to graduate hundreds of new Health Care Assistants through innovative provincial program
February 24, 2022
When 29-year-old Shanise Scherk graduates this month as a Health Care Assistant (HCA), she is excited to start caring for seniors and other clients living in their homes. While working full time since high school, Scherk had always dreamed of having a career in health care. So, when she learned about a new 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College program that offered paid training and work experience to become an HCA, she jumped at the chance to follow that dream. 鈥淚t was such an incredible opportunity to receive an education and get hired right away,鈥 says Sche...
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Meet Katie Newman, Board Director at the 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Foundation
February 17, 2022
Q: What is your name? A: Katie Newman What are your pronouns? A: She, her Where do you work? A: I am a Director of Financial Planning and Advice Effectiveness with CIBC. Why did you want to join the 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Foundation board? A: The opportunity to impact change in my community and help to support the students' journey was very appealing to me. Q: Our mission is to support the transformative power of education. What drives your passion for education? A: Education and in ...
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Generous gift will advance OC health-care education
January 19, 2022
A local family foundation is investing in the future of health-care education with a generous gift to 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College. The Merrifield Family Foundation is donating $100,000 to the Our Students, Your Health campaign for a modern Health Sciences Centre on the College鈥檚 Kelowna campus. The gift will support technology upgrades and new equipment for eight professions ranging from Pharmacy Technician Assistants and nurses to Therapist Assistants. Lane Merrifield, a well-known entrepreneur, says he values the College's focus on applied learni...
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OC business students seek community support to launch investment fund
January 5, 2022
Justin Rantucci and Steven Fiust speak highly of their education at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College, but there is one thing they would like to change. When networking with other finance students at post-secondary institutions across Canada, they learned that schools with a student-run investment fund seemed to result in a better transition to finance careers for their graduates. Seeing an opportunity to provide hands-on experience for more OC students while building capacity locally, Rantucci, Fiust and fellow student Riley Dunsmore are looking to...
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OC鈥檚 Health Sciences Centre receives LEED gold certification
December 23, 2021
新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 leadership as a champion of sustainability continues after receiving another LEED certification for the new Health Sciences Centre (HSC), which officially opened at the Kelowna campus in October. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the most widely used green building rating system that certifies the level of sustainability-related features incorporated in a building鈥檚 design. The HSC building joins several other buildings at three 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College campuses that have already received certification: th...
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The 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Sikh Temple and Cultural Society gives boost to health care students
December 22, 2021
A $25,000 gift from the 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Sikh Temple and Cultural Society will empower health care students as they pursue their education at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College. The Sikh Community began collecting donations from their congregation to support the College's $5-million Our Students, Your Health campaign and was able to raise the funds in six months. Amarjit Singh Lalli, President of the 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Gurduara, says their community believes in the importance of acquiring knowledge and passing it on to future generations, which made it easy to get behind th...
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Soaring Indigenous sculpture unveiled in OC's new Health Sciences Centre
November 3, 2021
A nine metre (30 foot), hand-cut metal sculpture by local Indigenous artist Clint George is now installed and proudly on display in 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College's new Health Sciences Centre. The sculpture represents the Four Food Chiefs, and depicts the Syilx 新加坡六合彩官方网站 oral history (or captik史涩) on how food was given. James Coble, Director of Student Services and Indigenization Task Force Chair at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College, says the sculpture demonstrates the College鈥檚 commitment to creating welcoming spaces for Indigenous students. 鈥淭he opportunity to create...
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RBC invests in 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College's future
October 27, 2021
A $75,000 gift from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) will support the growth of 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College now and into the future. RBC in British Columbia is contributing $35,000 to the Our Students, Your Health campaign for the new Health Sciences Centre on the Kelowna campus while $40,000 will support future investment in the campus. According to Courtney Hesse, RBC鈥檚 Regional Vice President for the 新加坡六合彩官方网站 and Kootenays, supporting the College aligns strongly with RBC's focus on empowering youth for the jobs of tomorrow. 鈥溞录悠铝喜使俜酵 College plays...
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Lawren Richards
September 3, 2021
鈥淚 am a single mom to 17-year-old twins. We had been living in a 400-square-foot cabin about an hour from town when an opportunity came up that would allow me to purchase some land and build my own home closer to town and my kids鈥 school. I have always been interested in natural building but I don鈥檛 have a carpentry background so I enrolled in the Carpenter Foundation program in Salmon Arm. I was the only woman in the class and much older than my classmates, so I was a bit...
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Ty Sideroff
September 3, 2021
鈥淚 have always been interested in our anatomy and exercising so I enrolled in OC鈥檚 Kinesiology Diploma program. My first year was going really well, then COVID-19 hit. I was able to finish the first year in an online format. However, starting school in September completely online, I was struggling to stay engaged with my studies. Before COVID, many of our classes would be active and in the gym. I found it hard to stay present with everything online and not having the same conve...
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Saige Girouard, Red River, M茅tis Nation
September 3, 2021
鈥淚n my second year of studies I connected with a classmate over our shared curiosity to learn more about our Indigenous backgrounds. I鈥檓 M茅tis, but my family didn鈥檛 practice Indigenous customs. My classmate went on to be very successful in reconnecting with her culture. Watching her hit those milestones I knew that if she could do it, I could do it too. I鈥檇 say the tipping point for me was winning a bursary from 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College to attend the Indigenous Women鈥檚 Leadership Summi...
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Gift from dentalcorp to support critical skills shortage
August 27, 2021
With shortages of Certified Dental Assistants (CDAs) across Canada, dentalcorp is investing in a local solution with a gift to the Our Students, Your Health campaign. Canada's leading and fastest-growing network of dental practices, dentalcorp is giving $35,000 in support of a new dental clinic inside 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College's Health Sciences Centre. The modern clinic will educate CDAs for the 新加坡六合彩官方网站 and beyond. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important to our network and our industry as a whole to foster innovative, best-in-class professional development, among our ne...
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Jillian Harris sets up award fund to support underrepresented students
August 20, 2021
A much-coveted subscription box from Canadian influencer and Kelowna local Jillian Harris will open up more than just surprises for recipients, but opportunities to support a generation of historically excluded students at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College with every subscription sold. Jillian Harris, through her fall Jilly Box, is raising $50,000 to create awards for Indigenous students, Black students and students of Colour at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College. The Jilly Box is seeding the fund with $15,000 and subsequently, will match donations up to $10,00...
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Skogie鈥檚 50th anniversary adds shine to student experience
July 28, 2021
Skogie鈥檚 car washes are celebrating 50 years of business by making the ride for 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College students a little easier. For every year the family-run business has been in operation, Skogie鈥檚 is donating $1,000 to 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College 鈥 for a total of $50,000 in honour of their half-century anniversary. 鈥淲e've hired a lot of 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College students over the years,鈥 says David Skoglund, who founded the company in 1971. 鈥淲e want to support young people and help them get ahead and we also wanted to give back to our community.鈥 The gift wil...
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Alumnus gives dose of support to Pharmacy Technician students
July 16, 2021
The CEO of Catalyst Healthcare is giving Pharmacy Technician students a dose of support with a gift to the Our Students, Your Health campaign. Shane Bishop, founder and CEO of Catalyst Healthcare, is donating $30,000 in support of 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Health Sciences Centre on the Kelowna campus. Bishop spent his first two years of post-secondary at the College, and the gift is his way of paying it forward to the organization and its students. 鈥溞录悠铝喜使俜酵 College provides access to future careers and I wanted to be part of supporting studen...
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Oral surgeons give to thank Certified Dental Assistants
July 6, 2021
A local oral surgery group with offices in Kelowna and Vernon is investing in the education of Certified Dental Assistants (CDAs) with a gift to 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College鈥檚 Our Students, Your Health campaign. Dr. Richard Bell, Dr. Russell Naito and Dr. Tom White of 新加坡六合彩官方网站 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates are donating $30,000 to support a state-of-the-art dental clinic in the College鈥檚 new Health Sciences Centre. The surgeons say the gift is a way to recognize and celebrate the work of their current staff and past employees. 鈥淲e want to...
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