Northern Lakes College
Established	25 August 1999
Type	Public comprehensive community college
President	Rick Neidig
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°W / 55.27454; -114.77736Coordinates: 55°16′28″N 114°46′38″W / 55.27454°N 114.77736°W / 55.27454; -114.77736
Campus	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 institution in northern 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 techonolgy to create manageable class cohorts.

Contents 1 Education programs 2 Locations 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Locations

The following communities are served by Northern Lakes College: ^[3]

Athabasca Atikameg Barrhead Cadotte Lake Calling Lake Driftpile East Prairie Fairview 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

• List of universities and colleges in Alberta
• Education in Alberta

[edit] References

All facts, unless otherwise stated, are from Northern Lakes College's web site

[edit] External links

• Northern Lakes College

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