Northern Lights College
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Former name | 1966-1975 BC Vocational School Dawson Creek BCC. |
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Northern Lights College (NLC) is an institution that provides post-secondary education to residents of Northern
History
Jim Kassen began his 25-year career as the college president in 1980 and retired in 2005 seeing the college expand beyond the Dawson Creek campus to five campuses and three access centres.[7]
List of campuses
- Dawson Creek
- Fort St. John
- Fort Nelson
- Tumbler Ridge
- Chetwynd
List of Access Centres
- Atlin
- Dease Lake
- Hudson's Hope
Programs
Northern Lights College offers programs in the following areas:
- Trades and Apprenticeships/Auto/Heavy Mechanical/Plumbing/Carpentry/Cook/Power Engineering/Wind Turbine/Electrical/Millwright/Welding/Aircraft Maintenance Technician.
- University Arts and Sciences/ Academic
- Business Management/Applied Business Technology[8]
- Career and College Preparation/ Upgrading
- Workforce Training/Continuing Education
- Oil & Gas Technologies
- Clean Energy Technologies
- Early Childhood Education and Care/ Education Assistant
- Teacher Training
- Practical Nursing/Health Care Assistant
- Aircraft Maintenance Technician, Canadian Armed Forces Accredited, Transport Canada Approved/Accredited.
Aboriginal services
Northern Lights College has Aboriginal Gathering Spaces located at the following campuses: Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Chetwynd and Fort Nelson.
The Fort Nelson Gathering Space opened in 2009, while the remaining Gathering Spaces opened in 2011.
The opening of the Chetwynd Gathering Space was highlighted by the attendance of then Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Steven L. Point.[9]
In 2021 Northern Lights College received $70,000 to support two Indigenous education endowment and project funds.[10]
Scholarships and bursaries
The Northern Lights College Foundation is the recipient of funds held in trust for various awards for education. Formed in 1981, the Foundation's objectives are:
- to foster community interest in promoting higher education and training
- to act as a recipient of trust funds in the form of monies or other properties
- to assist in community projects and promotion of higher education and to grant monies to Northern Lights College for the designated use of scholarships and bursaries to be awarded to students.
The
Notable Faculty and Alumni
Bob Zimmer, Canadian politician and a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada.
See also
- List of institutes and colleges in British Columbia
- List of universities in British Columbia
- Higher education in British Columbia
- Education in Canada
References
- ^ "Northern Lights College- Dawson Creek Campus". PathwaysToJobs.com. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Financial Statements Northern Lights College" (PDF). Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Board of Governors". Northern Lights College. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Full-Time Equivalent Enrolments at B.C. Public Post-Secondary Institutions". Government of British Columbia. 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Post-Secondary Central Data Warehouse Standard Reports May 2023 Data Submission Headcount Totals" (PDF). Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Music at Community Colleges" in The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
- ^ "Northern Lights College mourns passing of longtime president". Alaska Highway News. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Northern Lights College Programs".
- ^ "Lieutenant Governor opens Aboriginal Gathering Space at NLC's Chetwynd Campus". Northern Lights College. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ "Northern Lights College, UNBC share in indigenous education grants". Alaska Highway News. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool
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