۲ݮƵ University’s School of Continuing Studies will receive a multi-year grant totaling over $1.2 million from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) to continue designing and delivering education programs for indigenous people. The AANDC accepted two proposals that are part of the School’s Online Courses for Northern Aboriginals in Canada project.
Masashi Usui has over 18 years of experience playing the saxophone. Yet when he applied to the Master of Music program at ۲ݮƵ’s Schulich School of Music, he was told that he needed to improve his English in order to be admitted.
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Want to attract the attention of your potential future employers? Darine Bader recommends entering a strategic management consulting case competition. She recently took part in the 2015 Case Competition of the Graduate Management Consulting Association (GMCA) at ۲ݮƵ, where her team made it to the second and final round, and finished third overall.
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Marina Sonin earned a DEC and a Master’s degree in fashion design, has experience working and designing in Montreal, New York and Florence, and always knew she wanted to start a business. So when she enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship at the School, she did so with the idea of starting her own retail store.
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Diego Baus may not know it, but at ۲ݮƵ’s School of Continuing Studies, he’s considered a trailblazer. That’s because he was the first student to complete the School’s newest online course, Project Management: Practice and Certification.
The summer of 2015 marked the first time ۲ݮƵ’s School of Continuing Studies hosted the World Bank – ۲ݮƵ International Professional Development Program for Parliamentary Staff. Participants came from all over the world, representing 16 countries.
Readers who enjoyed Donna Nebenzahl’s [Montreal Gazette] article (July 18, 2015) will be interested to hear that we have a marvellous opportunity for easily accessible lifelong learning at the ۲ݮƵ Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL), on the corner of Sherbrooke and University Sts.
Andrea Emrick was part of the very first cohort to receive the Certificate of Proficiency in Written French – Workplace Communication (Online).
“I was looking to work in a French environment, and I think I could do that now. For anyone that would be hesitant or skeptical of taking an online course, this is it.”
Richard Pagé managed to stand out among his fellow alumni graduating from ۲ݮƵ’s School of Continuing Studies with the class of 2015. How did he do it? By posting the following update on LinkedIn: “Today is the day that I obtain my Graduate Certificate in Marketing from ۲ݮƵ University School of Continuing Studies.”
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The ۲ݮƵ University School of Continuing Studies’ Translation and Written Communication unit has made a special delivery to the city of Montreal and Mayor Denis Coderre; the Hebrew version of the Montreal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities. It is the sixth translation provided by ۲ݮƵ.
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Get inspired! The latest issue of the ۲ݮƵ SCS Newsletter is all about Celebrating Success!
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Stephanie Jonah is a Cree woman from Waskaganish who works as a project administrator. Although she loves her job, she’d been looking for an opportunity to return to school and pursue higher education. “I’m always trying to learn,” says Stephanie, “but I don’t want to leave my job.” She found exactly what she was looking with ۲ݮƵ’s Online courses in Business Management and Entrepreneurship for Indigenous People.
The Honourable René Dussault, distinguished jurist and humanitarian, received his honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws) on May 26, 2015 during ۲ݮƵ's School of Continuing Studies' convocation ceremony.
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Adam Coape-Arnold, a graduate of the ۲ݮƵ School of Continuing Studies' Entrepreneurship program, is building a following with Cult Yogourt.
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Intercultural communication is certainly one way of describing translation in today’s globalized world. And that description is particularly fitting for Yvan Larrivée, who is the 2015 recipient of the ۲ݮƵ Associates Prize in Translation (English-French). Mr.