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Mission Statement
- Keyano College is committed to providing excellent
education, training, and services that will prepare people for the challenges of
work and enhance individual growth. Keyano College holds the fundamental belief
that its purpose is:
- to enable students to meet the challenges of the
future through accessible programming that maximizes the potential of students
and
- to promote individual and community development that will improve the
quality of life in our region and throughout Alberta.
Mandate
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Keyano College is a board-governed, comprehensive community college that offers
educational and training programs, courses, and services to the residents of
northeast Alberta. The college does so in accordance with the Colleges
Act.
- Keyano College offers a complement of unique Heavy Industrial
training programs with a provincial responsibility to deliver these throughout
Alberta.
- Opened in 1965 as the Alberta Vocational Centre (AVC) in Fort
McMurray. The official opening ceremonies were held on January 26, 1966. The
college opened under the name "Keyano" in 1975. Keyano is a Cree word that
roughly translated means "sharing". The original slogan for the College was
adapted from that to be "Yours, Mine and Ours".
- In 1978 Keyano College
went public and became a community college, when the province appointed a Board
of Governors to serve as the decision-making body for the
institution.
Keyano College has grown to become a modern series of
buildings on many campuses. Major building completions over the years
include:
- Riedel Place Family Housing (1976)
- MacKenzie Campus (Heavy
Industrial Campus) (1977) renamed Suncor Energy Industrial Campus in 2001
-
Clearwater Campus (1981) with additions of Clearwater Hall Single Student
Housing and the Nursing Wing in 1983, and the Power Engineering Wing in
1985
- Fort Chipewyan Campus (1986)
- Norm Weiss Arts Centre (1989)
-
Bob Lamb Industry Education Centre (1993)
- Family Housing Complex
(Penhorwood Place) (2001)
- Syncrude Technology Center (2003)
- Syncrude
Sport & Wellness Centre (2007) |
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