News and Stories
Future teachers learn about flexibility on international trip
A group of Lakeland College university transfer students took their education far beyond the classroom - all the way down to Ensenada, Mexico. The five students involved are all on the path to becoming teachers themselves, and the trip was an opportunity to gain more hands-on experience in the...
DIDAA grows Lakeland College?s interior design program recognized institution status
Lakeland College's interior design technology (IDT) program joins the Decorating and Interior Design Association of Alberta (DIDAA) as a recognized institution. “We take great pride in the ongoing recognition our program receives from esteemed associations such as the DIDAA, further highlighting...
Board of Governors welcomes new member Barb Shackel-Hardman
The Lakeland College Board of Governors is pleased to welcome new member Barb Shackel-Hardman to the team. “I'm pleased to welcome Barb to our Board of Governors,” says Adam Waterman, chair of the Lakeland College Board of Governors. “Having a diverse range of voices enhances our ability...
Laddering up: Power engineer earns 3rd class in just 11 months
Alexander Deschamps was a 4th class power engineer with 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry when he enrolled in the second year of Lakeland College's process and power engineering program. He'd been struggling to find industry work and decided completing his 3rd class might open...
Lakeland instructor's fifth book explores no-body homicides
When Mark Stobbe isn't teaching sociology for Lakeland College's university transfer department, he's writing and publishing about politics, crimes and the sociology of Harry Potter. Most recently, Stobbe released his fifth book No-Body Homicides: The Evolution of Investigation and Prosecution...