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Durham College has released its new strategic plan, building on its recent success and outlining the college’s course of action for the next three years. Released on May 16, the plan incorporates feedback from more than 300 people and is designed to ensure the college continues to be a premier destination for post-secondary students for [...]
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Durham College’s Centre for Students with Disabilities (CSD) is committed to the belief that inclusion benefits everyone. On May 13, CSD staff members Kirston Arbour, disability advisor and Meghan Houghton, director of Learning and Disability Services were recognized for their dedication as they received the Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) Accessibility Award for outstanding commitment to [...]
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In honour of nurses across the country and to celebrate their own nursing programs, Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) celebrated the 28th National Nursing week from May 6 to 12. The two institutions kicked off the week by welcoming Ontario’s Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Debra Bournes to campus to [...]
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Attracting more than 50 learning facilitators from across the province, Durham College recently hosted the 6th annual Community Integration through Co-operative Education (CICE) Provincial Conference from May 8 to 10. The conference was designed to expand on existing initiatives that advocate for students who need extra support in the classroom as part of the college’s [...]
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Durham College’s Board of Governors is pleased to announce that Ron Chatterton will serve as its chair, effective Monday, July 1, 2013 through to Monday, June 30, 2014.
The chair assists the president in securing strategic partnerships and college funding essential to its operation and advancement; supports and advises the president through collegial partnership; fosters [...]
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Some of Durham College’s most technologically talented students will see if they have the skills to pay the bills at the 24th annual Ontario Technological Skills Competition (OTSC) from Monday, May 6 to Wednesday, May 8.
The event, featuring more than 1,900 elementary, secondary and post-secondary school competitors in more than 60 skilled trade categories, [...]
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Durham Region Transit (DRT) will be making route and fare changes that may impact your usage of the Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass).
The U-Pass offers students savings and free use of any Durham Region Transit bus and selected GO Transit bus operating in Durham Region during the academic year, seven days a week. The cost for the U-Pass [...]
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The results of the 2012-2013 provincial government’s Key Performance Indicators (KPI) surveys have been released and Durham College graduates continued to impress employers this year with an employer satisfaction rating of 95 per cent, the highest employer satisfaction of all colleges in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and the Eastern Region. In addition, Durham College [...]
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For patients who require special assistance, it’s important that they have access to a proper bed while at a hospital. That’s why Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) have joined together to support the Lakeridge Health Whitby Foundation’s Buy a Bed campaign.
Lakeridge Health Whitby has a high-priority need for [...]
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Speaking to a packed house, former professional hockey player and sexual abuse survivor Sheldon Kennedy had Durham College students, staff and faculty hanging on every inspirational word as he described how he dealt with and overcame years of abuse at the hands of his junior hockey coach, Graham James.
Kennedy, who played for the Detroit [...]
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