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on.
- We are a portal to discovery and learning.
Passion
- We
love what we do.
- We take the lead, and lead by example.
- We all
contribute.
- We strive to be an extraordinary place to work.
- We have
fun.
Our Mandate
Approved by the Ministry of Advanced Education,
December 2008
Grande Prairie Regional College is a public,
board-governed college operating as a comprehensive community institution under
the Post Secondary Learning Act of Alberta. The College offers regional
learners instruction and support services that are learner-centred and
responsive to the lifelong educational needs of full-time and part-time students
of diverse, multicultural and Aboriginal backgrounds.
As a comprehensive
community institution, Grande Prairie Regional College is committed to expanding
access to post-secondary education in its service area by responding to
community and regional demand for both credit and non-credit programming. The
College has developed a portal access delivery model that encourages other
post-secondary institutions to deliver programming on site, enabling the
establishment of collaborative partnerships that rapidly and effectively meet
the varied needs of regional learners.
The College offers university
transfer, diploma and certificate programs; apprenticeship and pre-employment
training; and adult high school completion. Credit programs are offered in the
areas of Liberal Arts, Education, Health and Wellness, Human Services, Fine
Arts, Business, Technology, Human Services, Academic Upgrading, Trades and
Technical training, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. The College also
offers baccalaureate degrees, primarily as collaborative degrees.
In
response to regional, community and industry demand, Grande Prairie Regional
College provides a range of customized non-credit pre-employment programming,
skills development, safety, English as a Second Language and community interest
courses. The College meets community and industry demand for responsive and
specific industry training through the provision of customized
programming.
As an educational facility in northwest Alberta, Grande
Prairie Regional College helps meet the cultural, recreational, athletic and
conferencing needs of the region in partnership with service area, community and
regional stakeholders. The College offers athletic, music, art and science
summer camps, and the Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts Centre is frequently
the site of community music festivals, dance recitals, speakers series and
industrial seminars.
The College encourages and supports applied
research and scholarly activities, and innovation activities that complement and
enhance teaching and learning in program areas and in industry sectors where its
academic expertise enables such a contribution.
Grande Prairie Regional
College is dedicated to providing learners in northwest Alberta with access to
high quality and diverse lifelong learning opportunities, and to the responsible
educational, fiscal and environmental stewardship of resources. |
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