This is SLC: Our College News

The graduating class of the Business Administration – Accounting program from Kingston and Cornwall recently held the 5th annual virtual Accounting Hackathon in collaboration with national charity, Rise. During the hackathon, student teams work with an entrepreneur to brainstorm and resolve a financial issue in their business.

As Spring 2022 approaches the weather warms up and staff start to anticipate the return of our annual Learning Connections Conference (LCC)! Your LCC Core Planning Committee has been working hard through the cold Winter months to plan a dynamic all-staff LCC and we are very pleased to introduce Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe, as our Keynote Presenter for the 2022 LCC.

Marketing students Salvador Lara and Sean McKnight from team “Off We Go” won admission to a four-month incubator program with the Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre.

The School of Contemporary Teaching & Learning (SCTL) has partnered with Helena Neveu, Knowledge Keeper at SLC, to create a new learning opportunity as part the College’s commitment to Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being. This new learning opportunity has been shaped by Helena’s focus on oral tradition, experiential learning, and reflective practice.

When a group of Muslim teenagers in Cornwall looked for books on Islamic civilization and culture in their local libraries, they discovered a dearth in reading materials, and the books they did find were not representative of Islam’s essential beliefs. With this need in mind, they approached their mentor, SLC’s Dr. Muhammad Owais Aziz, faculty in Interdisciplinary Studies and Pathways, for help.