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Field Week 2024: Mine reclamation, prescribed burns and team building

Field week is an annual tradition for second-year environmental sciences students. It’s an intense week of labs that sees the students taking daily trips to different...

Answering the call: Lakeland students protect and rebuild Jasper

When word spread among the firefighting community that a wildfire was threatening the town of Jasper, it felt personal to Shawn McKerry. The dean of Lakeland College’s

Forging local and international connections

Class of 2024 Lleyton Bates’ goal was to complete his entire bachelor of education (BEd) without straying too far from his home in Vermilion. And he accomplished it –...

Providing energy for generations

Emma March was born into the life of a power engineer. Literally.

On a snowy October morning in 2004, as Emma’s mom Ruthy settled in to write the Alberta Boilers Safety...

WJ Elliott Arboretum: Evolving alongside Lakeland College

Growth and change have always been a huge part of Lakeland College. From its founding in 1913, the college itself has gone through many evolutions in response to...