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Academic & Career Connections
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Mar 30, 2012
Start your career and education with the right foundation – pick up course credits, polish your study skills, and explore career options.

Adult Learning Program
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Apr 10, 2012

African Canadian Transition Program
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Nov 17, 2011
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou

Applied Media & Communication Arts
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Apr 13, 2012
"A picture is worth a thousand words." - Napoleon Bonaparte

Architectural Engineering Technician
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves." - Julia Morgan

Automotive Service & Repair
by Cordelia Perry - Last Updated Apr 20, 2012
"You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive." ~Author Unknown

Automotive Service Advisor
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Nov 17, 2011
This program prepares you with the technical and practical knowledge you need to work with automotive technicians on the floor and the service expertise you need to support customers at the front desk.

Baking & Pastry Arts
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
"Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness." ~ Jane Austen

Behavioural Interventions
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated Sep 30, 2010

Boulanger & Baking Arts
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
"How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?" ~ Julia Child

Business Administration
by Kara Thompson, Debbie Costelo - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
"If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community". ~ Magic Johnson

Business Administration-Accounting
by Kara Thompson, Debbie Costelo - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
When you make a mistake of adding the date to the right side of the accounting statement, you must add it to the left side too. -- Accountants Maxim

Business Administration-Financial Services
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 8, 2012
A bank book makes good reading - better than some novels. ~Harry Lauder

Business Administration-Management
by Kara Thompson, Debbie Costelo - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
"In the past a leader was a boss. Today’s leaders must be partners with their people.. they no longer can lead solely based on positional power". -- Ken Blanchard

Business Administration-Marketing
by Kara Thompson, Debbie Costelo - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
Now we understand that the most important thing we do is market the product. We've come around to saying that Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool --Phil Knight, CEO Nike

Business Administration-Software and Information Management
by Kara Thompson, Debbie Costelo - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without talking about the other. --Bill Gates

Cabinetmaking
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 4, 2012

Carpentry
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 4, 2012

Child & Youth
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011

Civil Engineering Technology
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
“The road to success is always under construction”. - Paul Sejourne

Community Disabilities Support
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated Sep 30, 2010

Computer Electronics Technician
by Cordelia Perry - Last Updated Feb 10, 2012
"The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back." - Author unknown

Computer Service Technician
by Mary Jane Pittman - Last Updated Sep 6, 2011

Construction Management Technology
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure." - Doug Coupland

Continuing Care
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated Oct 5, 2010

Cooking
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012

Correctional Services
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011

Cosmetology
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012

Culinary Arts
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Nov 18, 2011
"Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?" ~Julia Child

Deaf Studies and ASL/English Interpretation
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
“No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.” - Jewish Proverb

Dental Assisting
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"You don’t have to brush your teeth – just the ones you want to keep." - Author Unknown

Diesel Repair - Industrial & Marine
by Mary Jane Pittman - Last Updated Sep 6, 2011

Digital Animation
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011
What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination. Jeffrey Katzenberg

Drafting Architectural
by Mary Jane Pittman - Last Updated Sep 6, 2011

Drafting Mechanical
by Mary Jane Pittman - Last Updated Sep 6, 2011

Early Childhood Education
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 8, 2012
A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves staying up late reading them. ~ Lemony Snickett

eBooks
by NSCC Library Services - Last Updated Mar 26, 2012

Electrical Construction and Industrial
by Mary Jane Pittman - Last Updated Oct 18, 2011

Electrical Engineering Technology
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
An Electrical Engineering Technologist is trained to understand the principles in the design and safe operation of electrical power systems including power generation and distribution, lighting, electric machines and automated controls.

Electro Mechanical Technician
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012

Electronic Engineering Technician
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012

Electronic Engineering Technology
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 15, 2011
Learn how to design, assemble, install, test and repair electronic equipment in the fields of industrial, computer and communication electronics.

Employment Resources
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Mar 20, 2012
I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement. ~Donald Trump

Energy Sustainability Engineering Technology
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 9, 2011
A guide to resources in sustainable construction, green technology and alternative energy.

Esthetics
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 9, 2011
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.” ~ Miss Piggy

Funeral and Allied Health Services
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 8, 2012
• A library is but the soul’s burial-ground. ~Henry Ward Beecher

Funeral Arranging and Directing
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 8, 2012
This "dead" business is remarkably like that "alive" business. ~ The Doctor aka RenegadeLord. [Twitter post Dec 30,2011]

Gas Technician
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Nov 21, 2011

Geographic Sciences, Cartography
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 23, 2011
"Without geography, you're nowhere." ~Author Unknown

Geographic Sciences, Community & Environmental Planning
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 9, 2011
Focuses on how to apply environmentally sustainable approaches to community and regional planning.

Geographic Sciences, Geographic Information Systems
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 9, 2011

Geographic Sciences, Geographic Information Systems for Business
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 9, 2011

Geographic Sciences, Marine Geomatics
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 1, 2011
"There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude." ~ Robert Ballard

Geographic Sciences, Remote Sensing
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 2, 2011

Geomatics Engineering Technology
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 2, 2011

Graphic & Print Production
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind." - Wendell Phillips

Graphic Design
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for. " - Milton Glaser

Health Information Management
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 22, 2012
"The greatest wealth is health." - Virgil

Heating, Ventilation, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
This program is a good opportunity for a mechanically-minded person to pursue a career in the heating or cooling industry.

Heavy Duty Equipment/Truck & Transport Repair
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012

Heritage Carpentry
by Mary Jane Pittman - Last Updated Sep 6, 2011

Horticulture & Landscape Technology
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 9, 2012
“It’s but little good you’ll do a-watering the last year’s crop.” George Eliot

Horticulture & Landscape Technology-Landscape
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 9, 2012
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers. ~Ernest Dimnet

Horticulture and Landscape Technology-Operations
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 9, 2012
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. ~John Ciardi

Human Resource Management
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
As a Human Resource professional, your job will be to help the company succeed by helping its greatest asset, its people, succeed.

Human Services-1st year
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated Oct 1, 2010

Human Services-Addictions Community Outreach
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 7, 2012
And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts. ~ Cornelia Funke

Human Services-Community Services
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 9, 2012

Human Services-Disability Supports & Services
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated Oct 1, 2010

Human Services-Educational Support
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 9, 2012
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. ~Carl T Rowan

Human Services-Non Profit Leadership
by Lana Kamennof-Sine - Last Updated May 8, 2012
I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture & our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries. ~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Human Services-Open Concentration
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated Oct 1, 2010

Industrial Engineering Technology
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
A scientist can discover a new star but he cannot make one. He would have to ask an engineer to do it for him. - Gorden Lindsay Glegg

Industrial Instrumentation
by Kara Thompson, Debbie Costelo - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
If you cannot measure it, you cannot control it. If you cannot control it, you cannot manage it. If you cannot manage it, you cannot improve it. -- Dr. H. James Harrington, 1991.

Industrial Mechanic
by Kara Thompson - Last Updated Jan 4, 2012

Information Technology
by Cordelia Perry - Last Updated Feb 10, 2012
"Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other". ~Bill Gates

Information Technology - Database Management Concentration
by Cordelia Perry - Last Updated Feb 10, 2012
An individual without information can't take responsibility. An individual with information can't help but take responsibility. -Jan Carlzon

Information Technology - Programming Concentration
by Cordelia Perry - Last Updated Feb 10, 2012
Programming requires a detail-oriented, logical mindset mixed with a sense of creativity. Programmers are a crucial part of an organization's function - well-written code improves operational efficiency, and commercial performance.

Information Technology - Systems Management/Networking
by Cordelia Perry - Last Updated Feb 10, 2012
The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work! -- Robert T. Kiyosaki, Entrepreneur and Author

Information Technology - Web Development
by Cordelia Perry - Last Updated Feb 10, 2012
Hooked on the Internet? Help is a just a click away. ~Author Unknown

Interactive & Motion Graphics
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011
"The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

International Business
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011

Investment Management
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
Understanding how to be a good investor makes you a better business manager and vice versa. - Charlie Munger

Law & Security
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011

Library and Information Technology
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. - Lady Bird Johnson

Machining
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012

Marine Engineering
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated Sep 30, 2010

Marine Navigation
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated Sep 30, 2010

Mechanical Engineering Technology
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
"If at first you don't succeed, use a bigger hammer". - Unofficial motto of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Medical Laboratory
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
As of the the health care team, Medical Laboratory Technologists (MLT) perform laboratory testing and investigations related to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in a wide variety of specimans, inclidng blood, body fluids and tissues.

Medical Office Administration
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science." - Martin H. Fischer

Medical Transcription
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
As a Medical Transcriptionist, you’ll be a highly skilled medical language specialist and an integral member of the health care documentation team.

Metal Fabrication
by Kara Thompson, Debbie Costelo - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
You know, everybody gives me a problem about the grinder being face up and they think my middle name is 'safety'. But it's not... It's 'danger'. No, I'm kidding... It's 'Joseph'. -- Mikey, OCC & American Chopper

Motorcycle & Power Products Repair
by Lana Kamennof-Sine, Kara Thompson - Last Updated Apr 3, 2012
The next day he is at the library waiting for it to open and when it does he begins to read furiously. ~Robert Pirsig from "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Music Arts & Business
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music." - Jimi Hendrix

Natural Resources Environmental Technology
by Mary Jane Pittman - Last Updated Sep 6, 2011
The Natural Resources Environmental Technology program combines practical and theoretical skills to prepare graduates to work in environmental and related industries.

Occupational Health & Safety
by Kara Thompson - Last Updated Feb 28, 2012
Turn your concern for safety into a rewarding career developing and maintaining healthy and safe work environments.

Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy Assistant
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011

Office Administration
by Mary Jane Pittman - Last Updated Sep 6, 2011

Office Administration - Software & Information Management
by Mary Jane Pittman - Last Updated Sep 6, 2011

Paralegal Services
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011

Pharmacy Technology
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
Pharmacy Technology is focused on people, so your ability to work successfully with others will be as important as your knowledge of pharmaceuticals.

Photography
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Apr 13, 2012
"Photography is a major force in explaining man to man." - Edward Steichen

Pipe Trades
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Nov 21, 2011
"If I had my life to live over again, I’d be a plumber." ~ Albert Einstein

Plumbing
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012

Power Engineering Technology
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Nov 16, 2011

Practical Nursing
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated May 27, 2011

Process Operations - 4th Class Power Engineering
by Kara Thompson, Debbie Costelo - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
"Perhaps the thing that appealed most to me about being an engineer was a curiosity about how things are designed and built. I'm fascinated by the incredible technological advances we see all around us". -- Lee Raymond, CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation

Public Relations
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
This program blends public relations theory with practical experience to meet the growing demand for public relations professionals.

Radio & Television
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes." - Dan Rather

Recording Arts
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"Making records is like making sausages, the end result is palatable but you don't want to see how it's done." - Bono

Recreation Leadership
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011

Screen Arts
by Carly Brake - Last Updated Mar 12, 2012
"The reason to make a film is because you have a story you want to tell, you have something you really, really want to say." – Gregg Araki

Steamfitting/Pipefitting
by Lana MacLean - Last Updated Sep 30, 2010

Survey Technician
by Trish LeBlanc - Last Updated Sep 2, 2011
"Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen." ~ Deuteronomy 27:17

Therapeutic Recreation
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
Therapeutic recreation uses leisure activities as interventions to bring about physical, cognitive, emotional, social and other positive changes in the individuals with whom we work.

Tourism Management
by Leigh Gagnier - Last Updated Nov 16, 2011
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac

Utility Line Work - Construction & Maintenance
by Charmaine Borden - Last Updated Dec 21, 2011

Water Resources
by Ann Roman - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. - Benjamin Franklin

Welding
by Cordelia Perry - Last Updated Apr 20, 2012

Welding Inspection & Quality Control
by Debbie Kaleva - Last Updated Apr 19, 2012

Wood Products Manufacturing Technology
by Kara Thompson, Debbie Costelo - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
Woodworkers are TREE-mendous!

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