Northern Lakes College

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

Northern Lakes College

Former names	Alberta Vocational College Lesser Slave Lake
Type	Public comprehensive community college
Established	25 August 1999
President	Glenn Mitchell
Administrative staff	275 in 2003[1]
Undergraduates	1,864 full time and part time credit students and 3,341 non credit students.
Postgraduates	not available
Other students	vocational
Location	Slave Lake , Alberta , Canada 55.27454°N 114.77736°W / 55.27454; -114.77736
Campus	suburban/remote Northern Alberta 25 campuses include Slave Lake and Grouard
Affiliations	CICan, CCAA, AACTI, Alberta-North
Website	Northern Lakes College

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.

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
• Community Liaison
• Forestry
• Health Care
• Office Administration
• Paramedicine
• 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 Flatbush Fort Vermilion

Gift Lake Grande Prairie Grouard High Level High Prairie La Crete Manning Marten Lakes Paddle Prairie

Peace River Peavine Peerless Lake Slave Lake Wabasca Swan Hills Trout Lake Valleyview

History

In 1970 and 1971, in Grouard, Alberta, First Nations students received adult education basic training to prepare to become instructors in Community Vocational Centres (CVC's) area.^[1]

In 1988 the Alberta Vocational Centre in Grouard amalgamated with a network of 26 community vocational centres for First Nations students in northern Alberta to form the Alberta Vocational College.^[1] The governance of the converted into a college governed by a public board from a provincially administered school on September 1, 1997.^[1]

The current name, Northern Lakes College, replaced the name Alberta Vocational College on August 25, 1999.^[1]

See also

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