Collège Boréal’s Nipissing Campus in Sturgeon Falls has received a big boost from the Federal Government.
Yesterday, Nickel Belt MP Marc Serré, announced a $560,000 investment into Collège Boréal’s Sturgeon Falls campus. The funds will be used to enhance its training services, help recruit from the local high school students, and complete some renovations.
MP Serré noted to BayToday that the Sturgeon Falls campus “not only offers post secondary programs,” but it also “helps adults reintegrate into the workforce” by offering employment services. People can also upgrade their skills and work to complete a grade 12 diploma. Indeed, the job search services will all be located within the Nipissing Campus.
“It’s a continuum of services,” Serré added, and the money will allow the school “to renovate that wing used for all of the adult and ongoing education.”
Elaborating on the renovations, work will be done on the interior and exterior of the campus. The interior improvements will include a renovated reception area, additional staff offices, and relocating video projection rooms and teaching rooms.
Expect new carpets and upgraded systems for air intake and cooling. One of the classrooms will be converted into a dedicated computer workspace.
As for the exterior upgrades, some of the windows will be replaced, a painting on decorative panels will be added for beautification, and an electronic sign will be installed to promote activities.
The project was made possible, Serré emphasized, by the Development of Official Language Communities – Minority-Language Education program and the Action Plan for Official Languages, a plan that runs until 2028.
“The renovation of the Nipissing Campus is much more than a simple modernization, it is an investment in the future of French education in minority communities,” said Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages.
“Collège Boréal continues its efforts to expand and strengthen Ontario communities’ access to quality postsecondary studies in French,” noted Daniel Giroux, the President of Collège Boréal. “Beyond a range of programs up to the baccalaureate, numerous services including continuing education, adult development, business training and employment services are now grouped under one roof, on our campus. completely renovated Nipissing.”
David Briggs is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of BayToday, a publication of Village Media. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.
