2025 News
Hands-on helping with peer coaching
At Lakeland College, hands-on learning is a critical component of the student experience. Some human services students are using these opportunities as both a way to practice their new skills and to offer their fellow students an additional form of support with peer coaching. Kara Mouly, a second-year...
More than fun and games at Math Fair
In-person and hands-on opportunities added up to fun for Math Fair 2021. After a digital hiatus last year, Math Fair returned to its original form this year. University transfer (UT) Math 160 students created math-inspired games and setting up stations in the Jack Kemp Public School gymnasium...
Lakeland collaboration to the rescue
Jana Teefy, a Lakeland College second-year wildlife and fisheries conservation (WFC) student, flew into action when she received news that a bird needed rescuing. On Nov. 17, the retrieval request came from WFC alumna Alyssa Metro, who works for the Alberta Society for Injured Birds of Prey. She...
A journey west
Jackie Wismer came to Alberta looking for a place to belong in the wide-open pastureland, drawn by the herds of cattle and horses. Now, working in management at Wild Rose Co-op's Sedgewick agro site, it's safe to say she found it. Growing up on a Clydesdale operation in Amherstburg, Ont., Wismer...
Growing wild: Alumna follows passion for wilderness to Lakeland
Katie Harris grew up in the wilderness. She spent her childhood in the forests of northern Manitoba, following a family passion for the environment that would lead her to Girl Guides before pursuing environmental sciences at Lakeland College. Now, Harris is spearheading the first large-scale wildlife...