Selkirk College instructor Doris Hausleitner finds happiness in discovering and recording the everyday patterns of mysterious creatures that dwell in the isolated terrain of our region. Hausleitner is a core member of Team Wolverine, a group of scientists who have been conducting vital research aimed at understanding the...

As the Selkirk College Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) Program moves into its fifth decade of providing quality training for a new era of frontline workers, those who have laid the groundwork say now is the perfect time to enter the rewarding career pathway. The ECCE Program marked 40 years of inspiring education...

A group of recent Selkirk College grads boarded planes in early-June to destinations across the planet as part of Global Affair Canada’s International Youth Internship Program. Aimed at providing young Canadians with global perspective and making change in developing countries, five Selkirk College alumni from a variety of ...

Rossland’s Grads leave their high school education with a little bit of Seven Summits Centre for Learning in their hearts By Vivienne Hurley It was with such pride, and a touch of sadness, that staff at Rossland’s Seven Summits Centre for Learning (7S) officially launched their nine graduates out into the world ...

Water -- increasingly precious.  Don't “drain the swamp”! As climate change shrinks the glaciers that feed our major rivers,  and changes patterns of precipitation that feed smaller streams and groundwater, our water supply becomes increasingly precarious – and precious. Wetlands the world over...

When Charles Mak first arrived to Selkirk College from Hong Kong in late-1986, international education was a virtually unknown post-secondary entity in the West Kootenay. Much has changed over the last 33 years. Now working for a successful Shanghai-based office furniture company, Mak spends half his year traveling to all...

This month, Mrs. Barrie’s Grade 5 Class at Webster Elementary School completed a field guide on a local Warfield trail system, through a Wildsight EcoStewards project. The field guide is helping students, teachers and the community to get outside and learn. Behind Webster Elementary is an amazing trail system but it...

What’s the top solution for resolving the human-caused climate crisis? According to Paul Hawken, it’s educating girls and improving family planning. Hawken is the author of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. “Drawdown” is “the point at which levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere...

Do you love (or fear) bears and want to know more about them? Did you know we share this area with wolves and cougars? And what do you know about the elusive Mountain Caribou? Join Touchstones Museum Indigenous Educator and Wildlife Technician Toni Appleby as she shares stories from years studying, tracking, and reporting on...

 A commitment to empowering confident and imaginative learners through quality post-secondary in the West Kootenay and Boundary region is cemented in a new document released by Selkirk College. Building Remarkable Futures: Strategic Plan 2019-2024is the culmination of community consultation, employee engagement, student input...