Fleming College

Peterborough, ON (October 15, 2024) – Fleming College will proudly participate in the fifth annual Light It Up! For NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month) event on October 17. At 5 p.m., Fleming will light up its campuses and employment services offices in purple lights to inspire conversations about inclusive employment practices and the empowerment of individuals with disabilities.

Led by the Ontario Disability Employment Network (ODEN), this one-day, nationwide event aims to raise awareness about the importance of disability inclusion in the workplace and celebrate the contributions of individuals with disabilities in our communities. Fleming College invites municipalities, businesses, and organizations to join in this initiative by lighting up landmarks, buildings, and offices, and sharing messages of support.

“We’re proud to be participating in this important initiative and encourage all businesses and organizations in our community to ‘light it up’ on October 17,” said Kate McIntosh, Vice President, Student Experience at Fleming. “Fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive enriches both our campus and the broader workforce.”

To participate in Light It Up! For NDEAM and other related events happening in October, visit flemingemploymenthub.ca/NDEAM.

About Muskoka-Kawarthas Employment Services
Muskoka-Kawarthas Employment Services (MKES), a division of Fleming College, is the Service System Manager (SSM) for employment services in City of Kawartha Lakes, District of Muskoka, County of Haliburton, Northumberland County, and Peterborough City and County. Serving both job seekers and employers, MKES assists its communities with locally responsive employment programs and services, with a goal to remove systemic barriers for clients and improve overall job retention. By creating more opportunities for sustainable employment, MKES aims to build prosperity within our communities and contribute to a strong regional economy that benefits everyone. Muskoka-Kawarthas Employment Services is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.

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Peterborough, ON (October 15, 2024) – Through new funding from the Ganawenim Meshkiki Initiative, Fleming is supporting the creation of new habitat for Kirtland’s Warblers (Setophaga kirtlandii), a small blue and yellow songbird. In Canada, the bird is endangered to the degree that current population estimates are unavailable.

To carry out this project, Fleming College is working with other members of The Ontario Kirtland’s Warbler Working Group. The group is a collaboration between non-profit, academic and private organizations including the Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust, Fleming College, GEI Consultants, Birk’s Natural Heritage Consultants, Simcoe County, American Bird Conservancy and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

For this project, the Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust has acquired more than 120 hectares (300 acres) of land in Northumberland County. Led by Dr. Ben Walters, professor at Fleming College, Fleming’s Forestry students compiled habitat and soil information, and student researchers helped compile critical habitat data on the Warbler. Walters and the working group partners then developed plans and carried out work to establish an entire forest plant community on the sandy, former agricultural land.

Beginning last fall, about 10ha (25 acres) of the site was seeded for ground vegetation and more than 7,000 pine and oak trees were planted, some by Fleming Forestry students. The new funding received from the Ganawenim Meshkiki Initiative will support more seed collecting, seed cleaning and planting activities to increase the amount of future habitat on the site.

“This project has been a large undertaking and demonstrates the need for a collaborative approach,” explains Dr. Walters. “Without the knowledge, experience and expertise of all of our partners, there is no way that a whole ecosystem restoration project like this could come together.” Walters further explained that “Ontario is challenged by a lack of resources for this project like availability of large amounts and diverse species of non-tree seeds and long-term, stable funding sources. Nonetheless, this group has organized itself and worked together to acquire the land, collect and clean the seeds and start planting the land. We are very fortunate to be a part of it.”

Dr. Brett Goodwin, Fleming’s Executive Vice President of Applied Research, also added that “not only are we able to contribute to advancing knowledge about Kirtland’s Warbler habitat and forest ecosystem restoration approaches, our students are getting real-world experiences within living labs where their learning has the ability to have very meaningful benefits for Kirtland’s Warbler populations and many other species at risk that live alongside them. What better way to learn?”

The Ontario Kirtland’s Warbler Working Group’s goal is to expand Kirtland’s Warbler habitat across central Ontario, north of Lake Huron to the Ottawa Valley. If you are interested in supporting this initiative or have more than 20 hectares (50 acres) of land with sandy soils that you would possibly like to create Kirtland’s Warbler habitat on, contact Ben Walters at benjamin.walters@flemingcollege.ca. Read more about this project here.

The Ontario Kirtland’s Warbler Working Group recognizes the critical financial contributions of the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, the MapleCross fund, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Forests Ontario, GEI Consultants, American Bird Conservancy and the Ganawenim Meshkiki Initiative (GMI), a Trustee of the Eastern Georgian Bay Initiative (EGBI).

For media enquiries, please contact:
Asher Lurie
Director, Communications
asher.lurie@flemingcollege.ca

About Fleming College
Fleming College respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg lands and territory. Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 80,000 alumni.

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Peterborough, ON (October 4, 2024) – Six Fleming College alumni have been selected as nominees for the distinguished Premier’s Awards this year.

Founded in 1992, the Premier’s Awards are administered by Colleges Ontario, the advocacy voice for Ontario’s 24 colleges.

This annual celebration recognizes the important social and economic contributions college graduates make on a provincial and global scale. Colleges can nominate alumni in seven categories: Skilled Trades, Business, Community Services, Creative Arts and Design, Health Sciences, Recent Graduate, and Science, Technology and Engineering.

The Fleming College nominees for 2024 are:

Skilled Trades
Dylan Stadtke: Mechanical Techniques Plumbing (2016), HVAC Technician (2018)
The co-owner of Pristine Plumbing Peterborough, Dylan’s business is thriving, reflecting his dedication to high professional standards and community involvement. In addition to two Fleming diplomas, Dylan completed the Construction Leadership Program at Fleming in 2022, demonstrating his commitment to leadership and excellence in his field. Beyond his professional achievements, Dylan is deeply committed to men’s mental health and is a strong proponent of promoting women in trades. His dedication to these important issues underscores his role as a leader and innovator in his industry.

Health Sciences
Francine Sam: Practical Nursing (2024)
Francine Sam began her nursing career while living in Australia where she was enrolled in university for nursing. She ended up moving to a rural village in northern Uganda where she did humanitarian work for seven years alongside her young family, caring for vulnerable children and their communities. It was through her experiences there that compelled her to further her education at Fleming College. Francine recently graduated as a Practical Nurse and was the Valedictorian of the School of Health and Community Services and is now working as a Registered Practical Nurse in the Emergency Department at her local hospital.

Community Services
Heather George: Museum Management and Curatorship (2008)
Heather George is an influential leader in the Canadian museum sector. As Executive Director of the Woodland Cultural Centre, she advocates for Indigenous perspectives and creates opportunities for Indigenous artists and curators. As the Past President of the Canadian Museum Association and current Vice President for the Indigenous Heritage Circle, Heather advances the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action #67, urging museums to engage in reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. In 2021, she led a national review of museum policies in relation to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). This review involved Indigenous communities and museum professionals, culminating in recommendations to change sector standards and develop federal repatriation laws.

Science, Technology and Engineering
Matthew Wilson: Conservation Biology (2024)
In 2022, Matthew Wilson made a significant decision to leave his career in the shipping industry and return to school. He was driven by a desire to pursue a more meaningful path, he chose to focus on addressing the pressing environmental and natural world challenges facing our planet today. Matt has always had a deep passion for animals and nature. Over the years, he has worn many hats, including biologist, arboricultural field technician, and research assistant. Recently, Matt enrolled in the Conservation Biology Program at Fleming College, where he graduated as Valedictorian of the School of Environmental and Natural Resources. Driven by a strong desire to make a positive impact on our climate, Matt is committed to preserving our natural legacy for future generations.

Recent Graduate
Jacques Graveline: Business Administration-Marketing (2022)
Jacques Graveline was a Student Ambassador for Fleming Indigenous Student Services and Fleming Student Administrative Council. He graduated from Fleming College with an Advanced Diploma in Marketing in 2022 and has been extremely involved in the College since. Elected as Board Chair at Fleming SAC in 2023, he passionately advocates for students to ensure an exceptional college experience. Jacques is a leader in the Peterborough community, supporting the United Way homeless initiative and Dragon Boat Races for Breast Cancer, while creating and implementing marketing strategies as the Marketing Assistant at Bridges Peterborough. Jacques is currently the Governance and Advocacy Coordinator with the Fleming Student Administrative Council.

Creative Arts and Design
Aaron Robitaille: Graphic Design-Visual Communication Advanced Diploma (2020)
A 2020 graduate of Fleming College’s Graphic Design (GDV) program and recipient of the Muriel Cooper Award for Design Excellence, Aaron launched "Aaron Robitaille Design" and developed notable branding for Haven Brewing Company. Her expertise spans large-scope murals, websites, and mentoring local artists, with work featured across Ontario. She is currently an instructor at Fleming College and acts as Vice Chair and member on Artspace’s Board of Directors, Peterborough’s only artist-run centre. The GDV program’s comprehensive training and community partnerships were pivotal in her success, fostering a blend of art and design that continues to drive her career and contributions to the local arts community.

The Premier’s Award nominees will be recognized at a gala event in Toronto on November 25, where the winners will be announced.

To nominate a deserving Fleming graduate for a 2025 Premier’s Award, please contact the Advancement and Alumni Relations Office at 705-749-5530 ext. 1197 or email alumni@flemingcollege.ca.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Asher Lurie
Director, Communications
asher.lurie@flemingcollege.ca

About Fleming College
Fleming College respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg lands and territory. Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 80,000 alumni.

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Peterborough, ON (October 3, 2024) - Fleming College is helping workers achieve their goals and bridge skill gaps through five rapid training programs, funded by Ontario’s Micro-credentials Challenge Fund.

Micro-credentials offer students targeted training in career-specific skills, addressing skills gaps between postsecondary education and ever-changing workforce needs. Micro-credentials take less time to complete than a traditional diploma or degree, allowing workers to quickly upskill.

The Province of Ontario has provided Fleming College with a $250,000 grant to provide the following five industry-focused micro-credentials:

• Introduction to Biomanufacturing: This micro-credential, being developed in partnership with industry, will be the first in a series of stackable credentials. This first micro-credential equips learners with essential skills, including an understanding of biomanufacturing's role in industry, hands-on experience with bioreactors, associated monitoring, quality assurance/control procedures, and familiarity with downstream processing steps. Fleming College and Kawartha Ethanol currently share a partnership that supports this project.

• Indigenous Perspectives in Economic Development: This micro-credential prepares students to engage in culturally appropriate strategies for economic development with Indigenous communities by providing students an understanding of Indigenous culture, history and current events, community research issues and methods, and an introduction to economic theory and business in an Indigenous context.

• Embedded Systems Design 1 – Firmware Development for Microcontrollers: In this first course of the Embedded Systems Design micro-credential series, learners will be trained in the fundamentals of microcontroller firmware development. Programming topics will include the compilation process, variables, data types, operators, branches, loops, functions, arrays, pointers, data structures, interrupt handling, and debugging.

• Embedded Systems Design 2 – Sensor Integration, Motor Control: The second course of the Embedded Systems Design micro-credential series trains learners in the different methods utilized in capturing information from the outside world, conditioning the captured data for microcontroller-level processing, and generating signals to control external actuators.?Learners will learn to select and read input variables such as temperature, acceleration, proximity, and distance using the standard communication protocols for interfacing sensors with microcontrollers/computers.

• Embedded Systems Design 3 – Position and Orientation Control: In this third course of the Embedded Systems Design micro-credential series, learners will be introduced to the position and orientation control methods. Students will implement complex sensors such as accelerometers and rotational encoders. The students will be exposed to the numeric methods that can help obtain speed and position, when necessary, through mathematical integration or differentiation of digital values.?

All five micro-credentials are still in development. Additional information, including enrolment dates and more detailed course information, will be available later in the fall.

Visit here for more information on Fleming’s full roster of Continuing Education courses, programs, credentials and certificates.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Asher Lurie
Director, Communications
asher.lurie@flemingcollege.ca

About Fleming College
Fleming College respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg lands and territory. Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 80,000 alumni.

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Peterborough, ON (September 25, 2024) - Fleming College is honoring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a series of events focused on listening, learning, and raising awareness.

Through these events, the college aims to foster a deeper understanding of Indigenous histories and cultures, while promoting healing and unity between all communities.

A schedule of events is as follows:

Interactive Learning Exhibit: Monday, Sept 23 – Monday, Sept 30 Sutherland Campus Main Foyer, Frost Campus Discovery Trail and in the Great Hall at the Haliburton School of Art + Design.

Throughout the week there will be a children’s shoe display in the Main Foyer, alongside information posters and interactive digital displays.

Posters will include information on residential schools and calls to action. Digital displays feature stories from Residential School Survivors and an interactive Residential School map.

Sutherland Campus Events

Orange Shirt Activity: Thursday, Sept. 26, Main Foyer, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Staff and students are encouraged to write words that reflect the theme of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR) on an orange shirt cutout that will be added to a banner that will be displayed on campus.

Each person who adds a message will receive orange pony beads to wear in support of NDTR.

Orange Shirt Sales, Steele Centre: Friday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Shirts are $20 for students, $25 for staff and faculty.

Orange shirts were purchased from Nish Tees, a local, Indigenous-owned business. Net proceeds will be donated to an Indigenous initiative, or organization identified by Fleming Indigenous Student Services.

Fleming Men’s and Women’s Soccer Games: Sunday, Sept. 29, 12:30 – 5:30 p.m., Fleming Sports Fields

Opening ceremonies for the games begins at 12:30 pm and will include an Indigenous drummer and information about National Truth and Reconciliation Day.

Players and game day staff will be wearing orange bands and spectators are asked to wear orange shirts in support of the day. All spectators wearing orange can fill out a ballot for a draw to win Phoenix swag. One draw will take place at the end of the women’s game and one draw at the end of the men’s game. The winners must be present when their name is announced to be eligible for the prize.

The Sutherland Campus Student Administration Council (SAC) will also be selling orange shirts while supplies last. The cost is $20 for students and $25 for all other spectators. Cash sales only and students must show proof of enrolment for the student price.

The Phoenix women’s soccer game against George Brown begins at 1 p.m., with the men’s game starting at 3:15 p.m.

Residential School Memorial: Monday, Sept. 30, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Main Foyer

Hosted by Liz Stone, Vice President Indigenous Knowledge and Relations, this event is a memorial service to the children and generations of Indigenous peoples who residential schools have impacted. There will be a special unveiling of a permanent installation.

Blanket Exercise: Monday, Sept. 30, 1:15– 3:30 p.m., Phoenix Field (Rain location: Gym A at the Sport and Wellness Centre)

On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, learn from Indigenous leaders about the histories and experiences of Indigenous peoples in Canada during pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization, and resistance.

The goal of the Blanket Exercise is to build understanding about our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada by walking through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance.

Everyone is actively involved as they step onto blankets that represent the land, and into the role of First Nations, Inuit and later Métis peoples. By engaging on an emotional and intellectual level, the Blanket Exercise effectively educates and increases empathy.
The blanket exercise was developed collaboratively by Indigenous elders for settlers on Turtle Island.

Frost Campus Events:

Poetry Reading: Sept. 30, 12:15 – 1 p.m., Auk's Lodge

Poet Robyn Pierson will perform a reading for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honouring reconciliation through the magic of art.

Movie Screening: The Secret Path: Sept. 30, 1 – 2 p.m., Auk's Lodge

On October 22, 1966 near Kenora, Ontario, Chanie Wenjack died when he walking home to the family he was taken from over 400 miles away. The film follows his escape from a residential school, as he tried to return home.

Haliburton Campus Events:

Guest Speaker Larry O'Connor: Sept. 30, 12 p.m., The Great Hall

The Haliburton School of Art + Design is welcoming Haliburton community member Larry O’Connor to its campus at 12 p.m. on September 30. Larry will share his personal journey as an Indigenous person and speak about the legacy of colonialism and the Residential School system.

Everyone is welcome to attend all events at any of our campuses.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Sarah Deeth
Communications Officer
sarah.deeth@flemingcollege.ca
705-749-5530 ext. 1161

About Fleming College
Fleming College respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg lands and territory. Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 80,000 alumni.

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