Today’s student is tomorrow’s employee. For this reason, schools prepare students for the functional transition into the workplace and future adult roles. Personal development for students relies on educators teaching more than just the ‘3 Rs’ of reading, writing, and arithmetic, but also on how to become contributing members...

The fall semester climax for students in the Selkirk College School of Business saw learners rise to the challenge with exciting small business concepts. Held over Zoom in early-December and facilitated by Entrepreneurship course instructor Cibylla Rakestraw, the Business Plan Tradeshow Competition functions as a key piece of each student’s capstone project. Although the showcase […]

At this time of good intentions and resolutions for the new year, why not look toward volunteering as a healthy way to give back. Opportunities to volunteer are everywhere, so the key is to decide how to best put volunteering muscles to work. Volunteering is good for the body and mind. Many studies show that people who volunteer...

Due to heavy accumulation of snow overnight and into the morning of January 3, all Selkirk College campuses, facilities and learning centres will be closed on January 4, 2022. All services and any in-person classes/activities are cancelled for January 4. Previously scheduled resumption of in-person instruction in most programs...

When most people throw something away, that's usually the last thought they give to the piece of garbage now in the trash. But students in Warfield's J.L. Webster Elementary will likely think twice after a field trip to the local landfill, where they learned the valuable lesson that just because it is not out of sight, it...

Canadians love to curl. Curling is a fantastic way to get exercise while practicing social and game skills. In 2020, Curl BC celebrated curling’s 125th anniversary. Curling has contributed to the social and sporting history in British Columbia in unique and valuable ways. Historically, participants travelled far distances to...

New Democrat MLAs Brittny Anderson, Katrine Conroy and Roly Russell say students at Selkirk College will have greater access to valuable learning opportunities with new co-op and work-integrated learning funding.  Building relationships is an important step in finding a job that you are passionate about,” said MLA Russell in...

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”- Martin Luther King Jr. Every 30 seconds, another person becomes a victim of human trafficking. Although slavery was abolished 150 years ago, today there are more people in slavery than at any other time in history. Human trafficking is the illegal ...

Finding the confidence to learn new skills and take the steps to getting a job is at the core of four new employment programs at the Skills Centre. “The programs all have a crucial element of building people’s confidence to take the steps they need to find the job they want,” says Jaime Malcolm, programs manager at the Skills...

New Democrat MLAs Brittny Anderson and Katrine Conroy, both alumni of Selkirk College, say today’s students will gain hands-on skills thanks to new technology and trades equipment upgrades at local campuses.   “Our communities rely on graduates from Selkirk College for all the knowledge and skills they bring to their careers,”...