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Fighting fire as a family
For Presly Fluter, firefighting is a family affair. She followed her father, a firefighter, to the fire hall when she was 14-years-old for Take your Child to Work day. The experience was so inspiring, she didn't want to leave. Fluter first followed that passion for emergency services into the medical...
Building futures with empowerment and support
Annette Donnenworth knows how essential a supportive community is to achieving financial empowerment thanks to Women Building Futures (WBF). Working as a waitress several years ago, Donnenworth was looking for assistance transitioning into a career with more room for economic growth. WBF helped...
Apprentice follows in family's footsteps
When Perry Anderson was planning his future, he didn't have to look far from home. Lakeland College runs in the family. Anderson got his first hands-on experience at Lakeland courtesy of the Career and Technology Studies (CTS) program. Then in Grade 10 at St. Jerome's School, Anderson had the opportunity...
"There's a place for us here": Alum leads the way for Indigenous youth
When Levi Wolfe left his childhood home on the Onion Lake Cree Nation, he knew there had to be opportunities out there for him to find but he didn’t know where to find them. Guided by the Lloydminster Native Friendship Centre, Wolfe found his way to Lakeland College. Now, since graduating from...
Environmental sciences students share their real-world experience during Field Week
Snake habitats, electro-fishing, wetland assessments and willow stalking were some of the hands-on activities that took Lakeland College's environmental sciences students beyond the classroom last month. Second-year students in the environmental sciences diploma majors and students in the bachelor...