Education/training

Aerospace comes to Centennial

Jim Flaherty, Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation, recently helped to launch Centennial College's Aerospace Centre for Training and Education at Ashtonbee Campus.
[ 2002-05-15 ]

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(From left) Michelle DeCoste, chair of the Aerospace Programs at Centennial College, with Jim Flaherty, Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation, at the launch of The Centennial College Aerospace Centre for Training and Education at Ashtonbee Campus.

The $6.1-million facility is used by more than 300 aerospace students who benefit from new classrooms, state-of-the-art labs and an expanded hangar enabling them to work on a larger fleet of aircraft.

"This centre will significantly increase recruitment of highly skilled workers into the aerospace industry. It is important for us to provide our young people with the tools they need to meet the critical demand of this industry," Flaherty said.

The new facility responds to an urgent need from Ontario's aerospace industry for skilled employees with technical knowledge and competencies.

The centre has been operational since October 2001, preparing students for careers in avionics, aircraft maintenance and flight simulator maintenance.


The Aerospace Centre for Training and Education was made possible with the support of the Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity & Innovation, through its Strategic Skills Investment program, as well as by numerous aerospace companies including Air Canada, Bombardier and Spar Aerospace.

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Conestoga College graphic design student Niilo Autio has won third-place honours in Wine by Design, a province-wide competition to recognize and showcase the outstanding talents of Ontario's design students.

Autio, who is from South Porcupine, wins a $200 gift certificate from Toronto's The Wine Establisment Limited for packaging design and promotion ideas for a hypothetical Canadian wine, Oakville Ridge. Autio's work was one of 255 entries from 11 Ontario colleges.

Prize winners were announced at a special reception held at The Wine Establishment on the evening of May 8. In all, six finalists competed at the final stage of judging. The work of all six may be viewed at wine-by-design.ca/finalists.html.

Finalists came from Conestoga, Algonquin College, Humber College, York University/Sheridan College and the Ontario College of Art and Design. First place (a $2,000 bursary) goes to James Pentland of Humber; second place (a $500 wine weekend in Niagara Region) goes to Michelle Luk of OCAD.

Each entry was evaluated on the basis of a number of criteria: creativity, uniqueness, shelf visibility, strength and consistency of design, Canadian imagery, emotional appeal of the design, quality of the presentation, strength of the promotional idea, plus a written rationale.

The competition was sponsored by Pigeon Branding + Design of Oakville, in partnership with Applied Arts magazine, the Ontario College of Art and Design, Strategy magazine and The Wine Establishment.

Pigeon Branding + Design, a leading Canadian firm in the development of brand identities, initiated the Wine by Design project.



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