Selkirk College is helping broaden the scope of peacekeeping by offering a unique program to equip individuals with the proper background to make positive changes in conflicted regions around the world. Starting in January, Selkirk College will offer the one-semester Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Program. The first of its...

 Julie-Claire Hamilton fully understands the challenges faced when delving into what has traditionally been known as a man’s world. Though she has been plying her trade for more than a decade, it hasn’t always been easy on the jobsite frontlines for the journeyperson electrician. “As a woman in trades, I still encounter the...

An initiative to enhance the regional workforce and strengthen the economy in the Columbia Basin-Boundary has been launched. The Kootenay Workforce Development (KWD) is a two-year project that builds on the recommendations of the Kootenay Regional Skills Training Plan that came out of stakeholder roundtables conducted between...

Former Red Mountain Resort general manager Jim Greene has taken up a teaching post at Selkirk College and will begin passing on knowledge he has earned over a 25-year career as a leader in the tourism industry. Beginning this month, Greene will teach a number of Fall Semester classes in the School of Hospitality, Tourism &...

A surge in international students coming to the West Kootenay to study English at Selkirk College has opened up further opportunities for local families to experience a cultural exchange close to home. Starting in late-August, the Selkirk College English Language Program will immerse more than 100 international students in ...

 Fraser Sutherland entered Selkirk College with an open mind to the meanderings of her post-secondary interests, confident the School of University Arts & Sciences would point her in the right direction. “If you are not sure what you want to do or where you want to go, Selkirk provides that opportunity to explore,” says...

This year, the annual Toadfest event will be held on Wednesday August 12th, from 4:00 – 7:00 pm at Summit Lake Provincial Park, south of Nakusp. The warm spring and recent hot weather has the annual migration of toadlets start earlier than has ever been seen before, and the toadlets are already on the move. The […]

Selkirk College is receiving $87,000 from the provincial government to purchase new industry-standard technology for its trades programs. As part of B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, the government is investing $12 million in 2015-16 for new trades equipment at 14 public post-secondary institutions so students planning to...

Cadet Noah Lucht, a resident of Warfield and member of 531 Squadron, City of Trail, Royal Canadian Air Cadets is currently on the Basic Aviation Course at the Cadet Summer Training Centre (CSTC) Cold Lake.  CSTC Cold Lake is located at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, AB The Basic Aviation Course provides cadets an opportunity […]

As chair of the Selkirk College Board of Governors, Bruce Morrison embraced the opportunity to help guide post-secondary education in the West Kootenay-Boundary. With passion for lifelong learning that meshes perfectly with the Selkirk College vision, the well-respected community leader has now passed the torch after four...