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Northern Lakes College

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Established
  
25 August 1999

Administrative staff
  
275

Phone
  
+1 866-652-3456

Founded
  
25 August 1999

President
  
Ann Everatt

Undergraduates
  
available

Province
  
Alberta

Former names
  
Alberta Vocational College Lesser Slave Lake

Type
  
Public comprehensive community college

Address
  
1201 Main St SE, Slave Lake, AB T0G 2A3, Canada

Similar
  
Portage College, Grande Prairie Regional, Keyano College, NorQuest College, Medicine Hat College

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Northern Lakes College is a publicly funded comprehensive community college in northern Alberta, Canada.

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Administrative offices are located in Slave Lake and Grouard, Alberta, with a staff of more than 275 working in more than 25 community campuses. The college connects students from throughout the region with the latest in real-time teaching and learning technology to create manageable class cohorts.

The college is a member of the Alberta Rural Development Network.

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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:

  • 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:

    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.

    References

    Northern Lakes College Wikipedia