News and Stories
Firefighter grads hose down COVID-19 conditions
Lakeland College's first group of graduates in the 2020-21 academic year excelled, despite the pressures of COVID-19. According to Candice Ives and Braden Olynick, blended firefighter training grads, COVID-19 caused little interference to their education. “I feel like we received the same quality,...
Join Lakeland virtually at Open House 2020
Lakeland College is preparing to open its doors - virtually - for Open House 2020. “Open House is always one of the highlights of the year at Lakeland,” says Kayleigh Schmid, Lakeland's recruitment and enrolment supervisor. “Though we can't welcome people to campus to attend in person, we...
Government of Saskatchewan invests $1.1 million in Lakeland
The Government of Saskatchewan announced annual funding of $1.1 million to assist Lakeland College in delivering accredited training and job skills programs that meet the needs of industry. One of eight colleges to receive funding, Lakeland basic adult education courses and vocational training,...
Leadership in action with compassion
For Emma Jackson, one of the newest members of Lakeland College's President's Circle, student leadership can be about more than joining student council or leading a club. For her, it was about being there for her classmates, helping them with their coursework and reassuring them that together,...
Inspired to give
A great place to learn a little bit about life. That's what Hank Holowaychuk still thinks of Lakeland College more than 50 years later. Holowaychuk attended Lakeland, then called the Vermilion Agricultural and Vocational College (VAVC), in the late 1960s, taking animal sciences and plant sciences...