Pink Shirt Day is providing meaningful cultural insight for learners in Selkirk College’s Post-Graduate Diploma in Gerontological Nursing Program. An established square on the February calendar since its humble beginnings in Nova Scotia in 2007, Pink Shirt Day is now a movement that spans the globe. This year, students and ...

“Learning how to learn is life’s most important skill”- Tony Buzan. Independent learning, one component of a blended learning environment, is not always understood. In a blended learning model, independent learning occurs when teachers provide structured space for students to move at their own pace, pursue individualized...

“The world rewards those who take responsibility for their success”- Curt Gerrish. Graduation from high school is celebrated as a milestone where young adults embark upon a variety of pathways that offer bright futures ripe with opportunity. Options for accomplishing future goals hinge upon individual abilities and personal...

A fundamental commitment in its strategic plan, Selkirk College is showing the nation what is possible with research and innovation at a rural post-secondary. The annual “Canada’s Top 50 Research Colleges” list has been released and finds Selkirk College climbing up from 39 to 33 in the 2021 rankings that measures sponsored...

A group of young adults in the West Kootenay have a few more job skills in their pockets thanks to a successful collaboration between Kootenay Career Development Society (KCDS) and Wildsight. Fresh from this successful venture, the two organizations are again teaming up this year to help young adults find employment and...

Library Champions is a three-month online volunteer project that connects new immigrants to the library and the community. This project has trained 1,800 new immigrants who have reached out to over 100,000 people throughout the Lower Mainland over the past 10 years. Now expanding throughout BC, the Library Champions Project is...

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...