News and Stories
From college roots to a fifth generation legacy
Lakeland College has been part of Aydon Almberg’s life since he was a child, and today that connection lives on at Broken Arrow Ranch Quarter Horses. Aydon grew up a member of the fourth generation on the family ranch south of Lakeland near Czar, Alta., heading to the college grounds for horse...
Falling into place: Alumna provides support and care to anyone who needs it
As part of the team at the Lloydminster Native Friendship Centre (LNFC), Tachina Paddy and her coworkers are dedicated to providing support to those who need it. Whether they need something as simple as food, water, a pair of socks or something more complex like assistance with housing supports,...
Lakeland College and Portage College formalize partnership to strengthen agricultural research in the region
Lakeland College and Portage College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand collaboration in applied agricultural research, strengthen regional capacity and create new opportunities for students and industry. The agreement celebrates a shared commitment to pursue research projects...
Saving the birds: Inspiration and education are the key to conversation
Self-proclaimed “bird nerd,” Jana Teefy spends many of her days in the forest around the Beaverhill Bird Observatory (BBO), cradling birds in her hands as she bands them, making notes about them and releasing them again. She’s part of an expanding network of biologists working to track the...
Fired up for the real world
There is a moment where learning becomes doing and that is at the heart of Lakeland’s new practical group assessment component of the process and power engineering program (PPE). In the assessment, second-year PPE students are placed into groups of two or three, they choose a shift lead, and they...