KS Community Foundation Provides Boost to Selkirk College Student Wellness
As part of Selkirk College’s upcoming Giving Day on Thursday, May 12, the Kootenay Savings Community Foundation is proud to announce a $10,000 contribution to Selkirk College to help boost student wellness and tackle inequality. The College’s Giving Day is a 24-hour fundraising challenge to ensure every single student has ...
Selkirk College Student Awarded National Bursary for Indigenous Learners
Each student’s experience of post-secondary is unique, but there is one vital tool that everyone needs to navigate the education system and truly thrive: support. For Selkirk College Nursing Program student Melissa Markin, one of this year’s recipients of the Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) Bird Construction/Paul and...
Kootenay students looking for adventure can Go Wild! This summer
This summer brings back an engaging educational experience for teens that’s been sidelined since COVID-19 hit.Go Wild! Is a six-day Kootenay-based adventure and outdoor leadership program for youth. With loaded backpacks and two experienced, certified wilderness guides, 14 teens will have the opportunity this July to...
Selkirk College Valedictorians Personify Class of 2022
An embodiment of the spirit required to overcome challenges of the last two years, the valedictorians representing Selkirk College’s Class of 2022 will provide a rousing send-off to peers at the Castlegar Campus on April 26. In the first in-person ceremony since 2019, students graduating from all Selkirk College programs will...
Paddle and learn this summer with Wildsight's youth field school
Youth from across the Columbia Basin have a unique opportunity this summer to be immersed in the mighty Columbia River.Wildsight's Columbia River Field School (CRFS) is a canoe trip and learning adventure for students aged 15-18. Students paddle key sections of the Canadian side of the Columbia River and camp along its...
Selkirk College Community Remembers ‘Doc’ Jack Colbert
Committed to his community and adored by patients, Dr. Jack Colbert was the epitome of a rural doctor. A passionate supporter of Selkirk College and empowering future health care professionals, the new Dr. Jack Colbert Memorial Awards Fund is a legacy that will assist students in the Rural Pre-Medicine (RPM) Program aiming ...
Selkirk College Helps Build a National Network to Reduce Barriers
Post-secondary institutions across the country are coming together to help make campuses more inclusive with the new Reducing Barriers to Education digital platform—and Selkirk College has been instrumental in facilitating this collaboration. The platform provides a place where institutions can post information about homegrown...
Pink Shirt Day Deepens Understanding for Selkirk College International Students
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 ...
Selkirk College Moving Up the National Research Rankings
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...
Employment and education opportunity for youth in West Kootenay
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...
