The pinning ceremony is a special ceremony for the nursing community. It isn’t just a nursing tradition, it's a symbol of the nursing students’ hard work and dedication towards their coursework and clinicals. The pinning ceremony is offered to nursing students who have completed their diploma in practical nursing to become a licensed practical nurse (LPN).
Campus Parking
There is no fee and no reserved parking at Portage College. We suggest carpooling if possible.
Time to Arrive
Practical Nurse students will need to be assembled in the Main Foyer before 9:45 a.m. dressed in white scrubs for the Pinning Ceremony in McGrane Theatre.
All guests must be seated by 9:45 a.m. in McGrane Theatre.
Attire
As this is a special day to honour convocating students, we suggest Guests attending the ceremony wear daytime formal attire.
Photographs
An area will be set up in the Voyageur Grill for anyone wishing to take photographs. Guests are welcome to take photographs throughout the ceremony, as long as it does not interfere with the processional or recessional. Please be considerate of others when taking photographs.
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.