June 16, 2025
Funding announced for new Portage College research into Indigenous and northern workforce
Portage College research project is one of 35 across Canada announced by the Future Skills Centre as part of a $7.6 million funding announcement.
New Program - Apprenticeship Heavy Equipment Technician
New Program - Apprenticeship Carpentry
New Program - Kinesiology and Sports Studies Diploma
Indigenous Ways of Knowing
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News Highlights
June 13, 2025
New collegiate institute opens career pathways for Lakeland high school students
Portage College is working with Lakeland high schools to create pathways for grade 11 and 12 students to earn high school and post-secondary credits simultaneously in health care, education, and the skilled trades, thanks to a $2.3 million grant from Alberta Education.
May 30, 2025
Portage College and Lac La Biche County co-host Moose Hide Campaign awareness event
The Moose Hide Campaign event in Lac La Biche earlier in May drew awareness to the continuing issue of violence and exploitation against Indigenous people. Organizers and guest speakers say the campaign has a wide-reaching focus of awareness for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
May 29, 2025
Portage College Round Dance resonates year round
The Portage College Educational Round Dance happens once a year at the northeastern Alberta college, but feedback and planning for the event happens all year long, say organizers.
We acknowledge that Portage College’s service region is on the traditional lands of First Nation Peoples, the owners of Treaty 6, 8 and 10, which are also homelands to the Métis people. We honour the history and culture of all people who first lived and gathered in these lands.