- Northern Lakes College
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Northern Lakes College Established 25 August 1999 Type Public comprehensive community college President Rick Neidig Admin. staff 275[1] Undergraduates available Postgraduates not available Other students vocational Location Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
55°16′28″N 114°46′38″W / 55.27454°N 114.77736°WCoordinates: 55°16′28″N 114°46′38″W / 55.27454°N 114.77736°WCampus suburban/remote Northern Alberta 26 campuses include Slave Lake and Grouard Former names Alberta Vocational Centre Grouard, Alberta Vocational College Affiliations ACCC, CCAA, AACTI, Alberta-North Website Northern Lakes College Northern Lakes College is a publicly-funded comprehensive community college in north-central Alberta, Canada.
Administrative offices are located in Slave Lake and Grouard, Alberta, with a staff of more than 275 working in more than 30 campuses. The college connects students from throughout the region with the latest in real-time teaching and learning techonology to create manageable class cohorts.
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Education programs
The college offers education and training programs that include: trades and apprenticeship, career education, university studies and work force development. Career choices include the following: [2]
- Business Administration
- Emergency Medical Responder
- Community Liaison
- Forestry
- Health Care
- Office Administration
- Petroleum
- Power Engineering
- Practical Nurse
- Production Field Operations
- Rehabilitation Therapy
- Social Work
- Teaching
Locations
The following communities are served by Northern Lakes College: [3]
- Athabasca
- Atikameg
- Barrhead
- Cadotte Lake
- Calling Lake
- Driftpile
- East Prairie
- Fairview (town)
- Faust
- Flatbush
- Fort Vermilion
- Gift Lake
- Grande Prairie
- Grouard
- High Level
- High Prairie
- La Crete
- Loon River
- Manning
- Marten Lakes
- McLennan
- Paddle Prairie
- Peace River
- Peavine
- Peerless Lake
- Slave Lake
- Smith
- Wabasca
- Swan Hills
- Trout Lake
- Valleyview
History
The college was established on August 25, 1999, on the foundation of Alberta Vocational College. Alberta Vocational College was in turn formed in 1988, by the amalgamation of Alberta Vocational Centre Grouard and a network of 26 community vocational centres for first nations students in northern Alberta.
On 1 September 1997, the college was converted from a provincially administered school into a public board governed college.
See also
- List of universities and colleges in Alberta
- Education in Alberta
References
- ^ Northern Lakes College. "College History". http://www.northernlakescollege.ca/about/about_college_history.cfm. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ^ Northern Lakes College. "Programs". Archived from the original on 2008-01-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20080121024200/http://www.northernlakescollege.ca/programs/program_list.cfm. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
- ^ Northern Lakes College. "Locations". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20071012233921/http://www.northernlakescollege.ca/locations/locations_map.cfm. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
All facts, unless otherwise stated, are from Northern Lakes College's web site
External links
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