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With family, friends and colleagues behind them, the Selkirk College Faculty Association presented its 2022 SCOPE Awards to four outstanding educators

SCOPE Award Winners Focused on Learner Success

October 11, 2022
At the heart of educational outcomes and achievement at Selkirk College stands the dedicated faculty who nurture the quest for knowledge and provide students with skills for success.  Four outstanding educators were recognized earlier this month as the 2022 SCOPE Award recipients. Hosted by the Selkirk College Faculty Association at the Mir Centre for Peace on the Castlegar Campus, the annual SCOPE (Standing Committee On Professional Excellence) Awards were presented to Charla Beaulieu, Rhonda Belczyk, Renée Harper and Matty Hillman.     “It has been a very challenging learning environment
Indigenous Student Navigator Rodney Noskiye speaks with students

Helping Indigenous Students Navigate Post-Secondary

September 21, 2022
The pathway of Indigenous reconciliation is long, but Rodney Noskiye is helping Selkirk College navigate the road to better understanding through building stronger connections. An alumnus in the School of Health & Human Services, Noskiye returned to the Selkirk College community late last year after working in Northern Alberta as a family support worker. Hired as the college’s first Indigenous student navigator, Noskiye is focused on helping build connections with Nation partners, presenting post-secondary options to Indigenous learners and ensuring a welcoming environment for those who
Selkirk College Nursing Program student Melissa Markin

Student Awarded National Bursary for Indigenous Learners

January 04, 2023
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 Gerri Charrette Bursary, that pivotal helping hand was extended when she met Leah Lychowyd, Selkirk College’s counsellor for Indigenous students. Markin is Métis on her father’s side, but due to her family’s history of assimilation—her paternal grandmother was adopted
Selkirk College President Maggie Matear

New President Primed for Arrival of Fall Semester

August 19, 2022
The quiet of summer will soon be broken at Selkirk College with the arrival of students for the fall semester, bringing a new air of post-secondary excitement to campuses and learning centres across the region.

Selkirk College Statement Regarding Student Death in Motor Vehicle Accident

July 04, 2022
Selkirk College students and staff were involved in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on Highway 3A between Castlegar and Nelson on Thursday afternoon, June 30. Eighteen Selkirk College students and staff members, primarily from the Explore Program, were on the BC Transit bus that was involved in the collision. One student suffered serious injury in the crash and was transferred to Kelowna hospital on the evening of June 30. Sadly, the student has since passed away. A statement from Selkirk College President Maggie Matear: It is with profound sadness that I inform the college community
Winners of the in-person Business Plan Tradeshow Competition standing proud after hearing the results.

Business Students Experience Life as an Entrepreneur

June 24, 2022
In a fitting end to a semester of learning, students in the School of Business put newly acquired knowledge and skills to the test before a panel of community experts in a competition that brought exciting entrepreneurial concepts to the first stage of reality.
Students and staff were joined by community leaders on June 10 for the announcement that the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary is selling the Greater Trail Community Centre to Selkirk College for $1.

Trail Campus Purchase Bolsters Legacy of Learning in Silver City

June 14, 2022
Through partnerships with the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and the Provincial Government, Selkirk College has taken ownership of the Greater Trail Community Centre that will enable post-secondary to flourish in a beautiful historic downtown building.