NIC News

Event
May 20, 2019
Victoria Day, College closed
Please note that NIC campuses will be closed Monday, May 20 for Victoria Day. 
Event
May 28, 2019
Culinary Information Session
Learn about NIC's new Culinary Business Operations diploma, starting this fall in Campbell River.
Event
May 29, 2019
NIC students unveil automated canned coffee system
Members of the public are invited for the unveiling of NIC Industrial Automation students’ capstone project: an automated custom canned coffee machine.
Event
Jun 1, 2019
Go global with your learning. Study in Paris this fall
Applications are now open for business and tourism & hospitality students to study at Institut Superieur de Gestion (ISG) in Paris.

Spring Exam Schedule

Book Advising Appointment

Campus Weather Closures

Winter Courses

Summer Session

 

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Programs

Welder Foundation Harmonized Certificate

Earn technical training credit toward Year 1 and 2 of your welder apprenticeship and prepare for employment in industrial manufacturing, welding and fabrication shops across Canada. Learn a variety of welding techniques, layout and fabrication, basic metallurgy, drawing for welding and occupational skills from very experienced, highly qualified instructors in well-equipped shops.

Automotive Service Technician Foundation Harmonized Certificate

Learn and hone essential skills from brake system servicing and steering to suspension service, wheel alignment, electronic systems and more as you earn apprenticeship technical training credit toward Interprovincial (Red Seal) certification. You’ll be prepared for a wide range of opportunities in the mechanics trade from automotive service technician and parts technician to service writer or service manager.

Joinery/Cabinetmaking Foundation

Learn the art and trade of designing, constructing, finishing and repairing a wide range of high-quality wood products and earn apprenticeship technical training credit toward your Interprovincial (Red Seal) certification. As a graduate, you can pursue a career in furniture restoration or manufacturing, millwork and cabinets, marine joinery, residential finishing carpentry, sales or as a self-employed artisans.

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Courses

Culture, Community & Global Citizenship (LIB-160)

This course will provide students with the opportunity to explore what it means to be both a human being and a global citizen within the context of complex intercultural interactions that are either face-to-face or in a virtual environment. Students will be challenged to reconsider their views on what is considered to be legitimate knowledge, "appropriate" ways of being and what it means to communicate well with others. Through critical reflection on historical and current world events, as well as their own values and beliefs, students will be encouraged to develop compassion and empathy for others, a greater appreciation for and understanding of diversity, and a curiosity about other ways of being.

International Relations
(POL-203)

An introductory course designed to acquaint students with some of the fundamental concepts, theories, perspectives and debates in the International Relations field. Topics will include such issues as international security (war, peace, military force; international organizations, international law and human rights; North-South politics; global environment crises; and the growth of a global political economy. Although it is not a course in current affairs per se, integration of contemporary world events and issues will be used to enhance critical understanding.

Introduction to Policing
(CRM-251)

An introduction to the history, organization, structure, and operation of contemporary law enforcement agencies in Canada. Topics include the emergence of community policing, crime prevention, the recruitment and training of police officers, and occupational subculture.

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Faculty

Liz Girard

Faculty, Accessible Learning, Adult Basic Education

Jeannette Gingras

Faculty, Applied Business Technology

Sue de Bruin

Faculty, Humanities and Social Sciences

NIC Event Calendar

May 28
Culinary Information Session
May 29
NIC students unveil automated canned coffee system
Jun 1
Go global with your learning. Study in Paris this fall
Jun 7
2019 Golf Challenge supports First Nation students at NIC
Jun 12
2019 Port Hardy Completion Ceremony
Jun 17
2019 Campbell River Graduation Ceremony
Jun 18
2019 Port Alberni Graduation Ceremony
Jun 20
2019 Comox Valley Graduation Ceremony
Jul 1
Canada Day, College closed
Aug 5
BC Day, College closed

Upcoming Continuing Education Courses

Domestic Vessel Safety (DVS) (MED-032)
May 21-May 24, Campbell River
Emergency First Aid with CPR Level C (FAC-020)
May 22, Comox Valley
Permaculture-Abundance in Small Space (GENI-7530)
May 25, Comox Valley
Vacuum Casting (GENI-1241)
May 25-May 26, Campbell River
FoodSafe Level I (TFS-010)
May 25, Campbell River
Emergency Child Care First Aid With CPR Level B (FAC-010)
May 26, Comox Valley

NIC Students Say

Students choose NIC for our expert faculty, high-quality, affordable education, supportive community and university transfer pathways. Here’s what they say:

Milena Restan
My instructor Jason Diemer inspired me to study engineering. I transferred directly from NIC into second year of UVic’s biomedical engineering degree.
Milena Restan
UVic Engineering Dual Admission student
Hiroki Asai
My internship at Disney allowed me to meet people all over the world, network and develop international relationships.
Hiroki Asai
Tourism & Hospitality Diploma student
Mike McLean
NIC’s Industrial Automation program gave me the skills employers are looking for. I had job offers in Campbell River, Nanaimo and Alberta.
Mike McLean
Industrial Automation Technology Graduate
Dawn Tisdale
I had some pretty old ideas of what nurses do … I thought it was about taking doctors’ orders, not advocating for patients. I am now in the most rewarding and challenging degree ever.
Dawn Tisdale
NIC Bachelor of Science in Nursing Graduate, Named top 150 Nurses in Canada by CNA
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