Northern Lights College (NLC) is an institution that provides post-secondary education to residents of Northern

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. It currently has campuses and access centers in eight communities across the northern third of British Columbia, with Regional Administration located on the Dawson Creek campus. NLC has a working agreement with the

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. The college President and CEO (Oct. 2015) is Dr. Bryn Kulmatycki.

History

Jim Kassen began his 25-year career as the college president in 1980 and retired in 2005 seeing the college expand beyond the Dawson Creek campus to five campuses and three access centres.

List of campuses

Dawson Creek Dawson Creek is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The municipality of had a population of 12,978 in 2016. Dawson Creek derives its name from the creek of the same name that runs through the community. The creek was named after ...

* Fort St. John * Fort Nelson * Tumbler Ridge * Chetwynd

List of Access Centres

* Atlin *

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Programs

Northern Lights College offers programs in the following areas: *Trades and Apprenticeships/Auto/Heavy Mechanical/Plumbing/Carpentry/Cook/Power Engineering/Wind Turbine/Electrical/Millwright/Welding/Aircraft Maintenance Technician. *University Arts and Sciences/ Academic *Business Management/Applied Business Technology *Career and College Preparation/ Upgrading *Workforce Training/Continuing Education *Oil & Gas Technologies *Clean Energy Technologies *Early Childhood Education and Care/ Education Assistant *Teacher Training *Practical Nursing/Health Care Assistant *Aircraft Maintenance Technician, Canadian Armed Forces Accredited, Transport Canada Approved/Accredited.

Aboriginal services

Northern Lights College has Aboriginal Gathering Spaces located at the following campuses: Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Chetwynd and Fort Nelson. The Fort Nelson Gathering Space opened in 2009, while the remaining Gathering Spaces opened in 2011. The opening of the Chetwynd Gathering Space was highlighted by the attendance of then Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Steven L. Point. In 2021 Northern Lights College received $70,000 to support two Indigenous education endowment and project funds.

Scholarships and bursaries

The Norther
Lights College Foundation
is the recipient of funds held in trust for various awards for education. Formed in 1981, the Foundation's objectives are: # to foster community interest in promoting higher education and training # to act as a recipient of trust funds in the form of monies or other properties # to assist in community projects and promotion of higher education and to grant monies to Northern Lights College for the designated use of scholarships and bursaries to be awarded to students. The

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sponsors an Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool that lists over 680 scholarships, bursaries, and other incentives offered by governments, universities, and industry to support Aboriginal post-secondary participation. Northern Lights College scholarships for Aboriginal,

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and Métis students include Awards for Aboriginal Women Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool
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Notable Faculty and Alumni

Bob Zimmer, Canadian politician and a Member of Parliament in the

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of Canada.

References

External links

Official website
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