NAIT Calgary Site relocates
NAIT’s Calgary Site is moving into leased space in a new building in the city’s northeast this fall, expanding the Institute’s capacity to offer southern Albertans access to unique programming, from apprenticeship to degrees. These programs include Roofer, Lather – Interior Systems Mechanic, the Bachelor of Technology in Technology Management and the Bachelor of Business Administration in Enterprise Management. The last two are degrees offered by NAIT since fall 2007 and 2008, respectively, with a mixture of in-class and online components.
NAIT will also continue to offer customized training for business and industry in Calgary to companies in the oil and gas sector, construction sector, and the telecom sector. NAIT will utilize the new site as a springboard for corporate and international training to meet the needs of the many multinational corporations with operations in Calgary.
NAIT has had a presence in Calgary for a number of years, delivering unique apprenticeship programs and maintaining relationships with key partners whose head offices are in southern Alberta. The new office is significantly larger, with five offices, three classrooms, a computer lab, a shop and an instructor’s lounge. |
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NAIT/CORCAN partnership provides training, employment opportunities for Drumheller minimum security offenders
FRONT ROW:
Khanh Nguyen, Robert Gray, Sheldon Klatt,
NAIT Representative – Ron Markowski (General Manager Corporate and International Training)
MIDDLE ROW:
CORCAN Operations Manager - Jeff Guntrip, Brian McFadden,
Casey Sluys, Lance Woods
BACK ROW:
Drumheller Institution Carpentry Instructor - Bob Komarnisky,
Wilson Trinh, Houston Stuart, Erick Guevara,
NAIT Representative - Steven Moores (Associate Dean of Applied Building Sciences)
In August 2008, ten offenders from the Drumheller Institution Minimum Security Unit graduated from the eight-week NAIT/CORCAN Pre-Employment Carpentry Program. Selected modules from the first and second year Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Carpentry Program provided basic entry-level knowledge and skills, and a NAIT certificate in Pre-Employment Carpentry.
Graduates are now working alongside professional tradespersons, having their hours credited towards a Carpentry Apprenticeship program, while gaining valuable field experience. They are currently assisting with construction of a 20-unit affordable housing complex in the Town of Drumheller.
By providing offenders with the employment experience and skills they need to become productive citizens when they return to the community, CORCAN plays a key role in Correctional Services Canada’s mandate to enhance public safety.
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia chooses NAIT for Professional Development of Curriculum Developers
As a result of enormous economic prosperity and rapid population growth, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia plans to build 80 new technical and vocational colleges over the next few years. NAIT is extremely honoured and pleased that they came to us for direction on how to go about achieving their goal.
This summer, a group of 12 educators from the newly formed Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) of Saudi Arabia landed in Edmonton to spend time at NAIT to acquire insight on how NAIT links with industry, develops curriculum and courses, and how and why we do institutional research.
The intent of this program was to have TCVC experience the entire instructional life-cycle. Specifically designed for the Saudi students, the program centred around instructor development, through Dr. John Knapp’s expert facilitation of “Becoming a Master Instructor,” a program which is mandatory for all NAIT instructors. During the course of the program, Dr. Knapp was pleased to discover that TCVD was already extensively using NAIT’s Implementation Handbook for Validating and Updating Curriculum, which he co-authored.
“NAIT is an example of Canadian excellence in technical education, in the footsteps of prominent institutions like MIT,” says Dr. Meslet AlHajri, General Director of the Technical & Vocational Training Corporation.
While 10-day visit was action-packed with learning, the Saudis were given a taste of Edmonton culture with accommodation at the Fantasyland Hotel, a day trip to Banff and Lake Louise and a day at the Heritage Festival in Hawrelak Park. |
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