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In this newsletter you will find information about the following virtual events, resources, and professional development opportunities for you and your students:
- Landscape Ontario Awards of Excellence
- Nursery Growers Short Course
- Landscape Ontario Virtual Professional Development Courses
- ICPI Concrete Paver Installer Course
- STIHL iCADEMY
- CAD-prof.com
- Minecraft Sustainable City Map
- HEA Shared Google Drive
- Labour Market Research Project
If you have any questions or comments about content in this newsletter please email: heainfo@landscapeontario.com.
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Virtual Opportunities For You and Your Students
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AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Virtual Ceremony | Free
Recommended for: educators & students
View the breathtaking design and master craftsmanship in landscape construction, maintenance, design, lighting and irrigation projects. Celebrate project winners and scholarship recipients!
Visit: loawards.com
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NURSERY GROWERS SHORT COURSE
Virtual Symposium | Feb. 17th, 9am- 2:50pm | $5 to $20
Recommended for: educators & students
Join industry professionals as they present on topics including: What's Buggin's Your Nursery Crops, Quercus Diversity and ID, Improving Soil Health, Correcting Water Chemistry and much more!
Click to Learn more and Register
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LO VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES
Virtual Courses | Various Dates | $25 base cost
Recommended for: educators
Landscape Ontario offers a series of professional development courses each year including business horticulture design and construction topics. This year courses are being offered online!
Click to Learn more and Register
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CONCRETE PAVER INSTALLER COURSE
Online Certification | At Your Own Pace | Free for Educators
Recommended for: educators to become certified
This virtual course is designed to strengthen educators' professional knowledge. Once certified students in your class will have the opportunity to work toward their Concrete Paver Installer(CPI) certification. Learn More & Register
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STHIL iCADEMY
Online Information Modules | At Your Own Pace | Free
Recommended for: educators to register their class
This ready-made e-learning opportunity contains 100's of online information modules and videos on STIHL equipment with quizzes where you can track students' progress and grades!
Click to Create an Account for your classt
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CAD-prof
Virtual Course | At Your Own Pace | Free
Recommended for: educators
CAD beginners 45 hour training Program (videos, working materials, week by week folders, and complete instructions) free to all qualified high school teachers and post-secondary school educators. Learn More & Register
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Landscape Ontario Congress Connect
Tradeshow & Conference | 1-year access | Free and paid options
Recommended for: educators & students
You can still access Landscape Ontario Congress Connect virtual platform that provides you and your class with access to on-demand speaker sessions, new product showcase information and more!
Learn More & Register
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Minecraft Sustainable City Map
Online Resource | Free with Microsoft education account
Recommended for: educators & students
Gamify some of your lessons using the new Minecraft sustainable cities world! Lessons include sustainable food production, sustainable forests, sustainable energy production and more!
Learn More
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Horticulture Educators Association Shared Google Drive
Shared Resources | Free
Recommended for: educators
The Horticulture Educators Association has created a Google drive for members to share teaching resources. New to teaching Green Industries, want to introduce students to the profession, looking for new ideas? Request access, collaborate and share ideas!
Request Access
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LABOUR MARKET RESEARCH PROJECT
Help Inform this Project- Join the Secondary and Post-Secondary Focus Group
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Funded by the Government of Ontario, Landscape Ontario is undertaking a Labour Market Information Research project to address the lack of awareness of specific career pathways, in-demand jobs, and growth opportunities within the industry.
Landscape Ontario is looking for secondary and post-secondary educators and students to inform the project so that all information, tools, and resources are presented in a meaningful way to you and your students.
Click Here to Learn More and Become a Focus Group Participant
If you have any questions please email: jdsouza@landscapeontario.com
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