Peterborough ON – (March 24, 2022) – Fleming College is helping to address gaps in both the skilled trade labour shortage and the region’s high unemployment numbers by offering underemployed or unemployed workers free training through the SkillsAdvance Ontario Construction program. The program is an intensive, four-week training course for those working or looking to work in… Continue reading Build your skills for free with Fleming College
Fleming College adds a BSc in Zoology pathway with Hartpury University, U.K.
Peterborough ON – (March 23, 2022) – Fleming College is expanding its relationship with Hartpury University in the United Kingdom by establishing a new transfer agreement, allowing students in Fleming’s School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences the opportunity to complete a degree with just one additional year of study. This is an addition to… Continue reading Fleming College adds a BSc in Zoology pathway with Hartpury University, U.K.
Fleming students raise money for Five Counties Children’s Centre
Peterborough ON – (March 22, 2022) – With the help of the community, the Fleming Friends Helping Five Counties Kids fundraiser is off to a great start. This event is led by Fleming College’s Community Integration Through Cooperative Education (CICE) program. CICE students are completing individual challenges and having fun while raising funds to support… Continue reading Fleming students raise money for Five Counties Children’s Centre
Peterborough ON – (March 21, 2022) Fleming College students enrolled in the Accounting diploma program are participating in the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program by hosting free tax clinics for eligible individuals. The tax clinic this year will be virtual and will run each Tuesday from March 22 to April 19, from 9 a.m. to… Continue reading Community Tax Clinics Return to Fleming College
We are pleased to announce that the College Employer Council and the OPSEU academic union have agreed to enter binding interest arbitration and the strike that was scheduled to commence on Friday, March 18 is called off. Classes will run as scheduled. We would like to thank everyone for their patience, understanding and professionalism during… Continue reading No Faculty Strike at Ontario Colleges
March 17, 2022 – The college faculty union (OPSEU) has announced their intention to begin a full strike at all Ontario colleges on Friday, March 18, 2022. On Monday, March 14, the OPSEU academic employees representing full-time and partial-load professors, instructors, librarians, and counsellors have given notice that they will withdraw their services starting a… Continue reading Faculty Strike at Ontario Colleges
So many of us are concerned and unnerved by the events currently unfolding in Ukraine. Canada is home to the second largest Ukrainian population in the world outside of Ukraine itself and there is no doubt that this would include many of our fellow colleagues, friends, neighbours and students. The struggles faced by the Ukrainian… Continue reading Fleming Offers Support for Ukraine
Fleming College partners with Trebas Institute Ontario to offer Fleming programs in Toronto
Peterborough ON – (March 8, 2022) – Fleming College and Trebas Institute Ontario are proud to announce a new partnership that allows students from all over the world to attend and graduate from a selection of programs at the new Fleming College Toronto Campus. Ontario’s Ministry of Colleges and Universities approved the new partnership under… Continue reading Fleming College partners with Trebas Institute Ontario to offer Fleming programs in Toronto
Fleming offers new intakes of free forestry program through SkillsAdvance Ontario
Peterborough ON – (February 28, 2022) – Fleming College will offer three new intakes of its SkillsAdvance Ontario – Forestry program, a free training program for job seekers. The four-week program is designed to build skills progressively for entry-level jobs in the forestry industry, which requires qualified workers in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton,… Continue reading Fleming offers new intakes of free forestry program through SkillsAdvance Ontario
Academic employees of Ontario Colleges are currently in the process of collective bargaining. This week, Ontario College full-time and partial-load instructors, professors, librarians, and counsellors voted on the final offer from Colleges. Of the 66% that voted, 62% voted to reject the employer final offer. This means that 41% of the bargaining unit rejected the… Continue reading Update – Academic Employee Contract Negotiations