Registration is now open for our Technology Camps this May! The Girls Exploring Information Technology Camp is on Tuesday, May 5; and The Day in the Life of a Business Information Technology Student Technology Camp is on Wednesday, May 6 or Thursday, May 7.
The Technology camps are free to attend. See the Technology Camps page on this blog to register.
Please click on links below to learn about the Manitoba RN Network.
Join us Saturday February 28 for our 13th annual Art at the Forks Fundraiser. We’ve mixed things up this year. Students will be working on pieces all day Friday and finishing up Saturday. Viewing starts at 6 pm Saturday followed by a Wine and Cheese reception at 6:30. The Auction starts at 7 pm. Tickets are $10 and includes a sample of wine and cheese.
Come out and support our students. Tickets available during the day and at the door..
The students and instructors of RRC’s Industrial Arts Teacher Education program in cooperation with Bonnie Heath of Equality Communication Centre of Excellence (ECCOE) designed and crafted a metal and glass display that will be featured at the Raw Almond Restaurant on the Assiniboine River from Jan 22 – Feb 12, 2015.
The display-project provided an authentic learning opportunity for 
students in the program. Not only where they able to put their designing, manufacturing, finishing and project management skills to the test, they also gleaned a sense of pride knowing that they were contributing to a worthwhile community activity. While at the Raw Almond Restaurant, the display will serve as a collection site for financial contributions to a 4 million dollar housing unit that will be designed to meet the needs of the Deaf-Blind individuals.
Anyone wishing to make a charitable contribution to the housing project fund can contact Judy McGuirk, of the Teacher Education Department at jmcguirk@rrc.ca or mail a contribution to the Resource Centre for Manitobans who are Deaf-Blind (RCMDB) Housing Project
228 – 285 Pembina Hwy
Winnipeg Manitoba, R3L 2E1
Convocation ceremonies for the School of Health Sciences and Community Services will be held today at the Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main Street, Winnipeg MB.
Tuesday, Feb 10th at 7:00pm
Tickets are not required. If you are not able to attend, the ceremony will be streamed live online. Just click on the link below:
Winter Convocation
She may look familiar to you! Check out the following link to see former RRC Nursing Graduate and Gold Medal winner, Heather Day on the cover of CRNM’s most recent publication, the winter 2015 issue of NurseLink. Heather talks about her current role in the STI/HIV prevention team at Nine Circles Community Health Centre.
CRNMPublication
This year saw another generous donation by the Nursing Department to the Red River College’s “Feed a Student Christmas Hamper Donation Drive”.
The generous donations were made into hampers for 2 families which included ten people. There were nine jam packed boxes of food, goodies and gifts delivered to the Student Association on behalf of the Nursing Department.
Participating in this ongoing service to the community of RRC is always a great start to the Holiday Season for the RRC Nursing Department. Happy Holidays and the very best in the New Year from the RRC Nursing Department!
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it” – William Arthur Ward, inspirational author
Field trips and guest speakers have always made students young and old excited about a class. That’s no different in college. We have had many people from industry partner with the Civil Engineering Technology department in varied ways. We have had many past graduates speak to our first year students to help guide them through the maze of programs to choose from. We have had industry experts come to classes and lunch ‘n learns to share new ideas or to confirm the lessons in the classroom about construction, environment, and management. And we have had others provide jobsite tours to classes. All of these have had significant impacts on the students. The students return to class with renewed energy as to why they are in their program and they have a better idea of whether they should be in the office or the jobsite.
Here are some of the comments made by the students.
“I have quite a bit of background in construction but it was a very informative tour and I learned a lot. I think it is a great course in the A/E program to allow students to visit various job sites and learn what is going on. Our tour guide was very helpful and was good at answering our questions. I look forward to visiting many other job sites.”
“This is my first site visit in the construction field. I have five years’ experience doing drafting job. But I never get any chance to go to job site. This job site visit make me little confident regarding the construction. Now I can relate theoretical drafting and practical construction.”
“I don’t have any construction background prior to coming to Red River so getting to see a project start and finish is quiet interesting to me.”
“I enjoyed this site visit simply because it was my first time being in a real construction job site. It was interesting to see how interior wall assembly’s support systems are made. It was also interesting to hear what the site supervisor had to say about the project and how concerned he was about creating a safe environment.”
“I have been on site trips during my previous course in BC but they were mostly residential single family dwellings and no one from the company doing the construction gave us a tour. Having someone from the company that is in charge of the project gives you a better understanding of what is actually occurring on site at that stage of construction and the reasons behind certain aspects of the structure.”
“Being on an ongoing jobsite was very interesting. I learned a lot of things compared to sitting in class and listening rather than being on a real construction project and being observant. This experience helped me pursue my current program even more.”
There are so many to acknowledge and we will focus on the tour guides this time. Over the years, we have visited sites of most of the builders. If I should miss a few, I truly apologize. It takes a lot to provide the tours and the time and energy involved does not go unnoticed. The ability to take the hour or two for the tours can be challenge. And over the years with the safety protocols increasing, it has not waivered the enthusiasm to have the students come on site. We thank you all very much.
Past Tour Providers (click on the name to link to their website)
2014 Tour Providers (click on the name to link to their website)
Thank you to all of you.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin, statesman, inventor, writer
Nicole Hines, RRC Nursing Instructor and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner was interviewed for an article with the CBC. Click here to see the video.
You can forward your academic email to your primary email address so that you don’t miss any important announcements or emails from your instructors. Instructions for forwarding can be found here.
RRC Polytech campuses are located on the lands of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anishininwak, Dakota Oyate, and Denésuline, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.