THUNDER BAY, ON – Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services proudly recognizes approximately 29 adult learners, members of Matawa First Nations communities who completed the Aboriginal Skills Advancement Pilot Program (ASAPP) and many are now graduates with a General [Read more]
Lisa Tobin: Graduate of the Native Child and Family Services program GERALDTON, ON – Even though Lisa Tobin graduated from the Native Child and Family program at the Greenstone campus yesterday, she isn’t looking for a full-time position quite yet. She was recently accepted into [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – 14 students from the Confederation College Greenstone campus in Geraldton, crossed the stage yesterday at the 2013 Convocation Ceremony, to signify and celebrate the completion of their academic programs. The students graduated from Native Child & Family Services, Business [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: I thought this story was a great example of how important post secondary education options are in our Northshore communities AND of how they benefit our communities long-term. CONGRATULATIONS! to Tabatha and all the graduates from Confederation College’s Northwestern Ontario [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – 10 students from the Northshore and Wawa Campuses of Confederation College crossed the stage today in Marathon at the 2013 Convocation Ceremony, to signify and celebrate the completion of their academic programs. In attendance were family and friends of the students as well as [Read more]
Special Thanks to Linda Osiecki for providing the majority of the videos in our highlights reel (view below) as well as providing any of the photos we were missing. Linda provides professional portraits for individuals and groups, for more information or to book a photo session contact Linda at [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Thursday, June 6th, the Holy Angels School Grade 1/2 class and Mrs. Roy visited the Schreiber Fire Department. Fire Chief, Pat Bourguignon, and firefighters, Dan Roy and Dan Bourguignon, taught the children about how the fire trucks operate and what to do in case of a [Read more]
PLAYDAY TERRACE BAY, ON – Wednesday, June 19, the staff and students of St. Martin School invited Holy Angels and Ecole Franco Terrace to participate in our annual Summer Playday. The festivities began with a hot dog barbecue prepared and served by Robin Gordon, Brent Monks, and Katherine [Read more]
This summer, two Lakehead University students will cycle coast to coast across Canada, cooperatively organizing 22 food drives along the 10,000 km route. Under the name FoodRide, the team strives to raise more than $100,000 in food and monetary donations for Canadian food banks. Donations will be [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Monday, June 10th the Manitouwadge High School Senior Band held their annual end-of-year concert fundraiser and a bake sale. Opening for the band was the Grade 9 Music Class (video below) and also a quartet that performed keeping the audience entertained during a [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Last week, participants of the Manitouwadge Family Health Team’Amazing Walk II (click here to learn more) had a very important Pit Stop in which one person from each team was required to attend and complete; “Introduction to Fire Extinguisher Safety” [Read more]
Ontario Government Expands Popular Program for Local Students Ontario is expanding its Specialist High Skills Majors program to help more Thunder Bay high school students succeed and prepare for their future careers. Beginning this September, Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute will [Read more]
Superior North CFDC is excited to bring the Northern Ontario Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative (NOYEI) to the Superior North region. Our new Youth Entrepreneurship Coordinator, Travis McArthur, will be delivering NOYEI programming to youth in communities from Dorion to Manitouwadge. The NOYEI is [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –. The Superior-Greenstone District School Board is pleased to announce the following administrative appointments effective on August 19, 2013. Annik Brewster has been appointed as Principal at Manitouwadge High School and Manitouwadge Public School. Ms. Brewster holds her Principal [Read more]
Manitouwadge High School to Share Principal With Local Elementary School MARATHON, ON – Senior officials at Superior-Greenstone District School Board are still in the process of finalizing the Board budget, but to meet the Ministry of Education’s requirement of a balanced budget they have had [Read more]
