Georgian College Muskoka Campus
111 Wellington Street P1L1E2 Bracebridge, ON, Canada

Take the first step toward a career in #healthcare with #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka’s Pre-health Sciences Pathways to Advanced Diplomas and Degrees. Benefit from the experience and expertise of approachable professors and gain the skills and knowledge you need to pursue further education. Graduates have gone on to pursue education in such areas as Personal Support Worker, Practical Nursing, Dental Assisting and Hygiene, Massage Therapy, and Opticianry. Program starts September ...2021. Want to learn MORE? Drop by one of our virtual Get to Know Georgian information sessions Nov. 24, Dec. 3 and 8: bit.ly/3kGIrCA See the flyer: bit.ly/2UUoPQM Apply online: bit.ly/3l0T7vM Connect with a student recruitment specialist: [email protected] #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville #LakeofBays #MuskokaLakes See more

Did you miss Open House Saturday? There are lots of ways to connect with #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka! Follow us on social media for the latest news and updates: @GeorgianMuskoka View #construction trades and Academic and Career Preparation videos on our YouTube playlist: bit.ly/38FrzXC Take a virtual tour of our campus: bit.ly/2Kd6ix8 #ExperienceGeorgian #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville #LakeOfBays #MuskokaLakes

Catch up on the past few episodes of the #GeorgianCollege student vlog The Growl with Hailey and Ishaan and watch interviews with staffers, good news stories, jokes of the week, and more! Check it out on their YouTube playlist: http://bit.ly/3lSeQrE

Want to connect with #GeorgianCollege’s recruitment team? Drop by our Get to Know Georgian virtual information session tonight (Nov. 19), from 6 to 7 p.m. Top reasons to attend: Find out what our seven campuses have to offer Explore postsecondary options Learn how to get started Discover next steps and ask questions... Can’t make it? We’re hosting additional sessions Nov. 24, Dec. 3 and 8! Learn more: bit.ly/3kGIrCA #ExperienceGeorgian See more

Did you miss #GeorgianCollege’s virtual knowledge-sharing session with Métis Elder Ernest Matton (Little Brown Bear) yesterday? Stay tuned for news on a second session in the New Year, or learn what you can do to aid in healing and #reconciliation in this 30-minute YouTube video featuring the community capacity builder and spiritual ambassador: bit.ly/2V0dY8b #FirstNations #Indigenous #Muskoka

Develop skills to work in an office setting with #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka’s FREE Ramp Up to Office Admin course. Learn: Microsoft Windows, Word, Outlook and Excel File management and keyboarding Letters and meeting materials Budget and sales projections and payroll summaries ... Time management and office trends Delivered online with continuous intake starting Jan. 19, 2021. Work at your own pace with one-to-one support from faculty. Email [email protected] for info or to register. #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville See more

Want to know how to frame a wall? #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka is hosting a FREE Wall Framing bootcamp Nov. 21 and 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn lumber and wall framing terminology, and how to frame a wall through hands-on instruction in the campus’ state-of-the-art shop space. Email [email protected] for info or to register. #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville #LakeofBays #MuskokaLakes #skilledtrades STILL SPACE IN OUR ROOF FRAMING SERIES STARTING THIS WEEKEND

Participants in #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka’s Custom Flashing and Aluminum Bending bootcamp received hands-on instruction last weekend from local expert @NorStarExterior’s Ryan Durocher, who taught them how to use a brake. Want to get into the shop to learn a skilled trade? There are SEVEN SPOTS LEFT in the campus’ next FREE offering Wall Framing runs Nov. 21 and 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Email [email protected] or sign up online: bit.ly/36ISOka #wallframing #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville

Catch up on the past few episodes of the #GeorgianCollege student vlog The Growl with Hailey and Ishaan and watch interviews with staffers, good news stories, jokes of the week, and more! Check it out on their YouTube playlist: bit.ly/3lSeQrE

#GeorgianCollege's Indigenous Services department will host a virtual knowledge-sharing session with Métis Elder Ernest Matton (Little Brown Bear) today from 1 to 2 p.m. Learn about Métis culture, history, healing and resurgence. All are welcome to attend. Join the event: bit.ly/2UZalPz #Muskoka

Want to know more about roof framing and flashing installation? #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka is hosting FREE roofing bootcamps this fall. Learn how to select and safely handle a wide variety of tools and equipment commonly used in framing and roofing construction, and more! Roof Framing, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 Advanced Roof Framing, Nov. 7 and 8 Metal Brake, Roofing and Flashing Installation, Nov. 14 and 15 Email [email protected] to sign up or see the flyer for info on this and other fall bootcamps at GeorgianCollege.ca/Muskoka #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville #LakeofBays #MuskokaLakes

#GeorgianCollege #Muskoka offering a second intake of the FREE #Carpentry Tools and #Construction Projects for Women bootcamp on Saturday, Dec. 12 and Sunday, Dec. 13, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants from the October class had this to say about their experience: The bootcamp was everything I hoped for and more! The instructor was both knowledgeable and supportive I’m really proud of what I was able to accomplish and grateful for the opportunity to learn in such a we...lcoming and well-run environment. The course went so smoothly, especially given the extra challenges associated with COVID. The instructor was amazing, supportive and non-judgmental. The bootcamp has inspired me to want to learn more and consider a career change and future job in the trades! Email [email protected] for info or to register. #ExperienceGeorgian #skilledtrades #womenintheskilledtrades #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville #LakeOfBays #MuskokaLakes See more

#GeorgianCollege #Muskoka #construction trades pre-apprenticeship students spent their last day of in-class instruction dismantling micro home trainers and cleaning up the shop space. Each one of them successfully completed a blended program delivery that was new to all of us (online learning and hands-on instruction) and adapted to the curveball that was (is) COVID. They’re working on securing 12-week paid work placements with the ultimate goal of pursuing #apprenticeship. We’ll miss you all, but wish you good luck in your future endeavours! #imnotcryingyourecrying #skilledtrades #Bracebridge

#GeorgianCollege #Muskoka #construction trades pre-apprenticeship students wrapped up the #plumbing portion of their program today and celebrated with an all-cisterns-go game of #PlumberPants and toilet ring toss. You could say we're plumb crazy! #pranktheplumber #plumberscrack #thebestplacetotakeyourleaks

FIVE SPOTS LEFT! #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka is teaming up with NorStar Exteriors to offer a FREE Custom Roof Flashing and Aluminum Bending bootcamp this weekend (Nov. 14 and 15). Sign up for the Saturday class, or do both days. What you’ll learn: Day one how to bend custom metal using aluminum brakes Day two how to install roofing and custom metalwork done the previous day Email [email protected] for info or complete the online registration form: bit.ly/38qoMnX #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville #LakeOfBays #MuskokaLakes

The #Muskoka Campus may be small but it certainly makes a big impact. The small crew of four frontline staff were recently honoured with a #GeorgianCollege Board of Governors Team Award, which recognizes three or more employees who have collaborated on a major initiative, project or assignment in support of the college’s strategic priorities. Growing awareness of the campus and building on community and employer partnerships has been the focus in recent years, as has offering... a new part-time delivery of Personal Support Worker and a new construction techniques skilled trades program (tentatively starting next fall). See what else they have planned for 2021 and coming down the pipe as they look ahead to their 40th anniversary in the region in 2022. Follow @GeorgianMuskoka on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram or bookmark GeorgianCollege.ca/muskoka. #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville #teamworkmakesthedreamwork See more

#GeorgianCollege #Muskoka’s #construction trades pre-apprenticeship students spent the week #soldering copper fittings as part of the #plumbing portion of the curriculum. They also conducted pressure and leak tests on their micro home trainer bar sinks and practiced bending and flaring copper gas lines. These hands-on learning opportunities will help them secure employers when the in-class training portion wraps up in a few weeks. #sweatingthepipe #skilledtrades #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville

Need to improve your #math skills for #college, #apprenticeship or #employment? Gain foundational knowledge of numeric and algebraic operations, measurement, #geometry, statistics, probability, and more in #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka’s FREE math course. Offered remotely through continuous intake. Email [email protected] for details or to register. #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville

The #GeorgianCollege Students' Association (#GCSA) presents ACT IT OUT a Facebook Live event hosted by magician and illusionist Josh Farley tonight (Oct. 13) at 7 p.m. Check it out: bit.ly/33QZ7C1

WAITLISTED #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka's FREE Carpentry Tools and Construction Projects for Women bootcamp Oct. 24 and 25 is currently full, but we're still accepting applications for a second intake later this fall or winter; the date will be announced shortly stay tuned! ... Female enrolment in #carpentry, #plumbing and #electrical programs is increasing, and so is demand for workers in the region. #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka is offering a FREE Carpentry Tools and Const...ruction Projects for Women bootcamp Oct. 24 and 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn how to safely handle power tools, get easy construction ideas you can use at home, and see if a career in the #skilledtrades is right for you! Email [email protected] to sign up or see the flyer for info on this and other fall bootcamps: bit.ly/3jVX9WL #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville #LakeofBays #MuskokaLakes See more

Interested in learning a trade, but don’t know where or how to start? #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka offering FREE TRADE-YOUR-JOB #construction bootcamps this fall and winter. Each bootcamp focuses on a specific trade or skill like #carpentry, #plumbing, #electrical, roof and wall framing, passive solar greenhouse builds, and more. Harness your inner DIY’er and learn through hands-on instruction in the campus’ state-of-the-art shop. Email [email protected] for info or see the flyers: bit.ly/2FnKhcK #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville #LakeofBays #MuskokaLakes #skilledtrades

#GeorgianCollege #Muskoka staffer Erin Doyle (l) and #GCSA student rep Michelle Patterson-Griff (r) braved the chilly fall weather to hand out swag bags to part-time Personal Support Worker and Practical Nursing students today. They also doled out blank oars for an upcoming and uniquely Muskokan virtual crafting and paint night. #keepingspiritsafloat

#PeopleOfGeorgian: Meet Melissa Smith I was born with congenital rubella. This has resulted in moderate hearing loss in my right ear and I’m deaf in the left. ...My early experiences as a hard-of-hearing person were really shaped by the times. I was born at the end of 1974, and there wasn’t as much awareness of disabilities or rights of the disabled. In fact, despite my mother’s insistence that I was hard of hearing, the doctors didn’t believe her, and so I wasn’t outfitted with hearing aids until I was six or seven. I had to fight misconceptions as well that I wasn’t smart or capable and the social isolation that comes with this particular disability. I spent a lot of my time nosed into books. It set in motion a reserved personality and exhaustive drive to stay on the periphery, so I wouldn’t say or do anything out of turn. I ramped up the self-imposed isolation in high school by sitting at the back of each class. This meant missing instructions and lessons in part or full. It affected me academically at times, but it also damaged my self-confidence. I excelled at writing an, albeit, solitary pursuit. I used this to express myself and communicate with the hearing world. In university, I continued to sit in the back corner of the lecture hall where I couldn’t be called on to participate in discussions. This further alienated me from my classmates and a fuller postsecondary experience. Philosophy, my chosen major, fostered free and original thought, but it didn’t connect me with people; it aided in my seeming pursuit of a singular one-dimensional world. But over time, I started to see my disability differently; started acting differently, and so others are beginning to respond to me differently as well. My (dis)ability didn’t hold me back. I did that very much on my own. Now, rather than ruing my years are half-done, I’m embracing the joie de vivre that comes with wanting to live my best (mid-) life. I’m also realizing just how far I’ve come. Despite systemic barriers to achieving postsecondary education as a hard-of-hearing person, I have a bachelor’s degree, a graduate certificate and am currently working on a second one. I’m looking forward to seeing what else I can accomplish. Melissa Smith, Campus Support Officer for Georgian’s Muskoka Campus. She and three Muskoka Campus colleagues Erin Doyle, James Fielding and Michelle Kennedy won the Team Award from Georgian’s 2020 Board of Governors’ Awards of Distinction. Read more: https://bit.ly/3loRngo Want to share your story? Please contact [email protected].

#GeorgianCollege writing technologists are hosting multiple Introduction to APA WebEx workshops in October. Learn how academic papers should be formatted, how to create in-text citations and reference page entries, and more! See dates and times: bit.ly/3mOwE7s

Help play an essential role in meeting the rising demands of patients across Ontario due to COVID-19. Canadian Blood Services is hosting donation events Monday, Oct. 19 from 1 to 7 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church (169 West Rd.) in #Huntsville and Monday, Oct. 26 from 2 to 7 p.m. at the #Bracebridge Sportsplex (100 Clearbrook Tr.). Your donation matters, especially now! Book your appointment at blood.ca or 1.888.2DONATE

Need to improve your communication skills to get into #college? Strengthen your reading comprehension, writing, researching, presenting and editing skills, and learn to compose clear and consistent messages in #GeorgianCollege #Muskoka’s FREE communications course. Offered remotely through continuous intake. Email [email protected] for details or to register. #Bracebridge #Gravenhurst #Huntsville