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WINNIPEG FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018 7 URBAN CIRCLE TRAINING CENTRE INC. Professional Career Training Opportunity "A Learning Centre that Makes a Difference" Urban Circle is looking for Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Status/ Non-status) applicants who are willing to commit to quality training that includes life skills and will lead to employment and offers the following programs: FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER PROGRAM – Certified by Red River College (January-December) This course is a "stepping stone" into social work field. Unique learning environment! EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM – Certified by Red River College (August-June) This course is a "stepping stone" to a Bachelor of Education degree. ADULT EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (January-June Apprenticeship Stream/July-December Academic Stream) – Allows you to obtain a mature Grade 12 Diploma - High School credits by Seven Oaks School Division offered twice a year & Employment Preparation or Furthering Education HEALTH CARE AIDE/HEALTH UNIT CLERK PROGRAM (NURSING ASSISTANT) – Dual Certified by Red River College (August - June) This course is a "stepping stone" into the Healthcare field. Call 204-589-4433 for more information OR come to 519 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg Website: www.urbancircletraining.com Funding Provided by The Manitoba Government CANADIAN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY Our Open Education program allows eligible students to take additional on campus or online programs - tuition free! Business • Healthcare • Legal • Media • Technology Limit your Tuition, Not your Education HERZINGOPENEDUCATION.CA 2 0 4 . 7 7 5 . 8 1 7 5 wpg-info@herzing.ca Career focused • Convenient • Caring with knowledge of how things work in a real-world environment," adds Oliver. "As I said, there's an edge to it. It's a high-stress environment that requires teamwork, learning all the different positions within the production team — and leadership." At the same time, students also learn how to craft documentaries in Prairie Hearts, a series that's produced for Bell MTS. "Students learn all the planning that's required for small documentaries and go out and shoot the episodes in small teams," Sherris says. "Newsline and Prairie Hearts are two nice contrasts that provide students with the opportunity to work in both realms." The central benefit is that students aren't doing a simulation — they're doing the real thing. "With Prairie Hearts, students must pitch stories to Bell MTS," says Oliver. "Then, they learn script writing, hosting, filming, and how to be an executive producer. The idea, as Greg has often said, is to graduate students who are Swiss Army knives of content with a wide variety of skills. That allows them to be ready to do almost anything." Brice Perkins, a 2016 graduate of the program, says the real-life-based, hands-on training he received at ACC played an instrumental part in finding employment just prior to graduation. "If I didn't have that hands-on training, I wouldn't be working in media today," says Perkins, 23, who's currently working as technical director for Dome Productions, a company that broadcasts NHL games and curling for Sportsnet. "The experience you get at ACC jumps you ahead of students in other programs. You have the basic knowledge and comfort level you need to get a job, and to grow from there." ACC's learn-by-doing approach is incredibly effective, adds Cole Davenport, a 2017 graduate of the Interactive Media Arts program. "Learning by doing was what the whole program was about," says Davenport, 21, who presently works at CTV Regina as a reporter and occasional fill-in for the main news anchor. "The real-life situations I experienced really helped prepare me and helped me land the career that I wanted." For more information, visit assiniboine.net. ❚ Students in the Assiniboine Community College Interactive Media Arts program 'learn by doing' by working on the live Newsline broadcast and by producing documentaries for the Prairie Hearts series for Bell MTS. Assiniboine Community College photos

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