Stories from our AEVS Centres

By Nur Erdem The Wagar Adult Education Centre in Côte Saint-Luc successfully organized a Financial Literacy event on May 22. This program was  specifically designed for the students, many of whom are newcomers to Canada from diverse international backgrounds. The event aimed to equip these new Canadians with essential financial knowledge and skills to help them navigate their new lives more effectively. On hand was a team from the two   RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)  Côte Saint-Luc branches. They provided invaluable financial information and advice. Recognizing the diverse linguistic needs of the attendees, RBC included native Ukrainian-speaking financial advisors and a Persian-speaking advisor. These individuals formed groups based on language preference, offering personalized financial advice in Ukrainian and Persian, in addition to the sessions conducted in English and French. Marisa Volpe (RBC Brach Manager) talks to students. The RBC team, headed by branch manager Marisa  Volpe,  gen

By Terry Haig There is lots happening up in St. Leonard these days. Certainly on both campuses of the Laurier Macdonald Career Centre, where some 800 students–ranging in age from 16 to beyond show up on school days for some good old-fashioned hands-on learning. That’s 3-D learning…not squinting into some hand-held device and working your thumb muscles. Real hands-on…for the students. Real hands-on…for staff and teachers. And guess what? It really works. Stats show that upon graduation, many students are in demand and get jobs they really want and like. So yes, the Laurier Macdonald Career Centre is a happening place–day and evening–a hive of activity. People working on electric vehicles at a ground-floor garage as a flood of future hairdressers and aestheticians showcase their learning on clients as they get ready for the industry. The Centre is part of the EMSB’s highly successful Adult Education and Vocational Services (AEVS) programs.   Laurier Macdonald’s two campuses (5025 Jean Ta

By Terry Haig “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” The thought comes from B.B. King. The words sit in a wall poster on the ground floor of the John. F. Kennedy Adult Education Centre that occupies a healthy section of a formidable concrete building that has long housed  this popular  institution of lifelong learning located in St. Michel. The intersection is Rue Villeray and Blvd. St. Michel, part of a neighbourhood long known as a place where newcomers to Canada can settle to seek the wherewithal to find the place they want to get to in the so-called Canadian Mosaic. Education, of course, is a key part of that search for a better life.Especially, the math part. Turns out, math might be a terrific place to start in the quest to find a place–despite the heartache, frustration and panic trying to learn it can bring. Math, especially as it is taught today, is about way more than just the numbers–especially when those numbers are as near as that ph