Instructor, Culinary Arts Kootenay-born professional pastry chef and chocolatier Merri Schwartz has been working in the BC food community since 2002. Merri credits her childhood with awakening her interest in baking. Raised by back-to-the-land hippies, she didn’t buy her first bag of granulated sugar until the age of 18 and learned, in a kitchen filled with carob, honey and whole wheat flour, that
Kayla Tillapaugh is a proud mother and Selkirk College alumni whose early passions for sustainability and stewardship brought her to the Kootenays from her homeplace in the Okanagan/Shuswap. She pursued studies in Integrated Environmental Planning here at Selkirk College and gained work experience in Indigenous land stewardship, rural research and innovation, and environmental nonprofit management
Celebrating Half a Century of Regional Impact We are proud to have been educating and training health care professionals for half a century! Over the past 50 years, Selkirk College has earned a reputation for excellence in nursing education in both the classroom and clinical settings. Our graduates are highly sought after by health care facilities throughout the country, and they are known for
BUS 300 An Introduction to Business Communication I is an introduction to the language and culture of business and academia in Canada. Topics include Canadian academic culture, forms of plagiarism, plagiarism avoidance, paraphrasing, citing appropriate sources, appropriate register in business correspondence, various forms of written and spoken Business English, and writing/speaking techniques for
COMM 240 Financial Accounting I is an introductory course in accounting from the basic accounting equation to the preparation of the income statement, statement of owner's equity and balance sheet. This course covers merchandise operations, valuation and control of cash, temporary investments and receivables, inventories and cost of goods sold, principles of internal control and capital assets
EASL 035 Intermediate Grammar - Structures. This course provides instruction and opportunities for students who speak English as an additional language to practice grammar at an intermediate level. Students study and practice selected grammar structures, including connectors, gerunds, infinitives, passives, adjective and noun clauses, reported/direct speech, basic conditionals, comparisons, and
ECON 104 Economic Analysis for Small Business is designed to engage students with contemporary global and Canadian issues, and with some of the region's competitive markets. Students will survey contemporary news publications and other data sources, analyzing their contents to identify economic concepts and management implications. Focus will be on identifying the economic impacts on business
ECON 106 Principles of Macroeconomics covers: national income accounts, national income determination model, monetary system, monetary and fiscal policy, problems with the Macro System, inflation, unemployment, etc.; international trade - balance of payments, exchange rates, capital flows.
ECON 107 Principles of Microeconomics usually taken following Economics 106 Principles of Macroeconomics. Topics covered include: supply and demand - price supports, the agricultural problem, value theory, theory of the firm - competition, pollution, industrial organization - monopoly, public utilities, advertising, income distribution - labour unions, productivity.
AESP (IEP) 200 Field Trip Study is delivered during the 4th semester of the IEPT program. The field trip provides an opportunity for students to observe current environmental management practices, ecosystems and resource management issues in other regions of the province. Students will be actively involved in trip planning and will be presented with opportunities to develop communication skills