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School psychologists help ‘flip on the light’ for students
2017-11-28
Strengthening mental health services -, For Robin Ettles and Christina Gallant MacLean, being a school psychologist in Prince Edward Island checks all the right professional and personal boxes. A psychological assessment and care can be the key to school success for some students. Ettles says a...
Harvest and Prosper offers experience ‘in the field’
2017-10-27
Creating jobs for Islanders -, When Lorne Valley Ranch developed a new crop - high-bush blueberries - co-owner Phil Jennings IV said the province's Harvest and Prosper program helped fill jobs they were having a hard time filling. “We had done different things trying to find help, putting ads...
WorkPEI connects employers with the talent they need
2017-10-06
Creating jobs for Islanders -, When Road Trax -- a Kensington company that provides maintenance for the trucking industry – needed to fill a long-standing vacancy, staff turned to WorkPEI. Road Trax had been advertising for four months to fill a mechanics position, with no success. But shortly...
Summer student is on road to success
2017-10-04
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Haley Ellis admits she didn’t know much about asphalt when she started this past June as a summer student at the provincial government’s Slemon Park road shop. The 2017 Westisle Composite High School graduate did know she would begin studying sustainable design...
New graduate will leave her mark on Province House
2017-07-21
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Jenna MacNeill found her dream job through the Graduate Mentorship Program. After graduating from Holland College's Heritage Retrofit Carpentry program last spring, the 26-year-old Cornwall resident was hired the following week to work on the large and...
Educators help shape Canada's curriculum for future
2017-07-20
Some of the best minds in education were in Charlottetown this week brainstorming ways to make the Canadian education curriculum relevant for the class of 2030 and beyond. One of the educators attending the C21 and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) meetings was Denise Andre, Ottawa’s...
Birchwood prepares to welcome new arrivals
2017-04-27
The welcome banners are hung and the staff are energized as Birchwood Intermediate School prepares to throw open its doors to more than 400 new students this September. The new arrivals are coming mostly from Stratford, alleviating overcrowding pressures at Stonepark Intermediate. That’s no problem...
Bringing history home
2017-02-23
Stacy MacInnis remembers bundling up on cold winter mornings when he was five years old and going next door with his mother to stoke the coal stove for waiting passengers at the Elliott family’s train station in Pleasant Valley. Fast forward more than 50 years – it’s a summer day and MacInnis, now...
Committed to kindness
2017-02-23
“The face of Englewood School” was surprised with an Extra Mile award this week for her love and commitment to the schools’ students. Administrative assistant Cathy Cairns was “shocked, touched and emotional” when her colleagues announced her win at an assembly on Pink Shirt Day. “I’m still shaking...