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For 40 years, a Bow Valley College education
has meant a hand up to success in the personal and work lives
of more than 250,000 people. We serve more than 11,000 learners
(about 4,000 FLEs) each year in Calgary, at over 20 locations
throughout southern Alberta, and, through contract arrangements,
across Canada and in a number of other countries.
Bow Valley College offers year-round
programs leading to career certificates and diplomas, as well
as adult upgrading and English as a Second Language (ESL)
courses. We have an important social mandate, with a commitment
to ensuring marginalized populations – including new
Canadians, Aboriginals, the working poor and the disabled
– have access to post-secondary education. In addition,
we provide career development and assessment services to some
35,000 Albertans a year, along with other specialized services
for businesses and organizations.
Our College has been very active in providing
access to post-secondary education and meeting skill shortages
to help fuel the local economy. New program development, increased
enrolments in career programs, applied research and international
student recruitment reinforce our distinctive excellence.
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Canada’s first publicly
funded community college turns 50 in 2007. Beginning as Lethbridge
Junior College in 1957 with 38 students, Lethbridge Community
College now annually helps more than 7,000 learners achieve
academic and personal success.
With a faculty and staff of more than
1,100, LCC offers in excess of 50 certificate, diploma, post-diploma,
applied degree and apprenticeship programs.
Our nationally renowned Aquaculture Centre
of Excellence, built in 1997, meets the growing need for quality
applied research and training in the Western Canadian aquaculture
and agricultural fields.
Our programs - Criminal Justice, Environmental
Science and Nursing are but three of the more prominent offerings
– annually attract learners from other provinces and
countries. Employers regularly seek out LCC grads for their
high degree of expertise in fields that are helping to keep
Alberta and Canada at the forefront of technology.
Students from LCC have carried the spirit
of Alberta with them throughout Canada and the world. They
have put a personal face on a province and continue to demonstrate
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Medicine Hat College offers a broad-based
academic curriculum that includes degree and applied degree,
diploma, academic upgrading, continuing studies, and apprenticeship
programs. With more than 400 full-time employees and 2,600
students, the college has campuses in Medicine Hat, Brooks,
and in Hunan Province, China. Since 1965, the College has
served more than 14,000 students in south-eastern Alberta.
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Established in 1910, Mount Royal College
is Canada's premier undergraduate institution offering innovative,
market-driven programs designed to meet the needs of learners
and the requirements of the global marketplace. Mount Royal
focuses on current needs and trends in business and society
by providing over 60 degree, applied degree, diploma, university
transfer and certificate programs, as well as continuing and
executive education, within a dynamic, interactive and supportive
learning environment featuring personalized instruction and
outstanding facilities.
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Now more than ever, Olds College is the
place to go places! Pride and energy fills the entire Olds
College community, as we launch our capital campaign and emphasize
our vision to be the premier comprehensive applied agricultural,
horticultural, land and environmental management learning
organization in Canada.
We are proud of our programs that offer
students unlimited opportunities for growth and success. Since
opening our doors in 1913, Olds College has provided quality
education and training to launch successful careers for many
generations of learners. The success of our students is both
our source of pride and our main priority, and everything
we undertake meets strict expectations that our graduates
will exceed market expectations as they begin their careers.
We design our programs by working closely with industry partners,
so that our students receive the skills that are current and
in demand. In this way, Olds College graduates are highly
employable.
Olds College is taking our role to a
new level through Four Horses for the Future, our business
plan which launches mighty initiatives by building on our
long-standing tradition of Olds College excellence. Four Horses
for the Future identifies an extensive advancement of Resources,
Environment, Students and Program, and launches the Olds College
capital campaign. Together with Olds College faculty and staff,
a Campaign Caucus will work to develop The Centre for the
Horticulture Industry, The Canadian Equine Centre of InnovationTM,
the Olds College Calgary Campus, the Olds College School of
Innovation, the Land Agent Industry Partnership, and the Community
Learning Campus.
Our focus on students continues to be
our first and foremost priority. Despite our substantial growth,
Olds College continues to be a friendly and inviting campus,
with small classes and instructors who are ready to welcome
each one of our diverse and dynamic students. Students arrive
to our campus from across Canada and throughout the world
to take advantage of our progressive approach to learning.
Our commitment to nurturing our important partnerships, to
setting a distinct culture and to creating the best student
experiences available has never been stronger.
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Red Deer College provides and facilitates
access to a diverse range of full-time and part-time credit
educational opportunities. We also offer a wide variety of
courses, programs and services for individuals, business and
industry through our Continuing Education Department.
In 1964, we started with an enrolment
of just over 100 students and held classes out of a wing in
a local high school. Today, 40 years later, our innovative
campus offers a comprehensive array of programs to more than
20,000 students. This evolution has occurred naturally and
without losing the intimate community college environment
where the learner matters most.
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SAIT is Canada’s premier polytechnic
providing relevant, skill-oriented education which equips
graduates to compete successfully in the changing world of
work. Established in 1916, SAIT provides career training to
more than 70,000 registrants by 1,900 faculty and staff with
a budget of $215 million.
SAIT offers four applied degrees, 60
diploma and certificate programs, 32 apprenticeship programs
and 1,400 continuing education and customized business and
industry courses. Several transfer agreements with educational
institutes in Canada and overseas provide SAIT graduates with
an opportunity to further their credentials.
Over the last five years SAIT graduates
have enjoyed an employment rate of 97 per cent. Graduates
are in demand because SAIT programs are designed with employers
in mind. More than 1,000 business professionals provide advice
on 62 program advisory committees.
SAIT recently completed a $176 million expansion which included
83 state-of-the-art classrooms, construction of the Clayton
Carroll Automotive Training Centre building, Canada’s
most comprehensive aviation training facility at the Calgary
International Airport and a student residence. To accommodate
the increasing use of laptop computers in SAIT programs the
campus has been equipped with more than 14,000 network data
ports and ten wireless hotspots.
The Institute has just completed its
five-year, $80 million Invest in Technology campaign. The
campaign raised just under $85 million - a testament to the
prestige with which SAIT programs are held by business, industry
and individuals.
At SAIT, students don’t just learn
about things, they learn how to do things. |
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