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Agrai-Dairy Mart donation supports the Dairy Learning Centre
Lakeland College celebrated a welcome investment from Agrai-Dairy Mart to the Dairy Learning Centre by officially naming a classroom after the donor. Thanks to their $70,000 donation, the college will continue to advance agricultural education for future generations of dairy producers. “Our Dairy...
From curds to community: Valerie Roberts expands her cheese horizons
For Valerie Roberts and her family, nothing quite says home like cheese. Roberts is originally from Quebec, but as a child in a military family, she moved around her entire life, eventually settling on an acreage outside of Vermilion. She enrolled in Lakeland College’s animal health technology...
Setting roots for storytelling, empathy and giving back
Living in harmony with the land and learning from it are key lessons that Charlene Bonnar hopes to teach in her Indigenous Storytelling course. This year, those lessons spilled out of the classroom and took root when she and her students planted the first seeds in what would become their community...
Siblings building a future step-by-step at Lakeland
In high school, Paige Weekusk put her future on hold, leaving school to to take care of her siblings. Now an interior design technology student at Lakeland College, she’s building her future one step at a time – and her two brothers are right on campus alongside her. “I've always wanted a...
Purebred SMF unit: Diversifying genetics and measuring success
From the classroom to the farm to the sales ring, students with Lakeland College’s Student-Managed Farm – Powered by New Holland (SMF) are making connections that matter. During their second year of the animal science technology program, students are given the option to complete an industry...