About Assiniboine

Exceptional Learning Experiences for more than 60 Years

Assiniboine College has been providing exceptional learning experiences for more than 60 years. For staff and students alike, Assiniboine offers unparalleled learning environments and responds well to the demands and requirements of the Manitoba labour market. Here, instructors follow the philosophy of ‘learn by doing,’ combining theory with hands-on learning inside classrooms, labs, kitchens, shops, fields and the college’s Sustainable Greenhouse. We are an accredited college with the Province of Manitoba.

We offer more than 75 unique certificate, diploma and post-graduate programs across a variety of disciplines including culinary arts and hospitality, business, agriculture and environment, health and human services, trades and technology. We also deliver apprenticeship programming in a range of skilled trade disciplines.

Our Victoria Avenue East campus (Centre for Adult Learning - Brandon) and North Hill campus (Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology, Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts, and the Sustainable Greenhouse) are located in Brandon. Our Parkland campus, which also includes a Centre for Adult Learning, is located in Dauphin, Manitoba. At our Winnipeg and Portage campuses, we deliver our Practical Nursing program. Assiniboine College continues to partner with dozens of communities and organizations across the province to deliver place-based education and training every year.

60th Anniversary History Book

Take a look at the college's journey over the past 60 years. Join writer Diane Nelson as she strolls down memory lane, recounting her own personal experiences and reconnecting with past faculty, staff and students.

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Our Strategic Direction

In 2024, our Board of Governors adopted a refreshed Strategic Direction for the college that will guide us through to 2030.

Strategic Direction

The Road Ahead

• We must continue to evolve and adapt, which will mean using our full legislative authority to develop an array of credentials that meet student demands and labour market needs—micro-credentials, certificates, diplomas, degrees, advanced diplomas, and graduate degrees.
• We must build highly supportive models of education that meet learners where they are, instilling a sense of belonging and purpose that fosters resilience in our students and perseverance in our graduates.
• And as Canada’s leader in community-based education, we must ensure that all of Manitoba, and all Manitobans, have access to high quality, labour market-relevant education.

Quality programs responsive to Manitoba’s labour market

• Quality programming, teaching & learning, student success, Indigenization, community engagement, and growth are guided by our Academic Plan.
• In addition to program leadership in agriculture & environment and public safety sectors in Manitoba, we are a national leader in community-based delivery.
• 2,030 Assiniboine graduates by 2030 will help to address Manitoba’s lagging post-secondary attainment rate and prepare more people for economic growth and community service.

Outreach and engagement to support economic growth

• 2,500 new Indigenous graduates contribute to the prosperity of Manitoba.
• Welcoming learners from around the world supports Manitoba’s economic and social development and builds global citizenship in all students.
• 3,000 new people making Manitoba their home as a direct result of our programs.
• Meeting employer and community needs through responsive programming, customized training, and applied research across the province.

College Stats

Graduates nine months after graduation

• 94% of our recent graduates who are seeking work have found employment.*
• 89% are working in a career related to their field of study.*
• 95% of graduates stay in Manitoba.*
  • With 83% originating in Manitoba, that's a net population gain for Manitoba as a result of studying at Assiniboine.
• $56,100 is the average gross annual salary of our most recent graduates*

Graduates four years after graduating (2019-20 grads)

• 98% of our graduates have jobs.*
• 86% are working in a career related to their field of study.*
• 88% of 2019-20 graduates are still in Manitoba.*
  • The 5-year average of graduates staying in Manitoba is 88%.
• $62,400 is the average annual income

* Data from our Graduate Satisfaction & Employment Survey, which separately surveyed 2022-23 graduates (nine months after graduation) and 2019-20 graduates (four years after graduation).

• We offer more than 75 unique certificate, diploma and post-graduate programs.
• Assiniboine students benefit from over $1,000,000 in scholarships and bursaries each year.
• We have two campuses in Brandon, along with campuses in Dauphin, Portage and Winnipeg
• The college offers a varsity sports program, including men's and women's soccer, volleyball, futsal, curling and women's hockey.
• 500+ full- and part-time employees.